Modern Crazy
The prompt of pattern immediately made me think of the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. This is where I live. Flat farmland broken into paddocks with the backdrop of the Southern Alps on one side and a short distance to the sea on the other. This area clearly relates to
Back to the roots
When I started my quilting journey about 20 years ago, I made a couple of traditional quilts. I learned to sew the blocks and arrange them. Patterns are a main design element of traditional quilts, as the repeating blocks are put together to form patterns. Often, secondary and tertiary patterns
The horizon
This piece was completed with inspiration from the scenery seen from the sea. The sky was cloudy and the sea was not rough, but there were gentle waves. From the boundary line where the sky and the sea meet, the colors unfold differently. The horizontal lines give a sense of
Punakaiki
The prompt of Lines originally had me going off in another direction but then I travelled down our West Coast just after Christmas at stopped at the Pan Cake Rocks at Punakaiki. They are spectacular! The Pan Cake Rocks are limestone formations that began forming 30 million years ago when
The oldest pattern
This new prompt goes from lines to patterns. As already mentioned, a nice transition. A patron in New Netherland, the Dutch colony in North America in the 17th century was a landowner with “lordly” rights over a large area. The pieces of land were called pattern shelves. Within the patronage, entire
The Greek Key Pattern
This is probably the easiest prompt for me to work with. All of my pieces for this round start with blocks or units and I repeat those units in the pieces I create; every piece I’ve created would fit this theme. One of my favorite patterns is the Greek key,
What’s My Line?
What’s My Line was a game show popular in the UK and US in the 1950s and 1960s. The game involved celebrities trying to guess the contestants’ occupation, i.e. their “line of work” and was the origin of the expression “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” My line of work
Pattern
This time my prompt is “pattern”.The dictionary meaning of pattern is as follow. – a repeated form or design especially that is used to decorate something – the regular and repeated way in which something happens or is done – something that happens in a regular and repeated way – a shape or
LINES, Taking COLOUR Off in All Directions
This prompt started me on the adventure of using my favourite dye techniques in this new year as an Instructor for a group of terrific friends in two days of Dye Workshops at our Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. I loved making many cuts of thin/wide strips, adding small
Repeats
Where does a quilter get his inspiration from, when she has to work on a theme. People are often inspired by nature. While making a trip you can also be impressed by buildings, people, cultures, landscapes, coastlines and much more. With me during our trip to Spain, was the SAGRADA