Louise Naples Quiltmaker

Imperial Diamonds

31 05 2014

I made this quilt Called “Imperial Diamonds” for my sister Rita and her spouse, Christine. The design is by Jean Nolte, editor of Love of Quilting Magazine. It is loaded with different batik squares, all different. The wide borders are of a really intensely colorful batik, which draws all the colors of the smaller squares. The center was long-arm quilted by Melanie Vaughn of City Quilter, and I did the outer parts. I can’t manage a king-sized quilt on my home machine very well.

Portage image of king-sized quilt

Detail of batik squares and quilting

Two inch and four inch squares on point.

The rows are joined by deep purple sashing

Dramatic border drapes nicely over bed

Precision counts, the corners resolved perfectly

The corners work well

Double-scaled squares relate very well

Reverse – gold-toneed batik swirls

Happy Colors !!

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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Diamonds, Geometrics, King Size, Uncategorized

Baby Braids Green

31 05 2014

I made this pale green version of a quilt I created for my grandniece. I used softer colors, using the same 1930’s reproduction prints. A light green inner border is framed with a darker green outer one.

“Soft as a whisper” child’s quilt

Detail of half-hexagons used to create braids

Pale sashing directs attention to focus fabrics

Folded in half, awaiting the quilting.

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Categories : Crib, Geometrics, Pastels, Uncategorized

Holiday Table Runners

31 05 2014

At Christmas time, I get to sewing gifts for family and friends, and every hostess loves to receive a hand made gift for her table. Here are a few of the ones I made for 2013. Using bright red and green, or an array of frosty blues, or muted earth tones, one can create a great variety of thematic holiday table dressings.

Mixed bright colors for a low wall covering behind my husbands desk.

Detail of wall cover

This one definitely says Christmas

Reverse, stripes on one side, and squares on the other

Frosty Blues, and one for me….

A variety of blues with dark red binding, and snowmen on the reverse.

A small table piece

Reverse side with Christmas stripes

A long piece for a long table

A sample module of long runner

And on the back a green holiday pattern, candy canes

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Categories : Brights, Geometrics, Holiday, Reversible, Table Topper, Uncategorized

Thiel Regatta

31 05 2014

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

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Categories : Brights, Primary Colors, Strips, Triangles, Uncategorized, Wall Hanging

Crazy Quilt

31 05 2014

This crazy quilt evolved over many years, as I kept adding embroidery, beading, buttons, and bows, braid, lace, and charms. The panels were done as individual twelve-inch blocks, and it was hard to finally stop, deciding when “enough” was “enough”. That’s the thing about crazy quilts! I decided to join the blocks with dark green grosgrain ribbon, and back it with black velvet. It is now a wall hanging.

A long labor of love.

Detail

Patches of silk, brocade, velvet, toile, and cotton

Anything goes!

Blocks laid together before joining with grosgrain

Lots and lots of beads

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Categories : Brights, Earth Tones, Geometrics, Uncategorized, Wall Hanging

Outer Space

31 05 2014

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

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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Crib, Lap Blanket, Primary Colors, Triangles, Uncategorized, Wall Hanging

Just Playing

25 05 2013

In a class at The City Quilter, given by Linda Hahn, we explored making numerous paper-pieced blocks that can be mixed and matched in a variety of ways to make dynamic quilts. The class was titled New York Beauty Diversified. Back at home, I made four of each kind of block in harmonious colors; don’t know what I will do with them yet, but I have been playing on my design wall to check out the possibilities of just sets of four.

The Design Wall

Square in a Square blocks

Beauty in a Square 2

Beauty in a square blocks

Swirl blocks

Star Burst

Flower blocks

Flower block 2

NY Beauty The Sun

Quarter suns turned outward

Half suns

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Categories : Curves, Earth Tones, Geometrics

Boy Blue – Take II

25 05 2013

This quilt was made from additional fabric leftovers from a prior quilt. I recut the wedges into narrower slices, and put them together on cloth foundations, sew and flip style. Playing on my design wall, I decided upon alternated directions for the blocks, then just framing the quilt top in red, white and blue. It has a bright, patriotic look.

I mitered the corners of the three borders.

Portrait

Closeup of blocks on design wall.

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Categories : Brights, Crib, Geometrics, Primary Colors

Amish With A Twist

25 05 2013

This dramatic king-sized quilt in Amish colors was designed by Nancy Rink. It was a kit in many segments, twelve different classic blocks, using black as the backdrop. The borders contain stylized appliqué flowers. The bright pieced inner border and sashing blocks brighten it up. I sent it to Melanie Vaughn at The City Quilter in NYC for long-arm quilting. It was too big for me to manage on my domestic sewing machine. It was a most enjoyable project.

Corner detail

The blocks

Close-up of connecting lines

Detail of the variegated colored thread Quilting

Crumpled Quilt!

Reverse side: B & W butterflies all over

Another corner view

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Categories : Brights, Geometrics, King Size, Primary Colors

Fallen Leaves

27 02 2013

This mini quilt, constructed from twenty-five different fabrics, plus the borders, was the result of a class at City Quilter, called ‘Little Bits”. The design is by Cindi Edgerton, and reminds me of walking in the woods in the deep Fall, with all the magnificent colors on the ground. The project was “paper pieced”, with very careful attention to the placement of the colors and bits. The little piles of each color were placed in a precise order because each one “borrowed” some bits from adjacent piles. It was a very interesting project, and resulted in a delightful table topper for Autumn. I found in my stash the perfect border, of Autumn Leaves.