I grew up on a dairy farm which I’ve photographed quite a bit over the years. My favorite view is as you’re driving in and you come over a hill. The farm spreads out before you, with the barns in the distance, and rows of crops on both sides of the road. And the entire view is framed […]
The Art Quilters Unlimited group needed very little encouragement when it came to working loosely on their quilts. Nancy limited herself to working only with scraps. Some of them were seamed together so she used these to her advantage. Have you ever seen such high energy coconuts? Click any image for a larger view Sue […]
I had great fun teaching the talented quilters from Art Quilters Unlimited, at their annual retreat. The first class was “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” which these go-getters fully embraced. Sally used a wonderful photo she had taken at a botanical garden. She came to class with it already cropped, but sent me the full […]
I recently purchased a beautiful hand dyed fat quarter, from Gabriele Bullard, of Fabrilish. Click any image for a larger view Isn’t it gorgeous?!? I spent a bit of time deciding how to best use it. Certainly, it was tempting to keep it intact and to simply add other fabrics around it. But, I wasn’t […]
While most people are busy making resolutions for the new year, I prefer to look back at the accomplishments of the previous year. So, I put together a compilation photo of (most of) the fabric collages I made in 2014. They’re shown in approximately the same scale, with sizes ranging from 7 x 5 to 51 x […]
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 […]
After completing my last quilt, I didn’t have a strong idea about what I’d like to do next. So, I pulled out my old sketch book, in search of inspiration. I found it in this little sketch. This stylized plant is pretty different my usual style, which I thought would make it fun. Click any […]
In my class, “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” I show my students about making paper collages as a way to interpret a photo loosely. I was introduced to this by Cherilyn Martin, and I’ve used it several times. It’s a fun and easy project, and it there’s NO WAY to be overly exact with it. Just […]
After completing the background for my crepe myrtle quilt, I got to work on the foliage. I followed my sketch closely and it looked like this. (See the sketch and design process in this previous post.) Click any image for a larger view By scrunching my fabrics in the blades of my scissors as I was cutting, […]
