Category: Work in progress

  • Enjoying the fabric

    Enjoying the fabric

    Today I enjoyed running my fingers through my fabric stash and pulling out every black and white print that I could find. For this first experiment, I wanted to try eliminating color and just enjoy the variety of prints and the perceived shades of gray that they create. I started cutting some of the pieces.…

  • Revisiting Embrace

    Revisiting Embrace

    I’ve decided it is time for me to quit being lazy and quit making excuses. It’s time for me to get back to experimenting. Experimenting is great because, from the start, it gives you permission to fail. Some experiments will work out and some won’t. Either way, it’s okay because you’re learning something. Unlike starting…

  • Missed Deadline

    Missed Deadline

    Today I completed three versions of my secret project. I’ve been working on them for a month. I was pretty happy with my end results but, as usual, I didn’t finish every version that I wanted to do. Oh, well. I’m an overachiever, so I expect too much of myself. So I quilted that last…

  • Luscious blue fabric

    Luscious blue fabric

    Aren’t these luscious? As soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted to buy the entire line! It’s from Clothworks Fabric Collections. It’s called “Hungarian Blue” and is designed by Sue Zipkin. Of course it didn’t matter that I had no project in mind. I needed this fabric! If money was no object, I…

  • Sneak-Peak

    Sneak-Peak

    Here’s a little sneak peak at what I’m working on right now. I’d like to finish by tomorrow, so I don’t want to explain any more right now!

  • Another Experiment, Another Chance to Grow

    Another Experiment, Another Chance to Grow

    Today I was working on the portrait some more. I’m experimenting with ways to add more complexity to my images. This time I am overlaying a variety of sheer fabrics in order to break up the image a little. The photograph doesn’t really give you a true representation of the current state of the quilt,…

  • New Project, New Portrait

    New Project, New Portrait

    Yesterday I started a new portrait. While the overall size of the quilt is small (only about 16 or 17″ square), the portrait itself is quite big since it fills the surface. For this quilt I started with a photo cropped in close. I drew it full size on paper. Then I blocked in some…