Parts is Parts

Lisa assembles her work with the suggestion to join a few fabrics together before adding them to the design wall. Once a few sets are made, they can be shuffled. Sounds easy? Sounds odd? It's not for the faint. We're working in columns, but you'd not guess. And in that great space in Warren, RI, Cutler Mills.
 

Viewers Choice

Just when I thought I had it figured, it went ahead and flipped around. Well, it was windy here, and yes, my shutter has blown off the house, but I didn't think this would happen. Anywho, now I've got to see which one will finish. You take a look too.

 

Waiting on the Design Wall

I've scrambled the lower portion of this piece, and I like the progression. I'll move some things around. For my "Columns" fan, this was part of the solution, and for my "Make It & Break It" fans, I've used some of that process as well. Following my OWN advice for this one.
 

Finished No Name

Happy to watch programs while sewing the facing and sleeve. Now that it's finished it needs a name. I can only think that it reminds me of a dancing Snoopy from Peanuts, but I need better. I'll live with it a while, till something hits. 
 

New and Just Hung Up

Game Night is over 9 feet wide, I think, and happy to be hanging out in the studio. I've got a free design walls going, and love that I've got this week to do some work on them. Friday is a First Friday, so I'll get more out to populate the walls. 
 

Just Right by Accident

Workshop for Columns means that lots of examples hop up on the design wall. I've always liked this set, and perhaps after this class, I might just finish. As we talk about choosing fabrics, I find I select bolder, more interesting groups than I might otherwise. I'll have to pretend there's an audience all the time!

 

Near Enough

Built in columns, this is finally together enough to use as an illustration of how I work this composition. Next week is the Columns class, and I'll have show this. Then it's put together and in the quilting queue.

Nearly Near

No, it's not finished, but nearly put together. My studio time takes a section or part that needs construction. And it gets finished bit by bit. I'm building this in columns, the focus of my workshop later this month on February 14 & 16. Hope it's finished by then.
 

Back to the Studio

I'm working my way across this piece using sections or "columns" at this point. Once I get the parts together in a column I will rearrange to see if there is some magical redo. And if you want to try a Columns class, it's on the website. www.patpauly.com/virtualclasses      
 

On the Wall

It is a subtle difference from what I've posted before. And more time spent, but worth it. I've added height to the work, melted the edges of the connections, and am close to finishing. One of these days we'll get a snowstorm and I'll have an excuse to longarm quilt this.
 

ReConfigure Till You Like It

I'm building this piece in columns, which is a great way to move sections to form a composition. Now, though that seems easy, the finite number of versions is large. Which means...decisions! I'm reaching for another cookie to think on this.
 

Ok, Top is Together

 

Don't tell the class I've finished this top. It was made in the Columns Class, and I'll talk about it at our reunion. But I thought you could see it first. Yes, the structure is made of columns. One of my virtual classes. I'm calling it "Go Fly a Kite" for now.

Columns Again

Using a simple division, like a column, gives me a way to see composition clearly. It keeps me from adding bit an bobs to the elements that are already present. If I snap a photo, I'm able to reconstruct for that sometime when I can work uninterrupted. When is that?
 

Change Is Good

I've got all the parts set in columns, hence the name of the class. I've just a little shifting left and then I'll attach them all. The class this week had many who came with their own hand printed fabric,  very well made graphics, each one refreshingly different from each other. A treat to see them used!

Oh, Just Finish It

Day on of the two day class of "Columns" and my homework is to photograph the before of the work. Tomorrow I'll try to finish, which means sewing the top together. This might be the "Auction" piece for QSDS.  Too soon to tell.
 

Trimmed

Trimmed to finish at 72" wide, I've not got the binding on it. But that's the final part, and easy. Another garden quilt, I think. Plant a Seed, Grow a Weed. I've used a column structure to get it built, and some ideas for improv to move a motif around. Part of my "Columns" class. 
 

My Hot Mess

The second day of the Columns workshop had me searching for an example of blocks that had set in shapes. This pile from long ago surfaced. Its last configuration was awful, so I applied the columns rule, added a large piece for breathing, and this I'll keep. Moral: listen to your own directions.
 

Line Up

The Columns workshop deals with how to use -- to advantage -- the artist made fabric we all love. It helps to pull out a string of pieces that might work together. I look for a variety of graphics as well as a good range in value. Color can take a back seat as the value and scale matter more to me. 
 

On a Column Jag

Round Two for fooling around and looking at columns. Only this one is larger. Now I'm about to add more to the equation. But I've got to be ready for the workshop "Columns" for Tuesday. More classer next year, check my web site under Virtual Classes.
 

Columns Sketched

I've done a few sketches for an upcoming class "Columns". I've got the two starters on top, the mix at bottom. The class is about composition using a columnar form. Another class "Make It and Break It" deals with improvisational piecing (as does Columns) but with adding a template to capture the design. Check my virtual classes if you're interested www.patpauly.com/virtualclasses