Thought I'd pull out this one from last year  - my old machine couldn't quilt her - all those metallic fabrics fused and then sewn to a base fabric, plus batting, plus an ultra-suede backing - she just couldn't take it.

Now that the old quilting has been painstaking ripped out and the repairs have been made, I'm going to see if Pinky can quilt it.   BTW, I have introduced you to Pinky yet?

Please meet Pinky:





Ah Pinky - my own sweet love.  :)

Any one of these, or all taken together, could make a wonderfully textural piece of textile art or a lap quilt.

Andy Warhol's painting (top left corner) on it's own is wonderful inspiration for a modern quilt; the bamboo installation at Moma translated quite literally into strips of fabric; the beautiful tree bark - first a piece or pieces of painted fabric and then stitched over top to give depth and texture; or a blurred vision of just the colours and textures of Hollie's paper collage...together or separately, the possiblities are endless!

(Note to self:  Learn how to photograph shiny fabrics in fluorescent light.)
Stay tuned...

You may remember I gave you a sneak peek of this last Monday on my "WIP Wednesday" (I know, I know, but we're back on schedule now!);  so here's the finished product on Monday like it's supposed to be.  *heh

The inspriration for this quilt was believe it or not, this:

*hee*  To follow up my WIP post on my  Finished Piece Monday, I thought I'd share a finished piece on WIP Wednesday.  *s*

This is a quilt some of you may remember I started back in 2009 - and when I was done making the top, I was sooooooo upset because I felt it was such a waste of a fabulous vintage fabric.

Although it didn't turn out as I had imagined it would, I do like it very much now.  (Time heals all wounds, as they say).  I quilted it last night in about an hour flat, because we desperately needed a "summer weight" quilt for our bedroom (which is situated on the surface of the sun, y'see. Or perhaps that's my menopausal symptoms talking.  No matter!)