Altitudinal Ecosystem, August 2015 Altitudinal Ecosystem is a design I created while participating in Quilt Design a Day. Anne Sullivan (@playcrafts) provided the inspiration photo of lakes and snow-capped, tree-covered mountains in November 2014. I loved the inspiration as it reminded me of my ecology studies, the mountain highlighting the diversity of species and… Read More
Quadra, July 2015 I love the geometry of a quilt block. As a graphic designer, I look at two-dimensional things all day. I think that’s why I enjoy quilting so much. What inspired me to make the Quadra Quilt pattern was the way the fabric and color came together to create an illusion… Read More
Honeycomb, June 2015 The design process started with just one circle and rectangle. I moved them relatively to find the best configuration. My goal was to design a modern, repeating block and let the color do the rest. Each member of my family sees something different looking at it. I see a honeycomb;… Read More
Sunshowers, May 2015 The colorway was inspired by a photo in the Quilt Design a Day group last year. After playing with the colors, they reminded me a lot of the rainy days here at home. Every so often a sunbeam breaks through the clouds, so its raining and sunny at the same… Read More
Boids, April 2015 We typically think of “bird” based patterns as using the flying geese block, but this pattern introduces the half-rectangle triangle. Yardage or scrap-friendly!… Read More
Use Your Illusions, March 2015 Use Your Illusions is a high contrast, paper pieced pattern which includes instructions for both wall and lap sized quilts. The name of the quilt was inspired by the Guns ‘N Roses album of the late 90’s. The front cover quilt was quilted by Abby Latimer of Latimer Lane Quilting. Read More
Smubble, February 2015 The idea for this quilt came from artwork by Luli Sanchez. Now that I look back on the piece, it doesn’t look much like it at all. I named it Smubble for my own childish self-indulgence. Several years ago, my son was about 6 or 7 and he was fascinated… Read More
Road to Pasadena, January 2015 Road to Pasadena was inspired by the Arroyo Seco Parkway, the first freeway in LA. It runs between downtown LA and Pasadena, and it’s VERY curvy. Read More
Arrows, December 2014 Let’s get creative with the half-square triangle! This versatile block lends itself to many creative quilt designs. Read More
Plumage, November 2014 Mix and match the feathers to create your own design in this creative appliqué quilt pattern. Read More
