In my previous post I showed you several examples of trees I’ve created over the years. Now, we’ll take a look at tree trunks. Again, there is no formula for this. Just a consideration of what’s important about the trunks in question. Here’s an early art quilt, Autumn Breeze. Since it depicts Aspen trees, I […]
Since I do a lot of quilts inspired by nature, I often need to depict trees. But, I don’t have a set “formula,” since every situation is different. Instead, I notice what’s important about the tree(s) and try to capture that. In the Mountain Meadow, below, I just needed a mass of green with some […]
As you can tell from my messy studio, I’m still in the midst of the barn quilt. (I don’t do much cleaning up or putting away until the end of a project.) Click any image for a larger view. After buying all those new fabrics, I had to audition a few changes. What about multiple […]
I wouldn’t kid about needing fabric now, would I? And, actually, I did. I’ve been working on my barn quilt, and decided that the sky needed something. I liked the patterns near the top, but I thought the mottled fabrics at the horizon were a little boring. But, I didn’t have more patterned fabrics that […]
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 […]
All the cool stuff Bev gave me got me thinking about stamping and other surface design techniques. This was timely, since I needed fabrics to depict a distant forest in early spring. I was looking for small scale, low contrast prints in browns and greens. As you might guess, there was nothing in my stash […]
I’ve spent a lot of time working on left-brain tasks lately, so I was really looking forward to my scheduled play day, with Jo-Ann Jensen, today. My plan was to LOOSELY interpret a recent photo, as a small collage. To help with the loose part, I looked at the photo and then put it away. […]
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 […]
In a previous post, I told you about my visit to Mood Fabrics, in New York city. It housed a HUGE array of fabrics, notions, and trims. Like these white ones: (Click any image for a larger view.) (I saw an awesome trim of what was probably rhinestones, that was $159/yd! But, my photo didn’t turn […]
Lately, I’ve been away from my studio much more than I’d like. Today, I finally had some time to get back in there. But, as is often the case when I’m away for too long, I found that my creative muscles were a little out of shape. I decided to sort, fold, and put away […]
