Playing in the Sand

Cathy Baker

Machine pieced and quilted.
I have always been a color-in-the-lines, follow-the-pattern kind of quilter. When IQI hosted an improv workshop with Cindy Grisdela, I jumped at the chance to break out of my box! For years I had been holding onto an aerial photo of a beach full of colorful umbrellas as inspiration for a future quilt. Using Cindy’s techniques and lots of encouragement from fellow quilters, I feel like my final piece evokes the feeling of a warm summer day at the beach.