Using Photos as Inspiration…

I use photos as inspiration for a variety of quilts that I make.  Sometimes I use the whole photo, sometimes just a part of a group of photos.  Since I live in a terrific area to get photographs of birds I make a lot of bird quilts.

Here is a green heron photo and a quilt featuring another green heron.  These are smaller birds than the great blue herons and more compact.  They like to fish in the canals here in Florida and they hide from the fish by ducking their heads and by standing very still.  Like all herons here, they also eat small lizards.





I will be giving my Using Photographs as Inspiration for Quilters Lecture to the West Pasco Quilters in Hudson, FL on November 21^st. 

The following day I will be teaching a workshop based on one of the quilts in my book called Harvest Moon.  See photo below. 

Check out the West Pasco Quilters here.

See you there!

Happy quilting,

Leigh

Welcome to my new blog!

My goal in starting this blog is to share what inspires me to create.  I might share photos of nature, projects in process, displays I have created at the library.  Anything and everything that I think you may be interested in.

I hope you will be inspired and that all of us will keep creating.  I may even share some fun travel experiences from teaching around the country.

The September issue of Quilt Sampler Magazine features StitchCraft Quilt Shop in Boca Raton, FL and has a couple of photos of the quilt made from my pattern:  Leaves of Hope.   They did a nice write-up about me.

Patterns can be purchased from my website:  www.adventuresinquilting.com.

  Leaves of Hope, $10.00 (with postage and handling).

That's all for my first post.  Happy quilting!!

Leigh