introduction

Its about time I introduce myself. My name is Cobi, I'm from the Netherlands, I'm a single mom and I share my appartment with my 22 year old daughter and 2 cats. I'm into both crazy and art quilting. I love to dye, paint, stamp, screen print, stencil, melt, discharge, fuse, burn and punch fabric, I cut stencils and stamps, I tat, knit freeform, lace and stoles; crochet motifs, stoles, lace curtains and Irish projects and motifs. I swap ATCs, AAs, textile pages, textile cards and participate in rrs.

I haven't actually started stitching on my first journal piece, first I need to finish stuf from last year. I've been ill for a while so I fell behind. Today I finished 2 ATCs and 2 textile pages. I've used beads on one page and on one ATC. I love working with beads, but I still have a lot to learn.

this is an ATC I made for a swap.

this is a textile page I made for a swap. there are lots of beads sewn on.

ATC for a swap with the theme "10", beads are always good for centers of flowers.

this is a seam treatment I made on a cq rr block, I love those dangling leaves.

stumpwork berries on a cq rr block. the black beads are actually a trim sewn on.

my plan for the my journal is to use art nouveau/Jugendstil motifs as a focus point and I want to surround them with beading. I haven't exactly figured out how I'm going to do this, still in the planning stage.

if you'd like to see my blog, click here. I'm looking forward to this challenge and I love to see what everybody will create. glad to be part of this.