The Power of Sketching – New Work
I finished and delivered the commission piece I’ve been working on for the last couple of months–that’s a great feeling. On the list I belong to for members of Studio Art Quilt Associates there was a thread not long ago about the power of using a sketchbook to record ideas and thoughts for times when…
New Color Block Quilt
The beginnings of this piece had been up on my design wall for a couple of months patiently waiting for me to decide how to finish it. But life kept getting in the way–shows, the holidays, my son home from college, the winter doldrums–until a couple of weekends ago I found myself with about 24…
QAWM Update
These are my first attempts at the QAWM project – better known as Quilt Along With Melody. At the beginning of the week, Melody issued a challenge on her blog to make simple blocks during February to use up fabric you had laying around. These are novelty prints that I’ve had for a while, but…
Melody’s Use-It-All-Up Quilt Project
Melody Johnson has challenged readers of her blog to a great stash busting project. Use a simple block she designed to make as many blocks as you can during the month of February with only fabrics on hand in your baskets, in my case. I chose to use these bright novelty fabrics that I’ve been…
Therapy Sewing–New Pillows
Sometimes when I feel like I’m stuck without inspiration, I do what I like to think of as therapy sewing. I just start cutting fabric and sewing it back together–or I play with my scraps, sewing them into small compositions. It often helps me get back on track. Sometimes these excursions turn into something fun,…
Playing with Scraps
I have bags and bags of scraps from my projects–pieces that are too big to throw away but too small to put back with the folded yardage in my studio. Getting them out and playing with them is a fun way to sort of jump start my creative brain. I’m always amazed at the serendipitous…
“Cosmos” Finished in Time for Studio Tour
I finished “Cosmos” last Saturday right before the Artfest and I will have it on display at the Great Falls Studios Studio Tour next weekend, Oct. 17-18. It really does hang straight–this is not a professional photograph, but I wanted to share! This piece grew out of my “Playing with Colors” series. I used the…
“Cosmos” in Process
I’ve been working on “Cosmos” most of the summer and it’s finally pieced! This is the newest piece in my “Playing with Colors” series and I expect to have it finished in time for the MPArtfest on Oct. 4. You can see the others in the series “Playing with Crayons” and “Playing with Colors” on…
New to Color Block Series – “Amber Harvest”
“Amber Harvest” is the newest piece completed in my Color Block series and it moves off in a different direction that I’m very excited about. For this piece, I created one improvisational block by cutting strips, resewing them and cutting again until I had a block I was happy with. Then I framed it asymmetrically…