by Nysha | Feb 17, 2013 | Connect the Dot Design, Davies Manor
This weekend was a “Connect The Dot Design” class at Davies Manor Plantation in Bartlett, Tennessee. The class was part of the annual ‘All Guild Quilter’s Pot Luck’. We had a nice turn out and great time! Here is a list of the links that might be of interest… Nysha Oren’s sites; http://studionysha.com/ http://studionysha.blogspot.com/ http://nyshaoren.tumblr.com/ http://pinterest.com/nysha_nelson/ Linda and Laura Kemshall, Design Matters TV (subscriptions from $50 – 110. Well worth it. Very educational. Always inspirational.) http://www.lindakemshall.com/DesignMattersTV.html Pattern Print Journal http://www.patternprintsjournal.com/ This Colossal http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ Elena Nuez (not English and yet one of my favorite blogs I subscribe to!) http://bicocacolors.blogspot.com/ Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) a terrific source for images and books http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Textile Museum (DC) on line exhibitions and great books http://www.textilemuseum.org/ Dover Books especially the ‘Clip Art and Design’ books http://store.doverpublications.com/ Supply Sources http://www.joggles.com/ on line art/craft supplies http://www.artcentermemphis.com/ local art/craft supplies Renae’s Rays and Mini Rays – a fabric and design friendly large and larger...
by Nysha | Feb 9, 2013 | Connect the Dot Design, Davies Manor, Visual Piecing
Saturday February 16th I am teaching Connect the Dot Design for the Quilter’s Pot Luck at Davies Manor Plantation in Bartlett, Tennessee. There will also be a demonstration of Visual Piecing.Included is all class materials and handouts for creating your own unique designs as easily as you did those pictures in childhood by connecting the dots!See you there.Just a note – there is NO SOUND on the slides! More...
by Nysha | Feb 4, 2013 | iPad, Mary Pal, Paper app, sketching
While out of town this weekend I found myself sitting with the breakfast crowd in the hotel. I pulled out the iPad and opened the Paper app and sketched the salt and pepper shakers. What else was there to do?Thank You Mary Pal for introducing me to this great app. Paper on...
by Nysha | Jan 30, 2013 | challenge, doodling
Recently I gave a presentation to Picking Up the Pieces in Cordova, Tennessee. I created an outline, copied it so that everyone could have a one and do a doodle. These are the one’s I have gotten back so far. Ellie’s Doodle Nanette’s Doodle Christopher’s Doodle Bethany’s Doodle Here is the original outline. Can you see the ‘Q’ for quilting? Original Outline I added repetitive lines to create pattern Preliminary Patterns and then filled in some of the resulting shapes with more lines or filled them in with solid black. Second layer of pattern Another If you would like to do a doodle please click ‘Q’ Outline and print out your copy. (I think you have to right click and download then print. Not sure – let me know!) Then e-mail me and I will add it....
by Nysha | Jan 26, 2013 | Free Motion Quilting, pattern, Quilting, zentangles
I recently finished a new presentation “Pattern and Doodle” all about the exploration of pattern and creating pattern through ‘Doodling’. Like the ZenTangle craze, doodling is all about simple lines and shapes repeated over and over to create a pattern. I doodle with my sewing machine on fabric as well as with ink on paper.Here is a video talking about how… Doodle Quilting with commentary from Nysha Oren on Vimeo. Interested in a Free Motion Quilting class? One is scheduled for the beginning of March. Come and join us. Contact me for more...
