The Pine Series, Fractured Roosters, and Mother Goose

I'm packing my vehicle with my art quilts to take to the RAC in Columbus, MS.

We plan to hang my fiber art exhibit this afternoon.

I just recently finished this piece, "Winter Forest" that measures 56"X71". I had originally thought to make it a quick and easy throw but when I got to the quilting part, it turned into an art quilt. See the beginning stages of it HERE.

Detail

Inspiration for this piece came from my "Pine Tree" series.

The Lone Pine

Holiday Pine

Holiday Pines

Emerald Pine

I made this "Fractured Rooster" piece in a class with Marilyn Rose. You can read about it HERE.

 Then I decided to make a depiction of part of that quilt.

"Fractured Rooster II" measures 10"X8" and is mounted on black mat board.

 In honor of Mother Goose's 30th year at the library, the Friends of the Library has declared 2016 the "Year of the Goose," and the RAC wanted to celebrate, too!

Here is my piece to honor "Mother Goose." It measures 8"X10" and is mounted on black mat board.

Holiday Pines ... Continued

I have now added a gray border to "Holiday Pines," bringing elements from the center of the quilt out into the border. You can see where I started this quilt HERE.

My goal for this quilt is to merge or integrate fiber art with traditional utility type quilts. It measures around 60"X60" and is big enough for a throw for the back of a couch or small enough for a wall in your mountain cabin.

Now, my question is how should I quilt it? Is it complete with the gray borders? With what color should it be bound?

Holiday Pines Quilt

... as a Quilter

It's tempting to just slap a gray border on this improvisational quilt and call it ready to quilt.  But wait ... I think it's better to take elements from the center of the quilt and place them in the borders. So, it will take a little more time now to complete.

I started out by making pine tree blocks ...

... in holiday colors. 

Then I laid the blocks out in a pleasing arrangement and added sashing with smaller pine trees inserted randomly.

I trimmed here and there as I went so I could sew a straight line.

Life ...

Boys will be boys.

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