Tag Archives: Work in Progress

(Stash)BUSTED – Knowing what you have

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Lisa Yarost

I decided to start on my book- and stash-busting project by tidying up and getting a handle on what fabric I owned. This may take a while. I shall consider it an ongoing project. This is what over 100 yards … Continue reading →

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(Stash)BUSTED!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Lisa Yarost

I’m back, after a long, long sabbatical from blogging, to start a new project. As a quilter and an artist, I tend to collect (hoard) things. Most notably, I have an affinity for books. My fabric stash is at StABLE … Continue reading →

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“Round & Round” WSGAS Print Exchange: Taijitu du Manège, State

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

This is the First State of my woodcut from my previous post.  It’s printed on Masa with Akua Intaglio ink.  I’m used to traditional ink that I make myself using dry pigment and plate oil.  The viscosity of the Akua is … Continue reading →

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“Round and Round”: WSGAS Print Exchange, Work in Progress

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

Yay!  I’m working (not-so-gainfully) as an artist again.  Art every day!… This woodcut-in-progress is for the West Shore Graphic Art Society’s invitational  print exchange.  WSGAS commissions a printmaker to create and edition a print every year.  I was commissioned in … Continue reading →

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The French-Canadian Fur-Trapper Wizard Coat

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

This is my first attempt at creating a coat out of felted, reconstructed wool sweaters.  It was also one of my first serger creations.  Who but me would go from scarves directly to the challenge of a giant, sweater coat? … Continue reading →

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How to Kick The Big Stink Out…

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

…Hang laundry on the line in a February blizzard. Really there is a purpose to clothes on the line in February: I’m on a mission to remove The Big Stink. (If you want to skip the back-story and find out … Continue reading →

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Blue Convertible Dress Converted to Green

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Let’s begin the post with a little disclaimer.  The dress looks great on the dress form, but I think it’s important to see clothing on a real, live, squishy, active human.  I’m not the most photogenic person, especially when I’m … Continue reading →

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Character Study

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

This is a character study for a book I’m working on. There’s another main character, another bird, but this is a start…

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Squid Girl

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

This is another project I worked on over the weekend. It isn’t quite finished yet. I need to either ink it or pencil it because it’s too small for me to paint the details. Maybe somebody else could, but my … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress: Hanging Out

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

This is the stretch silk charmeuse fabric I dyed last night hanging out in a fare facsimile of the finished convertible dress.  Fabric that is cut on the bias–as the skirt of this dress is–must hang for a while to … Continue reading →

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