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Pointless Sister’s Critique Group

We had a fabulous get together this morning and saw some great work, some of which I will share. (Note: I am having a problem with my photos since I went back to Flicker. I need to resize them. Check back later!)

First, I unveiled the ripples and reflections quilt, renamed, Mallory Brook: Ripples and Reflections. I had to dig back into my old brain to figure out what I was connecting with and I realized that it was the brook on our farm where we spent many long summer days. I found a map of the area from way back when and found that it’s name is Mallory Brook. As you can see, I did some major surface design, stamping with inks and fusing some ephemera. Then, I added the leaves cut from the gorgeous dye painted silk. I wanted the leaves to look as if they are floating and I think I achieved that. Then I did more  surface design with gold textile paint to give the shimmery look of sunlight through the leaves. It was well received by the group. next time, I would think of doing the surface design before I did the quilting, but it does add another ripply dimension, I think.

Mallorybrook

Here is a closeup:

Mallorycloseup

Here is some more of the amazing work shared today:

Debra’s Eucalyptus is gorgeous!!

Darseuc

Here is a closeup which is probably closer to the true colors.

Euccloseup

Here is a new piece by Debra:

Darpiece

Here is a work in progress by Diane. It is for her daughter who lives in Alaska. She painted the fish and the fabric for the waves.

 

Dlandsalmon

Dlandfish

Here is Diane’s Butterfly quilt which was part of our challenge. She did not get hers done in time to enter at Paducah (Louisville). My butterfly is the third in on the second row. She did a beautiful job of quilting this.

Dlandbflies

Look at the wonderful colors and fabrics Nancy used in this piece that she started at a class at Asilomar.

Nancyscircles

Linda’s work in progress is the beautiful collage:

Lindasimscollage

Janet’s Japanese Moons was recently quilted by April Sproule who does lovely longarm quilting for art quilts. This will be finished with an indigo binding.

Janetsmoons

Here is an incredible work by Cathy Z. She does the most meticulous planning and piecing of quilts. Just blows my mind!! This has taken her about 6 months.

Zeleny

Here are closeups. There is couching of threads in circles and beading.

Zelenycloseup

Zelenycloseup2

 

9 Responses to “Pointless Sister’s Critique Group”

  1. Jen Anderson says:

    Ooohs and aaahs all around. What an inspiration! Jen

  2. What a varied and talented group you have. Consider yourself extremely fortunate!

  3. DebR says:

    All these quilts are fabulous. I love how your brook piece turned out in the end.

    Fun to see Debra’s quilts, but I think her face should show over the one she’s holding up!!!

    Diane’s is gorgeous.

    And that one by CathyZ…WOW. Really, just WOW.

  4. mary manahan says:

    Ripples and Reflections is beautiful…the quilting makes it. Debra’s Eucalyptus is striking…the picture on her blog does not do it justice….love its shimmery texture. Cathy Z. does beautiful work, too….they are all wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

  5. Liz says:

    I really like what you have done to your quilt now. It looks just right.

  6. Diane says:

    I’m sorry had to miss the meeting–but thanks for posting pictures! I don’t feel like I missed so much now!

  7. Karoda says:

    Cathy Z’s quilt exudes a major wow factor just seeing in here, so I know seeing it in person has to have a take the breath away impact.

  8. Karoda says:

    Cathy Z’s quilt exudes a major wow factor just seeing in here, so I know seeing it in person has to have a take the breath away impact.

  9. Kathie says:

    Wow, those quilts are amazing. I do more traditional quilting but have been knitting more than quilting lately….your photos inspire me!

    Kathie