POOPING OUT

APPLIQUILT JOURNALS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

two tye-dye pieces of cotton, batting, sewing threads, embroidery needles, perle cottons, various papers, beads, buttons & other embellishments

I think I've been teaching this particular tye-dye /journal assignment for the past 10 years or so now, 

and it just seemed to go flat this last year.

And that's OK because it had a wonderful run while it lasted.

There was only one student piece that was noteworthy enough to show off 

and it's below

 done by senior Crystal.

It could have been the time of year we did the piece,

4th Quarter where the kids are getting antsy-pantsy for summer, 

and their heads and hearts just aren't in the game anymore.

Not sure. 

Or maybe they were simply burned out from all the sewing we bring into so many of the projects.

So I might change the journal portion up a bit this year,

because the kids really seemed to like the journal making section.

We'll see,

so stay tuned in!

This is Crystals journal opened up

 so you can admire the handwork she did on the front and back covers.

Lot's of seed beads and buttons with those strong diagonals leading our eye around.

But it was this next one below that really stole the show.

Again I have it opened up so you are seeing both back and front covers.

Done by who else?

A.P. English teacher Donna Hall.

She really did knock all my assignments out of the park this last year.

Kinda like English teacher Deliana Park did two years ago.

Hi Deliana!!!

We miss you big time!

Now knowing Donna really well,

 she probably didn't even like her tye-dyed background foundation.

She was funny like that.

I personally loved it.

Her green and orange secondary color scheme is one that I use a lot.

Anyways her attention to detail was truly remarkable

 as well as the time and extra effort she put into this.

I want you to see a few close-ups of the details

so you can really appreciate her work.

The kids so enjoyed having you join us in the class Donna,

and they really got to see another side to you that they aren't privy to in the classroom.

Your unsure vulnerable side.

hee hee.

I hope you realized what a super-star you truly are!

THE CLOTH RESULTS

TYE DYE CLOTHS FOR APPLIQUILT JOURNALS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

100% cotton pieces & Rit dye

OK,

on to the "real thing".

Once the practice pieces on paper towels have been turned in,

I give each student 2 pieces of cotton cloth.  

A tip:

 I get all my 100% cotton fabric from garage and estate sales in bedding,

and rip the pieces to the size I need.  Saves me hundreds of dollars a year.

Their assignment:

to use their favorite Tye Dye techniques they've discovered in the prelims.,

and use them to create two pieces of cloth that are visually pleasing together.

These will later to used for the outside & inside covers of their Applique Journals.

Let's see how they did.

We start with senior Samantha Tan  & 8th grader Leanne Alcoy.

Both girls have created pieces that will flow together beautifully for their journals.

Next are 8th graders Dana Ahmad & Yusra Azmi.

These girls have chosen the exact same  colors for both pieces but different design techniques 

which also make them look great together.

Junior Jillian Morris & senior Alexis Bilas-Imperial both picked one or two colors from their first one to help  tie together their second one for terrific visual flow.

Here are the pieces that junior Connie Wu & 8th grader Palmer Patel created.

These are so cool,

they remind me of the newest technique on Pinterest,

Ice Dyeing.

These very dramatic & stunning works above were made by senior Sarah Woo & junior Lynette Lee.

And we end with 8th grader Andres Lara,

whose two pieces were so eye-catching I had to show them both in their entirety. 

ANOTHER OOPS, HELP!!!

APPLIQUILT JOURNAL

BEGINNING 3-D ART

I am at a lose as to who made this glorious journal.

I just found this pix the other nite, 

and I'm pretty sure it was made last school year.

So Malia, Syd, Iris X, Ms. Park, Iris L, Charity, Cheryl Mae, Clarissa, Eileen,

HELP!!!

Who does this belong to so I can give them credit??

Look at those incredible journal pages!

Absolutely lovely.

Alumni Hapshiba Kwon thinks this might be the work of senior Karen Long.

TAAA DUHHH!!!

APPLIQUILT JOURNALS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

tye dye cloths, cotton batting, perle cottons, paper & embellishments

I'm finally getting around to posting these incredibly crafted works of art.

I realize now that I should have taken some close ups so you could see the attention to detail.

These children sewed,

 appliqued,

 and beaded/embellished their hearts out,

pouring all their love into these fabric books.

note:  I lost the paper that has all your names on it over the summer,

so if I mis-label a work ,please let me know

Let's start with senior Eileen Wang.

During the first quarter of school the kids went thru a Tye-Dye unit

 to learn to make complex dyed marks on cloth.

Then during 3rd Quarter after having learned sewing and embroidery techniques,

we brought the pieces of dyed cloth back out to applique & embellish,

then turn into a journal.

The kids really got into designing their covers,

as did English teacher Deliana Park.

Deliana spent at least a 100 hours stitching her brains out on this delightful book. 

And then there is junior Helen Park with this adorable piece.

So well planned and executed.

The kids were required to bring in at least one word of text.

8th grader Elliana Lee stitched in a whole saying!

Senior Clarissa Gutierrez fussy cut this cute little fairy to applique onto her front cover.

She also has done some lovely beading and is having fun with those detached chain stitches. 

I so wish this journal by 8th grader Sydney Eng was in better focus.

She worked her behind off embellishing this book. 

Can you see the two bumble bees flying around?

And we end with I'm not sure.

I thought it was Hapshiba but she rang in and said it's not hers

S help me out 8th graders,

taking a guess here,how about 8th grader Iris Lin??

Because I do so much estate and garage sale picking,

 I often come across antique linens and dollies for the students to work with.

Iris??,

 like Sydney above,

 took advantage of some lovely crocheted pieces to incorporate into their journals.

I've been re-evaluating this assignment,

and I saw the kids struggling to start

 because they did't know what to use for subject matter.

And for the past couple of years I have bee so inspired by the ships that 

Hazel Monte at Handstories stitches,

that I think I might limit their subject this year to ships/boats.

Any thoughts on this?

Although I did just purchase the most wonderful Star from Hazel at her shop.

And check out her lovely moon in the shop.

so hard to know what to do.

A SNEAK PREVIEW...

TYE-DYE CLOTHS FOR QUILTED JOURNALS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

liquid Rit dye on cotton

of the pieces of tye-dye that my beginners made for the foundation 

of their Quilted Journals that are coming up in 3rd Quarter.

One will be used for the front/back and the other for the inside.

Junior Helen Park created these beauties to be used together,

and English teacher Deliana Park achieved these bold colorways 

that are gorgeous next to each other.

But it was 8th grader Carl Estrella's cloths that I was really drawn to.

Stay tuned to see how these turn out after they quilt them into a journal  :)

WHAT'S IN YOUR JOURNAL?

APPLIQUILT JOURNALS

BEGINNING 3-D ART

tye-dyed fabric, perle cottons, misc. papers & embellishments

These journals had their start at the beginning of the school year 

when the kid did their tye-dye unit.

After they did several samples on white paper towel to practice different techniques and colorways,

I gave them each two pieces of washed 100% white cotton fabric squares.

(I scavenge old sheets at garage and estate sales)

and away they go!

Then we do a stitching and embroidery unit in which they learn to sew.

And finally we put these puppies together into a journal form.

One of my new favorites this year

(I might have mentioned this before)

is junior Josh Bok

He surprised and pleased me with his text

on this clever journal.

And notice the cardboard thread keepers he even stitched on

Makes my heart so happy!!!!!!!

Senior Sunny Kim completely filled her journal with delightful whimsy 

on both the front and back covers.

Sunny was one of my top art students both this as well as last year.

I will miss her greatly.

And up and comer sophomore Shreya Sheth pushes boundaries 

once again with her thought filled message.

She has also chosen to embellish with a variety of fabrics and goodies

 that she finds around the room.

And we finish with junior William Kim,

a true patriot.

William was another student whose work stood out this year, 

and I'm a lucky woman to be able to say that he will be back next year.

And thank you William for your heartfelt letter you wrote me at school's end.

It's a keeper that will be the first one I put into that gorgeous natural journal you gave me.

I've decided that your gift will house all the beautifully written notes and letters 

I have kept over the years.

One of my first projects for when I retire.  :)

Thank you!

Appliquilt Journal - My Work

One of the many peaks of my job is to get to be able to create right along with the kids, only I have to keep one day ahead of them so I have a piece to demo. on.  This is the Appliquilt Journal I got to build this year, and it was a blast.  I got to start with two tye-dye pieces for the out and inside foundations that I thought looked really good together.  I also forced myself to work in colors that I wouldn't normally choose, I find it's good to push yourself every now and then.  I bought the great butterfly button years ago, knowing that one day I'd find a place for it.

I'm loving cheesecloth right now so I incorporated a bit on it on the front and back side.  And I wanted to balance the butterfly on the front with one on the back so I found a handmade piece of paper that I ripped into butterfly shaped pieces and collaged them onto a piece of posterboard to strengthen them so I could sew it on onto the backside.  That beautiful paper bead was a gift from mixed media artist Kelli Nina Perkins, again, a special piece I've been saving for the perfect art piece.  I put in a lot of quilting stitches for additional interest...

and added a bit of donated lace to extend the journal edges because I accidentally made the journal pages too wide :)  I added a lace pocket on the inside jacket and slipped in an older picture of my daughter and her best friend Hope when they were 5 years old, something else I've been saving forever.  A little hand tie to keep the journal pages organized.

Then on the inside back jacket I cut off and saved pieces from each of this years 3-D students tye-dye pieces so that they could be together in my journal, a piece of each of them.  I like that. They were a very special group of kids with great chemistry.  A remembrance.

Appliquilt Journals - Student Work

Boy oh boy, did my Beginning 3-D class learn how to stitch, quilt, applique, tye-dye and embellish this year, and use those skills in putting together these journals.

The inside and outside foundations are from their tye-dye unit.  We put batting between the 2 foundations so it became quilty. They had to applique and stitch designs onto front and back covers, work text into their designs, and they needed to embellish with charms, beads, etc.   And then they learned how to book bind using the Long Stitich.  I believe we spent about 3 weeks on this assignment.

This first gorgeous book was built by senior Jessica Barnett, and it flows so well from front to back.

This next piece by senior Kasie Le-Nguyen is so earthy and rich, really reminds me of Fall and the Harvest Moon.

I've lost track just a bit of who made this heart-felt beauty, it's either senior Priyanka Shah or Eugenia Jacob.  Sorry girls, get back to me so I can make the correction  :)

"Colors of the Wind" was done by senior Michelle Yoshimoto, and the colors she has used in this work are really lovely and appealing to the senses.

Senior May Luong, whose work we've seen a lot lately in both this class and the Beginning 2-D class, gives us this sweet piece about love.  Look closely at all the applique May has worked into her design, hours and hours of time spent. 

And senior Leah Huang is another who put so much effort and time into hers themed "Country Roads Take Me Home".  Did John Denver or James Taylor write that tune and record it first?

And then there is sophomore Laarnie Barcelon who goes completely wild, and puts so much cool stuff into her works.  Below is the interior cover page which makes hers very special.

Junior Kaya Quarles is another who did a sensitive and beautiful job with her front and back covers as well as the interior.  So, so pretty Kaya.  I just knew yours was gonna be good!  :)

And just look at the impeccable workmanship on "Free as a Bird" by junior Ashley Duru.  Ashley is one of the students who can talk constantly while she works and still pull off one of the most beautiful pieces in the class.  Huh, Ashley?  LOL  Yeah, yeah, I know, you aren't the only one who talks a lot  :)

Love you!  Should I tell who the others are???

And this adorable "When Pigs Fly" piece by 8th grader Jenna De La Paz was one of everyone's favorites.  Jenna is such a superstar.  Notice her very sweet interior cover page below. 

And one of my personal favorites came from sophomore Reis Misaka in his "Counting Sheep" journal.  Just look at all that hand stitching he worked into the background  Wow!

Tons of effort and time from all of you, thank you!