I made this piece as a hostess gift. I pieced seven-inch blocks with half inch strips on a foundation of muslin. I then cut the completed blocks on a diagonal and joined them with half square triangles. That called for a pieced border of the brightest colors, and, framed in black, makes this a jewel of a piece. It is an off-shoot of a much larger quilt on the same theme.
Strippy Star
27 05 2010
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Categories : Brights, Primary Colors, Small decorative pieces, Strips
Asian Panel
27 05 2010This quilt was created as a dining room wall hanging for my daughter Larisa and her husband Peter. They requested a horizontal piece. I found some Asian panels that I cut and incorporated into a sea of small squares in blacks and bright Asian prints. The panels reflect aspects of their life and their interests. Gardens, planting, and tea.
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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Wall Hanging
Multi-Star
25 05 2010
Here is another version of the “sew and flip” quilt, using a totally different color context. These were all scrap pieces from former quilt projects. By adding the strips randomly, an entirely unique piece is created. It has a livelier feel than the cool ice blue star elsewhere in this website.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Brights, Small decorative pieces, Strips
Thimbles
24 05 2010This small quilt came about as I wondered what I could do with all my smallest scraps. I pulled out a pile of bits and pieces, placed them on a small turn-about cutting mat and started slicing thimble shaped pieces just slightly larger than a penny. After I had several piles of them, I just started sewing rows.
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Categories : Brights, Small decorative pieces
Charming
11 05 2010This quilt was started in a class of one-patch designs. I selected the square, with smaller squares triangulated off the corners. There are no repeats in the blocks, and the amazing variety of colors and patterns, a true scrappy quilt, is mesmerizing. You can study this one for hours. I used multi-colored thread in the quilting, an all-over meander.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Brights, Twin, Wall Hanging
Baby Dots 1
6 05 2010This child’s quilt is perfect for crib, stroller, car, or Grandma’s house. The colors are bright, the pattern simple, and children can learn their colors by playing on it. I found a collection of polka dot fabrics in so many colors, I had to make something that used all of them.
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Categories : Brights, Crib, Geometrics, Rectangles, Uncategorized
Pinwheel Set
9 04 2010This pair of ornamental quilts is a study in dimension. The high contrast colors of red, black and cream make pinwheels with lots of motion. Hang one on a wall and place its mate on a table to bring drama to the dining room.
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Categories : Brights, Pinwheels, Table Topper, Wall Hanging
Tumbling Blocks
9 04 2010This is a fun, bright colored quilt to perk up any bedroom. I used yellow, green and red to dominate the design. Watching for the “light source direction” in the placement of the blocks creates the illusion of a stack of a child’s building blocks.
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Categories : Brights, Diamonds, Twin
Louise Naples Quiltmaker 