Design Concept

This is one of a series of quilts that combine zigzags, and curved shapes, in this case, logarithmic spirals.

original sketch & color study

I turned my line drawing into separate shapes, and where the shapes crossed, I used different colors, which makes every shape appear transparent. The design was printed on cotton fabric by Spoonflower. It is wider than the standard Spoonflower fabric, so it was printed on two pieces of fabric and pieced together. Most of the piecing falls along the curving black lines. The quilting was done with many different thread colors and patterns. The binding strips were designed especially for this piece. The backing fabric is from my Atmosphere collection for Benartex.  

Exhibitions:

• Burst of Color, Peninsula Fiber Artists juried exhibition, Northwind Art, Port Townsend, WA, January 5 - February 11, 2024
• AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Schroeder Convention Center, Paducah, KY, April 24-27, 2024 (First Place: Modern)
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, July 24-27, 2024, (Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award)
• International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, Hanson Conference Center, Everett, WA, October 4-6, 2024 (Best Machine Workmanship Award)
• 2024 Festival Winners, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA, October 16 - December 22, 2024
• Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, California, January 22-25, 2025
• A Life in Color: 50-year Retrospective Solo Exhibition, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY, March 14-October 7, 2025

Publications

• Catalogue of Show Quilts, ASQ QuiltWeek, Paducah, KY, 2024, p. 47
• American Quilter Magazine, July, 2024, Vol. XL No. 34, p, 55