Evolution of quilting style

These are my favorite quilting books.  They encouraged me to be freewheeling and creative with my quilting. 

I love ad-libbing with patterns and fabrics and colors.

  When Gwen Marston died, I made this quilt - remembering her and the weeklong  class I took with  Asilomar in California.     I ususally quote her in my workshops - "If it's too long, cut it off.  If it's too small, add a piece on." 

Recently, I joined a Facebook page and found Jo Anne Merrill-Duckworth, who has evolved a style based on wonky log cabins.   She usually uses one basic color, very scrappy, but with a limited tonal range.  She adds lots of small pieces of contrasting color for visual interest.

My current work in progress is my attempt to do this same thing.    I'm using greens, with forays into blue and yellow.   It will be tagged for my great-grandnephew Rowan, for his high school graduation.

Making these blocks is highly addictive and really satisfying.

Can't wait to start another colorway.

                         

                 

 

Life is a Song

Yesterday I really 'saw' the piece of counted cross stitch that has been hanging on my bedroom wall for many years.   It's at least 30 years old, maybe older.   I made it before  I discovered quilting.

What it says still rings true for me.