I recently taught two Instant Art Quilt classes in The Villages, FL. (Yes, that’s the name of the community.) Geared toward retirees, it’s made up of multiple idyllic villages , with a TON of available activities and amenities – including a quilt club with around 700 members!!! As always in this class, the ladies were a little […]
I’m really enjoying working with the students in my current online class, Design Your Own Nature Quilt. One of the items on the supply list for this class is “artistic courage,” because the students often need to work outside their comfort zones. Click any image for a slightly larger view The quilt above was made by […]
I’m still enjoying working with my colorful croton quilt. I’ve added a red leaf on the left. Click any image for a larger view I couldn’t decide whether the fuschia leaf or the orange one (center) should go in front. I fully constructed each one, so I’d have maximum flexibility down the road. A yellow-green leaf […]
My latest quilt is larger than I normally make: 60″ wide by 40″ high. This requires larger pieces of fabric, putting many more in the not-big-enough category. I save the pieces that are larger than fist size, but I let the others fall to the floor. It’s quite a colorful mess. Normally, I don’t save these […]
What to do with a gorgeous piece of hand dyed fabric? Back in 2003 my ideas were limited, so I decided to use it as a sampler for quilting designs. But, it was just too pretty to be relegated to sampler status, so I added some more fabrics and created this, called Color Makes the Quilt. […]
After a false start on my croton quilt, I selected new fabrics and was ready to go again. I love these hand dyes. And I think the addition of commercial prints makes the mix even better. Click any image for a larger view After deciding on dark blue as the background color, it was time […]
I recently started work on a fairly large quilt with colorful Croton leaves. I auditioned fabrics that would help me achieve the striped effect of the heavily veined leaves. Click any image for a larger view Perfect, aren’t they? Then, I drew one very large leaf onto muslin and cut it out as a base […]
It was great fun to knit together all my fabric strips. The resulting item is colorful and full of texture. Click any image to view larger But at approximately 6″ x 60″ what is it? (Before blocking, below.) My original thought was that I was making a scarf. And, I think it looks really good […]
In my recent search for portable hand projects, I’ve been taking a new look at some of my unfinished items. This one of Croton leaves was started in a class with Pamela Allen. It has quite a bit of merit, don’t you think? Click any image for a larger view Things I like: – the […]
Ooh la la, look what I got! Click images for larger views. A friend brought me this big box of old drapery samples and such. Most of the fabrics are large scale prints with lots of stripes and such. I’m about to start work on a large Croton quilt. I think the striped fabrics will be […]
