Louise Naples Quiltmaker

Giraffes for Martha Marie

13 06 2012

: 1 Overall

: Giraffes – field shot

: Giraffes close-up

: 4 Corner

: 5 Reverse

: 6 reverse – close-up

I made this quilt for my sister who is a collector of everything and anything giraffe. For years I was looking for a theme fabric that wasn’t too juvenile; and finally found this teal and black one. The coordinating batik in black with teal dots was a perfect partner for the focus fabric. On my design wall, the blocks seemed a little flat, so I added a gold and brown piping around the edges, which brought the quilt to life. The addition of an African batik print for the border finished the project. The real miracle was finding the savanna material covered with meandering giraffes for the backing, making a two-sided quilt.

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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Twin

STRING QUILTS or Five Easy Pieces

13 06 2012

: String Quilt 1

: String Quilt 2

: String Quilt 3

: String Quilt 4

: String Quilt 5

When my scrap bag gets too stuffed, and I can’t fit any more quilting leftovers into it, I schedule a “scrap quilting” day. I clear the deck, dump out all the scraps onto the table, cut a pile of muslin foundation squares, and go to work. Taking random sized strips, and bizarre color combinations, I start sewing and flipping, making at least four of the same kind of pattern. When put together, the blocks form very interesting mini quilts. I use them for hostess gifts, ladies’ club raffles, or hang them in rotation in my house.

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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Uncategorized, Wall Hanging

Courthouse Steps

17 11 2010

This is another double sided, “quilt-as-you-go” project. I found a lovely small-scale floral print to use for one side, and selected a variety of green and cream prints for my steps. The final result is a strong pattern on the front side, and a very soft, easy-on-the-eyes back side. The reversible binding technique I learned from Judy Doenias at City Quilter. It makes a neat knife edge finish.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Earth Tones, Geometrics, Lap Blanket, Pastels, Table Topper, Wall Hanging

Winter/Holiday Placemats

28 10 2010

These sweet holiday placemats come in sets of four. The winter scenes are outline-quilted to define all the critical lines of the images. The sky portions are free motion quilted to give a sense of moving air, and smoke emanating from the little chimneys. They are backed with a dainty white-on-white floral print.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Brights, Holiday, Table Topper

Log Cabin Garden

27 10 2010

This king-size, reversible, Log Cabin quilt was made for my daughter Nikita. I chose greens, from mint to forest, and purples from palest lavender to deepest plum for the color scheme. Since she has many lilac bushes around her house, I settled on that as a theme, searching high and low for the appropriate fabrics. The core of each block is a sunny yellow, which quietly asserts itself among the cooler colors. Since it is very difficult for me to quilt such a large piece on my sewing machine, I used the “quilt-as-you-go” method. Cutting squares from each fabric, I pieced and quilted the log cabin blocks, one-by-one, until I had eighty.

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Categories : King Size, Log Cabin, Multicolored Florals

Metamorphosis 1

23 10 2010

This project was the result of a class taken at The City Quilter with Judy Doenias. Rather than purchase new coordinated fabric, I selected about eight completely unrelated fabrics from my stash, and laid them out in an order that seemed to make sense. The cutting and piecing was easy. For the placement, it was necessary to work carefully on a design wall, because the rows ran in diagonals, from bottom left to top right. Each fabric stands alone, and then joins its adjacent one in separate add-ons beginning at the center, and working outwards. It was complex, systematic, and fun.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Brights, Twin

Red Diamonds

21 10 2010

This quilt features numerous patterns in reds and creams. Based on dissected rectangles, alternating red and cream rows create this very bold piece. The wide border in a floral pattern using the colors of the diamonds gives it a strong frame. I was fortunate in finding a backing fabric with the same color range as the border, in a luscious paisley pattern.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Diamonds, Primary Colors, Twin

Purple Squares Squared

21 10 2010

If you like pinks and purples, you will love this quilt. The use of two-inch, four-inch, and eight-inch squares gives it movement and variety. The sixteen-patch blocks each utilize two well coordinated fabrics; carefully cut and stitched, they demonstrate crisp intersections, and clarity of design. The back is a batik of purple, lavender and plum geometric that reflects the colors on the front.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Brights, Twin

Butter & Batik Squares

21 10 2010

The simplest shape there is to sew, The Square, lends itself to countless treatments. In this small piece, I used two-inch, and six-inch patches in a modern layout to stress the squares, and quilted them in like fashion, to emphasize the shape. The batik I chose blended very well with the soft buttery yellow.

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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Pastels, Table Topper, Wall Hanging

Snowmen

27 05 2010

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.