Abstracted leaf

When I started working on this quilt, my intension was to use it for our theme for this year. But I am not certain and the main reason for that is that I am wondering whether it will fit it with the other quilts I intend to make. I know that question cannot be answered before I have completed the other ones  :-). So for the moment this is my first quilt for this year. Maybe I will change my mind and switch it for another one later in the year. The fabrics I used for this abstracted leaf are my own hand dyed ones.

Mirage

Here is my first quilt for the 2015 "Nature Abstracted" theme.  I have title it "Mirage" because I am so saddened and touched by the plight of the butterflies in our world.  They are disappearing and their loss will be tragic.  Butterflies are the gentlest of nature's creatures and it seems that the gentlest are the most vulnerable.  I used commercial and hand-dyed fabrics for this quilt.  It is raw-edge appliqued and machine quilted. 

My focus for 2015 appears to be on "wings", but I may "flutter off" in a slightly different direction if something striking catches my eye, although I will continue to emphasize the gentler aspects of Nature.

Frances

Forces of Nature

I have chosen Forces of Nature as the title of the series I'll be doing for 2015 Voyage Abstracted Nature. They are meant to depict 4 of the powerful forces of nature.

The first two have been completed.

"Over the Edge"

Lava Flow

"Fire in the Desert"

Lightening