Friday, March 13, 2009

New Art Quilts

I've been finding some time to work on some fiber art and art quilts. These are two of my most recent projects.

waterlilly quilt

I learned this technique through a book on woven quilts. The background was created by making two large (about 18 X 18) quilt blocks that were then wavy cut, then woven together. The waterlilies are applique.

bubblequilt1


This was the project for an online quilt class called "Darned Quilts" I was so excited about this class but I was too busy to do the project while the class was going on. I just pulled out the information last week and got going on it. It's a little tricky....but not NEAR as complicated as it looks (thank goodness).


6 comments:

MariesImages said...

THis is stunning , Kat, you have a great eye for color, They really are beautiful.

Gerry said...

I imagine sleeping under one of those. My great grandmother Porter's quilts were prized possessions, and she was still filling out orders from her descendents for her star quilts when she died. My sister Ann made quilts for everyone that were so prized some swore they could not sleep well unless under that quilt. I wore one she made me to tatters. Blessed are the quiltmakers! Kelli of Thoughts of a sober white woman is another blogger quilter who even makes pet quilts, but her specialty is quilts for soldier boys going to Iraq! See her blog on my side bar.

Monica said...

What beautiful colors! You really have gotten so good with this!

I feel like a broken record when I keep saying how beautiful they are. Those colors! My grandma made beautiful quilts but, she didn't have the vivid colors you have.

Monica

Cindy said...

Beautiful!! I'm so glad you've found time to make these.

Robbie said...

Both are beautiful.

ggal2933 said...

Beautiful!!

Gretchen