2010 Quilt Challenge #3 Rhythm
The third challenge word to interpret is rhythm. For some reason I really drew a blank on this one. I could think of things like drums and dancing or all the songs that have the word rhythm in the lyrics. But nothing inspired me to create something. Then I started to look at it from […]
Happy Dance
I am very excited!!!! I won 2 ribbons in our Indian Summer Quilt Show. I won 2nd place in the guild challenge for my tree quilt and I won 3rd place in the Professional-small/medium category for my Passages piece.
ND Quilter’s Guild Challenge 2010
The challenge for guild members this is was: 1. Make a quilt from your favorite color. You may use other colors, but the dominant color must be recognizable. 2. The quilt cannot be square. It can be any other shape-round, hexagon, rectangle etc. I took a photo looking up at a tree. Then, I tweaked […]
Passages Finished
Posted on April 28 is the beginning part of my challenge. As I left off, I had painted my tombstones and was ready to quilt them. I will be using black thread to give the look of a sketched painting. I solved the challenge of drawing these lines by first creating a drawing from the […]
2010 Quilt Challenge–Passage
I am working on my second piece for the 3 Creative Studios 2010 Quilt Challenge. The word for the second challenge is “Passage.” When faced with the dictionary definition of passage, there are a lot more meanings for the word than I thought there were. The first image that came to my mind was the […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?–Part 2
I was at an impasse with my garden quilt. It wasn’t coming together as I had envisioned. I needed to create a new direction–Plan B, or C or D. So I put the quilt back on the machine to try again. I decided the quilt needed more color than just the thread. I decided to […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?– Part 1
Today I will tell you the tale of my garden scene quilt. First let me say a few words about time management. If you think something will only take 5 minutes, allot half an hour. If you think you can whip up a quilt in a day, then quilt it the next day (it’s only […]
Birthday Card
Last Sunday my husband and I were invited to a 50th Birthday open house party. I forgot to pick up a birthday card, so I thought, I’ll just whip one out. After all, to quote a friend “how hard can it be?” I had been playing around with a strip of fabric approximately 3 x […]
Finished Shadow Trapunto
I have finished quilting my shadow trapunto project. The finished size is 17×17. I was trying to decide whether to bind it or put a facing on it. There isn’t enough of the background fabric to create a binding. Luckily, I have a second piece of dyed fabric that is close to this, that I […]
Shadow Trapunto
In my travels along the internet, I found a lady in Romania, Geta Grama, who makes quilts using a shadow trapunto method. She makes some truly amazing quilts and I had not heard of this method of trapunto before. So of course I just had to try it. I purchased and downloaded her e-book The […]