Antique Quilt Blocks

These are a set of eight quilt blocks, circa 1850, that I inherited. The red is turkey red and the yellow is known as cheddar. The green is achieved by over dyeing blue with yellow. You can see a bit of blue showing on the green leave. The pattern is princess feathers with star. Each block is hand cut and hand appliqued. No two are alike. I framed each block and gave to children and sister so all could enjoy a bit of family history.

Fractured Quilt

This fractured quilt is made with hand-dyed fabric and demonstrates color values and placement.

Trevor Learns Art

Trevor and Garrett came to visit. We took a road trip to Truth or Consequences, White Sands, and Las Cruces. The boys did a tube float down the Rio Grande, went to the hot springs and several museums. Trevor discovered Flo Art at Studio D in T or C. He bought the kit and I figured out the formula. The paint seems to be water based gloss house paint, diluted with water and some detergent added to allow it to migrate and flow across a black painted piece of masonite. The effect is rather cool.

Using up the Stash

The fabric for this jacket has been in my stash forever and a trip was the inspiration to finally making it up. I had a larger piece of the rust and a smaller piece of the blue. The design was modified from a pattern from Green Pepper. A wedge was cut to insert at the side seam with the straight of grain sewn to the back and the bias side sewn to the front. The back insert piece is about 3 inches longer than the back for interest. The trim was cut on the bias and stitched with one seam. When washed it will fray and have some texture. Buttons were made from polymer clay as there were no buttons to be found in my remote area.

Expensive Scrap Project

This a very up scale "hoodie" made from scraps I bought from Carter Smith several years ago. I will be taking a workshop with him so felt I needed to do something with the scraps. Scraps were fused onto a very light weight fusible knit and then stitched at about one inch intervals to further secure. Fabric was then sewn as usual.

Color and Composition Exercises, continued

Still working on the color and design exercises.
Contour stitching and cutting

Line and shape exercises: These I like.

Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett Barker

Chapter 1 - Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

Judith and I agreed to do all three exercises the first week and we succeeded. My drawings were not as good as I had hoped for, but then I hate to draw even though I know I am capable of drawing. I used larger paper than specified and my drawings were smaller than I expected. Will try to draw each day. On Sunday I drew Kneeling Nun – a good exercise. Also will look into a drawing class at Western. Nothing this summer but maybe in the fall.