Lisa Jenni, Convergence Quilt

Problem: How to quilt????

Inspired by Anna Williams

Roberta McAbee, design class project

Rebels, Ann Lindquist

What do you do with all those quilts?

Do you have some of those friends that come to your house and admire your quilts, and then say, "But what do you DO with them all?" This question always renders me speechless. So I began to wonder myself. What DO I do with them all?

Well, after giving one or two to each relative, donating some to charity, dressing each bed with at least three, and reserving a pile for picnics and cold spells, I tend to put them all over the living room. It's a good thing my husband doesn't mind!

What do YOU do with all those quilts?

Old Lone Star

This quilt top belongs to a friend. The star is hand-pieced. It had been sewn to an old white sheet. I changed the background for her. I love the colors in this one!

Stack...and comments...

I learned on the help line that one reason I can't post comments on this blog is that I'm using a mac. That's as far as I got. Love the intensity of Nifty's red quilt and am so delighted to see Sujata's family examples, though that reverse applique is way too much...yikes.

Last week my show of paintings and work on paper opened at the Bush Barn Art Center where I've been artist in residence since February.



The gallery curator wanted 3D work, but I don't do that so I brought in a stack of quilts. It turns out they are way too tempting...everyone wants to untie the bundle and buy the quilts. In October Kay and I are going to have a small show of quilts...a "quilted Conversation" as it were.

reverse applique

This is a king size coverlet made with two pieces of whole cloth. 

  These patterns are also found carved in wooden and stone windows in rural India and old architectures like temples and palaces.

Simplicity at it's finest!

A quilt in my office

This week I hung this quilt in my office, and decided I really like small wall quilts. I love the way the lighting shows off the stitching.

Goodbye Lone Star

Today I will give this quilt to my step-mother, as a wedding gift for she and her new husband. I made it in a Freddy Moran class. Lesson #1: You go to a Freddy Moran workshop and you come out with a Freddy Moran quilt.

Wow!

I was only gone for three weeks but it seems like I missed out a lot! You all have been very busy! It has been a treat to come back to these gorgeous quilts! This is what I saw one morning looking out from my brother's home!

Must Make Pennies

Here's the inspiration

Nifty Quilts does a strippy

Buffy's Quilt from Gwen Marston Workshop

Done without ruler or rotary cutter for fun. Applique done before workshop for head start.

Cat motif from Dover book on Folk Art from India.