Cityscape

After spending months, then years trying to renew my once intense interest in quilting, it was only after giving up on the idea entirely that I now find myself bitten with the art quilting bug. I pulled out a panel that I bought a year ago, and sandwiched it in preparation for hand-quilting.

The strange thing is that I am not really a fan of panels - but something about the colors and design of this one..... It's a Hoffman called Cityscape.

My intent is to hand-quilt so the individual buildings pop. I'm using a dark orange thread.

I've been looking at embellished art quilts online. These inspirations have caused my mind to wander.  A trip to Michael's did not help.

I'm not sure Cityscape will be enhanced with embellishments. It may be prettier without. But I'm thinking about attempting a Day of the Dead quilted skull. Now if I can just get it out of my head and into fabric.....

Book Giveaway: Day Number One

Snappy blog title eh?  Oh well, no one will mistake what's going on here.

For today's feature presentation, I give you Free Style Quilts, A "No Rules" Approach by Susan Carlson.  From the back cover:  Discover fun, creative fabric collage.  Susan Carlson's incredible quilts of underwater landscapes, floral designs, fish and portraits come to life as she shares her easy, "no rules" fabric collage technique and shows you how to create your own beautiful free-style quilt designs.

I'll tell you, the art quilts in this book are fantastic!  Awesome!  Beautiful!  What I discovered about myself in relation to this book is that when it comes to quilting (and most things in life), I'm more like Mr. Monk.  Traditional, orderly; definitely not "no rules" nor "free-style". 

For the more artistic and adventurous quilter, this would be a fantastic book--or for anyone who just wants to look at the pictures.  I've had this book for years, enjoyed the pictures, and never attempted one project in it.

If you're interested leave a comment.  (Or if you're not interested, but want to comment anyway, just leave a note in your message saying you're not interested.)

Good luck!