Me and mosaic tile

I love mosaic tile, whether it is in a floor, a bathroom wall or even a kitchen!!

I once made a quilt using an idea from a church in Rome…..

“The Tiles of San Giovani”

Maybe that is the reason that I took this photo of a tile floor….

Becuase, as usual…..

I am thinking about quilts!!!

What designs inspire you to make quilts??

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How it started….

I spent much of this past weekend being asked questions about how I made the “Catherine Wheel of Color” quilt…..

I decided to track the progress and was surprised to see that I started working on it in 2019!!

It started with this article in a magazine….

I had just bought a new color wheel and was excited to play with it using scraps

Before long I had several “snakes” of color….

Then it kept growing until I had this…..

….but my studio looked like this….

I now needed to find a background for the color wheel, and thought that a grey to black gradation would be perfect.

My first thought was to dye one…..

…but I couldn’t get the gradation that I wanted, so I ended up purchasing fabrics instead.

THEN, I had to figure out what to put inside the color square, and after a lot of searching and thinking, I decided on appliqued circles, using Karen Kay Buckley’s templates….

….and in February of 2020, it looked like this…..

We will stop there for now and continue the saga tomorrow!!

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A Sidewalk Somewhere!!

I have a folder marked “Inspirations” and I love to look through it and find ideas for quilts…. not that I NEED anymore quilt inspirations. I already have IBLE…..

But, I ran across another photo that I took of some floor from somewhere!! Don’t ask me where!!

I am still engrossed with the idea of circle piecing and this design might be lots of fun…….

SOMEDAY!!

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Drawing…..or quilting?

Have you noticed how much Zentangle Drawing and Free-Motion Quilting have in common??

Last week I posted about quilting a “Square Spiral” design…..

….and I was quickly informed that it is also called “Paradox” in the Zentangle world!!

Now, I follow a number of artists on Facebook….all sorts, including a few that specialize in Zentangles.

So, I wasn’t surprised when this popped up on the “Drawing Techniques” group…..

….and number four is my design!!

I know that all of these designs can be easily drawn, but now I want to turn them all into FMQ designs.

There are 66 designs here….. that might be a fun challenge!! Maybe piece a simple top from solid fabrics and add one design in each block……

What do you think?

For Free-Motion Quilting ideas, be sure to check out my YouTube channel…… https://www.youtube.com/c/francesquilts/videos

Shadow Inspiration

The other day I was in the kitchen, making myself a cup of tea and noticed this shadow on the cabinet……

It looks a little spooky….maybe like a scene from “Sleepy Hollow”, and it would be a great design for a Halloween quilt!!

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