I’m really loving my latest quilt, Fruit Salad. When I was a kid, at least once per summer my parents would get a watermelon, chill it, and then make a big to-do about eating it outside as part of an evening picnic. We ate it outside because my 3 siblings and I made a MESS with…
I’ve been having so much fun working on this improvisational quilt. (See the previous two posts for more in-progress photos and explanations.) After LOTS of piecing, slicing, and repiecing, I finally thought the quilt sections had enough energy and excitement to start thinking about how to put them together. First, I looked for sections with…
Are you familiar with Linda and Laura Kemshall? They’re a mother-daughter duo who make fabulous art – in fabric and paper, and who have a weekly newsletter. Recently, they featured this photo. Isn’t it lovely? I was enamored with the colors of the lilies and wrote to ask if I could use it for a…
As a warm-natured Floridian, I’m often asking “Is it hot in here, or is it just me?” The hot colors of this quilt made me think of that, so I used my frequent question as the title. This quilt is larger than most of mine, 54 high x 49 wide. So large, in fact, I…
After making about 15 improvisationally pieced units/blocks, it was time to figure out hot to best arrange them. In the past, I just put them all together and was happy with the result. So, I tried that first. Sure enough, it was lively and energetic. But, I wondered if the energy was TOO over the top….
While making Deliberation I purchased quite a few rust-colored fabrics. Several of them were purchased online as part of a collection. So, along with those rust colors, I received many luscious oranges, reds, and fuchsias. I really liked them and began to plan how I might use them. I love hand-dyed quilts with many similar colors…
My latest piece, Coastal Overlook, is now complete. It’s about 30″ x 40″ and I’m pretty happy with it. If you’ve been following my blog you know that this quilt was inspired by a drive along the Pacific Coast Highway in California. I wanted to abstract it and, for me, that’s the tricky part. I want to hit…
I’m continuing to enjoy working on my quilt which was inspired by the beautiful scenery of California. Here it is at 14 blocks (plus one in-progress.) I’m really happy with the way it’s progressing. Check out how much the in-progress block, above, changed in the photo below. I think I probably sliced and diced that…
Remember the great scenery I saw along the coast of California? I couldn’t get those strong water colors out of my head and knew I wanted to make a quilt inspired by them. Amazing, right? And, yes, the water was actually that color. I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to represent this idea, but I…
I finally got around to photographing In the Moment. It’s the first quilt in which I used improvisational piecing, and it was so much fun! And here’s a detail shot. It was very exhilarating to piece curves, slice them, shift them, insert skinny lines, and then piece all the units together. I’ll definitely be using this…