For my great-niece whose baby girl is due in June.
She lives on a dune near Lake Michigan. So I used one of my favorites, a light brown linen that looks like sand[paper] with her favorite baby colors hot pink and yellow. The sand along Lake Michigan is so beautiful they call it "sugar sand."
Hanging next to it is the backing fabric. Many of the fabrics are from my stash sister Nancy, including the framing fabric with pink leaves (which I love!). Nancy loves pink, so she gave me tubfuls. I purchased the ones with pink and yellow combined. I must say I like this combination.
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I really love this book. I was inspired for this quilt by Jacquie Gering's alternate grid Scandia Crush (second photo below), using variable framing. The idea is to "float" the blocks in various positions within blocks. It was a very pleasant, creative, improvisational process.
Your comment block is back! I think it disappeared for awhile and oh, I was so sad because I love to let you know how much I admire your beautiful quilts! The colors in this are fabulous -- it looks so great on the wall, too, but I suspect it will be used for lots of cudding comfort and love!
ReplyDeleteDid you notice? Spring appears to have more or less sprung! Giddy with joy!
Hi, Jeanie. So sorry the comment box wasn't working! I had trouble when I first posted the last post too, and it didn't show up.
DeleteThank you for your wonderful support! And yes, spring is here, we are giddy too, out walking every day. I find myself smiling as I walk. :)
I have seen many quilts last week but mostly the traditional quilts. I like your quilt because it shows a fresh way of quilting, with bold colors and different block arrangements that look like they are floating, and creating a very free feeling. I think the little one will adore her quilt!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Vagabonde. I saw your post and looked through all the quilts. I did like the ones especially that you had emailed me. You know what I like.
DeleteI tend to make very busy quilts, but I am working on making them less busy. I like low volume quilts very much, and so this one makes me happy. While I'm creating, for some reason I want to use a lot of different fabrics. Must be because I love them. But if I can discipline myself to use fewer, I think the effect is better. It's nice to evolve in any case.
This will end up being an heirloom, Ruth, I hope. I want to see your quilts lasting for centuries everywhere they end up!!! I think YOU have already died and gone to heaven with all these creations. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Boots, we'll see! Thank you. I went to a poetry reading of one of my advisees yesterday at the newish Broad museum at MSU. I thought about my poems, and I thought about my quilts, and I realized how I get totally lost and absorbed while making quilts, same as for writing poems. This is good, and yes, I think it's heavenly. Thank you for your support, my dear sister.
DeleteHey Ruth! I haven't been on your blog in a while ... how dare I! I'm getting back into the groove and finding my love of blogging again. Anyways, I am loving that table! I want it!
ReplyDeleteHello there, Tiffany! Yes, it's been a long time!
DeleteThe table was rustled together by my husband for outdoor eating, then when we decided to turn the living room into my studio, we remembered it and thought it would be a perfect work table / family dinner table. It is! Thanks.
First: sand & pink make my heart soar.
ReplyDeleteSecond: your cozy, sunny room is so sunny & cozy. Ahhhh.
Hello, Smazoochie! Thanks! The light in this room is crazy beautiful, I am so lucky. Glad you like those colors! Me too.
DeleteSo nice place to work...�� I understand why your work is so beautiful ;-)
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Thank you for such a lovely comment, Véronique. :)
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