hello ~ welcome {once again} to my favorite landscape venue… montana!i do love {attempting} to capture just a tiny bit of God’s awesome glory in wheat fields… wildflowers, mountains n’ prairies… and those ever-so-glorious, wide-open, big skies.there is almost always a surprise of landscape glory waiting, if you are looking for it! and with the wheat fields starting to turn, …
montana. fields of gold {in the making} that is. from winter wheat to summer canola. each season, i am drawn in to the intrigue displayed by the colors and textures of the green wheat as it begins it’s perfect ascent into it’s golden age, becoming ripe for harvest in it’s season of time. the color of the wheat ripening is luminous, …
My first ‘art’ quilt. A time to challenge myself. To do something ‘entirely my own.’ Scary thought! I was fearful. Knew I needed to ‘get beyond’ … of wondering whether I could do anything beyond just following a pattern. Don’t get me wrong… I love patterns! I love books — love the artsy styles and hard work of all …
In this post, I want to share some of the process of creating this piece, the challenges, the problem solving, and ‘perfection’ issues I think we all struggle with! The above picture is from the backside of Montana Gold. Out came the ripper. You should still be able to see the tension issue even though I have begun picking out …