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 bright quilt was made for my grandson Estifanos, who at a very young age, was fascinated with the moon. I found a panel of fifteen different space images, cut it up into individual pictures. I selected vivid primary colored prints of suns and stars for the frames, and sashing, and finished with an over all yellow backing of suns. It is out of this world, and he loves it.
Details of some panels
Phases of the moon
Saturn and corner detail
Reverse, images of the smiling sun.
The Shuttle
I saw this pattern in several quilting books, and knew it would be perfect for my brother Tony. He is a technocrat and I knew he would like the interlocking tessellating pattern. I first selected many earth tone fabrics for the Ts, but thought it was too dull, so I added several primary jewel tones, and that brought it to life. The bold border of a black and tan zebra strip gave it the masculine feel I was seeking. I used the border fabric for the back as well with the addition of two vertical bands of triangles, for a two sided quilt.
My daughter Nikita has a Victorian home, and requested placemats for her dark blue dining room. I raided my extensive stash and came up with this luminous variety of blues, for two different pairs of mats, all with the same backing, giving her a variety of ways to use them. For all those tiny triangles, I used half-square triangle paper sheets to insure accurate sizing, and precise points.
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.
This is a simple set of pinwheel place mats, a Thanksgiving Day thank you gift for offering her balcony to watch THE parade down Central Park West. I used a coordinating fabric for the opposite side. and quilted the pieces with running vines and leaves. Not every quilting project has to be monumental. These small pieces, given as gifts are so welcomed by the recipients.
This small accent piece was given as a gift to my friend. The colors have strong contrast, and complimented her extensive collection of Czech pottery. Four simple pinwheels, put together, actually make five pinwheels. The forest green offsets the gold stripe pattern. It is a center piece for her kitchen table.
This table runner was made of triangles in the Christmas colors of red, green, and cream. Five pinwheels align, alternating bright and subdued colorways. Pieced borders and dedcorative stitching complete the piece.
Holiday time sparks energy for creating Christmas gifts. This table topper is comprised of triangles of greens and reds and creams, set in a diagonal pattern. The simple hourglass, or pinwheel, block is used here to dynamic effect.
I make quilts to send out into the world, to make people happy.
Louise Naples Quiltmaker 