Swatches

I've really enjoyed the time I set aside for myself to create new designs and quilts not tied to a deadline.  One of the projects I was able to work on and complete, which is always a bonus, is my Swatches quilt!

Swatches

This quilt was inspired from my oil painting days; sketches, painter palettes, paint tubes, canvases, brushes, lighting and other images both concrete and abstract.  I designed this quilt to convey a feeling more than actual objects tied to painting.

Swatches

I’m finding that more and more I’m merging my first creative love, oil painting, with my current creative love in my quilt designs.  I've even started working with watercolors again mainly because the clean up is so easy. 

Swatches

I chose the quilting to add interest and depth to the design. I took some risks, like black thread echos around the paint swatches and hand quilting the small grey squares. Most of the quilting is fairly dense and I was shocked when blocking the quilt to find out the length shrunk by 3”.

Swatches

I really want to explore more quilt related watercolors.  I even painted a picture of my Banner Day quilt.  I think Swatches is a good candidate for a watercolor too.

Banner Day

Lastly, have you been over to my Etsy shop lately?  I've been adding patterns and several patterns are now available in a printed format.  My next pattern release will be my Trellis quilt pattern at the beginning of May!  So keep checking out my shop for all the new releases.

Quiltachusetts Etsy Shop

"But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive." 1 Cor 15:20-22

"For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty." 2 Pet 1:16