Monday, May 01, 2006

A Little More Folk Art...

I really enjoy working with wool and this is a little penny rug with strawberries with beads for seeds. I like to make wool pincushions too so added a couple of 'berry cushions to the photo.
Snowed in one January, I scavenged through my stash for something--anything--to start a new quilt with. I love baskets so I found an old, old basket block pattern, added some hearts and folk art flowers and worked on it throughout the snowy winter. Someday must add more quilting to it...

Another Jo Morton pattern, this is my version of Rachel's Reels. I like the graphic look of blocks repeated, but in slightly different colors.
















Natasha and Rocky immortalized in cloth! Natasha is a cloth rendition and Rocky is done in canvas, painted and antiqued.















This is my Moonlit Garden quilt that I made several years ago. It was my first attempt at needleturn applique!!! Whoa, Nellie, hope I have improved since then!!!

May is starting out lusciously--sunshine and a gentle breeze and mid-50s already at 8:30 AM! Great day for running errands.

3 comments:

Ann said...

I love your moonlit garden quilt! You can't tell from the picture that you needed improvement on your applique skills! Also love the colors you are drawn to these days! I like bright colorful quilts, and these colors are definiitely bright and luscious!

ForestJane said...

I like the two cloth stuffed cats the best... :)

You did a good job of getting them to look like your own cats!

Holly said...

Now that's the nicest way to make a TripAroundTheWorld quilt - your moonlit garden. I love the applique around it. They compliment each other so well. My eyes keep moving from the squares to the applique then back to the squares again. I must remember this for the future.