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Mixed Media Textile Art by Judy Coates Perez

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  • Technical difficulties on Nov 20, 2009 in quilting painting

    I started the quilting by outlining the deer and tree trunks to stabilize the fabric and the batting. I always try to work around the quilt covering some broad areas very simply and then slowly work in more detailed quilting, working evenly across th...

  • Mmmmm.... on Nov 18, 2009 in Life recipe

    Nina loves cranberries, she eats raw cranberries all the time, so she did a Google search for desert recipes with cranberries and found a recipe for cranberry pie! She made it last night and it came out so good, nicely tart and such a pretty color.

  • Batting a thousand on Nov 17, 2009 in batting

    I have spent the last few days catching up with life; cleaning the house, going to the bank, getting groceries, doing laundry...and trying to figure out how to tackle the quilting. Usually I like my quilting to create a certain amount of depth and t...

  • My first book! on Nov 13, 2009 in publications mixed media Art quilts

    I just self published this little portfolio of my art quilts and mixed media work using Blurb. I have seen several people write about using Blurb on their blogs and thought I would try it out myself. You can preview the book here. The book is 7 inc...

  • Hey West Coasters, Mark your calendars on Nov 12, 2009 in teaching

    I just got my paperwork from the IQA that I will be teaching in Long Beach at International Quilt Festival July 22-25! I will have three classes: Thursday (all day)- Mixed Media Painted Fabric, Friday night (6-9)- Ornamental Fiesta and Saturday (al...

  • Painting- done I think on Nov 11, 2009 in painting

    I think after eleven hours of painting yesterday it is done. There is always the possibility I will tweak thinks here and there. I had to force myself to stop last night at midnight, I was touching up lights and darks on the leaves on the tree on the...

  • A little blue on Nov 10, 2009 in painting

    I only had a short amount of time to paint yesterday so I didn't get as far as I would have liked. Hopefully today I will get the rest of the flowers painted and begin the grass.