A Thousand Squares

Compulsive Square-ganization....

I'm square-ganized!, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

Click on the photo for detailed notes (if you have that kinda time...). I'm sure that if you haven't thought that I've gone over the "square edge" yet, you will after seeing this....
Thanks for humoring me my friends. :) Lia

"grace" 1 x 1 (close-up)

"grace" 1 x 1 (close-up), originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

I painted on a "pill-box" hat...

1 x 1's...lots of little white dots!

1 x 1's...lots of little white dots!, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

...and a few more.
Have a great week everyone!
I'll have to do a count on the last day of this month (thursday) to see where I'm at on the 1000 goal.
Thank you to everyone who has written me encouraging comments and emails. You all are such loyal square fans! xo Lia

Little 1 x 1 set~

1 x 1 set, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

still using up those orange background squares I painted on chipboard! Oh, and I got a new white pen to experiment with this weekend....went kinda crazy with it on the second one.

"B" is for Baby...1 x 1

"B" is for Baby...1 x 1, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

newest square's

Dear Friends~
I'm writing again from square-ville. We are going back down memory lane again here for we love the old days here. It was really hip to be square back then!
p.s. "Lois" in the lower right is named after my mother-in-law.

xo Lia

square-ganized!

square-ganized!, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

I made this little painted square holder from a little wooden game box in the dollar bin. I bought another that I will paint first, then collage. I love having them all in one place. It's amazing how those little buggers can end up everywhere, just like everything else! xo Lia

Fabric squares (for charm swap)

I thought I would share some pics from the process of sewing the fabric charms.

1. cut the fabric in 1.5 inch pieces, (made a template out of heavy board).

2. cut the stablizer (in my case I used a leftover piece of canvas type fabric from a basket holder I had), but you can use interfacing, etc.

3. sewed up the squares (like a sandwich fabric, canvas binder, fabric. I left a frayed edge. I will share some resources at the end of this post for seeing the real "sha-bang", there are many textile, fiber artists out there making all kinds of nice charms. Alot of them are finished around the edge and also made with felt.

4. I scanned one of my paper collage squares and printed it on a store bought fabric paper sheet.

5. I sewed those onto the squares.

6. I painted the edges with fabric pens.

7. I used glue around the edges to minimize the fraying.

8.  I punched eyelets into them with with a eyelet setting tool kit from the craft store (a very basic set). It was only my second time doing that so they are far from "perfect", but it sure was fun hammering up those eyelets. "ha-ya"!

Ok, here are so FABULOUS links of real life fiber/textile/mixed-media artists that do amazing work. Check out their sites to get more info and see their fabulous creations!  This is not an exclusive list, there are Many out there. These are the one's I've happened upon. I'm sure their blogs will lead you to more as well.

Ruth Rae

Judy Scott

Many Fiber/Textile Artist's post their 1 x 1 work here.

Be back with more squares soon, this time paper. I'll leave the fabric for the experts! xo Lia

1 x 1 close up...., "Lucy"

1 x 1 close up...., "Lucy", originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

Greetings Everyone!
The votes are in...My Flickr Friends Love Lucy Best.
xo Lia

16 green squares for swap

16 green squares for swap, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

Dear Friends:
I painted and cut this 4 x 4 inch card Green for a 1" ongoing colorswap. I used 140 lb. watercolor paper for these. That's mostly what I use. Sometimes I use a back layer of cardstock. I've also glued 2 pieces of thick watercolor paper together, then painte, then cut them up. Sometimes I use part of that as ATCs and 4 x 4's, but this blog is ONLy about 1 x 1's, so we won't talk about "those"..:)
Happy square trails! Lia