Design Your Own Nature Quilt
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Tufted Airplant, made by Carol Dempsey
Empty Spools Seminar 2024
Lucy the Lorikeet,
by Diane Daniel
Pink Ladies,
by Heather Patterson
Lupines, by Gabriele Pulpan
Enchanted Forest by John Ming Mark
Tivoli 2019
By Nancy Nicholson
Blooming Desert, by Beth Polonsky
Georgie's Garden, by Susan Cornell
Hibiscus, by Joan Calarco
Joan cropped and rearranged her flowers to create a pleasing composition.
Fanciful Blossom, by Martha Gilliam
Martha played up the simple shapes of her cone flower and added very effective embroidery to the center.
Water Lilies, Monet’s Garden, France 2014, by Pat Crawford:
Pat isolated the best parts of her photo and kept the water dark to showcase the flowers.
Uluru, Australia by Barbara Dexter-Smith
Abstracting and exaggerating the vertical features of this rock formation added lots of energy and interest.
Lorraine's Magnolia, by Gloria Larson.
Gloria simplified her image but still captured all of its beauty.
Taro Ponds, by Barbara Dexter-Smith
Barbara edited her photo well, keeping only the best parts in her composition.
Allen's Garden by Janet Brandt
Janet's busy photo included LOTS of these wonderful flowers. She wisely edited them down so she could properly show off just a few.
Yellowstone Grand Canyon by Sharon Mirzai
Sharon did a great job capturing the depth and scale of her subject.
Out the Back Window by Donna Faulconer
Donna combined several photos to achieve her composition. She used several layers of black tulle to darken the water. The edges of the layers were offset to create a shaded transition.
Morning in the Forest
by Betty J. Van Dellen
Betty worked from her original photo, shot in a rain
forest. She used tulle to help capture the rays of
light streaming through the mist.
Dune Sunflowers by Faith Pfalz
Faith's background is an excellent example of working loosely. Although her inspiration photo showed gray speckled rocks, she copied only the colors and used straight lines to complement the curves of the flowers.
by Georgann McHugh
Georgann took her inspiration from a variety of online sources, selecting her favorite elements to go into this one quilt. Her brightly patterned fish fabrics add lots of interest.
Native Garden
Pat's combination of happy yellow flowers and purple undergrowth was inspired by two different photos. She combined and edited elements to create a striking composition.
A Gardener's Delight, by Barb Gardner
Barb's inspiration photos had such an abundance of flowers it was hard to choose a direction. But, she edited fiercely to come up with a wonderful composition.
by Doris Hulse
Doris' inspiration photo showed an entire forest, but she focused on her favorite area and played it up
with a loose interpretation and plenty of high contrast.
Poppies, by Barbara Fyffe
Barbara edited like a pro! She omitted many trivial details and enlarged the flowers to bring attention to them.
The Atrium at Ochsner's, by Martha Ginn
Martha did an excellent job using fabric to her advantage.
Check out that foliage!
Dub Honey's Butterfly
This was June's first art quilt but it sure doesn't show! The fine details really bring her butterfly to life.