Over the last month or so I have been slowly making a quilt top, using nothing but my solid scraps. This week I finally finished sewing it all together to make this piece of modern crazy.... It all started when I began cutting up my solid scraps into useable squares... I was left with a…
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Get a collection of fun drama games and exercises. These make for great warm-ups or activities to practice improv. A great way to have fun while developing
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Artist Statement: At the time I was making this quilt there was a rage for watercolor quilts. I had fun taking my seven inch squares and arranging them as a blended distribution from light to dark. The result is this indigo dyed collection, quilted in a pattern known as "Seven Treasures." It included several of my original stencil designs of marine animals, sea anemones, jellyfish, comb jellies, brittle stars, and sea urchins.
It was suggested to me at the opening of my recent show that I consider making larger work. I actually agree that my imagery and bold colo...
I’m just back from a fun visit to the Capital Quilters Guild in Raleigh, NC. I gave my Anatomy of an Improv Quilt lecture and taught two workshops, Fire and Ice Bargello and Improv Puzzle, to…
This little top came together very quickly using this wonky cross tutorial , and the lovely Pretty Little Things fabric. I second guessed ...
Marla Varner
Modern quilts, quilt patterns, and happy home accessories
Players create evolving tableaus adding themselves as elements to a scene, each declaring their role. It starts with I am a tree.
My goal was to create 24 new pieces this year, but I came up far short of that. I find that I over and over again set unrealistic goals for myself. The good thing about this is that it pushes me. The bad thing about this is that I always feel like I am falling short.…
These are patterns that I have designed, and self published. You can purchase the at my Etsy shop. A Maze Zing You can purc...
It's time again to join in Cheryl/ Meadow Mist Designs ' annual ' Best of' linky party . There's a variety of ways to go about it, and a...
Back in May, I started to experiment with Slice & Shuffle improvisation, as the final row in my Slice of Improv sampler . Four layers of p...
