Details of Psalm 23

These are two detail shots of the Psalm 23 quilt. Enjoy!

Another new work

This 4 x 6 foot wall quilt was commissioned by St. John's Church and School, Glendale, WI for their new art gallery walkway. It is an interpretation of the 23rd Psalm. The piece will hang in the school area devoted to teaching preschoolers and younger elementary students. The images included from top to bottom are:

Valley of death with the flames and dark mountains from which the path of righteousness winds down to the still waters and green pastures. Their are two mighty oak trees that have secrets quilted into their trunks..the rod and staff. The oil cups are overflowing and the hand of God is reaching out to hold the innocent hand of a child.

This was a difficult piece for me to do as I had to have images 3 and 4 year olds could remember when learning the verse (this will be a teaching tool), plus, my latest focus on artwork has moved from a more literal translations to abstracts. I enjoyed the quilting on the piece. All in all, a piece that was inspiring to create.

New work!

This is a piece that I promised to share way back when. This was my entry for the annual calendar challenge hosted by Quilting Arts Magazine. It wasn't a finalist so I am able to show you the pictures now! This quilt was built off the challenge of a "Novel Idea". We were asked to represent our favorite novel in the form of a small embellished quilt. I have enjoyed reading the fantasy series The Golden Compass, a story of a young girl who possessing the ability to read a magic compass on her journey to help others in the far north.

This piece is built off my Petal pixels theme of color blending showing the progression of warm land areas to the frozen polar cap. It is machine pieced and quilted (not on the long arm!) There is an Angelina overlay in the night sky to give a hint of the northern light. I embellished with a beaded compass (an old Girl Scout item) with rayon ribbons and dichroic glass beads. I used hot fix crystals in the night sky for the stars.

Back from Chicago!

Just back and somewhat rested from the Spring Festival for IQA in Chicago! BBD Creations had a wonderful run this year at the show. We met new quilters and "quilt appreciators" and saw many of our "repeaters". Thank you to all who stopped to look at our products and many thanks to those who made purchases. This show's most popular pattern was the Scrappy Sunflower hanging on the right side of the picture above. Second most favorite was the Tree of Life, as usual! We have kits available for purchase for Tree of Life, IRIS and Quilter's Covenant. Please contact me if you wish to purchase as those are not on the website at BBD.

While at the convention, Bonnie and I brainstormed on this year's addition to our line of quality quilt projects. We are branching out! We will be adding wool to our line! Wait and see the new patterns. I think you will be surprised how updated wool quilting can be!

Speaking of wool! We had the great pleasure of working with a new contact in the wool business! Mary Flanagan's Wool! Mary and Scott have hand dyed wools available at retail and wholesale in a spectacular array of colors from brights (yes, bright wool!) and softer traditional colors. Stay tuned..we have a wonderful surprise in store for wool lovers!

It was so energizing to be around quilters, talking in quilt-ese and enjoying the company of Lynne and Bonnie for the week. My quilt spirit has been revitalized..stay tuned for new artwork in the next few months.

Off to Chicago!

The International Quilt Festival hits the George Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL this next weekend. I will be vending with Bonnie and Lynne from BBD Creations, Inc. again this year. We have three new quilt patterns available: Bunnie Birthday, IRIS and Scrappy Sunflower. We will also have kits for the Tree of Life and Quilter's Covenant quilts available on a limited basis. Please stop in and see us! Bonnie and Lynne have new postcards this time!