I’m really enjoying the Christmas season. My family is close at hand and more will be arriving, decorating has been fun and stress free, and even shopping seemed easier this year. We’ve already attended several fun events and have more scheduled. Maybe even some caroling. In our shorts and sandals. I hope you’re having a…
I thought you might like to see a little bit of my studio (which I did NOT clean up for your visit.) This is my secondary design wall. I seldom use it for creating. Instead, it holds other things that need my attention, like these quilts waiting to be sprayed with UV protectant and photographed….
Have you ever printed onto fabric from your home printer? I’ve had good luck with it, but every now and then I want to print something larger. Like the background for Carefree. At 51″ high, I needed an online service to handle it for me. I used Modernyardage.com and was happy with the results. Recently I found…
I’ve almost finished my latest abstract piece, “Abstract #4” as I’ve been calling it. In my last post I showed you how I was auditioning the color for some skinny strips. I decided to do them in rust and tan, and here they are. I was happy with them. Next, I wanted to add some…
My latest abstract piece is progressing nicely. After creating the sketch and selecting fabrics, I began to compose the background on my design wall. Here it is, completed. Next, I made tracing paper patterns of the two undulating lines I wanted to add. It’s coming along, don’t you think? I was happy with this design…
After coming up with a design, Elizabeth likes to audition a wide variety of value options. To do this, she had us stack paper in 3 values and then use a utility/craft knife to cut the design through all three. Finally, you glue them together in various combinations. Here’s my dark-on-light version. I also made…
This past week I went to a wonderful 3-day workshop with Elizabeth Barton. I’ve long admired her ability to simplify a design and to then interpret it in dramatic, high-contrast, colors. Our class supply list included several inspiration photos. I was familiar enough with Elizabeth’s work to know that a landscape image would work well….
Maybe I need more fabric. My husband would LAUGH at the idea! With about 1000 pieces of fabric SURELY I must have anything I could imagine, right? Well, maybe not. I’m used to working with lots of small pieces (think palm-sized to hand-sized,) but my next quilt would probably need much larger pieces. I needed…
I’ve been working on a series of quilts in the same size, colors, and motifs. One of the hallmarks of the first three quilts was undulating lines with jagged edges. But, when I’m in creative mode I always allow myself to take detours. So, when I got the idea to use some smoother undulating lines,…
I finished the little piece for the SAQA trunk show. Since it was inspired by the current series I’m working on, I named it Deja View. And here’s a detail shot. At only 10″ x 7″ some of my usual construction methods needed to be modified. The squares for instance. In the larger pieces, they were…