Possibilities

When we visited relatives in St. Louis this summer, Aunt Nancy encouraged me to look through some drawers of old linens and take what I wanted. I just realized I chose several pieces with "lorikeet" potential!
Of course, I'll have to tackle that mess in the background before I can really dive into the creative process.

Gotcha! (almost)

I completed my first lorikeet piece (apart from the facing) a week or three ago. But the bright scraps were calling and I grabbed them before the idea went away:

Sneak Peek from Gericon

I finished up a couple of weeks of marathon quilting for my Q=A=Q submission. I have another big project to work on, but before I got to that, I thought I better get the next theme done. I was clueless when I went down to my studio and started looking at fabrics and paints. Then I spied my drawer of roving. Bingo. So I started to do some machine felting, but I broke the screw that the needles attach to on my Bernina. What to do?

Nuno felting! I think I like it better. So this is a sneak peek at a corner. Because you get a lot of shrinkage with felting, I was not sure what I would end up with. But it is just about 12 inches square. After it dries, I will do some hand stitching and maybe some embellishment.

Deja vu

It just occurred to me that I made a lorikeet colored quilt several years ago. It was a sample for my American Quilter magazine article about my fusing method. I had completely forgotten. Go figure—

Two done

I almost never make more than one piece for a 12 x12 challenge, but I have now finished two and can't decide between them. They are entirely different. I can't say that I love either one. I am having a really hard time with this color palette. Too intense for me. Too Fisher-Price.

On a personal note. We are waiting for our grandson to be born. It will be soon. Emily is feeling some contractions, but nothing very strong or regular. Keep us in your thoughts.

Lorikeet Quilt - Check!

I am happy to say that I just put the finishing stitches into my lorikeet quilt. Yay!

When I was looking for fabrics in my stash to use in my quilt, I found the one pictured above and thought it a perfect match. I decided to use it and it now covers the back side of my quilt.

And OH MY GOODNESS! I just realized that I am to pick the next color theme. I really need to start thinking about this.

Good intentions...

I haven't been contributing to this blog as I should have been in recent weeks, although I have been thinking about posting a lot. Does that count? But, I do have an idea what my next quilt will be about and look like. I have an unusual inspiration source:

No really - there is a quilt design in there!

And I have a box of lorikeet colours all ready to go.....

...... somewhere in this lot.....

Help!

Cover Quilts

Check out the cover and first page of the Craft Fair Friend magazine (caution 4.5MB download) for the forthcoming Craft & Quilt Fair in Christchurch, New Zealand (17-19 September 2010). The Twelve by Twelve quilts will also be on exhibition at the Craft & Quilt Fair in Hamilton, New Zealand (9-12 September). Brenda will be giving twice-daily floor talks at 11am and 2pm.

Lift Off?

I have an idea. I have dyed more fabric. I have no more excuses.  I have cut into it.

It might be a bit fuzzy but I think I have lift off.

Is it a sign?

I found this on sale yesterday. Is it a sign?

It's not easy being green

As Françoise has remarked, lorikeet green is "very very... green..."  I've found some greens in my stash but I feel an urge to dye coming over me...

Spotted in New Zealand Quilter Magazine...

Come and see the Twelve by Twelve exhibition in New Zealand:

• 9 - 12 September 2010: Craft & Quilt Fair Hamilton, New Zealand
• 17-19 September 2010: Craft & Quilt Fair Christchurch, New Zealand

Lorikeets at Quilt Encounter

I'm currently teaching at Quilt Encounter, a fabulous 1-6 day retreat organised by the South Australian Quilters Guild. My slideshow presentation about the Twelve by Twelve project was well-received on Monday evening and the twelve art quilts from the Chocolate theme attracted many admiring comments.

Now there's a whole new group of people who will be the following our Colorplay challenge. I wonder if they will share their freshly dyed fabrics...

Am I done yet?

Found this in my stash of commercial fabrics today. What do you think?

Purple Yellow Website Update

The website has now been updated to display our latest complementary colorplay challenge - Purple Yellow. The individual artist galleries have also been updated. For example, here is Terri's Colorplay gallery so far. Due to limited internet access while I am travelling, I have not been able to update and check all of the navigation.  Undoubtedly there will be some glitches here and there. Please e-mail me and I will fix them when I have better internet access again.