Author: Judy Coates Perez

  • experiments in trapunto

    For the last few years quilts in shows have become more and more heavily quilted. This seems to impress judges. With this quilt I want to do less quilting. (I still want to impress the judges, but this time with painting. I know that may require a small miracle, quilt judges are often not impressed…

  • Painting Done!

    This is going to be my next quilt “Arbol de Vida”, (tree of life in spanish). I was inspired by those beautiful wood carved painted animals that come from Oaxaca Mexico. This quilt will be aproximately five feet square. it is whole cloth painted (white) cotton.

  • We interrupt this painting to bring you Pottery

    We interrupt this painting to bring you Pottery

    When I lived in Austin TX I spent many years taking pottery classes. I love pottery, wheel throwing and hand building, almost as much as I love to make art quilts. It was a battle of the art forms for many years. I love them both, but there are not enough hours in a day…

  • Arm warmers

    After 4 starts and stops I have finally made a fingerless glove arm warmer I am happy with. This comes up over Nina’s elbow to keep her arm nice and toasty. Now I need to finish the other one in time for her birthday in two weeks. I have been busy painting my new quilt…

  • Sneak Peak

    I have started my next big quilt. This one will be five feet square. I have been painting 8-10 hours a day for the last 5 days, half way through my third audio book. Now my schedule is getting a little busier and I am going to have less hours to paint for a while.…

  • Skeletons

    The quest for just the right skeleton pattern. My daughters birthday is coming up next month and I am going to make her some fingerless glove arm warmers wih a skeleton design on the hand. Growing up in a warm climate has made it very difficult for her to understand that you wear long sleeve…

  • Felted Hat

    I have had a pattern for a felted hat by Fiber Trends for several years. The other day when I was looking at Jeri Riggs blog I saw the felted hats that she had just made and decided I needed to try one myself.I used Lambs Pride bulky yarn which felted up almost furry. It…

  • Ornaments again

    These have turned into the best portable project. Everything I need fits in a couple baggies. Yesterday, while at my kids teen gathering at the local coffeehouse I stitched three of these. I made one while sitting at a doctors appointment and a few more watching tv with the family. The wool is wonderful to…

  • Creche and more ornaments

    Following up several other blogsters that have been showing their creches, this is the creche I made with my daughter about 12 years ago when she was 4. We made it out of sculpy. Here’s a few mored felted ball ornaments.

  • Felted ball ornaments

    These ornaments were made from felted balls that were leftover from last years felted ball ornaments. This year I cut out wool felt shapes and sewed them on with embroidery floss.

  • Needlecases

    Yesterday we made wool felt needlecases for when we take our sewing on the go. This one is mine.And this one is Nina’s for the ultimate in goth crafting.

  • The Raven King

    Dick Blick was having a sale a couple weeks back with canvases half price. How could I pass up cute little 4″ canvases for $2.50 each? Unfortunately I forgot to gesso my canvas before I started painting, so there are little bumpies, it has been a long time since I have painted on canvas. I…

  • Happy Saint Nicolas Day

    The eastern European tradition is that on the evening of December 5th you put your shoes out for Saint Nicolas. In the morning on December 6th when you wake up your shoes will be filled with cookies. Every year I make these delicious spice cookies for St Nicolas Day, this year my kids found themselves…

  • Cute Booties

    When I was on Kristen LaFlammes blog I saw she had made an adorable pair of booties for her sisters baby made from a pattern designed by Heather Bailey. I made these with some of Ninas leftover polar fleece and wool felt for details. They are fun to stitch and decorate, Now I need to…

  • Grandnephews x-mas sweater

    This is the sweater I just finished for my sister Deb’s grandbaby. I saw the sweater on Wee Wonderfuls blog and thought it was the cutest little kids sweater. The pattern is from Miss Beas Rainy day by Rowan a cute little book that I ended up ordering from Amazon UK, did you know you…

  • Arts & Crafts Day is coming

    Mark your calendars November 30th is Arts & Crafts Day. The homeschooling daughter of a friend has created this holiday. I think it is one we should all observe, these are her intentions: I made up arts and crafts day so more people would do crafts. Arts and crafts day is a day that you…

  • Rules and the creativity limits can bring

    What is it about rules that make us want to break them. Rules can be very limiting or totally inspiring. The new rule in the International Quilt Festival World of Beauty contest is “no sharps” meaning nothing sharp on a quilt, due to barbed wire being on a quilt a year ago. And as many…

  • Agave Finished

    Agave Finished

    Finally finished the Agave. This and four other quilts will be going to a gallery show in Austin, TX for the month of December.