A Dozen Eggs — Painted in a 12-Step Color Wheel

Posted on March 23, 2013 by jean cheszek

Another week, another Spoonflower fabric design contest. The theme for this contest is Painted Eggs.

I thought I’d create a bunch of 3-dimensional eggs and ‘paint’ them with some of my other fabric designs.

First, here’s how I created a 3d egg in Adobe Illustrator (version CS5).

Draw an ellipse with the Ellipse Tool (see photo below)
Using the Direct Selection Tool, edit the points of the ellipse to make it egg-shaped
Delete the points on the left side of the ellipse
Use the command Effect ==> 3D ==> Revolve to create the 3-dimentional egg

Creating “Fading Memories”

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jean cheszek

Last week I wrote about creating what is probably my last quilt for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative. I included a picture of my favorite AAQI quilt Fading Memories. Several people asked how I made this quilt, so I thought I’d write about it, since I made it before I started blogging.

Fading Memories

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Maybe My Last Quilt for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative

Posted on March 8, 2013 by jean cheszek

I started making small art quilts for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative in 2007 when I was a new quilter. Both of my parents suffered from Alzheimer’s, and I wrote a bit about why I make these quilts in this post.

This quilt, Fading Memories, is my favorite. Both my parents served in the Navy in World War II, so I started with photos of them in their uniforms. I overlaid these with photos from throughout their lives, including their children and grandchildren. Fortunately my brother won the auction for this quilt, so I still get to see it.

Fading Memories

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