Recent Work

Happy Morning!

Some new quilt work here, as I'm a little behind on my goal for the year of completing a quilt top per week. I'll still make it if I'm consistent.

First up, a top I've been mulling over for quite a number of years. I think the original design idea came to me about six or so years ago, if my calculations are correct! See journal entry soon.

I'd completed a Stacked Chinese coins quilt called, "Klee's Garden," and wanted to do another Chinese coins quilt, but with the coins stacked at an angle within the framework of a rectangle.

I didn't embody those ideas until recently. Here is the result (unnamed as of yet). It's about 40" x 50".

Next up, I'd been percolating about a series of word quilts, which focus on one word, or on the same word repeated and rendered in different fabrics to convey their meaning, somewhat like Ed Rusha's paintings: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/interactive_features/18

This one, a series of six repetitions of "God," depicts representations of God. I've made it super-huge in the photo so you can see the fabrics better.

Each of the rectangles is about 12" x 18" or so, fused, going to be machine appliqued down, then pieced together and quilted.

Finally (for this post), I was working on another "Self as..." portrait, this one a dragon fruit. I picked the head first, then the shirt, then the background, which isn't exactly how I've done the others. I usually choose the head, then the background, then the shirt.

I like the color combinations. It's about 14" x 18".

That's all for this time, folks.

Thanks for reading.