Charming Randy Art Quilt

"Charming Randy" by Allison Ray

I took a photo of Randy during the twins 7th birthday party in September. I just loved the playful expression on his face. This quilt is part of the color and composition study series. It is a vertical composition with analogous color scheme (blue-green, blue, violet & red-voiolet)


original photo of Randy

Aged Jewel Art Quilt

Just finished this last night. "Aged Jewel"

The inspiration for this art quilt was from a photo that I took in DC over the summer. (My
sister Mara, was VERY patient as I stopped to take a million photos.) When we went into DC to visit some art galleries and museums this tree was set back off the path between the National Art Gallery and Smithsonian Institute (the original building that was once and artist in residence). The tree is small in stature, I got up close to see if I could get come of the definition in the limbs. Not sure the type of tree it looked like one of those bonsai trees but that's probably not was it is.

Aged Jewel is part of my color and composition studies this tree was created in vertical composition with complimentary color scheme. I fell in love with the fabrics used in this piece! The hand is soft like silk, however the visual texture of the fabric is a rough tweed. From the Robert Kaufman Quilter's Tweed Screen Print Collection.
Original photo I took with IPhone in DC.

Compositon Studies - Art Quilts

In the book "Color and Composition" it talks about the basic principals of design layouts. I thought it would be fun to make a small journal quilt to hand in my studio for each of the principals. Each of the finished design mini have been/will be made using left over scraps from the other exercises in the book (waste not want not).

These are the three I have made so far. Some day when the series is complete they will be quilted and bound- not sure it they will be individual or all one piece? Since this series is not about color but about design- I plan to use the complimentary color for the bulk of the scraps to make the design stand out.

If I have not said before in previous posts- I highly recommend this book for any fiber artist beginning or experienced that wants to really refine their skills. Not only are the photos inspiring but the exercises and ideas are practical and creative. You are not making someone else's quilt designs with their colors- instead you are using your photos and imagination to design patterns and then select colors.

Vertical Compositon

Diagonal Composition

Radiating Composition

Cool Color Study- Journal Quilt

Exercise from "Color and Compositon"- Cool Color Scheme.

For this exersise we were to make a small art quilt with only cool colors or only warm colors.

Monochromatic Quilt Study Purple

Since I am not formally trained one of my goals this year was/is to work my way through several design and color books. Right now I am reading Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett Barker.

This was an exercise in Monochromatic Color Schemes. One of the things I am really enjoying about this book is that she encourages you to use your photos and drawing to make art quilts.