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May 1, 2008
Take it further in May
Posted by sharonb under Challenges, Take it Further challenge | Tags: challenge, challlenges, TIF |[166] Comments
[166] Comments
May 1, 2008
This entry has now been moved to my new blog Pin Tangle
May 1, 2008 at 9:13 am
Challenge question is thought provoking, this is something I will have to think about. I love the colours, was hoping for something light to brighten up after all the rain. Pink is not my favourite colour to work with so using that will be a challenge in itself. Need to finish April first not much left and will post to flickr soon.
May 1, 2008 at 11:36 am
Oh boy, I love this new palette. *S*
And the May challenge question is one that is always on my mind. Maybe I can finally put it into some focus.
May 1, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I’ve been scratching my head over this question for some time now! I am doing a lecture on May 20 about “what do we call ourselves” : quilter, quilist, art quilter, fiber artist, textile artist..and yikes I have not done the notes for it yet !! Thanks for more grist for this mill !
May 1, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Love the colors this month, Sharon, and the theme is one I’ve been thinking about for some time now. What DO I call myself?
This is going to take some real work to depict from a design perspective.
As always, very interesting.
May 1, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Hmm Sharon, this is a hard one, I used to call myself a cloth doll maker, then I knitted, but that wasnt art, then a textile artist as that covered a multitude of things. Mixed media artist? Actually I dont think I am an artist at all, but I do get cross when people use the term craft in a rather derogatory way, after all you spent years becoming a craftsman in the old days of guilds and a Master Craftsman was indeed some one to reckon with. Artists seem to think they are above craftsmen, but most of those only dabble in paint! I do this too but I dont think I am an artist. I think more thinking is required.
May 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Wow Sharon! What an interesting question! I will post my first thoughts on my personal blog so as not to fill your comments page too much.
Hooroo,
Christine.
http://missmuffettwo.blogspot.com/
May 1, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Hi,
love the colorway! As for the topic i guess i’ll have to open my private can of worms
neki desu
May 1, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Oh my goodness, I may have to resort to the color bar this time. However the pastel palette will be a challenge for me, We will see —Will use the next hour while I walk, to see what my brain can conjure up.
http://www.comequiltwithme.blogspot.com
May 1, 2008 at 10:37 pm
This time I will go for the colour option and try my hand at canvas stitching. In ten years of stitching I never had a needle case. I think it is time to make myself one.
May 2, 2008 at 12:51 am
How did it get to be May 1? I was just thinking I could set aside another project and get my April (not to mention March) blocks done in time. So, I was surprised to see the new guidelines.
I do like this new color scheme – I have admired that block before. Maybe I should post the unembellished blocks so you know I’m still thinking about Taking it Further.
May 2, 2008 at 1:06 am
Oh the perennial question I have pondered with ever since I started my fine art textiles course. This was always a hot topic but then the fine art course seemed to know where it wanted it’s student’s to go. It’s a fine balance between art and craft and the cross over is always ultimately there. The boundaries have been blurring for many years but we are all still not sure when we are making; or at least I am not sure. It’s a compromise isn’t it? Do we make and hope to sell as an artist or do we make and hope to sell as a craftsperson? Is the difference in utility? Will your quilt be too good to put on a bed? Do you hope it will be admired as wall art? But then what do we make of Tracey Ewin’s unmade bed? I don’t know where this is going to take me Sharon this month but it certainly will be an interesting journey. There are just too many questions and not enough answers in all of this. I don’t know whether there is a straight answer and then trying to interpret it in a piece of work well, is this going to be asking too much, I just don’t know. I suppose we will see. You certainly have set us a hard one here. Cheers Tricia
May 2, 2008 at 1:53 am
Well, I guess since this is such a tough one, no one else has commented yet. But I’ve been doing some initial thinking and have posted my thoughts on my blog for today
http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com
May 2, 2008 at 2:48 am
Artists and Morning Glory colors! I call myself an artist who sees and paints morning glories. More later.
http://www.fairy-crafts.blogspot.com
May 2, 2008 at 2:50 am
You have chosen another topic to make us think Sharon and I love those colours! I’ve just joined your Studio Journals course and I’m determined to make the time to do all the work.
May 2, 2008 at 2:54 am
Artists and Morning Glory colors! My own version of this. (more later.)
http://www.fairy-crafts.blogspot.com
May 2, 2008 at 3:21 am
I know what I call myself… explaining why might be a little more difficult to articulate. Hardest of all will be to portray it visually!!! This may be the month that I cop out and do the color challenge!
May 2, 2008 at 3:43 am
Well Sharon, I’ve read this May-challenge twice and I still don’t feel any bubbles coming up. “What do you call yourself and why?’; I think I have to chew on this for a while…I haven’t thought about this before, always doodled around and doing as I please around my workingtable. Sometimes traditional quilting, sometimes wonderfully experimenting with all kinds of techniques…maybe I want to blend those two together in time, I don’t know…thank you Sharon my mind’s beginning to crack
, I’ll show you all with what I manage to come up with!
May 2, 2008 at 4:42 am
Ah, Sharon, you once again hit the nail… I even deleted my “About” in the blog since…I found it so hard to describe myself. So, thank you once more for this challenge and the challenging questions. I will face them this month.
May 2, 2008 at 5:26 am
Hi Sharon,
What wonderful colors you selected for this month’s challenge. I uploaded a chart for everyone to use – if they’d like – shading from dark to light. The chart is on my blog at http://www.dianem.wordpress.com Enjoy everyone!!!
May 2, 2008 at 6:20 am
I’ve posted some initial thoughts on this topic on my blog. Again, you’ve given us much to mull over.
May 2, 2008 at 7:48 am
I call myself a maker of stitched textiles. “maker” … because it locates me in the larger community of those who work in ceramics, metal, wood, etc., with the commonality of using the hand to translate inspiration into a tangible object. “stitched textiles’…because it is a broader term than embroidery and gives more emphasis to the ground material.
May 2, 2008 at 10:27 am
Hi Sharon,
I have tried repeatedly to past my finished April TIF links on your April TIF post comments. All I get is an error page that says “discarded”. I notice that other people don’t seem to be having a problem commenting.
Thanks,
Juanita
May 2, 2008 at 10:29 am
Hi again,
Since I was able to post my comment here, I wonder if you could add the following to April’s list of comments:
Updates for my April TIF piece are here:
http://flyingcolours1.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-tif-part-ii.html
http://flyingcolours1.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-tif-part-iii.html
May 2, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Juanita – your comment came through OK and is published so perhaps it was temporary glitch. Not that I can do anything about it as the behind the scenes stuff is out of my hands
May 2, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Interesting question … For months comment on my blog my point of view … I believe that as the subject who was first the chicken or the egg … things tastes … are difficult to define,,, Merlou Ponty try to clarify it .. but it is very hard to clarify and understand …
http://nelapx.blogspot.com/2008/02/arte-artesania-artistami-opinion.html
May 2, 2008 at 12:18 pm
My gosh Sharon, this is something I’ve been wrangling with for a while now. I’m thinking if you bring it up and I’ve been thinking about it lately, I must need to answer it. Will put more thoughts on my blog
http://www.barnyardchatter.blogspot.com
Wow! what a thinking question this one is!
May 2, 2008 at 12:18 pm
http://nelapx.blogspot.com/2008/02/arte-artesania-artistami-opinion.html
Interesting question … For months comment on my blog my point of view … I believe that as the subject who was first the chicken or the egg … things tastes … are difficult to define,,, Merlou Ponty try to clarify it .. but it is very hard to clarify and understand …
May 2, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Interesting question … For months comment on my blog my point of view … I believe that as the subject who was first the chicken or the egg … things tastes … are difficult to define,,, Merlou Ponty try to clarify it .. but it is very hard to clarify and understand …
May 2, 2008 at 12:19 pm
My opinion
http://nelapx.blogspot.com/2008/02/arte-artesania-artistami-opinion.html
May 2, 2008 at 12:20 pm
http://nelapx.blogspot.com/2008/02/arte-artesania-artistami-opinion.html
May 2, 2008 at 12:20 pm
you can read about the February 13
May 2, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I got mine finished and posted early this month for a change. I combined it with my Fast Friday Fabric Challenge.
Betty
May 2, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Q: What do I call myself?
A: weird
LOL
the term “Textile artist” covers a lot of things … so I tend to use that one a bit, seeing I dabble in a lot of creative things, and most of them are textile related.
btw, I MAY find time to do this one … I want to find time to do this … but I have still not done January, Febuary, March or April yet … sigh …
May 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I describe my quilting work as ‘fibre art’ or fabric art. An artist described it as ‘fine art quilts’. Because I have always loved to sketch and paint, I describe myself as artist.
May 2, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Hi Sharon,
I have my choice for this and last month on the blog!
http://stitchandmore.blogspot.com
May 3, 2008 at 12:21 am
Dear Sharon,
I have posted a few comments. Unfortunately my schedule has prohibited me from participating in this year’s challenge.
I wanted to respond to the “makers” label, which has now transferred to distinguish those in the visual arts. The new term is “object makers,” which defines those who still use their own hands as opposed to those who pay fabricators, or those who are in the growing ephemeral categories such as performance, video, media and time arts. I rather bristle at the label frankly. But on that note of changing label and definitions – in the new Sculpture magazine the first three articles are on artists who could be said to be Fiber artists, as opposed to sculptors. I had noticed a growing trend in the last five or so years of placing artists whose large-scale work use incorporates techniques and process that are typically used in fiber applications, suchas wrapping, sewing, weaving, tying, in the Sculpture category – interesting indeed. The artists in the May Scupture Magazine are inorder of appearance: Cathy de Moncheux, Andrea Loefke, and Anne Wilson.
Again, thank you for all your investment of time and knowledge. I always love to read your blog. Sincerely, Lenora
May 3, 2008 at 12:23 am
Oops, sorry for all the typos.
May 3, 2008 at 12:37 am
Judith: I really like your description of “maker of stitched textiles”.
Sharon: You are really making us think once again. Obviously this is a timely topic and theme. ‘Can’t wait to see how everyone depicts it.
May 3, 2008 at 4:44 am
I had the same problem as Juanita. My April challenge, and why it’s late, are on my blog http://outofthebasement.blogspot.com
May 3, 2008 at 7:53 am
I just posted my reasons for referring to myself as a textile artist on my blog. It remains to be seen how I’m going to interpret it all visually!
http://sewingmagpie.blogspot.com
May 3, 2008 at 8:10 am
I’ve never felt a strong need to identify myself with a label but then I have a career that I tend to use as a public label when one is needed and I’m not out there working to exhibit or promote my handwork/needlework/fiberart/whatever. Long ago when asked I came up with “I make things” and that has stuck most. I think in a way I gave up trying to get others to understand what it is I do and why so I just have ignored the issue.
Last week I was at the Embroiderer’s Guild of America Great Lakes Regional Seminar in Madison, Wisconsin and the keynote speaker at dinner was a quilt artist–a lovely woman whose name I have totally forgotten, for which I must apologize. She showed her progress in her quilting and designing over many years. But she began her talk with a discussion of how she identifies herself. Her interesting take on it is that she is “recovering.” She’s recovering from being afraid to call herself an artist (she’s not quite there yet in her own mind), she’s recovering from not taking her work seriously, she’s recovering from guilt at taking time to stitch rather than clean/spend time with her family/do laundry, etc. There was a lot more to it but it was an interesting twist on the issue.
Marjorie
May 4, 2008 at 1:13 am
Although I’ve mulled over the difference between “craft” and “art”, so as to defend myself mentally against the attacks of some of my high falutin’ teacher friends, I’ve never felt much need to answer the question of “who” I am in the fiber world. (Very important question in other areas of life though) I think the “why” of stitching is much more relevant question. Anything that consumes many precious hours of my week should be of value, and my hours with a needle bring relaxation, joy at seeing a concept take form, unstressed mental activity, and occasionally even a finished product.
May 4, 2008 at 2:07 am
Thanks so much Sharon, for both the May Challenge and for accommodating my request for pink!
I’ve matched up DMC floss colors to your palette and posted it on my blog. I’ll talk about my theme for the concept in the next couple of days.
Thanks again!
Pam
http://www.kittyandme.com/
May 4, 2008 at 6:56 am
Great question, no idea what the answer is short of inventing a new word to cover all that I do, my thoughts are on my blog and I’m sort of thinking about using the colours at the moment, however I may still change my mind.:)
http://travelfibreandthread.blogspot.com/
May 4, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I’m going with the colors again, as planned. I’ve got my crazy quilt block on Flickr. Now the fun begins!!
May 4, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Pretty colours this month Sharon. I’m going to be late though as I have a lot of work due by the end of the month. Hope to get May’s challenge done in June.
May 5, 2008 at 12:09 am
I think I’m back! I posted my initial thoughts about tif 5 here: http://tenar72.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/thoughts-of-tif-5/
By the way, thank you for the thought-provoking theme, Sharon!
May 5, 2008 at 2:53 am
I had to skip April, life in the way. I think I will be using the colors again, finally some I absolutely love. Not sure if I will do some embroidery or quilting.
May 5, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I’ve posted the supplies I’ll use this month on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
I call myself a Fiber Artist, because it covers all the different things I like to do. Sandy
May 6, 2008 at 1:35 am
Thanks for the totally EXCELLENT challenge this month, Sharon. First thoughts posted on my blogspot at…
http://fibrefan.blogspot.com/
May 6, 2008 at 4:54 am
Yes, I think I’ve got it! The making of TIF May has started….in my mind. But I know what it will become! Se my thoughts and plan http://miekenoor.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/05/thinking-of-tak.html
May 7, 2008 at 12:21 am
Hi
Thanks Sharon for this new challenge. Once again, a great question and nice colours…
First thoughts on my blog.
Paule
http://patchworkbroderieetcetera.blogspot.com/2008/05/tif-challenge-may.html
May 7, 2008 at 2:20 am
This palette is very different! I’ve got musings over at my blog but no ideas yet…. I’m definitely doing some soul searching as I strive to define what this current phase of my life is. How do you keep coming up with themes that land so close to my home???
May 7, 2008 at 5:54 am
Hi there, I found this challenge easier than I thought. I have outlined the way mine is going on my blog if you would like to read about it. I will post the finished piece quite soon.
May 7, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I’m BACK. I hope I’ve not been banned for dropping out to move this old bag of bones and tons of books and fibers an hour north.
This month’s challenge is a no brainer as to identifying myself. I’m an embroideress. Yes I may study and incorporate ideas from lots of disciplines, but my greatest pride is that time when I can put the needle to the ground and just do a workmanlike job of embroidering something.
Now how I’m going to interpret that in embroidery is not yet quite clear but I have a few ideas. Watch my blog for progress.
May 8, 2008 at 6:30 am
Hi,
I just put my first thoughts for TIF may on my blog,
http://jacquelinedejongarts.blogspot.com
unfortunately, this is the first and the last update for TIF this month, I am away for a three weeks holiday and I have the piece finished when I come back.So no updates in the mean while!
May 8, 2008 at 10:48 am
I posted my initial thoughts on the May challenge at http://paintedquilt.blog-city.com/may_tif.htm
Thanks for another great topic Sharon!
May 8, 2008 at 2:56 pm
My May TIF is finished, its a bit odd and not like my last ones but as i will be away for a while i wanted to get it done. Really got me thinking. there are two posts on it one after the other.
on my blog
http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
May 9, 2008 at 6:53 pm
April challenge piece completed and posted here http://greasyminginc.blogspot.com
May 10, 2008 at 6:32 am
I may not be able to complete a piece this month since I’m getting ready for that cross country move the first week of June, but yesterday I dyed some fabric which I MIGHT use on the piece for this month’s challenge which I will complete as soon as I can.
http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/dyeing-techniques/
I’m planning either a garment, likely a jacket, or possibly a clergy stole (since I’m a minister) that reflects the nomenclature I’ve chosen of Fiber Artist/Theologian. Some of my best fiber/textile pieces have been in biblical interpretation so that name seems appropriate.
May 10, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Another month and another great challenge. Read about my initial thoughts on the challenge for May on my blog.
http://www.millionlittlestitches.blogspot.com
May 10, 2008 at 11:44 pm
My first thoughts about this challenge are now posted on my blog. I have purposefully not read other responses before writing this.
http://www.tyquilts.com/blog
May 11, 2008 at 12:39 am
Well, I’m all done for May. I’ve learned an awful lot doing this challenge. I don’t know whether I have explained it well enough, perhaps the work will do that, but I hope that those of you who want to read the theory behind my making this month will be able to understand it by reading the two blogs on it. Do take a look when you get time. All comments welcomed at: http://lets-create.blogspot.com/
May 11, 2008 at 1:02 am
I did try to write this just now, I wished I had saved it as it doesn’t seem to have entered in the line. Oh well, just to say that my challenge is done for May.
Any comments will be welcomed, please say if you don’t understand the theory I have tried to explain behind the making of my piece, I would prefer to know. There are two seperate blogs about this at my blog. Cheers and bye for now Trica
May 11, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Want to see my progress on Tif May, too? See http://miekenoor.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/05/progress-on-tif.html. I love to reed an d see the progress of the others, too. What a different ways you can go with this challenge!!!
May 12, 2008 at 2:41 am
I’ve finished the March block http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcih/2483636832/in/pool-584069@N24
I will probably use the colors for all months. April is pieced and May is thought about.
May 12, 2008 at 2:46 am
The first visual for my May TIF is up on my blog http://www.tyquilts.com/blog
May 12, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Hi, It was so much fun this challenge that I finished it yesterday. In future I want to do more with beads, I only want to learn when to stop. I don’t like those “overdone” projects. So, I I think I’ll have to learn a lot. I hope you’ve got tips for improvement for me, see my blog http://miekenoor.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/05/yes-ive-finishe.html
May 12, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I am trying to do something, but not sure you can really call that progress.
Here is a first, very rough sketch:
http://tenar72.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/sketch-for-tif-5/
and here a collection of scraps and materials I’m going to use:
http://tenar72.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/tif-5-stuff-im-going-to-use/
All of your works are so wonderful and inspirationa, I’m visiting lots of blogs even when I don’t have time to comment, keep going, all of you!
May 13, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I have uploaded both the April and May challenge colours. It’s good to be back on track with the months. I found the April colours harder to find a subject for but had seen many tilled fields in browns recently, so chose this. Purples are always easy for me
Maureen
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
May 14, 2008 at 1:56 am
more random thoughts on the May challenge here
http://travelfibreandthread.blogspot.com/search/label/take%20it%20further%20challenge%20May
May 14, 2008 at 5:28 am
I finished the TIF. I made a bag for my daughter. I used colors.
http://laurencepatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/take-it-further-challenge-de-mai.html
May 14, 2008 at 8:14 am
Hi
Ive written my initial thoughts on this at http://paulahewitt.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/i%e2%80%99m-baaaaaack-cue-maniacal-laughter/
im not sure how to translate onto cloth!
May 14, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I’ve been brooding on this for a while and will blog about it when the idea gels. I don’t really like labels but if I’m being facetious I would say that what I am is a botanist as that’s my day job (and much more). Describing my involvement with art and textiles is mostly about process. In the book I co-authored as part of my work I put in a dedication to my parents who encouraged me to observe and interpret the natural world – this applies equally to my artistic endeavors.
May 14, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Hi all,
at http://amovablefeast.blogspot.com
my declaration of principles with photos
and boohoohoo sniff everybody’s avatar is prettier than mine
neki desu
May 15, 2008 at 1:19 am
Hi Sharon I have posted my CQ pieced square for May on my blog now on with the embellishing.
Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
May 15, 2008 at 11:19 am
Yes! I made progress on this May challenge.
http://skybellarts.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-tifc-day-two.html
It will probably be finished before I complete my work on the April challenge.
http://skybellarts.blogspot.com/2008/05/april-tifc-day-four.html
May 15, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I am making some progress with my May piece. I hadn’t been stitching for some time and I missed it. To me it is so restful, it gives me the opportunity to come down. Next week I will go to the hospital with my son whose eye will be operated (just a small operation) and this is a wonderful project to take with me.
May 16, 2008 at 10:43 am
Adding to morning glories, the evening primroses and Allie’s gorgeous work to inspire a new needlepoint crazy quilt design in the works!
http://www.fairy-crafts.blogspot.com
May 16, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I’m posting my next step on this month’s challenge on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
May 17, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hi, I know I am very late but my TIF piece for March is on my blog now….April and May will follow soon….
May 17, 2008 at 6:52 am
Hello Sharon
I have posted my thoughts on the May theme challenge on my blog http://maggies-textiles.blogspot.com . I am still thinking about hte colour challenge.
May 17, 2008 at 8:56 am
I have posted my May challenge. and a paart of it is a baby quilt I did for a Great Grandson.Not many visit me so I don’t blog weekly. Once or twice a month. Rene
http://reneorgeron.wordpress.com/
May 17, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I’ve got the preliminary thinking for the May challenge finished and now to start doing some of the bits for it.
Linn
http://embroideress.blogspot.com
May 18, 2008 at 6:59 am
Hi dear Sharon:
I just to publish one design “Mayo” I like very much this palette by colours!! hope you like it.
http://alarttex.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/tif-challenge-mayo/
All the best for you
Maria del Valle
AlarTTex
May 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Hi Sharon
I have finished my May challenge piece–thought I had better get a move on seeing as I have been spending a bit too much time looking at the Stitchin Fingers Group stuff.
May 18, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Hi again Sharon I forgot to put my blog address on the previous post and I also forgot to sign off–too much going on in my head I think.
Regards Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
May 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Wow, was that ever a challenge to come up with some way of illusatrating this month’s’ theme! I could put my thoughts into words, but it took ages to come up with a plan for putting them onto a cq block, LOL.
But I have finished, and have posted the result on my blog
Jocelyn
http://pinsneedles.wordpress.com/
May 20, 2008 at 10:33 am
Ive finished May and posted it here
http://paulahewitt.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/may-tif-i-yam-what-i-yam/
May 20, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Life is getting in the way, and I will have to do my May TiF challenge in June… Sorry about that!
May 21, 2008 at 1:42 am
Hi Sharon, I finished up my TIF May block. It’s on my blog:
http://www.kittyandme.com/
Hope you feel better soon!
May 21, 2008 at 6:29 am
Mine’s done! Anyone who would like to have a look it’s on my blog:
http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com
Cheers
MA
May 21, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Well, I think I might actually have started May’s TIF (finally). Initial noodling is on my blog: http://tangomusings.blogspot.com
May 22, 2008 at 6:48 am
I have finished this months challenge and have posted pictures at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sudukc/
and also on my blog:
http://sudukc.wordpress.com/
I have loved reading and visiting eveyone’s blog . Thanks…sue
May 22, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Hi Sharon,
I haven’t finished April’s and I’m going to have to bail on May’s at this point too as I’m having to pack up house and studio and shift from Adelaide to Brisbane!! So I’ve ended up with a stash cleanup but I’ve still got truckloads!! I will try to have something to post but things are a little crazy at present.
Love the new stitch fingers forum.
May 23, 2008 at 4:28 am
Morning glories and the gorgeous May colors in silk ribbon! I thought it was still the first week in May. Oh dear. Allie’s latest crazy quilt got me going!!
http://www.fairy-crafts.blogspot.com
May 24, 2008 at 12:11 am
Sharon, I done my May TIF all is on the blog and the April TIF is a wip!
May 24, 2008 at 12:34 am
My May TIF piece is coming along slowly. I’ve posted some pics on the flickr site and blogged about it at
http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com
Still have a ways to go.
May 24, 2008 at 6:11 am
I have posted my May piece on my blog.
http://fabthreads.blogspot.com/
Have a nice weekend!
May 24, 2008 at 10:06 am
I have posted my May piece on my Blog, in Flikr and on the TIF Blog as well – one has to cover all bases!!
http://paddysdaughter.blogspot.com
May 24, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Hi !
My TIF in may is finished and posted on my blog.
Good WE !
May 25, 2008 at 2:34 am
I’ve completed the embroidery on the journal cover I’m making for the May TIF. Pictures on the flickr site and blogged at
http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com
May 25, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I’ve completed May TIF. You can see it there:
http://aufildujardin.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-tif-completed.html
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/verobirdie/2520827362/
May 25, 2008 at 7:51 pm
My May TIF is complete and a photo is on the TIF Blog. I thought I’d left a note about that, but it does not seem to have appeared. Further info on my blog: http://paddysdaughter.blogspot.com
May 25, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Look here for a progress post on my thinking re my May TIF -
http://debbibaker.blogspot.com/2008/05/flotsam-postemphasis-on-mays-take-it.html
May 25, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I have posted my ponderings on May’s TIF here – http://debbibaker.blogspot.com/2008/05/flotsam-postemphasis-on-mays-take-it.html
May 26, 2008 at 4:38 am
Finished!!still don’t know what I call myself
details on the blog http://travelfibreandthread.blogspot.com/
May 26, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Hello everybody,
Have just posted my work for this month’s TIF at http://amovablefeast.blogspot.com
cheers,
neki desu
May 26, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Hi
Some progress on my blog :
http://patchworkbroderieetcetera.blogspot.com/2008/05/tif-challenge-may_26.html
Paule
May 27, 2008 at 2:08 am
I’m posting my finished purse for this month’s TIF.
http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
May 27, 2008 at 4:10 am
I used the colors again in the May challenge. It’s part of a collaborative project tho, and I can’t post a pic until everyone has finished. When I do post it, I’ll come back and leave a comment.
May 27, 2008 at 7:29 am
Yeah ! I am finished with May’s piece.
I blogged about it today ( Monday May 26th) at
http://zquilts.blogspot.com. I really thought I might not finish this one in time. Phew!
May 27, 2008 at 8:12 am
I just finished the May challenge…photos are on flickr and the story is on my blog.
May 27, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Squeaking in under the wire here, I think I would define myself as a listener. Through the decades, that seems to be the role which serves as a springboard to making positive contributions to those around me and the community at large. It’s only taken a life time of training by the universe to teach me to listen. I haven’t made any progress on the piece, but I’m envisioning a calm, monochromatic blue field of color, with varied values, perhaps with a vase or vessel or some sort stitched simply in a running stitch or outline stitch.
That’s it for May, although I hope to get the piece actually up on the blog before the 31st!
pdc
May 28, 2008 at 4:51 am
My May TIF can be seen here:
http://flickr.com/photos/hockey_kitten/2528515960/
and here:
http://flickr.com/photos/hockey_kitten/2528515968/in/photostream/
I have been sick for the past month & I still can’t see the end of it. So I did the concept.
May 28, 2008 at 9:43 am
I’ve really struggled with this month’s question, what do I call myself and why? When I quit my job nearly 4 years ago, I faced the same challenge when people asked me what I did…as if being a wife and a mom was not enough. One kid is in college now and the other’s nearly there so what am I when I’m no longer a “Stay at Home Mom”? I did set a goal for myself then to design and teach hand embroidery and I’m just starting to reach that goal. I’ve written a tutorial for the Focus on Finishing blog http://focusonfinishing.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/treat-bag-tutorial/ and I taught my first paid class this month. Maybe someday I’ll feel comfortable calling myself a designer or a teacher…for now, wife and mom is just fine with me.
May 28, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I will be late with this month’s challenge. I gave up sewing this month because I was in occupational therapy for carpal tunnel and radial nerve problems. The therapy is over so I starting to sew again 3 days ago. The plan is to hand quilt a block that will be uploaded to a new blog banner.
May 29, 2008 at 1:16 am
Here is a peak of my may TIF
http://patchworkadosbandas.blogspot.com/2008/05/el-lenguaje-del-bordado.html
May 29, 2008 at 4:18 am
My May TIF book page is posted on my blog, the TIF blog and Flickr pages.
http://moonsilk-stitches.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie-il/
http://takeitfurtherchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://flickr.com/groups/584069@N24/
May 29, 2008 at 5:57 am
For the may challenge, I made a little crazy quilt using the indicated colors.
http://textilesarts.blogspot.com
May 29, 2008 at 6:26 am
I’ve posted my challenge and my story on my blog.
May 29, 2008 at 10:09 am
Hi to all!
Looks like a few of us got done today… whew, 3 days left to boot. I made a postcard entitled “Winging It” using the color theme. It’s getting harder and harder to do both the color and thought theme!
I’ve posted to my blog here…
http://crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/2008/05/mays-take-it-further.html
Jane
PS.. Sharon, Your Baby, Stitchin’ Fingers has taken off well, congratulations on your awesome endeavor!
May 29, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hello all, I’ve finished the piece for May. This one was tougher than I thought but I had fun so take a look at what I came up with, on my blog
http://www.millionlittlestitches.blogspot.com
May 30, 2008 at 1:24 am
I have just finished blogging my finished piece for May (May 29)at
http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com
I add my congratulations on stitchin’ fingers, Sharon. I’ve not had a chance to get onto it much, yet, but now that the May piece is finished, I may have one or two days to look around a bit.
May 30, 2008 at 2:27 am
TIFC May is blogged at
http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/2008/05/name-i-call-myself-tifc-may.html
I interpreted both concept (what a doozy!) and palette.
May 30, 2008 at 6:20 am
Here is my TIF for this month:http://red2white.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/may-take-it-further-challenge/
May 30, 2008 at 7:28 am
I just published my May TIF at my blog http://fiberartmusings.blogspot.com/ Hope you like it.
May 30, 2008 at 8:45 am
I just posted the May TIF on my blog spot http://fiberartmusings.blogspot.com/
May 30, 2008 at 10:59 am
I finished my March challenge block, but couldn’t gt the link to post on that page. You can see the pictures on my blog here: http://paintedquilt.blog-city.com/moving_past_march.htm
May 30, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Just a note to let folks know I’ve posted pictures of what may become my TIF piece for May on my blog today. I’ve spent too much time doing things other than stitching this month!
May 30, 2008 at 10:13 pm
My May Tif offering is on my blog http://maggies-textiles.blogspot.com
In by the skin of my teeth!
May 31, 2008 at 1:00 am
Please check out my finished piece at http://www.fiberartmusings.blogspot.com/
May 31, 2008 at 4:54 am
Here is my wip piece for the May Challenge:
The embroidery language
http://patchworkadosbandas.blogspot.com/2008/05/el-lenguaje-del-bordado.html
May 31, 2008 at 4:56 am
Here is my wip piece for the May challenge:
The embroidery language
http://patchworkadosbandas.blogspot.com/2008/05/el-lenguaje-del-bordado.html
May 31, 2008 at 8:37 am
I have just osted my take in this months TIF. Hope you enjy reading my 2 pence!
http://postcards-and-stuff.blogspot.com/
May 31, 2008 at 9:05 am
I meant to say that a photo of the May theme challenge is also on Flickr
May 31, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Finished my piece for May. Wow, that’s cutting it close. Still don’t know what to call myself though.
http://tangomusings.blogspot.com
June 1, 2008 at 12:34 am
I’ve finished my piece this past week! Picture is in my blog, as well as the flickr TIF group.
June 1, 2008 at 3:03 am
Another last minute finish. This month was much harder than I thought it would be!
June 1, 2008 at 5:50 am
I have just posted my May challenge piece, I really wanted to throw it in the garbage but decided to finish it “warts and all”. I’m just getting my head around calling myself an artist; haven’t concluded how to describe it yet.
http:/miamithreads.blogspot.com
June 1, 2008 at 8:21 am
I finished my May piece. It’s a block that will be used for a larger piece of work, but I really enjoyed making it. You can see a photo of it on my blog – http://www.dianem.wordpress.com
June 1, 2008 at 8:56 am
Done. will put up on my blog –I did resort to the color bar–that was really a challenge for me as I do not do pastel colors.
http://www.comequiltwithme.blogspot.com
June 1, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I am finished too and it is up on my blog. I found the color scheme this month to be irresistible. I am so excited to see what everyone has done!
http://ravenhill.typepad.com/
June 2, 2008 at 12:15 am
Sharon, I’m a great admirer of yours and I’d really like to join in the fun (when a slot becomes available) — great inspirational work from your followers!
Margo
June 2, 2008 at 12:19 am
I’ve posted my May challenge piece. It was a really thought-provoking challenge, I enjoyed it very much.
http://www.lovefibre.com/category/tif-challenge/
June 2, 2008 at 3:47 am
http://takeitfurtherchallenge.blogspot.com/
http:/www.sisters38.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/groups/584069@N24/pool/
Another Month done!
Explanations at the sisters site.
June 2, 2008 at 3:47 am
April 27, 2008 at 2:05 pm
http://takeitfurtherchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.sisters38.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/groups/584069@N24/pool/
Another Month done!
Bonita
June 2, 2008 at 9:33 am
I’ve posted the results of my May TIF, monoprinting experiment on my blog at
http://megabqfabricchallenge.blogspot.com/
June 2, 2008 at 4:45 pm
May challenge finish!
http://blog-doris.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/584069@N24/
June 2, 2008 at 8:53 pm
well I made it
Yay
June 3, 2008 at 4:13 am
The May challenge is up on my blog with my thoughts posted earlier in the month. This was fun and again got me thinking. Terry http://www.artwhispers.typepad.com/artwhispers
June 3, 2008 at 9:18 am
I’m done. This was a tough one, good question, Sharon. Connie
June 4, 2008 at 12:09 pm
My May challenge piece is on my blog and on the Take It Further blog. It has been a busy two months, hopefully I can get back in the swing of things for June!
June 4, 2008 at 6:14 pm
A little late on the web, but finished in good time this month. Details and picture here
http://nuvofelt.blogspot.com/
June 5, 2008 at 2:42 am
Finished May’s challenge – more here…
http://skybellarts.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-tifc-day-three-done.html
June 5, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I’m just returning to the TIF after a very busy couple of months and have collected my fabrics for May & June. Hope to get them done soon.
http://linda-stokes.blogspot.com
June 7, 2008 at 9:55 am
I’ve made some more progress on the May challenge. You can see what I’ve done at http://paintedquilt.blog-city.com/not_just_rocks.htm
June 8, 2008 at 5:55 am
I finished my May challenge–used the color palate which was a stretch for me as it is not my normal palate. I made some 2 x 2 inch fabric squares for a swap I am doing. It’s on my blog: http://www.enchanted-art.blogspot.com
June 9, 2008 at 2:48 am
I have finally finished my challenge piece for May and posted it on my blog (http://sewingmagpie.blogspot.com) and on the TIF Challenge blog.
June 17, 2008 at 9:56 am
I’m still working on my May TIF piece. You can see my progress at http://paintedquilt.blog-city.com/listening.htm
June 18, 2008 at 4:19 am
Finally got some photos up of my progress with May TIF challenge. They are on my blog but not up in Flickr yet. I’m having a love/hate relationship with internet commerce. My stores are eating up all my internet time and I don’t get as much time to participate here as I used to .
Maybe I’ll find balance someday.
June 30, 2008 at 2:54 am
http://flickr.com/photos/helenad/2621012010
Here is my May TIF I was trying to show the overlapping areas of my work and my identity and use a kind of venn diagram idea.
The process is here:-
http://flickr.com/photos/helenad/sets/72157605344849209/
July 4, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Finally finished the stitching on my May TIF although it is currently a UFO
You can see it here.
I thoroughly enjoyed stitching this one
July 13, 2008 at 4:58 am
I’ve finished my May TIF, you can see it here
Happy TIFing,
~Lin Moon
July 18, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I have finished my piece for the May TIF, and it is on my blog
July 31, 2008 at 9:44 am
I finally finished the May challenge. You can see a picture here http://paintedquilt.blog-city.com/done.htm