Category Archives: Process

The Process and a couple of Misfits:

I’m having fun with these mostly white quilts…like this, this, this and this.   I consider it a soothing diversion from my usual more serious work with solid hand-dyed fabrics.  The way I construct them is to create little elements and incorporate them into a bigger picture.  That’s how it’s been for this one… “New...

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Krista - PoppyprintOctober 28, 2010 - 9:19 am

I often think of that song! I love your tall, skinny wavy tree. Very Dr. Seuss.

The Process… And the Importance of Brownies

There is a certain rhythm to all this creativity… inspiration hits, sewing comes swiftly and easily, ideas are worked through, things start slowing down, life takes over, nothing gets done, and I abandon the work until inspiration hits once again.  I guess you could call it my process.  The first time I actually thought of...

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Kristin LOctober 2, 2010 - 3:17 pm

I can absolutely see the importance of brownies! Part of my process involves cleaning all the things I’ve avoided cleaning during the contemplation phase of creating.

MollyOctober 1, 2010 - 11:32 am

That brownie looks delicious …..

The Process: At least I have choices

It’s always good to have choices… even if things feel uncertain and uncomfortable, which is how I’m feeling today about all this. Today’s choices involve the land and the sea.  Should I make a shelf or a sloping cliff? And that ocean… should I include gentle rolling waves, rough waves that peak, or long pointy...

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EthneSeptember 29, 2010 - 3:38 am

I love the way you land mass has a great geological look to it

Karen MSeptember 28, 2010 - 1:47 am

I really like the gestural, almost sketch-like look of the quilts you have been building lately.

LeahSeptember 27, 2010 - 5:39 pm

great comments on process here on your blog, what you’re thinking etc. i love your colors and shapes. great photos too!

TammySeptember 27, 2010 - 4:58 pm

Thanks for posting these. I love to see the processes people take. I always love your explosions of color, even if they are little. Yeah for those who are brave with their colors!

The Process… Stars and the Sea

This one is coming to me like a dream…  I almost have a picture of it, but each time I think hard, the image eludes me.  There really is no other way around allowing these ideas to take hold but to pick up the fabric and start cutting. On my mind these days are images...

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EthneSeptember 25, 2010 - 9:56 pm

Hope you catch the elusive image and it is captured in you quilt just as you anticipated – I’m sure it would be perfect in my parents home by the sea in Northern Ireland

The Process Part 6

“Just a little more brain-candy quilting. You guys understand, don’t you?

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