May 10 2013

Leave Your Mark

The latest theme in the Latitudequilts group ‘Leave Your Mark’ has been a very special challenge as we all leave our marks every day and in many ways. Beside the mark we make through our children very few of us will leave a mark that will survive even through few generations.

I have tried to capture mankind’s ephemeral presence on earth in my quilt by leaving my fingerprints on this pond.

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Det seneste tema i Latitudequilts gruppen ‘Efterlad dit mærke’ har været en ret speciel udfordring, da vi jo alle efterlader vore mærker hver dag og på mange måder.
Foruden mærket vi laver gennem vore børn, vil ganske få af os efterlade et mærke, som vil overleve gennem selv få generationer.

Jeg har forsøgt at fange menneskehedens flygtige tilstedeværelse på jorden i min quilt ved at efterlade mine fingeraftryk på denne dam.

May 7 2013

Preparing ‘Tulipa’ for Exhibition

TULIPA 2011 (69x87cm)
Background: laminated paper/sheer
Tulip: Procion dyed fabric, free hand machine embroidered (thread painted) applique
Lightly machine quilted

Tulipa was shown as my first blog post here.

Today I have to make it ready for an exhibition June 8-9 in Tiszaujvaros (close to Budapest), Hungary
where the Danish Quilt organization has been invited to show a collection of Danish quilts.

Together with Tulipa I am invited also to present @DK which I haven’t seen since it left my home long time ago.

Luckily I only have to make a label for Tulipa and then it is ready to go.

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TULIPA 2011 (69x87cm)
Baggrund: lamineret papir/polyesterstof
Tulipanen: Procion farvet stof, frihånds trådmalede applikationer
Let maskin quiltet

Tulipa blev vist som den første post her på bloggen.

I dag skal jeg have det gjort klar til en udstilling 8-9. juni i Tiszaujvaros (tæt på Budapest), Hungary
hvor Dansk Patchwork Forening er blevet inviteret til at vise en samling af danske quilts.

Foruden Tulipa er jeg inviteret til også at vise @DK som jeg ikke har set siden den forlod hjemmet for lang tid siden.

Heldigvis mangler jeg kun at lave et navneskilt til Tulipa, inden den er klar til turen.

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I’m linking this post to Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday. Go see all the wonderful work there!

Apr 19 2013

Recycled Dress Dyed

Last summer I found this, at that time white, dress in a second hand shop.
The fabric is cotton and the thread is polyester, so the seems are still white.

I tried to dye it with red when I had it folded. This resulted in a red/white dress though the white had a reddish tone. So I decided it should be dyed once more. I used golden yellow for the top and electric blue for the bottom. All colours are Procion MX and all the dyeing have been done in plastic bags.

Now it is going to be my daughter’s dress, so I hope she likes it and that the dress fits her.

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Sidste sommer fandt jeg denne, dengang hvide, kjole i en genbrugsbutik.
Stoffet er bomuld, og tråden er polyester, så sømmene er stadig hvide.

Jeg prøvede at farve den rød, mens den var foldet. Resultatet var en rød/hvid kjole selvom det hvide havde en rødlig tone. Så jeg besluttede at farve den en gang til. Jeg brugte golden yellow til det øverste og electric blue til det nederste. Alle farver er Procion MX, og jeg har brugt plastposer til at farve i.

Nu får min datter den, så jeg håber, hun kan lide den, og at den passer.

I’m linking this post to Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday. Go see all the wonderful work there!

Apr 16 2013

Black and White Postcards

For this round of postcard swaps I had to make some for a ‘Black and White’ theme. This is how they turned out.

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Til denne runde med postkortbytte skulle jeg lave nogle til temaet “Sort og Hvidt”. Sådan kom de til at se ud.

Apr 11 2013

Painted Fabric Flowers – finished

I have now finished the little project with my painted fabric flowers. I have made them for a postcard swap. It is the third time I am participating in a swap and it is very inspiring. You get to know other people who also loves working with fabric and colours. You learn new techniques and it gives you pleasure to both send and especially receive postcards with foreign stamps and you can feel in your hands.

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Jeg er nu færdig med mit lille projekt med de malede stof blomster. Jeg har lavet dem til postkort til at bytte med. Det er 3. gang, jeg deltager, og det er meget inspirerende. Du lærer andre mennesker, som også elsker at arbejde med stof og farver, at kende. Du lærer nye teknikker, og det er en fornøjelse både at sende og specielt at modtage postkort med fremmede frimærker, som du kan røre ved.