Every Monday I want to promote blog reading. The names of blogs I like have been written on pieces of paper, and today I picked two slips at random from my box.
Both are quilting blogs and you will see some very colourful work.
Please visit:
High Road Quilter
Shasta's quilting style is very flexible, it is not confined to one style. You can see quilts of various sizes and many techniques. Maybe like me she needs variation, so there is always a new approach to her work. One thing is constant though, colour, there is always colour. Sometimes simple like the red quilts, while on other work she has blended hues beautifully.
Shasta and I also share the joy of slow stitching. Why rush to finish? Shouldn't a bit of stitching each day be a target, not a rule. 15 minutes will do, the minutes add up to a lot of work in the end... Then again, we should never beat ourselves up for having stitch free days!
On many blogs you can see a Gallery tab with quilts on display. At High Road Quilter there is a whole museum! Have a look at Musée de la Grande Route and enjoy portraits, elephants, a Stars and Stripes Eagle quilt, and clouds faded by washing detergent. I, too, have used household chloride to bleach patterns on fabric.
Shasta joins in Blog Hops and photo challenges so there are other interesting things to look at apart from the quilts.
Enjoy!
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Do you want even more of a colour explosion. Then head over to
Crazy Victoriana crazy for quilts
Janie is also a flexible quilter. At the moment she is concentrating on crisp, geometric quilts. Roller cut, machine pieced, PERFECTLY joined pieces of various sizes make up many of her quilt tops. The most striking though, is colour. Janie has superb colour confidence. She can make most colour combinations sing by adding one contrasting colour, e.g. her Primary Plaid quilt where pale yellow and light blue get an instant spice shock of hot orange. Another trick she has is to use black and white striped fabric to shake up 'monochrome' quilts (red/orange, or yellow/green). No wonder she has teaching experience.
These quilts are not only a delight on the front, the back is often as beautiful. I love the idea of paying as much time and attention to the back. Either you can use such a quilt as a reversible quilt, or just surprise the person who looks at the back.
Now I said that Janie is concentrating on geometric quilt at the moment. If you look at her tap My Crazy Quilts and Sewing Projects, at the top of the blog, you will see that she has many other strengths, too. Janie makes these beautiful and useful bags, and fantastic crazy quilt items. The Suffolk Puffs (in the US they are called Yo-yos, I believe) are delectable confectionaries. It was the crazy quilting that first drew my attention to her work.
On the blog you will also see photographs of beautiful flowers, magnificent views and things of colour that inspire her, like her colour calendar or a basket of fruit.
There are many links to good books, shops, teachers and projects.
Each blog post ends with ... 'I'm remembering to be thankful'. I am so grateful for this reminder, as I too, need to be thankful for all the good things in life instead of sulk over the bad.
