Art Quilt: What shall I name it?

14 inches by 15 inches. By Jane LaFazio

What shall I name this quilt? It's whole cloth, Gelli plated printed by yours truly. And machine and hand-stitched and beaded. 

(detail) By Jane LaFazio

(detail) By Jane LaFazio

(detail) By Jane LaFazio

(detail) By Jane LaFazio

(detail) By Jane LaFazioujhop9

pieces of art quilts...in progress

by Jane LaFazio
about 5 1/2 inches wide and 28 inches long
work in progress 

Working on art quilts for my workshop at Empty Spools Seminars in April 2020. 

One of the pieces, in the above piece. By Jane LaFazio

A little sewing and a little sketchbook

I'm working on a house themed quilt for this wonderful cause. 

I love drawing and painting succulents

Not every drawing works!

French Flight ~ featured in "Storytelling with Collage" by Roxanne Evans Stout

"French Flight" (13x13 inches) $275. by Jane LaFazio

I'm thrilled to be able to finally share this little quilt with you. I created it especially for Roxanne Evans Stout brand new book, "Storytelling with Collage."

Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

"French Flight" by Jane LaFazio page 52 in Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

I really love this piece. It's made from vintage lace and napkins and an envelope, fabric from Paris, a and a a watercolor I created of a little bird. 

detail of "French Flight" by Jane LaFazio page 53 in Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

The free motion stitching is of a peony, (my favorite flower, discovered while I was visiting France) and of a fleur de lis.

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

I got a digital copy of Roxanne's book, which made me even more excited to get a hard copy. It's a gorgeous book filled with Roxanne's unique and sensitive art work. Totally inspiring!

It's hip to be SQUARE ~ CRAFT NAPA

Garden Patch ~ in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

As Huey Lewis sang, "It's hip to be square!"

Garden Patch ~ in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

I like to work in a grid or squares format. I do it a lot. It's not that I'm rigid in my fiber art, far from it! I come to textiles as a mixed media artist, so anything goes! 

Garden Patch ~ in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

Working in a grid, helps me work spontaneously and intuitively, and then be able to compose it into a finished cohesive composition. A grid gives me a guide to work within.

Garden Patch ~ in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

All the pieces above will become something like the Garden Patch art quilt below.

Garden Patch Botanical ~ (14 x 13.5 inches)  by Jane LaFazio

But the squares below, are a Text on Textiles piece, and created in a totally and completely different manner. Yet, they are squares!

Text on Textiles ~ in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

Text on Textiles ~ in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

Text on Textiles ~ in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

Text on Textiles ~ in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

And these squares will become something like this, Text on Textiles ~ Childhood Summer:

Text on Textiles ~ Childhood Summer (12x12 inches) by Jane LaFazio

I'll be teaching both these classes, and their different ways of working in a square, at CRAFT NAPA, in Napa, California January 7-9, 2016

Friday, January 8th, GARDEN PATCH: Learn an easy, original way to create an art quilt. We’ll collage both paper and cloth to a surface and cut it up to create an original themed quilt. You’ll learn about color schemes, composition, and hand stitching. This is a great technique to create a quilt from a trip or memory, using fabric and paper bits that you already have.

At the end of the day, you’ll have your hand embellished, composed quilt. You can stitch it together by hand, in class, by machine at home. You’ll use this technique again and again, with totally different results each time.  REGISTER HERE

Saturday, January 9th, TEXT ON TEXTILES: We will combine writing, personal mementos, and textile arts to create a small art quilt full of personal meaning. This class will be meditative in many ways. We’ll be doing some journaling on fabric (I’ll give you writing prompts & the pen) then we’ll tear and cut the fabric, combine it with other small bits of fabric, paper and ephemera to create a small hand stitched story quilt. You’ll learn some hand embroidery stitches, ways to assemble diverse materials (paper, cloth, rocks etc) and create an interesting composition. Only you will know the power of your little, one-of-a-kind hand-stitched quilt. REGISTER HERE

and here is a video of yours truly, talking about my workshops at CRAFT NAPA

CRAFT NAPA: Kickstart your creative new year by joining world-renowned artists in enchanting Napa Valley! During this three-day retreat, you will have the opportunity to master your skills in collage, quilting, sketching, printmaking, painting, art journaling, and mixed media, all the while enjoying outstanding cuisine and wine, too.

Please leave your comment by Dec 10th and answer this question: What are your creative goals for 2016?

The winner is Janet Avery. Congrats Janet!

CRAFT NAPA is sponsored by:

Text and Textiles ~ THE SEA

detail of THE SEA by Jane LaFazio

detail of THE SEA by Jane LaFazio

detail of THE SEA by Jane LaFazio

detail of THE SEA by Jane LaFazio

 I'll be teaching this class, Text on Textiles at CRAFT NAPA on Saturday, January 9 2016.

detail of THE SEA by Jane LaFazio

I'm also teaching Garden Patch (Friday, January 8) and Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style (Thurs. January 7)  at CRAFT NAPA.

Cherry Sunday ~ a totally original art quilt

detail "Cherry Sunday" by Jane LaFazio 

detail "Cherry Sunday" by Jane LaFazio 

detail "Cherry Sunday" by Jane LaFazio 

detail "Cherry Sunday" by Jane LaFazio 

"Cherry Sunday" by Jane LaFazio (11x10 inches)

Art Quilt: Balboa Park Landmark

Buddy considers the composition ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

"Balboa Park Landmark" 24"x24" by Jane LaFazio

This is the second of the series for  Visions Art Museum in San Diego. I was invited to create two art quilts, each measuring 24 inches square, with the theme "Arches." San Diego's Balboa Park is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and there are arches in every form throughout the beautiful park. The exhibition will be up July 18—October 4, 2015, with the reception on Saturday night, July 18 at 5pm. (I'll be there!)

BeBop helps decide on the focal point ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

detail "Balboa Park Landmark" by Jane LaFazio

Artist Statement: This piece began with a quick watercolor I did of California Tower that I printed onto silk organza. The color palette with touches of green, and the images of plants and flowers were inspired by the gorgeous landscape of Balboa Park. The pinks, creams, and ecru, and the stitched and implied arches represent the architecture throughout the park. 

detail "Balboa Park Landmark" by Jane LaFazio

detail "Balboa Park Landmark" by Jane LaFazio

detail "Balboa Park Landmark" by Jane LaFazio

detail "Balboa Park Landmark" by Jane LaFazio

You saw the process for making the other quilt in this series "California Tower: Balboa Park" in this series of blog posts:
The making of an art quilt Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3. I finished that quilt, before I started this one, and although the process and some of the fabric were the same, they were made separately.