Grand Finale

 

Two Quilts In One–My Masterpiece

If you look at this quilt from the left this is what you will see. 

When you look from the right this is what you will see. The view changes and blends as you look and walk from one side to the other.

When you are at the center this is what you see.

It was a very challenging piece to create.
I spent several YEARS trying to figure out how to assemble it so it would allow each side to stand on it’s own.
I felt like I had to climb inside the quilt to sew the sections together.
The last part had me stumped. I could not make the armatures myself to fill the sections.
Off to my favorite gallery . 

As Sally Used To Say “Squares Aren’t Square”!

This is the quilt that unintentionally started my series “The Colors Of My Life”.

Jared is now a sophomore in college but he was much younger when this show opened.

One dark square makes a quilt complete.

This was the first piece I designed on the wall of my then new studio.

It’s ALMOST a tessellation. It needed the gray squares to make it work.
There are 20 pieces in this series and I love them all. I enjoyed playing with color, value, optical illusions and the third dimension in this series.
Nine years ago my show Quilts Of Another Dimension opened at Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Two Quilts In One–My Masterpiece

If you look at this quilt from the left this is what you will see.

When you look from the right this is what you will see. The view changes and blends as you look and walk from one side to the other.

When you are at the center this is what you see.

It was a very challenging piece to create.
I spent several YEARS trying to figure out how to assemble it so it would allow each side to stand on it’s own.
I felt like I had to climb inside the quilt to sew the sections together.
The last part had me stumped. I could not make the armatures myself fill the sections.
Off to my favorite gallery . Seebecks in Kenosha, WI….where John did a fantastic job creating them and the quilt was then ready for prime time!
NOTE: Although I shared the same quilt a few days ago I found much better photos so I am sharing it again.

One Of My Masterpieces

As a grand finale I created a 3 dimensional quilt in my Colors Of My Life Series.
I found the pictures of it after only searching for 3 days on my new computer!
I think you will like it.


If you start at the left of the quilt this is what you will see.

The view changes as you walk past the quilt. This is what you will see as you get to the center.

This is what you see as you get to the right side.
It is much more impressive in person.
I designed each side differently so you see a totally different quilt as you walk around it..
The biggest challenge was putting it all together neatly. I felt like I had to climb inside the quilt to sew.
Once it was all put together I realized I didn’t have the skills to create an armature to hold it in position.
I took it to Seebeck’s in Kenosha and John constructed the sections to make it work. He did a fantastic job.
I wish you all could see this in person.

Black & White And Red All Under

 

This was my first black and white circle quilt. I wound 20 black bobbins to make this and I used just about all of them.

There was a slight problem with it which I’ll tell you about in a little while.

 

This one was successful.

Red all under!

It’s a 3D quilt and here it is hanging.

If you look closely at this picture you will see there are two extra pieces. I had to trim them off as it was too long when I hung it.

I was able to hang all three pieces for a very mobile sculpture quilt!

Remember this one I started with? It would need a space 3-5 stories high to hang it!

I do have some other ideas of how to use it.

This is what happens when you try new things no one has done before. I enjoy the adventure!