Spring Rain is a quilt that was designed after a trip to Paducah. By the way I am on my way to Paducah right right now!!I will be in booth #1905 ArtFabrik/FrieStyle, and I certainly hope you stop in and say hello if you are at the show.Each year when I drive to Paducah, KY for…
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Design wall Friday
My good friend Laura Wasilowski has shared a photo of her current design wall.Laura and I will be driving to Paducah on Monday we will have our booth – #1905. We are on the main floor, against the back wall. I hope that if you or your friends are in Paducah that you will be…
Fanciful Stitches
Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts Blog Tour is happening now. I am going to be giving away a free copy of this really fun and creative book on May 3rd. So be sure and stop by and tell your friends.Other artist who are also doing the tour; you can try to win at each stop along…
Hidden World
I still like to piece quilts, I try to piece at least a few quilts each year although most of what I make is fused. “Hidden World” – 33” x 53” was made last year. It is made with what I fondly call “wicked” fabric. I had all these fabrics laying around for months and…
Artist Monday – Crushed
I am deeply disappointed today. My quilt “Springs Greeting” was recently in a show with several other of my quilts. This was a regional show put on by a group I was a member of. It was returned to me dirty. But not just dirty it had grease marks on it in six separate places…
101 patchwork projects
I have an article in the upcoming issue of 101 patchwork projects for Quilting Arts. It is about making cards with left over fused scraps. I hope you have an opportunity to get this very nice BIG issue. Here are a few cards that didn’t make it in the story.
Trilliums
30” x 40”The Trilliums are starting to come up in the woods. I LOVE these woodland flowers. This is the first quilt I made of their image.Here are a few more.pattern When I first starting making this design, I used my rainbow stripe fabric. It just takes ONE yard of rainbow stripe to make this…
Organic Leaves
I teach a design class called “Laughing Leaves”. Originally I called the class Organic Leaves, but it didn’t really seem to take off. So I changed the the name to “Laughing Leaves” and pop it was a hit. Here are some examples of students work over the years. I am always delighted and amazed with…
Forest Verge
Tomorrow I will pick a name to send out the free copy of Noriko’s book. This wonderful landscape is titled “Forest Verge” Noriko says about this quilt “This quilt is my first large Confetti Naure scape quilt. I wanted to achieve in cloth what the impressionist painters achieved in their oil paintings. I was doing…
Noriko
Of course I love Noriko’s work. She loves trees and leaves and so do I. Here are several more overall shots of some of her work. In the book you also get great close-up pictures, you can really see how these are made. And she talks about her inspiration. Ohio Land Cotton, tulle, machine appliquéd…
Noriko Endo
Noriko’s work is like taking a walk through these wonderful landscapes. I love her use of color and perspective.Let me know what you think.
Confetti Naturescapes
Noriko Endo has written a wonderful book – Confetti Naturescapes. Noriko is an award-winning quilter, she was born and raised in Japan. Her unique perspective makes this one of the most interesting quilting books on the market. In Confetti Naturescapes Noriko writes about the inspiration she finds everywhere in nature and the techniques she employs…