I had some interesting scraps left over from Waiting for the Lightnin’ Bugs. As you can see, they included many skinny triangles, so I knew that would drive my design. And, because they were so skinny, I knew I’d use a collage technique, rather than piecing them. After creating a background, I started with the brightest…
My latest quilt is complete! As you can see, I decided to square off the edges. These colors are true. My earlier ones were shot in the studio. This one got proper lighting. The dark colors of the quilt, combined with yellow streaks, reminded me of a cool evening, in VA, watching the lightnin’ bugs…
Possible duplicate post When putting away hand dyed fabrics, I noticed that my least favorites, the dark muted pieces, actually looked pretty good together. I decided to make a quilt with them, and to include a few accents of lighter colors. I was headed for a quilting retreat, so I packed up my potential fabrics…
Once again, I decided to cut something up. This is where I started, with an already quilted quilt. I liked it, but realized I liked the left side better than the right. So, after some folding and auditioning, I cut this quilt into two pieces. I set the left portion aside. And started work on…
As I started a new quilt, I looked to my hand dyed fabrics for inspiration. I pulled out a few that I thought might spark some interest. Uh, no. It all seemed pretty ugly. But, I was intrigued by the large scale black and white piece. Could I work with something like that? It was…
For the first time I worked on two quilts at the same time, finishing them up very close together. Here’s the latest, Twigs. I’m very happy with it. And here’s a detail shot. The dark twigs were done in the dyeing stage. The white ones were added after piecing, with acrylic paint. As you can see,…
I’m SO happy with my latest quilt, Fragrant Canopy. It started as one piece of fabric which I dyed/printed. That fabric makes up the left two-thirds of the completed quilt. I had great fun working on the details, especially adding some black hand stitching. I love everything about this quilt! Not only the results, but also…
I recently enjoyed a visit to Harrisonburg, VA, to see the “Let the Sun Shine In” exhibit. The artists in this exhibit are all members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, and I am one of them. Here I am with my piece, Florida Native #2. It was made with commercial fabrics and one that I…
I’ve been working on incorporating a variety of motifs and colors into one piece of dyed fabric and I finally got one I really love. I rotated it 90 degrees and put it up on the design wall. Now what? I had a lot of fabrics with the right colors, so I pulled them all…
In my last post I showed you several fabrics that changed dramatically when washed and dried. Thankfully, that’s not the norm. I thought you’d like some assurance that things DO usually turn out as I want them. A few examples: Fat black and brown lines on white (which stayed white, I’m happy to say.) I…