Finished mini

 Here's Ina's finished impromptu mini landscape from our class this past weekend!  

Thank you 2 Friends Quilting!

 We spent 3+ hours yesterday playing with impromptu mini landscape quilts.  A huge thanks to the participants who were excellent company and good sports about being guinea pigs for this latest workshop, and to 2 Friends Quilting in Haydenville for hosting.  As usual, we made a wonderful mess, and everyone left with a landscape that was either quilted or pin-basted and ready to quilt!   The pics are everyone hard at work - hopefully there will be finished pics to share later on.  These quilts are small - ideal for framing under glass or turning into greeting cards.  

Every time I teach I end up thinking about art concepts in a new way.  This class had lots of discussion about value and contrast, paying attention to how one fabric can look dark next to light colors but can look light next to dark colors, and about how thread color and value can either blend two fabrics together or be used to separate them and make them stand out from each other.  We also talked about shading, and about how the viewer's eye is always drawn to the area of highest contrast when looking at an image.  Now that I think about it, we packed quite a bit into our three hours together!    

Thank you Paper City Fabrics!

A warm thank you to Paper City Fabrics in Holyoke, MA for hosting my flower quilt workshop last weekend.  The classroom was large and full of light, the students were delightful, and wonderful progress was made playing with trillium, an orchid, and irises!  Spring is on its way, even if we’re in the midst of the Ides of March.  These are works in progress, but I’m hopeful that folks will send me snapshots of their finished pieces.  

It's Happening on March 8, 2025

My flower workshop at Paper City Fabrics in Holyoke, MA was unavoidably postponed last fall, so it's happening next Saturday instead!  This class is particularly fun because folks can use the patterns provided or create their own.  Every piece is unique because of the scrappy collaged background.  Check out the details/sign-up here:

Flower Art Quilting Workshop – Paper City Fabrics