I’ve made quite a bit of progress with my barn quilt, and have been enjoying it a lot. After completing the sky (more or less,) it was time for mountains and woods. I cut the mountains from one fabric, but the woods are made up from lots of bits cut from fabrics I painted. (I […]
I’ve just started on a new quilt. It will feature a red barn, sitting on a hill, with mountains behind. My reference photo was taken in the winter. I’ll shift the season to very early spring, but I’ll keep the background colors a little subdued so the barn will be the star. First, I pulled […]
My latest quilt, High Ti, is now complete and I’m quite happy with it. Click any image for a larger view Detail view: If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I tried to work very loosely on this piece. I looked at the photo for inspiration only and then put it away. Now, […]
In my last post, I showed you my quilt, Ripening, which was inspired by a photo. Here it is again: Click any image for a larger view I was very happy with this quilt, so when I needed a small one for a SAQA exhibit, I decided to loosely copy it, and Ripening II was created. […]
In an earlier post, I showed you some of the photos I took in a local florist’s garden area. Since I was making a quilt with this as my inspiration source, my dilemma was editing the imagery down to something useful, but still visually pleasing. I decided to use a compilation of images, and began to work […]
After stitching the sky, mountains, and foreground, it was time to tackle the trees and near hills. I found that my usual stash of green prints had patterns that were too large for the appropriate sense of distance. And several of them also had too much brown. So, I had to actually buy more fabric! (That […]
Want to see what I’m working on? It’s inspired by a photo taken at one of my favorite spots: an overlook on the Blue Ridge Drive. But, as you can see, I turned away from the distant view and noticed the one behind me. The setting sun gave the grass a wonderful golden hue! Click any […]
Phyllis Tarrant was one of my students when I taught Design Your Own Nature Quilt in Charlotte, NC. She recently sent me photos of her finished quilt, as well as her inspiration photo. I thought you’d enjoy seeing the progression. Her starting photo featured a simple tropical scene. A very good candidate for a class […]
If you’ve ever decorated a room, you’ve used design skills. See how I put mine to use in a recent redeocration of my kitchen.
More student results from Design Your Own Nature Quilt, in Charlotte, NC: Beth was working from some photos of fall trees. However, it’s difficult to get an accurate representation of this at the scale we were using. No worries: Beth decided to interpret her leaves loosely. She cut little bits out of her leaf fabrics, allowing the […]
