I got up early this morning and finished the quilt… in reality it only took about 15 minutes to do it but I was tired last night. In the past few months I've done 4 pieces similar to this, but not quite in this genre. I can't show them because they are for exhibition. However,…
Category: Lesson
Challenge block No 8. – Mexican Mural
Thoughts and process:- I love the murals in Mexico and last year in San Miguel Allende I had time to walk around the city and take photos… I found an amazing venue that seemed to be a Cultural Art center and I decided to use one of the photos from that visit. It's bigger than…
Challenge Block No 6. completed
Whoops now I see I missed a feather. This quilt is quilted with masterpiece 50 weight cotton top and in the bobbin. I used grey instead of black and I like the effect. It's not quilted as heavily as I usually quilt…
Fanciful birds comparison
This is one of the illustrations I've done for my book on the Bayeux of the zoomorphic animals on the bottom of the Bayeux Tapestry… The bird I'm doing is much simpler than tis one, but there are comparisons.
A new idea.
I went in the house to have dinner. I was wondering how I could get that lovely flat blue for the background of the block… and I suddenly thought…."I wonder if I could print the image out on fabric"? I had some printed treasures fabric sheets… so I gave it a go.!!! Voila. the block…
Challenge block No 6
I think I'm going with color.
Challenge block No 6 – blackbird in disguise.
Thoughts and process:- I was thinking of the Gabriella Quilt… those darn blackbirds and their spindly yellow legs…. Can I get away with this.? Now what do I do with it.? I thought of writing part of the story of Pamela, the keeper of perfect pathways on the computer and printing it on fabric and…
Gabriella Goodness and her Angelic friends.
The pattern is up, just go to the URL below. She also has a big problem with the blackbirds who have a wonderful time tap dancing on the bark chips with their spindly yellow legs - so if you can't beat them join them – she makes cute little bird houses to place in strategic…
Challenge block No 5 completed. 12″ X 12″
Thoughts and process:- When I dyed the fabric I didn't give consideration to the fabric outside the 6" block border. So I decided to leave it as it was with the blue floating out into the extended area of the outside border…. I like it. !!! Originally I began quilting with Mono filament thread in…
It’s Sunday and I have to have the quilt finished in about 9 hours.
Challenge Quilt No 5. I did make another quilt, but I decided I really need to create a Christmas quilt because it's Christmas…. of course. I know the quilt will shrink when it's quilted so I've drawn a 6 1/2" square, onto a piece of fine white cotton. I wet the fabric and created a…