Tuscan Rose

Western Moon

Improvisational quilt made with my hand dyed and shibori fabrics.

Number 5 in the series

I have just listed this quilt in my etsy shop plus a few others. Link is in the side column.

Stella

An improvisational art quilt that I made from African wax block fabric and my hand dyed fabric. Available in my etsy shop, see link in side column.

Whole Cloth Quilt

I really love this piece of hand dyed fabric but wasn't sure how to cut it up and use it. Since I didn't seem to be able to cut into it, I decided to quilt it as a whole cloth quilt.

The quilting gave the fabric a nice texture and movement.  The quilting is a gentle spiral with lines spaced 1/4" apart. Yes, a 1/4" - that's a lot of quilting. For me, the quilting isn't finished until the piece can stand up on it's own in the corner.

I used Superior Threads So Fine in a light lavender, it was perfect. Superior Threads is my favorite brand of thread from quilting to piecing. I never have any problems with it and their selection of weights and colors is amazing.

Today, I added more hand dyed fabric to the Tuscan Rose web site.

Stargazing

Stargazing
29" by 35"

made from my hand dyed and shibori fabrics.

Mid Century Modern

Mid Century Modern quilt made with my hand dyed fabrics
measures 74" by 42"

Hand dyed fabrics

I still working on the big quilt using my hand dyed fabrics. This weekend, I put together a small quilt with the leftover scraps and one yardage of a multicolor hand dye.

hand dyed fabric

I have been dying fabric the past couple of days for a new quilt project.

I love this type of dyed fabric especially when patterns like the hearts appear.

here are some of my favorites from my latest batch

Walking The Scotties In Central Park

Walking The Scotties In Central Park
23" x 55"

an improvisational mix of commerical, vintage and repurposed fabrics
 
scrappy and heavy quilting


the tiny scotties

so good, so good

I am working on a new series of art quilts. The focus of this series is Urban Maps.

I am quilting the Central Park and hope to finish it this weekend.

My holiday weekend plans are to be happily spent in front of my sewing machine. I can not think of a better way to spend three whole days.

Wishing all of you a safe and fun holiday weekend.

Thanks to everyone who has emailed me over the past few months asking how I am doing following my spinal fusion surgery. I have never felt better and feel 20 years younger.
I feel good, so good, so good.