For our next theme challenge, the Twelve by Twelve group is exploring ideas of “community”. I’ve posted some preliminary ideas on the Twelve by Twelve blog. I’m keen to experiment with my new Caran d’ache water soluble wax pastels and this might just be the quilt to do it with. By the way, my […]
Technique:Design
Getting Back in the Groove
A combination of warm weather, new white quilters’ muslin and the knowledge that I have some dye powders that are well past their use-by date has me itching to do some fabric dyeing. But the urge to get back to some improvisational piecing is even greater. So I gave myself permission to use some fabrics […]
Claytons Quilting
Between a dogged head cold and concentrating on some adminstrative tasks, this has been a week of Claytons* quiltmaking – the only action is happening on the design wall. This simple two-piece design captures a moody horizon view from my studio: And I haven’t done any work on my triad browns since my last post […]
Dandelion Inspiration
I’m gathering design ideas for the first Twelve by Twelve challenge theme – Dandelion. Like Francoise, I’ve been having fun playing with some digital images:
More stripes
There’s so many other things I should be doing but I have stripes on the brain:
Naming Rites
A while ago, I mentioned how some friends and I are participating in a challenge drawing inspiration from the improvisational piecing of the quiltmakers of Gees Bend. I cannot find an online image of my inspiration quilt but, if you have a copy of The Quilts of Gees Bend book, you will see the simple […]