Drum roll please. Check out the fantastic quilts my students made in my first “Grow with the Flow” class. Click any image for a larger view Aren’t they cool? These are completely stitched at the end of a six-hour class. I was so proud of them! But wait. There’s more. I have a bunch more […]
Nineteen women took my first “Grow with the Flow” class, and boy did we have fun! First, I showed them how to create the background composition. Because they arrived with their fabrics arranged by value, this went very quickly. Click any image for a larger view Little strips of “zippy” fabrics were added as accents. […]
I’ll be teaching the debut session of my “Grow with the Flow” class on December 3rd, at Boutique for Quilters in Melbourne, FL. And the best part is that it’s basically free! It costs $15, but you get a $15 gift certificate for later use. Click image for a larger view Grow with the Flow […]
I’ve had quite a bit of fun designing and constructing the class sample for my new class. Here it is, nearly complete. Click to enlarge I think I’ll probably name this piece Dance of Joy. But I’m stumped on a name for the class. It features lessons on free rotary cutting and how to fuse little […]
Yes, I said AWESOMENESS! The students in my recent “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” rocked it, and here’s the proof. Here’s Mel’s inspiration photo. Click any image for a larger view And here’s her quilt, well under way. Isn’t it going to be fabulous? She did an excellent job of editing the elements down, making […]
The supply list for my “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class includes artistic courage. Fortunately, the group I recently taught in Lake Mary was very brave! None of them had ever designed a quilt before, but they all had wonderful art quilts at the end of day two. Laura’s mountain quilt rocks! She used tulle […]
Here’s my latest quilt, “Dancing Toward the Sun.” I’m quite happy with it. Click on any image for a much larger view I love the personality of the piece. To me, the little sprout is moving and grooving as it basks in the warm rays of the sun. You can see that, right? In addition to being […]
“Mine turned green.” “Hey, mine too!” This is what was heard when the students in my summer art class were asked to mix a little blue paint with some yellow. A discovery! Green paint! They were very excited by this. And then came orange. And purple. My ten girls were delighted to learn about […]
Although I didn’t make my latest collage as a patriotic piece, perhaps I can get away with using it in that way. So “Happy Independence Day” to my American readers! Click on any image for a larger view White Poppies, above, with detail below. This piece is entirely glued. It’s a great technique which requires no […]
Check out the fabulous quilt made by Barb Gardener, called “A Gardener’s Delight.” (Click on it to see the details.) She created a wonderful composition, used color and contrast to create a focal point, and showed depth with the sizes of the flowers. Wonderful! And what about the shapes of the flowers? Don’t they have […]
