Quilt Ideas -

My friend Elaine wants to make a quilt... and i want to help her and make it with her! i really want to make something Modern, colorful, bright and happy - Because she is all of those things and more.

I love the look of this one: http://www.thequiltengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/quilt1.jpg

Basic yet fun!! I love it.

Time to make a quilt

When life gives you lemons - you make lemonade! But, when life gives you Denim, that means - it's time to make a jean quilt... i'm going to start ripping up the jeans today... anyone have any great ideas for a fun and funky - and modern denim quilt?

Selling my STASH

I've decided to sell some of my stash! check out my Etsy shop!






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Quilt explorations

So, i've always wanted to make Quilts as Art. I decided to try my hand at art quilts this month. I heard about a fundraiser benefitting the Utah Aids Foundation. One of my good friends Adam usually goes to the benefit, and i had him in mind when deciding to make a quilt. Each year there is a silent auction and Adam commented to me that every year he looks over and there's some "quilt" that just doesn't fit. I'm sure that each year someone goes to a lot of trouble and spends a lot of time and energy making a quilt for the silent auction, but it probably wasn't targeted towards the right audience.

So, i decided to try my hand at making something a little different. My idea was to use a black/white theme with a touch of red... and thought this would be fun... but the more i thought about it... i just thought - i need to work with color! I love black and white ... there is something striking and beautiful about black and white... But, i had a friend say to me once... Life isn't black and white... there are colors for a reason! Ever since then, i have embraced the many beautiful colors of the rainbow.

And its just the same with people. People are different. there are many variations. and each one has something to offer. will we give them the chance to shine?

so,i've been working on this quilt all week... i'm going to put it all together tomorrow and i think it will be something that someone will want to hang on their wall as art.

Today's Color Palette: i'm kind of excited to work on a quilt again. its been a few months since i've really done anything quilt-wise, so - i'm looking forward to it. I've got my Gingher Rotary cutter ready to go! I'll be posting the progress!

So, for your viewing pleasure, here are a couple of things i did in the past few years... the flower is applique and then just sort of framed out in some fun fabrics... its a very busy quilt... but I think its kind of my masterpiece... up until now. It is the quilt i am most proud of. And it got me through some tough times in 2009! I guess that is something that quilting has always done for me... gets me through some tough times. I have some quilts in the works, but for right now... i'm going to post pics and thoughts and memories of quilts-past... to remind myself why i love to quilt!

Quilting Bug

So, i've got the quilting bug again... its funny - whenever I don't quilt for awhile then someone gets me back into it... and then I get obsessed with it. I spend hours and hours just looking at fabric, designing quilts in my mind, and just thinking about quilts! i just love it. So, here i am again! Ready to create!

Bring It On!