It's Quilt Time

she’s a little wompy but this is my first quilt attempt

Rainy Monday project since it is too wet to go poking around the garden again. This is all 6 of my orange dancing x squares! Now I will make 6 in purple and alternate them for a very vibrant baby quilt

(did i get lazy and just pick the few fabrics we had with a yellow fish in them (and the shells to complete it) or was that a design choice i made on purpose???? idk 🤷‍♀️)

Look at how the accent looks like little bubbles!!! It’s so cute, I love it! I can’t wait to see how this is gonna look when it’s done.

three baby blankets for my cousin's daughters

42”x60” made May 2026

Wally Dion, Green Star Quilt, 2019 circuit boards, brass wire, copper tube

it shimmers like no gemstones i've ever seen: green as malachite and emerald but shot through with opal, gold, copper. photographs can't do it justice because of how it shines, as well as the way the actual material elements have their own dimensions. you can lean in and study all the fine lines of the circuits or step back and admire how the rearranged whole forms new patterns. it's one of the most beautiful creations i've ever seen.

probably going to wavy-quilt this one too, possibly diagonally. haven’t decided on a color for the binding yet—maybe the minty green?

Trying to learn how simplified my initial drawings need to be before they get turned into fpp patterns. I think this one was still too complex and curved to translate how I wanted it to.

Pattern is from Etive & Co on Etsy and I could not recommend their patterns enough. I scaled the pattern up by 200% because I wanted the silks to really shine in this design.

lmaooooooo look at this fool jestermaxxing 👆🏽 the tan diamonds were naturally dyed using cutch and madder. the colorful patchworks are a mix of naturally dyed fabric and commercial solids! see if you can guess what came from the store and what came from the earth. i hand quilted this bastard on the train from nyc to pittsburgh

It’s been a bit slow going because of the move but I’m nearly halfway through it as of now and all of my 64 patches are ready to assemble for the second half. I can’t wait to do a full write up about the process with this one because it’s meant a lot to me despite some of its imperfections

Happy pride month everyone 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

We have always been and will always be here 🏳️‍⚧️

quilt time quilt time

The quilt top is done. Finished it a couple nights ago. I’ve been doing the top stitching here and there. I love it though. Very proud with how it turned out.

"Gettin' a Hand on the Future", i guess? machine pieced the diamonds and machine applique'd the hand, but the flower itself is done by hand. also hand quilted! the brown diamonds were naturally dyed using cutch and madder, and there are a few other naturally dyed fabrics in the rest of the patchwork. the backing (not photographed) was dyed with goldenrod!