My friend, Gabriele DiTota, and I are having a two-person exhibit in Raleigh, NC, and we’re very excited about it We’re calling it “Fabric, Dye, and Serendipity” because that’s pretty much how we work. Both of us dye our own fabrics, and then compose them with minimal planning, (although Gabriele does more planning than I…
I did it: I made a quilt with (mostly) subdued colors. Here it is, The Way it Goes. The Way it GoesThe background was made improvisationally, but the gold shapes were added with (mostly) conventional pattern making. (It turns out the two methods are a little tricky to use together.) But, I’m very happy with it….
In my last dyeing session I printed these two fabrics. I loved them and couldn’t wait to use them together! But, what to do with them? In my usual fashion I pulled out every fabric that I thought MIGHT work with them. I tried adding some peach, as a transition color. Then, I removed some…
My latest piece, Heat Wave, is now complete. I’m quite happy with it! The design was dictated, in part, by the triangular orange scraps I had on hand. I like the sharp points. At 35 x 35, this piece is available for $1200. See more photos. I used ALL of my orange and navy hand dyed fabrics…
As part of my spotlight on Creative Whimsy, I was asked to show several completed quilts. Crotons served as an example of my earlier quilting style. This piece is one of my all time favorites! Then, I showed some of my more recent abstract pieces, along with these words about my transition to this style. My…
Creative Whimsy, a website about artists and their endeavors has just done a spotlight on me. How nice! They sent me a ton of questions and I answered most of them. (I mean, you didn’t want to read PAGES about me, right?) I was glad they asked about my process. I explained how I make…
As usual, my current quilt started with a high contrast piece of hand dyed fabric. This is all I had of it. What could I do to best show it off? The additional fabrics added above provided interest, but the original fabric swatch still seemed rather straight forward. It was kinda hard to judge against…
I’ve been working on a new quilt, using fabrics I dye-printed during my last dying session. As you can see, I made them to go together. To get started, I pulled these out, along with every fabric I thought MIGHT go with them. As usual, this stage was a rather ugly mess. (I was toying…
My current quilt is progressing along nicely, (but slowly.) I spent a LOT of time piecing the background and was quite happy with it. But, I wanted to tie the background of angular shapes into the design more. Since I planned to use large circular shapes in the foreground I thought skinny circles in the…
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…