I’ve been wanting to do a series of quilts about my family. I made the first one, Happy Family, which used circles to represent people. With that one the circles were an 11th hour addition. For the next one I wanted to be much more intentional. After selecting green for the background of my current quilt it…
For my latest quilt I envisioned an interesting green background with vibrantly colored circles in the foreground. I got to work on the background with my usual technique of auditioning fabrics and designing as I went along. I chose green, because I had A LOT of green fabric. Plus, I had a theme idea that…
I’ve been busy cutting slats, packing and shipping quilts, making lists, and marking things off. Such are the activities needed when preparing for a solo show. I’ve got my promo/ad all ready to go. Now I’m working on a press release for the local papers. (When was the last time I wrote one of those???)…
I grew up on a dairy farm, about 15 miles from the little town of Orange, VA. It didn’t even have a stop light at the time! Now, although the population is still around 5000, Orange has several stop lights, a couple of fast food joints, and even an art center! I’m delighted to have…
All quilters and textile artists face the question of what to do with their scraps. I mean, they MIGHT come in handy one day, so it would be good to keep them, right? But, that requires not only space, but some sort of organizational system so the scraps can be seen and used. And what…
I’m very excited to be in a 3-person exhibit opening next week! The show is called Cover Story: 3 Perspectives on Contemporary Quilting. The other two artists are Gabriele DiTota and Sue Robinson. This exhibit will be on display at the Museum of Florida Art and Culture, on the campus of South Florida State College,…
I have a new favorite app: ArtStage (available for iphone only.) The app allows me to digitally hang my artwork in various spaces. What fun! Don’t you love this little setting, above? What makes it perfect for my purposes is that it’s a good size for the size of Happy Family, the quilt. Can you…
Here’s my latest quilt, Happy Family I’m REALLY happy with it and I hope you like it, too. As you can see, I added three loose circles, to add interest. Since there are three members of my immediate family, and because the colors are so upbeat, I decided to name it Happy Family. I got carried away…
I continued working on my latest quilt, using lots of trial and error. This is where I left off in the last blog post. I decided against the strong stripes in the lower left. This closer shot shows how I first, fold the fabrics to audition placement and size. I cut into them when I…
If you’re familiar with my design process you know that I often end up with a challenging “Tetris”-type assembly at the construction stage. To get around this, I decided I’d work in a grid this time. My plan was to cut my selected fabrics into squares of the same size and then to move them…