At the quilt show I took a photo of a woman’s . For some reason it looks so blurry right now. The other day I had a chance in between classes to play with sketching a possible design inspired by the broach. When I first saw the broach I was thinking that Superiors Silver Metalic might be the way to go – and it still may be – though while I was playing in the sketchbook the idea of color is rather intriguing. Using a variety of Superior Metallic might be the way to go. I just visited their website and look…
They have violet and quite loads more Metallic colors! INSPIRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then there’s this idea. I picked up a compass & protractor set a few months ago to play with and do some quilt design. I would like to draw this out on fabric and see what comes next. For the quilt design I like the idea of the curved lines extending beyond the perimeter of the circle. I’m thinking this will be a 12 to 15″ quilt with swirling feathers & pebbles, lots of pebbles!
I taught the other day – one of the students has a shirt with a similar flower in fabric, stitched down that she purchased somewhere. We talked about how she could make a similar shirt herself and incorporate some stitching design in it. So while we were talking I drew this out for her to see how she might be able to work this out on her own. It would be fun to see her make a few shirts with raw edge appliqué like this or in a design that is completely her own.
I’m going to play with this idea a little bit more before calling it a day. The circles were all drawn with a cd that I had in my tote bag. This allowed me an opportunity to share with the student some of what I offer in the Advanced machine quilting class I’ll be offering after the new year.
Thanks for sharing your sketches! I so wish I could come take your advanced machine quilting class! I really want to take my quilting up to the next level!
I love what you are doing with the circles using different colors! I get inspirations from vintage costume jewelry brooches and necklaces, too. Sometime I like to browse through the shops that sell vintage costume jewelry on the Ruby Lane website and soak up the inspiration! I would love to take one of your classes!
Your compass drawing made me smile — it reminded me of an old Sesame Street segment they used to play back in the 70’s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0 I loved watching those circles! It was right up there with when they visited the crayon factory! Looking forward to seeing all your ideas come to life!
Thanks for sharing your sketches! I so wish I could come take your advanced machine quilting class! I really want to take my quilting up to the next level!
I love what you are doing with the circles using different colors! I get inspirations from vintage costume jewelry brooches and necklaces, too. Sometime I like to browse through the shops that sell vintage costume jewelry on the Ruby Lane website and soak up the inspiration! I would love to take one of your classes!
Your compass drawing made me smile — it reminded me of an old Sesame Street segment they used to play back in the 70’s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0 I loved watching those circles! It was right up there with when they visited the crayon factory! Looking forward to seeing all your ideas come to life!