In the Skies - with Diamonds

I should have said without diamonds, but they (crystals)are in the plan. I love color, the brighter, the better. So I used pure basic dye powders and let them do their thing. I love the result and the Neon thread I'm using will punch it up even more.

Color Challenge

Bright colors are in my usual repertoire so it wasn't hard to come up with something bright and abstract is always fun. I wanted to convey movement and speed with the colored ribbons whipping through the quilt and around the more stationary circles.

I used one of my hand dyed fabrics for the background and then, after applying a stabilizer, spent several hours sewing a grid on it. I wanted the tactile feel of the grid and the contrast with the circles and curved ribbons without having to do that small of a grid in the quilting. I actually drew the pattern when I was bored one afternoon and appliqued it together with a matching thread zig zag. The actual quilting is simple stitch in the ditch with black thread. I did some large decorative hand stitched X's for some dark hard line contrast.

I haven't decided if I want to name this Color Movement or XOXO's. I finished this a couple of weeks ago and it is already hanging in a local quilt show along with my first challenge piece. This has been a wonderful challenge so far and I can't wait to get started on the next one!


Lisa Kay

Hi, I give you a first glance at my color piece. It is not quite finished. I did find it rather hard to imagine color in these cold and mostly foggy winter days, we still have here.

Color Peek

Here is my peek for the second challenge: color. I have it completed except for a label. I have used my own hand dyed fabric, thread sketching, applique and both machine and hand quilting.

This is actually my second attempt as my first fell short in size. I was thinking to myself that 2 - 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper equaled 11 x 17 and ended up somehow with a finished piece that was 8 1/2 x 17. I do like it alot and will post it as well. I have named it Color Coded. It is simply done with the piecing and quilting in the same stitch. It has both hand dyed and commercial fabrics in it.