Fibermania

Getting Back on the Horse.... Grape Street

Grape Street
Hand dyed cottons, fused, hand and machine quilted, 12"more or less square.

This is the first quilt I have made since October of last year. I think this is the longest span of time without quilting in my whole career. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to produce anything, but I had to do some class samples and so I put my mind in the teacher-mode and taught myself what needed to be done.
It was SO FUN!
I was done by noon (I started early) and decided to make another.


Orange Avenue

Orange Avenue
Hand dyed cottons, fused, hand and machine quilted. 12.5x13"

Keeping simplicity in mind, I went for the larger pieces in my scrap bin, and kept to the same family of warm colors, accented with the blue-greens.

I didn't clear up the worktable, so I have more scraps waiting for me. I think the trick here was to
1. Start with a predetermined finished size
2. Stay with a limited color scheme
3. Take advantage of some premade (who can remember when) strips sets
4. Keep empty space for the quilting

I make strips as a way of priming the pump. It always works, but I don't always use them immediately. They do get incorporated into quilts, eventually.