My neice just recently had her first child. This is a quilt Grandma made for Maddison. As you can see much of the fabric is from me. It all started with the cat fabrics, some really bright cats in various jewel tones. And it just grew from there. Our family is of the notion that bright colors are for babies, no pastels allowed. Bright orange, blue, lime green, pink, yellow, red, purple. The back is Hand dyed lime green Flannel. I love the quilting with the big outlines of cats. It was fun to be able to help choose the fabric and now to see the final project completed. Well the photos for now, the quilt and Maddison soon. 
Archive for the ‘Current Pattern Samples’ Category
Maddison’s Quilt
Monday, July 19th, 2010Something in Cerulean Blue
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
My latest creation was really just for fun, well and possibly to wear to a fancy wedding later in the Summer. I hand dyed some PFD Jacquard a beautiful Cerulean Blue. The panel on the back is a piece from an antique kimono that I found in my wanderings. I outlined it with a Lilac Patina batik. I used a 1/2″ bias tape maker to make the outline strips. It is all very simple but elegant and suits me just fine.
And Yes, you can find A little Somethin’ the pattern, the PFD Rose Damask Jacquard and the batik all on my website www.marbled-arts.com.
Pavers in Blue & Purple
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Pavers is an easy 45″ x 56″ quilt. Double the yardage for a Twin and triple for a Queen. It is best to use a minimum of five different fabrics for the blocks. But I think ten fabrics would look great. Or even a scrappy one would be fun and us up all those scraps that seem to pile up. But currently I’m into a Blue/Purple phase. The next step is to get some kits put together for my website.
The Women’s Tool Bag or MBBB
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Finally! I have had this pattern for a few months. If you have read previous posts you will know that my friend Sylvia appeared with this bag an her arm and insisted I needed the pattern. And she was right. My husband calls it “the Women’s tool bag”, as he has a tool bag in his truck that at first glance looks a lot like my little blue bag. I call it MBBB or My Blue Bento Baggu. And as always I did a few things a bit different to suit my needs. I used a Fat Quarter of Hand Marbled Storm Blue in the Waved Icarus Design. I quilted the outside fabric to the felt lining instead of using fusible web, I like the look better. I used my own hand made cord to tie the ends together to personalize it a bit more.
And Yes, it is easy to make. So many ideas, patchwork, fancy buttons, beads, black fabric with metallic thread, the list goes on and on.
Hummingbirds
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
This piece I have a little of a Love/Hate feeling about. I love how it turned out, but it took a few false starts to get it to where I was happy with it. I Love the color combinations, I wanted it to be bright, sunny, happy, summer feel to it. I used mostly hand marbled fabric for the hummingbirds, hand dyed and batiks for the background. I tried several white fabrics for the white flowers. Finally decided to use a white ultra suede. At first I stitched on it with white thread and really reminded me of an exploded marshmallow. Think of the original Ghostbusters movie and the big marshmallow guy that get blown up at the end. Not really the look I was going for. I Then re-stitched using a black variegated thread and added some embroidered flower centers and that took me to where I wanted to go. It just makes me happe to look at it. And yes I sell the pattern on my website. Come visit! www.marbled-arts.com
Hollyhocks
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Finally a new post! I had gotten bogged down with life. Another of the small pieces that is really wonderful for using scraps. I used hand marbled and hand dyed fabric for the flowers and leaves. I’m still enamored with my rust printed fabric used for the fence.
I used french knots made with embroidery thread for the flower centers. Just a sweet little piece that is easy raw edge applique.
Modern Poet
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The Modern Poet is a pattern by Dana Marie Design Co. It has several different collar and cuff variations, you can make it to suit your mood. I used Hand Marbled Chocolate brown fabric to the cuffs and collar and a very mottled hand dyed Chocolate Brown for the body. Brown is a mix of color, because I didn’t agitate the fabric much, it did something thing crazy. But I liked the effect and decided to use it for the garment anyway.
Haunted Tree
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Haunted tree is made from the pattern The Dancing Tree. The pattern directions call for the use of fusible web, but I thought that I would use a little black thread to add texture. The next thing I knew I had add texture to the entire tree. Then the leaves appeared and the trunk need a bit of color to make it more 3D. My husband wandered into my studio and said “Haunted trees always have a knot hole.”
Below is a close up of the tree trunk.
Sunshines on My Shoulder
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Sunshines on My Shoulder is an early version of wearable art. You have to start somewhere. This is a pattern by Dana Marie and design Co. called Kimino Jacket and Vest
Green Beans Anyone?
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
This pattern is made from Dana Marie Design Co. pattern Contemporary Classics and it really does not look at all like the pattern photo. I had a vision and it turned out even better than I had dreamed. I used hand marbled fabric for the front and back panels. The rest of the jacket is hand dyed fabric. The entire jacket is quilted and took hour to complete. But the jacket itself is really easy to put together. It’s easy and comfortable to wear.