In Other Worlds

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.

Green River, Gates of

Diane Greening

Fused, machine appliqued, machine quilted. This landscape recalls our trip rafting through the Gates of Lodore section of theGreen River in Utah.

Twisted

Diane Greening

Machine pieced and quilted, Cherrywood fabrics. Simple half-square triangles allow for so much variety!

Pele, Paka’a, Papa & Namaka

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).

Eclipse

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.

Ascent

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.