Hi from Switzerland!

My name is Marlis and I live in the Italian part of Switzerland with a very supportive husband and two cats. I'm an art quilter (www.marlisegger.ch), blogger (TEXTILEARTAND... www.marlisegger.blogspot.com) and course organizer (www.texartacademy.ch). During the last couple of months I have mostly been wearing my organizers hat, so I haven't been able to work in my studio very often.

As most of us, I have started with traditional patchwork. In the meantime, I have used many materials and techniques ... just to find out that the material I love most is fabric (cotton, silk, linen) and one of my favorite techniques is screenprinting (breakdown printing/DSP, flour paste resists), but also monoprinting. One of my first monoprints which I really like, is this one:

It is part of a series of 5 ... and yes: my motto is "less is more"...

I'm part of a challenge group. We are working in a specific size (16" x 20") and every two months one of the group members chooses the new theme. These are three of my quilts:

(walls: Marks)

(music: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Spring)

(time: When Time Goes By)

This September I had the chance to take a 4day class with Jane Dunnewold (The New Complex Cloth) and got absolutely hooked. I blogged about this experience here and here.

I'm looking forward to participating in this blog and to getting to know new artists around the globe. Thanks for inviting me!

Btw: you can find me also on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr...

design wall monday; long time coming . . .

I've really had an active week of quilting and quilting projects (finally)! I had a great time at our stitch group's stitch-in on Saturday; I worked on and finished my Candy Corn Table Topper. It's the first project I've created that I've created a tutorial for, as well! Check it out in yesterday's post, HERE!

Then finally, after months of waiting and waiting -- some procrastination, some unable to sew, some waiting on the proper tools -- I've finally started on my hexagon quilt along! (Never mind that the actual quilt along, found HERE on Jaybird Quilts, was over ages ago - June 13th, to be exact!)

I've cut out stitched my first set of hexagons (instructions here). But, as per the instructions, I have not sewn the halves together. Today I'll work on the second set of blocks (instructions here).

I'm loving working with the jelly roll strips . . .

And the layer cake!

But I'm *really* digging this fabric, Moda's Boutique by Chez Moi. Cute, cute, CUTENESS!

I'm also really digging this new ruler that I bought specifically for this project. You should see me cutting triangles! I was just whizzing long. I'm very impressed with this ruler!

In less than an hour, I had sewn together five sets of strips from my jelly roll, and cut them into triangles . . .

I'll finish playing around with these today, too!

Also, don't forget to check out Judy Laquidara's blog, Patchwork Times, to see what other fun projects quilters are working on!

Happily I sew along . . .

:)

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