Zentangles?
01-07-2015, 08:45 AM
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Zentangles?
Does anyone here do Zentangles? A friend sent me a doll for Christmas that she made and she did the entire front of this doll with fabric she had Zentangled. I am fascinated......
01-07-2015, 08:56 AM
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I have dabbled in zentangle. The original zentangle is doodling with pen and paper and then shading with pencil. But it lends itself to quilting. I have never heard of zentangle piecing. Here is a picture of some zentanglesque quilting I have done (the background behind the cat). While not zentangle in the true sense (which is most often associated with repetitive designs and doodle designs broken down into very basic elements) it does have a sense of zentangle.
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01-07-2015, 09:30 AM
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www.zentangle.com is the site of the originators of the term. I am on their newsletter list and enjoy looking at the pictures and trying out the new tangles. You can find their list of certified zentangle instructors and see if there is anyone in your area who has gone thru their classes.
01-07-2015, 10:45 AM
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this is gorgeous. i started reading & researching zentangle a few years ago. i have a friend who attended a retreat at the place run by the originators of the term. but tho interesting, i didn't feel any desire to learn to do any tangles, until i started seeing them used as quilting motifs as you have done here. this is incredible. and your quilting is beautifully done!
01-07-2015, 11:02 AM
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I took a class some years ago when it was becoming popular. I wasn't interested enough to continue with it. My then neighbor who took the class with me kept it up longer until one day she said well what am I going to do with papers full of doodles? I think it's nice that some are using it in quilting. It's all original.
01-07-2015, 06:10 PM
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I took a class some years ago when it was becoming popular. I wasn't interested enough to continue with it. My then neighbor who took the class with me kept it up longer until one day she said well what am I going to do with papers full of doodles? I think it's nice that some are using it in quilting. It's all original.
Judy in Phx, AZ
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