Watercolor quilts

May was a short month for me, but I did have that big finish! Something Old was The Buzz Saw quilt. Begun last fall and finally b...

Tutorial on Designing a Strip Pieced Watercolor: Rather than re writing this info, here are the links for a 3 part tutorial to create a ...

I made a Colorwash of exclusively Kaffe Fassett fabrics many of which are early and out of print. It is not the Kaffe Collective which includes fabric by Brandon Mably and Philip Jacobs. It is exclusively Kaffe. This wallhanging is made from the kit of 2.5" squares that will be offered to students of Colorwash 360. I used one of the larger prints on the back and I thought the black Fern print was perfect for the binding. Are you interested in making a Colorwash wallhanging too? If you…

Create a quilt top where the design appears to move with these Bargello quilt patterns. These crafts are perfect for a confident beginner and beyond.

Posts about Watercolour Quilts written by jmn

Shadows Fall One of the watercolor emails, asked for a pattern to make the wall hanging called Shadows Fall. The wall hanging has...

I had another request for a tutorial on these quilts , the Shadow Heart and Kit Kat. So here goes......some of this may sound like a repea...

I’ve just spent the past two hours trying to set up some kind of graduated layout using the 2″ squares I cut from the jellyroll I bought from Whims. Not an easy task I discovered –…

THUNDERSTORMS, WIND, RAIN, AND LIGHTNING!!! and we love it! I have 5 blocks for this week: I call this one "Under the Sea". I had some great fish fabric begging to be part of the quilt. The fish and the shells and the sand, and the seaweed make up the block with the ominous touch of wiggly worm on the fish hook. The original version of this block had a boat in it but it sailed away. Now my beloved Chuck Nohara blocks. I don't do hearts often so I had to come up with another motif finish…