We had a fabulous get together this morning and saw some great work, some of which I will share. (Note: I am having a problem with my photos since I went back to Flicker. I need to resize them. Check back later!)

First, I unveiled the ripples and reflections quilt, renamed, Mallory Brook: Ripples and Reflections. I had to dig back into my old brain to figure out what I was connecting with and I realized that it was the brook on our farm where we spent many long summer days. I found a map of the area from way back when and found that it’s name is Mallory Brook. As you can see, I did some major surface design, stamping with inks and fusing some ephemera. Then, I added the leaves cut from the gorgeous dye painted silk. I wanted the leaves to look as if they are floating and I think I achieved that. Then I did more  surface design with gold textile paint to give the shimmery look of sunlight through the leaves. It was well received by the group. next time, I would think of doing the surface design before I did the quilting, but it does add another ripply dimension, I think.

Here is a closeup:

Here is some more of the amazing work shared today:

Debra’s Eucalyptus is gorgeous!!

Here is a closeup which is probably closer to the true colors.

Here is a new piece by Debra:

Here is a work in progress by Diane. It is for her daughter who lives in Alaska. She painted the fish and the fabric for the waves.

Here is Diane’s Butterfly quilt which was part of our challenge. She did not get hers done in time to enter at Paducah (Louisville). My butterfly is the third in on the second row. She did a beautiful job of quilting this.

Look at the wonderful colors and fabrics Nancy used in this piece that she started at a class at Asilomar.

Linda’s work in progress is the beautiful collage:

Janet’s Japanese Moons was recently quilted by April Sproule who does lovely longarm quilting for art quilts. This will be finished with an indigo binding.

Here is an incredible work by Cathy Z. She does the most meticulous planning and piecing of quilts. Just blows my mind!! This has taken her about 6 months.

Here are closeups. There is couching of threads in circles and beading.