tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post9192704270793977131..comments2024-03-21T10:11:35.016-04:00Comments on Material Mavens: Kathy's Geological CanyonAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-60820462653653781782013-05-26T14:45:10.688-04:002013-05-26T14:45:10.688-04:00Hi Andrea ! Interesting that you used the word ...Hi Andrea ! Interesting that you used the word 'melodic' in your comment. I'm also a musician, and just about everything I do involves some kind of melody and rhythm. Maybe that's one of the reason I'm so drawn to thread painting.... it allows me to be in my own rhythmic zone :-DKathy Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439720411059490863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-27082758266097023282013-05-26T14:39:20.053-04:002013-05-26T14:39:20.053-04:00Hi Sara - Are you going to IQF in Houston later...Hi Sara - Are you going to IQF in Houston later this year ??? Would love to get together with you while we're all there and talk about forams and geological structures !Kathy Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439720411059490863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-80331261286333176712013-05-26T14:31:02.216-04:002013-05-26T14:31:02.216-04:00Hi Rita - RE the thread painting ... I have a gen...Hi Rita - RE the thread painting ... I have a general idea of where I want to go with the design, and 'chalk-in" or draw some basic lines on my fabric to set up the design boundaries. After the lines are drawn, I stitch over those lines using the different threads I've chosen. From that point on, I'm in free-motion stitch heaven as a fill in all the empty spaces with beautiful thread. I'd be glad to demonstrate sometime if anyone's interested :-) <br /><br />Will also be happy to share the "Key-hole" binding technique and demo it too for anyone whose interested. You can also check Vicki Pignatelli's books for this technique.... I learned a great deal from her while taking one of her classes in Anchorage, AK a few years ago.Kathy Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439720411059490863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-58633414809382443532013-05-21T19:55:19.818-04:002013-05-21T19:55:19.818-04:00Mesmerizing & melodic. I love your source ins...Mesmerizing & melodic. I love your source inspiration...I will never look at a paint book quit the same way from now on! Your multi-thread stitching is so satisfying to linger over, as it looks like you really enjoyed creating it. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154076191981373564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-39651359862657018692013-05-19T22:39:15.084-04:002013-05-19T22:39:15.084-04:00Your thread painting is so perfect in this quilt. ...Your thread painting is so perfect in this quilt. I love how soothing the colors are!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368515552194912257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-58330925165051485812013-05-17T22:04:42.049-04:002013-05-17T22:04:42.049-04:00Kathy, I love this interpretation. When I left gra...Kathy, I love this interpretation. When I left graduate school and moved back to Texas, I joined the paleontology section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society and went on many fossil hunts. I would delight in finding teeny forams while everyone around me found macro sized fossils. <br />Rock infra structure can definitely be beautiful and you captured it well.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236884861296764244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-78605234966856425402013-05-17T11:38:08.789-04:002013-05-17T11:38:08.789-04:00Beautiful! It is my favorite of all that you have...Beautiful! It is my favorite of all that you have done. 20 threads? Oh My Gosh. Do you have a plan before you start, or does it grow as you go?...........And, would you please share the 'key-hole' binding technique sometime?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00229794587172441175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-68911435699929434602013-05-16T22:41:35.189-04:002013-05-16T22:41:35.189-04:00I love the simplicity yet the complexity of it! El...I love the simplicity yet the complexity of it! Elegant execution!!!! Just love it!loistheartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874401983663533819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-57746308371230294652013-05-15T23:30:33.475-04:002013-05-15T23:30:33.475-04:00I agree Kath, this is my favorite Maven piece of y...I agree Kath, this is my favorite Maven piece of yours to date. You excel at thread work and I find it ironic we both used some of our rust-dyed fabric for this project. I wonder if you knew I worked for a competing oil company (Union Oil) in the mid-70's (also in the Exploration Dept.), where I computer plotted the field data in search of oil and gas reservoirs. Small world huh. The graphs reflected strata findings and I never even thought about that for this challenge. Duh... I have to admit, Canyon was a tough theme for me but I've sure enjoyed the results.JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873703819530569975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-32644483943501854922013-05-15T20:30:49.500-04:002013-05-15T20:30:49.500-04:00Kathy, that was so very interesting...the back sto...Kathy, that was so very interesting...the back story. I learned a lot. I also kept wondering if you had read The Snow Child, set in Alaska. You really had fun with the stitching and I enjoyed enlarging to photo to see how very much you did. Thank for relating your odyssey before, during or throughout this assignment. A fine trip!Linda Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622069411237073813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-74570499594390249762013-05-15T19:57:05.675-04:002013-05-15T19:57:05.675-04:00Your quilting on this is just incredible. Very di...Your quilting on this is just incredible. Very different strata than I've ever associated with canyon but how beautiful. Of course, your background certainly help with this one!! :)<br />Well done.Nedra Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713288647355250747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-37153871496509574562013-05-15T18:32:03.431-04:002013-05-15T18:32:03.431-04:00How lovely and how unique, Kathy! I can't wai...How lovely and how unique, Kathy! I can't wait to see this in person. I hope you're planning to bring it to our next Guild meeting for Show and Tell! Your theme word has really resulted in some gorgeous quilts!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.com