Trying again to send a photo with little caption as first attempt failed - this is my "use up that commercial fabric now" whilst the snow was falling - Trisha

Minimalist Quilt, #1, Judy Ross

Maybe there'll be more than one.  I was thinking about minimalist art, and tried to visualize a minimalist quilt.  How minimal could it be?  Had to have either piecing OR applique but not both, had to have three layers, only one color: could you do less than that and still think of it as a quilt?  (i know whole cloth quilts can have no piecing or applique, and only one color, but i've never exactly thought of them as quilts; rather, blankets with quilting.)  This is made from a light-weight wool gabardine with a twill weave so depending upon whether the squares are placed on their vertical or horizontal, they have a slightly different hue, but once quilting gets in there, it's less noticeable.

Ca. 40"x50", 2014
Judy Ross, Pt. Roberts, WA
ross-park.net

this is Trisha's collection of "Etudes" --daily pieces I did for 34 days in December & January with 3 guidelines ( Idea came from Jane Dunnewold's blog)
* I had to start from a piece of handdyed from the stash of natural dyes fabric I have been making
* I had to do some hand sewing &
* I couldn't add to it the next day - when I was tired it had to stop where ever that was

I learnt several things by doing this process & really didn't want to stop at the end it was rather addictive but have now started doing a daily drawing of some natural plant or vegetation -

Point Roberts Visit

Sharon, Jill, Penny, and Sybil drove down to visit Judy in Point Roberts on January 28, 2014.  Here are some pictures Ed took at show and tell.

Penny made this bust of an English major.

This is the inside of Penny's bust.

Sybil has plans for this map of Paris.

Sybil dyed some cheesecloth.

Sybil is working on this quilt.

Sharon showed some of her encaustic tiles

mounted on Ikea mirror frames.

Judy is experimenting with minimalist quilts.

January Meeting

Great meeting today and made more interesting because of the work that was shared.

Martha edited a piece as we watched and gave lots of advice. It was great to watch.
The archway area was covered with 2 layers of navy netting and she had now torn away both layers in some area and only 1 layer in other places, all within the arch..

the process

The result