Friday, February 28, 2014

Focus, focus, focus

Elizabeth Barton had a good blog on focal point this week. I will have to look at some of my quilts to see if they had a focal point or not. I know for sure one of the pieces that I am most proud of does have a focal point. It was a nature quilt that I made in a class with Ellen Lindner called Create Your Own Nature Quilt. Focal point and where to put it was a big topic of the lessons. It was a very successful quilt and Ellen was a fabulous teacher.

Midwinter Visitor 

I had my focal point as well as having some of my best free motion quilting. The quilt is 28 in by 38 in.

I have a feeling that a lot of my other quilts do not have a focal point. I wonder if our March lesson will be on focal point!

I am linking to Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Fridays. Check out the other quilts there.

http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2014/02/finding-peace-off-wall-friday.html

Thanks for reading.

Chris

6 comments:

  1. Love your piece, the quilting is lovely!

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  2. I'm so glad I enlarged it, so so so wonderful. I like it all, the shadowy trees, the distance, the off center cardinal that is looking at me. The quilting. It's lovely. Thanks for sharing it.
    LeeAnna Paylor
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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  3. After looking at some of your quilts (fabulous by the way) I think a lot of them have a focal point. The old cellar door for sure, I think that's my fave. You do beautiful work.

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  4. I was wondering too if that post was a foreshadowing of things to come. :-) Your cardinal is beautiful against the gray trees. And focused.

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  5. Indeed, by virtue of being red alone, the bird creates a definite focal point & you placed it well. And the quilting IS marvelous, especially the lines on the trees.

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  6. I love it - that cardinal is so beautiful ! And for sure, it is a focal point ;-))

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