Diane Greening
Machine pieced and quilted, hand dyed (home and purchased) and batik fabrics. I would like to thank my mother, Marie Greening, for making this quilt possible. My first attempt at machine quilting quilting this was dreadful. My shoulder hurt, my machine misbehaved, and yet I kept on going. When it was done, I decided thatContinue reading “Scatteration
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Diane Greening
Machine pieced and quilted, purchased hand dyed fabrics. The pattern evokes an ancient wooden door with metal studs on it, but this impression is softened by the faded fresco colors. The peachy/brown blocks appear to float over the green background. I’ve tried to re-create this quilt with different colors and have never quite managed theContinue reading “Tuscan Fortress
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Diane Greening
Pieced with purchased hand-dyed fabric, machine quilted. I was experimenting with curved pieces and liked the way these seem to float against the background like UFOs, or as the government prefers to call them, un-identifed aerial phenomena.
Diane Greening
Fused, machine appliqued, machine quilted. This landscape recalls our trip rafting through the Gates of Lodore section of theGreen River in Utah.
Diane Greening
Machine pieced and quilted, Cherrywood fabrics. Simple half-square triangles allow for so much variety!
Diane Greening
Machine appliqued, pieced, fused, machine quilted, beaded. The challenge to depict earth, air, fire and water immediately brought an erupting Hawaiian volcano to mind: where else are all four present at once? The quilt’s title comes form the Hawaiian goddesses; Fire (Pele), Natture/Earth (Papa), Sea (Namaka) and the god of Wind (Paka’a).
Diane Greening
The Modern Quilt Studio uses mostly solids in their quilts, but I can never limit myself to solids. I really enjoyed figuring out how to get the transparency effects. The overlapping ovals reminded me of the eclipse.
Diane Greening
This is the product of a workshop with Bill Kerr exploring color and how to create interest using only solids. The workshop pattern featured a wider rectangle but I didn’t have enough wall space, so I re-arranged the blocks.
