Quilts 2012

Rooflines# 6, 74×80, ©2012 Colleen Kole Details of Rooflines #6 and more details of Rooflines# 6 Statement: My composition, Rooflines # 6 , is a contemporary art quilt. This Rooflines series celebrates my fascination with the architecture of the Frederik Meijer Gardens here in Grand Rapids. The steel beams juxtaposed with the glass windows against […] Read More...

Just a sampling of what I did before the trip here last Thursday. Tried to finish up some fabric dyeing of deep browns, blues and a funny mustard color. I hand basted my Artprize piece-twice. The first time I didn’t follow the You Tube directions correctly using Sharon Schambers method. I really resisted hand […] Read More...

I finished piecing AND basting of my Artprize piece yesterday. It was a really long weekend….with several adjustments on one of the edges. I had to join what I had designed on two design boards and when I actually sewed it together it was a mess. I ran over to a friend’s house […] Read More...

I have journeyed back to Michigan (yup, a mixed up summer) late Sunday night and hit the ground running with all things art in my world. More tomorrow for you on that. But today I had a long awaited playmate with my very talented friend Terri Watson. She is a […] Read More...

I wasn’t able to go to the Vermont Quilt Festival this year as we arrived here about a week later. But I did submit one of my quilts, Rooflines 4. I re-titled it Rooflines #4: The Barns. I found out via a friend on facebook that it received one of the three Judges Choice awards […] Read More...

I am very excited that this is done. I think I may have said that before. I don’t know why I fight with some more than others to finish them. Rooflines 36×70 ©2012 Colleen Kole Rooflines 36×70 ©2012 Colleen Kole I think I need to barter services with a friend who is […] Read More...

I am the worst secret keeper. My husband keeps the Christmas presents at his office because I find them, unwrap them and then wrap them back up and look semi-surprised. But I have sat on top of this one for a week. I really went into this with no expectations. […] Read More...

That would absolutely be me! I keep thinking I have nothing really important to tell you or show you. And I get tired of telling you I am busy. But I am. Instead of 30 hours a week in the studio, I am lucky to get 15 hours. I went back to tracking […] Read More...

I am finally back to work this week and all the kiddos have returned to school. I spent the day sandwiching and basting the biggest piece I have in the work basket. With the last bit of machine quilting I did, I quilted a huge wrinkle in it. Obsessive as I am, I […] Read More...

I have no excuse other than the weather has been way too nice to be inside. I am soaking up all this abnormally warm and sunny weather the past week. And my daughter has been home from college on spring break. I watched as they chopped down two huge trees in our yard […] Read More...

I definitely went into class withdrawal last week on my series. But as I did some uploading of photos, I realized that I kept working away for the whole week. I went to a demonstration day at our local sewing store given by the group I belong to- Lakeshore Fiber […] Read More...

I traveled to Vermont the day after Christmas, and I feel like I was a bear hibernating for the past week. The weather was really dreary-rain, snow, rain but not unusual for this week. I would sleep, read, play games with the kids and then come up for food. The daily walks never […] Read More...