Do you have Crepe Myrtles in your area? They thrive here in the south and I just love them. Not only are their blossoms beautiful, but their shapes and their trunks are as well. I especially like the way the branches droop when they have heavy blossoms on them. To start designing the quilt, I […]
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 […]
Creating art with fabric and thread is a slow endeavor. I admit to sometimes being jealous of artists working in other media, since I “know” they can complete their pieces more quickly. I’m using a lot of hand stitching on my current quilt, which is slowing me down even more than usual. Click on the […]
I’ve been steadily working on my current quilt. Here it is after I added all the blue-green shapes. They really helped! In this photo everything is stitched in place. Click any image for a larger view When I work with abstract compositions like this I do a LOT of trial and error! A lot. I […]
As I mentioned in my last post, I was very anxious to get started on a small haiku quilt, as explained in Valerie Goodwin’s book “Art Quilt Maps.” Per her instructions, I had written a haiku about a favorite twisting country road. Following some of Valerie’s examples, I decided to visually divide my haiku into […]
Time to work on the pony tails of my odd hair quilt. I planned to use little bits of a variety of fabrics represnting dark blonde hair. Click any image for a larger view Soon, my table looked like this. See the ponytails under contstruction on a fused base fabric on the left. Hey, they […]
After designing a plan for my Queen Palm (twigs) quilt, it was time to create the background. After some consideration, I decided to slightly mimic the colors in the inspiration photo: blue-green in the background and yellow-green for the foreground. Since the colors are similar, I knew I’d have to create contrast with value. I’d […]
In my neighborhood there are a lot of Queen Palms. They’re sort of THE classic palm: tall and willowy. Click any image for a larger view But, what I keep noticing about them is the fruit clusters. And the bumpy twigs that remain when the dates are all gone. (I get to study these up close […]
After sketching the design for the thorny palm quilt, I was ready to audition fabric combinations. Purple background or green? Click any image for a larger view Since the purple background provides such a nice contrast, I selected it. I wanted the background fabric shapes to hint at the horizontal thorns I’d be adding. You can […]
Remember when I went on a Photo Safari with my fiber art friends? One of our assignments was to photograph something with contrasts. I thought the sharp thorns and round berries of this palm fit the bill perfectly. Click on any image for a larger view I really enjoyed my last palm quilt, and decided […]
