Studio Notes

My work is done on "Shelter." (For the origin of this quilt, click here ; for all related posts, click on "shelter" in ...

I've been working on quilting "Shelter" for about a week now. (Click on the image for a closer-up view.) I want to highlight...

I've finished all the remaining applique on the four tiers of "Shelter." Even though I tried to pace myself, doing all this a...

I put in a lot of work on "Shelter" in the winter and spring, to get to the point where I could roughly join the four tiers and sh...

The pressure was on to get the four tiers of "Shelter" put together in time for the talk I gave on Friday, "Study to Studio: ...

While I work on constructing the black tier of shelter, I'm also doing some hand-sewing on the other tiers, doing final stitching and ta...

Three commenters on the last post told me that the value range in the turquoise looked fine to them--very helpful to have this feedback, whi...

I've strip-pieced most of the black strata needed, and stuck them up on the design wall, pinning the other tiers in place so I could get...

I've finished piecing and basting the orange-red tier of "Shelter" (photo at end of post), and am now moving on to the final t...

I'm not 100% satisfied with how I've done the finish of the strata that end mid-tier. In the turquoise section, I used a "blun...

Blue and turquoise tiers are pieced and basted. Strata for orange/red are pieced and pinned on the design wall--more manipulation of the pi...

This is a 4" coaster, made with scraps from the turquoise tier of "Shelter," along with some of the orange-red that will go i...

Writing my last post about ten days ago was very helpful to me. The realization that I didn't have to think about April as a deadline f...

Finally, a good stretch of time last weekend and the mental state needed to get back to work on Shelter. The photo above is one section of ...

I've been very busy with a large project at work for the last two months, which has made it difficult to get back to "Shelter....

Having finished the blue section of "Shelter," I'm taking a break, and have made a half-dozen coasters, 4x4," piecing lef...

I've spent this week going from pinned up sections of strip-pieced strata to sewing together the sections with needle-turn appliqué. As...

One week later, I think this is now ready to be sewn. (Click on image to enlarge.) After the version posted on 5/30, I fiddled for anothe...

For the last couple of weeks, I've been back working on "Shelter," constructing the bottom left corner. (Click here for a sk...

After a couple of years of making countless small sketches and maquettes with different combinations of curves for my "Shelter" qu...