'every single day' collage

I tried several ideas for this theme but wasn't happy with any of them. As I make 'five minute collages' every day (as you can read here on my blog), I thought I could use them for my Latitude quilt. I thought of having a collage from my 'five minute collages' printed onto fabric by Laura Kemshall, but wasn't sure how long it would take to deliver and weather it would be in time for this challenge.
There had been a discussion on our Yahoo group on which materials can be used in making an artquilt and whether paper could be used. So I thought I could do something completely different and make a paper quilt. I chose nine of my 'five minute collages' and stitched them together. I used sturdy vilene as a batting and stitched all over the piece. It wasn't easy to control the stitching on this thick paper surface. I added a backing fabric, finished the edges with a zigzag stitch and added a hanging sleeve.

Tea - this flavoured water that does us so good

Tea is a great part of my life, every single day. The tea does me good, it makes me stay calm, relax, it helps me find a moment's peace. So I just had to do something with tea. I love the elegant japanese sign for tea, and I also wanted to bring in one of my teacups. I used photo-transfer for the cup, and stenciled the sign with Markal oilstick. The text was done with my embroderymaschine. The I machine-quilted the background with simple straight lines, some angular spiky shapes at the bottom and finished with seed-stitch and french knots. Simple binding in red framed the piece.

 And some close-ups

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And Above Everything Mother Sun Shines

After evaluation of thoughts (and some other work) for the current theme ‘Every Single Day’ I settled for my inspiration from an old Danish song by a Danish comedian ‘And Above Everything Mother Sun Shines’. Though it is funny a line in the song it has meant much to me since my childhood. When times are tough or the sky is grey I often think of this particular line in the song and it seems to me to be the most true ‘every single day’ experience I know.

My intent for this piece was to show my interpretation of sunlight in contrast to the dark.

This is my third attempt and I decided to try a technique I have tried only once before. I made a wholecloth quilt with heavy batting.

After quilting I painted with acrylics.

Other designs can be seen on my blog.

A limited view

Every Single Day provoked much thought, with loads of ideas .... but how to showcase them was a worry.  A break-through occurred by a chance conversation with our local butcher.   It gave me the freedom I needed to create my art-quilt.

Here is a limited view of it.  You will be able to see the rest of the puzzle at the end of March when all our quilts are revealed.

Thinking.... but not

Our new theme is Every Single Day.  What can I say about every single day that will be unique to me and/or can be expressed uniquely by me? 

I've been thinking a lot about it.... but haven't figured it out yet.

And so, I'm not thinking about it anymore.  I'm doing other things so my subconscious will figure it all out while I'm busy entertaining myself.  For the last few days, I've been going through my photo archives.  I've been captivated by the wonderful shapes and texture of trees in pictures I've taken over the years.  Here are a few of my favorites images: