I was running low on a favorite hand dyed fabric when I decided to make a quilt with it. It’s the navy and yellow grid shown below, indicated by the largest arrow. I pulled every other hand dyed fabric that would go with it and this is the selection, shown above. Smaller arrows indicated two…
Remember that ugly exercise that I’ve been considering? This is the portion of my ugly painted which I selected as my inspiration for a small quilt. I played around with the individual elements in the computer and, at one point, accidentally colored the background red. Which I liked! So, I started pulling fabrics and got…
After making Potager Garden, I had quite a few scraps left over, so I decided to use them to make a small quilt. This is what I had to work with. I began to move them around to see how they might fit together. I didn’t like this first version, though. I thought it needed more yellow,…
There’s a textile exhibit coming up in which I’ll have SIX pieces. I’m super excited! The exhibit is called “Stitched, Stamped, & Sculpted,” and it will be at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, in Ormond, FL, starting this Friday, June 10th. The exhibit will run through August 22nd. And, if you’re in the…
Yep, that’s right: ugly. I recently did this cool exercise with my local fiber art buddies, the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists. We used a book called “Paint Mojo” for prompts about making an UGLY painting. The prompts included things like using a dark neutral in certain ways, painting words, using crayons as a resist, dripping…
Slowly, over the course of a couple of months, I began to notice the same group of colors. First, was a Croton plant. What pretty oranges and greens! Then, I noticed the mess on my table, which had the same colors. I decided to work with green, yellow-green, and orange. I pulled out all the…
Last summer, I made a quilt called Beet Salad. I put a lot of work into it, including dyeing all the fabrics especially with this quilt in mind. This was the final result. Although I liked it, somehow it didn’t quite meet my vision. I wasn’t sure what it needed. Recently, (when I finally put…
I’m not sure where I heard that quote, but I agree with it. And, I’ve been doing plenty of experimenting lately. Yes, you guessed it: I created a big failure rough draft. I’ve been doing quite a few abstract quilts in a style I call “Slice and Dice.” As the name implies, I slice into…
I got brave and decided to cut into some of my specialized fabrics. These are hand dyes that have a variety of motifs, scales, or colors. They’re not “yardage” and are a little more challenging to use. These were my starting three. The left fabric reminded me of kiwifruit, so I began to think of…
After starting a new quilt at a retreat, it was time to continue at home. Now, where was I? Something like this. I studied the arrangement and knew I wanted to change a few things. (Remember the abundance of that favorite fabric bottom left?) While that was percolating in my brain, I looked for areas…