At Paula Nadelstern’s all day workshop at City Quilter in NYC, I ventured into the world of art quilting. Using a bilaterally symmetrical fabric as the basis, (Paternista designed by Paula); fussy cutting identical squares; then cutting and rearranging them, enjoying the magic and surprise at the results, made this a fascinating class. The complex designs that resulted were far removed from the original “mother” fabric – kaleidoscopic ideas that resolve into tiles.
Portrait of completed quilt. All tile-style rows are cut from the same mother cloth
detail of one color band
Another color band detail
Pink band detail
Cut from the same cloth but oh how different
And yet another
Corner detail inner border cut from original mother fabric
Louise Naples Quiltmaker 
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