Three finished projects to start off the new year!
Project #1: Hilde Morin workshop - January 16 & 17
Six of us - Marti, Janet, Ann, MJ, Hiromi and I - gathered at Hilde Morin's beautiful studio in her home in the Portland area for Hilde's "Curves & More" workshop.
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| Lunch break on Day 2 |
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| This shows only about 1/3 of Hilde's studio space. We all left with "studio envy". |
Over the two days Hilde skillfully shared her design and construction techniques for creating her curved pieces. (Thanks to Hiromi for the photos!)
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| Getting ready to cut a curve through my piece |
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| Hilde suggested using yarn to layout the curve |
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| Starting the cut |
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| The finished curve. Now what should I put in there? |
By the end of the two days each of us had produced the top for a small wall art quilt. Here are the results of our efforts prior to quilting.
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| Ann |
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| MJ |
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| Hiromi |
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| Janet |
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| Marti |
Here is my piece after quilting and facing. Thanks to Janet and Hiromi for giving me the perfect fabrics to finish my piece.
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| Finished size: 21" x 26-1/2" |
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| Quilting detail |
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| The pieced little ladder |
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| Hilde showed us a great method for making the facing. |
Project #2: Rainbow Trout
In an earlier post I shared the fabric collaged fish that I created in Susan Carlson's workshop in September 2013. I had it mounted on a collaged background but just wasn't happy with it. After Hilde's workshop it got me thinking I could piece together a curved background that would help add some movement to the piece.
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| Before |
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| After - Finished size: 29 1/4" x 17 1/2" |
The border is from some batik fabric that Marti found at Fabric Depot - thanks Marti! This piece will eventually be hung in our Sisters house.
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| Detail 1 |
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| Detail 2 |
Project #3: 'Painted Hills Units'
The third completed project was from Jean Wells "Journey to Inspired Art Quilting" workshop in September 2013. The colors in the piece were inspired by a photograph I had seen of the Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Bed Monument in Eastern Oregon. After the workshop, Mark and I visited the John Day area where I took lots of photos in hopes of getting inspiration for another piece or two.
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| Finished size: 18 1/2" x 27 1/4" |
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| Detail 1 - Added some hand stitching here and there |
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| Detail 2 - quilted in a metasequoia - the state fossil of Oregon |
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| Detail 3 |
I think this piece will eventually end up in our front hall entry as it is best viewed close up.
Next up? Currently I am in the process of finishing baby quilt # 6 for baby Roberto due in early March. The top is all pieced - just trying to figure out the quilting. Need to get that done before March travels to California and Kauai.
