Well, it's almost May and yes, I am just now getting around to sharing my word of the year quilt. That's because I JUST finished it this past week. Yikes! I chose a word before 2023 even started.... my word is Stretch! But I had no idea how to reflect it in a quilt.
When I was at Quiltcon in February, I took a design class, Inspired by Architecture, from David Owen Hastings. Let me tell you, David's design process is soooooo different from mine! I learned so much from him and was determined to apply some of his design strategies to my own quilts. This was a stretch for me! So what better time to apply it than with my word of the year quilt?
First up was to take an architecture photo that spoke to me. I took this photo in downtown Atlanta during Quiltcon and thought it was the perfect inspiration...
After printing my photo, cutting it up and drawing with colored pencils on graph paper, I came up with the improv piece used in my quilt.
I paper pieced my letters and quilted this mini (18"x20") with my walking foot on my Janome. I'm really happy with the results!
2 comments:
No I don't have a word..
I like the way you interpreted the building in your mini,.
Great way to STRETCH yourself.
Very nice! I love that you used David's class as a jumping off spot. And I unofficially chose the word 'Savor'....trying to just take it all in and enjoy the process.
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