Quilt sunflower

I'm in the middle of a sunflower designing binge! These are some of the artworks inspiring me in this: Van Gogh, Twelve Sunflowers, 1888. Oil on Canvas Van Gogh painted several works of sunflowers, this one in oils in 1888. Always one of my favorites! This piece of ribbon embroidery by Julia Chaschihina is gorgeous! I used silk ribbon a little in my recent moth piece and it's really not easy to get the ribbon to lay the way you want it to. I really like the heavy embellishment on this quilt…

Now, this may seem a bit out of season, but I think it only makes it more welcome: A bit of history first. Last year I made a storm-at-sea bed quilt for my brother- and sister-in-law, and used the scraps from it to make a small wallhanging to match: This winter "landscape" has been on their living-room wall since, and every time time I saw it in person or in Skype I thought they need something more summerly for a change. What with one thing and another, I only got round to making it in…

Accent on Sunflowers Free Quilt Pattern

recent work of strapp studio mosaics

Imagine my excitement when I learned Renee Nanneman (fabric designer for Andover and publisher for Need'lLove) chose my Cotton Daisies pattern to create this beautiful quilt using her new fabric line, Beehive. And...it's hanging in the Andover booth at Quilt Festival in Houston! Cotton Daisies quilt pattern can be found on my website: Laughyourselfintostitches.com Digital Downloads and Mailed Patterns Renee was so gracious to take a couple photos for me and i asked her to make sure she was…