What fun we had in my Double Reverse Applique class in Sun City Center! The students had excellent results! What colorful produce! This in-progress apple, below, shows a bit of the technique. Early patches are sewn down over-sized. Later overlapping pieces properly define the patches underneath. With this process, the background fabrics are often the last […]
In February, I got to teach for the Kings Point Quilters, in Sun City Center, FL. They’re an extremely creative group! The display board below gives you an idea. It shows 6″ x 6″ quilts they made for display in a local library. Click any image for a larger view The guild is also very […]
At the quilt show a couple of weeks ago, I found a fabulous necklace, made with sewing machine bobbins and beads. Cool! Click any image for a larger view I bought it, thinking that it would be fun to wear when teaching. And tried it out with my favorite aqua top. A nice combo, I […]
More photo inspired from a recent “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class. Winnie’s inspiration photo showed a busy forest floor with dappled sunlight and pink flowers. She cropped way in, focusing on just two blossoms. Much more effective (and easier to construct as this scale.) She also darkened the background fabrics, allowing the pink flowers […]
In my class, “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” each student starts with her/his own inspiration photo. It sure is tempting to perfectly replicate a photo you’re in love with! But, after learning some design principles, they almost always find something upon which to improve. Our class motto, “Be inspired by your photo, not owned by it,” was […]
Addie came to our “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class with a wonderful photo, shown below. She decided to work with the existing composition, but to add interest with her fabrics. She did an extraordinary job of letting her fabrics work for her. (Click the above photo to see an enlargement.) Plus, the light shining […]
In my “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class, students start with their own inspiration photos. Sometimes, the students interpret the photo’s composition almost exactly. But frequently, the design is better when the image is closely cropped. This allows the maker to focus on the most important elements. I already showed you one example of this, […]
Oh my. It seems that Colorado is a hot bed of quilt activity. On my recent trip there, I got to meet a lot of wonderful quilters, teach a class, and learn about the many quilt events going on. Wow, those folks stay busy! Our Double Reverse Applique class was lots of fun. Everyone was very […]
From purple to green, the colors were hot in our Clearwater classroom! Check out these apples made in a recent Double Reverse Applique class. Click any image for a larger view Don’t you love that purple? And this tasty red! In this class, the apple is completed first, with a rough outside edge. The shadow, […]
More great results from the Orlando Instant Art Quilt class! Joyce did an excellent job with her quilt. The darker accent squares and the tiny accent pieces move the eye around very well. Kate’s wonderful fabric produced exciting results. And she enhanced that with her little accent pieces. She plans to do lots of beading to this. […]
