Day 1 - 31 Day Blog Challenge 2020, Introductions

 Hi Everyone!

Hope you are all doing well and staying safe this past year. I haven't blogged much this year, though I have been posting on Instagram every once in a while.

I've decided to participate this December in the 31 Day Blog Challenge with Cheryl Sleboda of www.Muppin.com.

I participated back in 2018 and it was a fun challenge. This time I will most likely post some of the days, but maybe not all! I need to get back to using my blog space. It is good writing practice, and fun to share our creations!

My photo with Tumbler Quilt on my Design wall

I'm Denise A. Buchwalter-Losczyk, I am a fiber artist, I love making art quilts, and sometimes traditional quilts all that I design myself. (Occasionally I will sew a fun pattern someone else has designed!) Other interests are embroidery, needle-felting, drawing, painting, photography, knitting, crochet, tatting, tunisian crochet and a little weaving (on mini looms). I love exploring with fiber. 

There is a lot to explore and discover. Growing up, I was always creating something, and embroidery and fiber were interests then, too. Family quilts and craft creations inspired me to create my own quilt designs.

I have an art background working in many different media, and I use those experiences in the art I create now.

When I'm not creating art, I'm busy with my husband, caring for our garden and our small orchard, and practicing my violin. 

Use the hashtag #31dayblogchallenge2020 to check out the other bloggers too!

You can also view my Instagram page at @dblosczyk

Have a Happy December!

Denise A. Buchwalter-Losczyk

 

Project update

Here is an update on one of the many projects I have been working on. This one is due in April, so I will be busy finishing it up this month. It is my entry for the Quilting Arts "Tempus Fugit" (Time Flies) Reader Challenge, it is a quilted textile postcard for their 100th issue.

I used an image from a woodblock print I made as a teenager as the base for the design. Hope you enjoy seeing my progress. 

Postcard size quilt sandwich (muslin backing, cotton batting,

 and printed quilt top) ready for quilting and embellishment.

Project with quilting done on sit-down machine, with Sulky metallic threads, color added with permanent yellow marker, and text stitched with vintage DMC embroidery threads. (thread is in excellent condition, from the 1950s, I believe, and found at a sale. I love the sheen it has!)

Back of my project, to get a glimpse of the quilting. I plan to add a plain backing over this back, so it can be written on.

It is starting to feel like Spring here today. We even flew some kites in our backyard!

Flying the Snake kite I purchased in Seattle in the 1980s! 

Nice to have space to fly. Shadow is my husband taking the photos.

Enjoy creating and preparing for spring,

Many Blessings,

Denise A. Buchwalter-Losczyk