This wall hanging was made for our Lake George neighbors Nancy and Rob to cover an electrical panel in their lake house. So, of course, it had to be boat related. Using many strips of left over fabrics, I created sail boats, and superimposed them on to a teal colored base. Very Lake!
Portrait image of regatta quilt
Many, random colored strips made fantastic boats
Binding the small quilt in red was a bright finishing touch
This quilt was made for a grand nephew, Conor. I wanted to use a large number of light to medium blue fabrics, and break it up with splashes of red, and really dark blue. Running the wedge shaped patches in sequence created an even flow of color and balance. Sashing the rows with a white print with red and blue stars, and framing it in dark blue tied it all together. I quilted each patch with curved lines, which created a flowing motif across the quilt.
1 Portrait
Reverse side
3 Quilting detail
2 Closeup
This small quilt was made from one yard of a stripped fabric, cut into strips on the bias, and pieced back together. Then it was quilted in the ditch along all the diamond shapes, giving the illusion of a pieced quilt.
This winter scene of snowman mixed with glistening ice blues is a lovely holiday piece of home decor. I made it for my niece who has a passion for snowmen. It is a simple design, with strip sets of the blues cut into bands and joined together, set between bands of snowmen.
This quilt contains remnants of every quilt I ever made; a good use of my scrap basket. I sewed thin strips onto a seven-inch muslin foundation. I then cut the blocks in half on the diagonal, and joined those pieces to half-square triangles of bright jewel toned solids. As I sewed the blocks into rows and joined the rows together, the resultant image reminded me of a fleet of sailboats.
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.
This quilt was a study in free motion quilting patterns which are different for each color in the quilt. I utilized a variety a soft colors in bars that reminded me of bar codes. Placing the batik strips randomly, and then making rows resulted in a pleasant, easy-on-the-eyes piece for a table top or a wall hanging.
This baby version of French Braid was made from a one and a half inch wide roll (called a honey bun) of coordinated strips. The colors offered a wide choice of creams and every color of apple in the orchard. It was fun to create a mini version, and this quilt was selected to be part of a quilt exhibition of quilts from The City Quilter at the Williams Club in NYC in the Fall of 2009.
This quilt was made in a class at The City Quilter. It is made of strips and small squares in a color set that ranges from dark to light, and repeats a second time. Its luminous quality is the result of this gradual change in color value. The bright red batik squares punch right out at you, and support the linear design.
This quilt is made by sewing strips onto a foundation, on both sides. I used two coordinated sets of related fabrics to elicit a harmony between the sides. The square blocks are then laid out on a design wall, carefully making sure that the pattern is correct on each side. The blocks are then joined with sashing and butted together to reduce bulk in the seams.
I make quilts to send out into the world, to make people happy.
Louise Naples Quiltmaker 