Gee, I’ve been teaching so much that I haven’t had time to update my blog with all the great student results. These are the results from a February “Floral Improv” class in Charlotte, NC. With only 7 students, we had plenty of room to spread out and within the first few minutes colorful flowers were…
After several interruptions, I was finally able to finish my quilt, Tall Grasses. It was inspired by some of the landscape grasses growing in my neighborhood. When the setting sun hits them, the cream colored heads glow an almost pink. As you can see, I ran with that idea, adding my favorite bright colors, and using…
My latest quilt, Poppies Ablaze, is now complete. I’m very happy with it, plus I had a lot of fun working on it! This very close detail shot shows the double black outline stitching which I love to use. This piece is the newest sample for my class “Design Your Own Nature Quilt.” (This class is…
My “Floral Improv” class is a very productive one. In one day students: – Make flowers without a pattern – Design an effective composition – Add stitching – Learn how to use a facing for finishing But, more importantly, the students always get fabulous results! Pam’s dark background was very effective and her leaf fabric…
I always love teaching and a recent class in The Villages, FL was no exception. The class was called “Floral Improv” and we had a GREAT time together! Although I didn’t get photos of every quilter with her results, I think you can see the joy on the faces of those I did capture. They…
I belong to SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) which has an auction each fall as a fund raiser. Members are asked to donate 12″ x 12″ quilts which are auctioned off online. I wanted to participate but was a little pressed for time. Therefore, I decided to revisit an earlier quilt idea. I decided to…
What an unexpedted delight. My sewing group meets in a local library and when we walked in today we were greeted with this new art installation. Aren’t they great? There was a recent class about making these flowers and I guess this was the collective result. They’re made from paper and each one is about…
After many distractions, I finally got back to working on my Red Bud quilt. I decided to name it “Spring Forth,” because I was captivated by the way the Red Bud blossoms pop right up out of the trunks. I got lucky with the background fabrics. Many of them had colorful dots which worked…
I’m really happy with the way the background of my Red Bud quilt is turning out. Here it is before quilting. This image shows the heavy quilting I did on the tree trunks. But, about the time I finished quilting the background I had a sort of disturbing thought. That is “would it look better…
After coming up with a design for my quilt, it was time to select some fabrics. My computer generated sketch is shown above. I decided to fracture the sky quite a bit in order to give the impression of busy twigs, etc. The lower part would be mostly one fabric, though. So, I dug into…