Can You Guess Why This Is Shaped Like This?

I made this bargello patchwork pouch today.
Can you figure out why it has such a unique shape?

In Full Bloom

My flower garden is now in full bloom with a riot of colors.

Green is natures way of setting off all the colors in a garden,

I love the colors of stain glass in this old window frame. It picks up the green of nature and also flows into the blues with red as accent.

More red directly below the deck. The smoke plant is a nice variation of the red from the globes.

On the other side of the sidewalk there is more red.

Red mosaic mirror balls on the deck.

A collection of pink gazing globes.

Variation in shapes is always good and these help unify the colors.

It’s always nice to have some neutrals to set off the glorious colors.

More neutrals to finish off this years back yard garden.

WHAT Do You Think These Are?

I wanted to do some knitting but even though I have lots of yarn to knit my special afghans I didn’t want to get “that” involved.
So I decided to knit some smaller “things”. I carried a color plan throughout the group.
Originally I hadn’t planned to knit this many but I was enjoying it so much!
So WHO know what these are of will be????

Quilts Radiating From The Center

A majority of the quilts I made for my solo show Ice Tapestries and Shibori Quilts radiated from the center.

Long before I started making those quilts I found many of my most effective quilts radiated from the center.
I do find this interesting as I consider myself an asymmetrical artist and yet these are some of my favorite most successful quilts in my opinion.

It is amazing I ever finished piecing this quilt. I can't tell you how many times I lost/misplaced pieces of it and there was no more of the fabric available.
Yes, I am studying this quilt to decide how I would like to quilt it to enhance the design. That may take a while!
This could have been the entire quilt if I had not found all the pieces. It includes a lot of hand applique so it travelled with me to many different places.

It was my attempt to create this quilt in hand dyed fabric.

This is one of my most successful quilts and is a prize winning quilt. Everyone who sees it, quilter or not, stops, looks, studies it and comments.

Here is another work in progress. I am also waiting for it to tell me how to finish it! I am continuing down this center radiating path with my current ice dyes until I change course.Of course in addition to that I am working on finishing works in progress at this time.

Who Can Tell What’s Different?

Can you tell what is different about this Ice Dye from anything I’ve ever done before?
It is something I tried before but didn’t accomplish.
I figured it out this time.

Newest Ice Dyed Mandala

I am still making wonderful new Ice Dyed work. This is one of my new pieces and it is  favorite of myself and others who have been able to see it.
The colors have a very Southwest flavor. The design is quite different that anything I have previously created.
Don’t ask me how I manipulated the fabric to get this design as I don’t know. Each time I do a new piece I try something new. Not all pieces are this successful , but when they are it makes my heart sing. My goal is to continually create new work and not duplicate what I have already done.

Time To Decide This Season’s Priorities

The last few years my main priority was working on pieces for my show Ice Tapestries and Shibori Quilts.
I am prioritizing finishing some of my Works In Progress this season.

I have some pieces stacked in the order I intend to work on them but that is subject to change on a whim!
I also have some other things I would like to accomplish in the next 4 months. I know I may not get it all accomplished but having a sense of what I’d like to do will make it more likely to happen.
Of course I plan on doing a little purging but I am no longer counting how many things I get rid of because i’ve made quite a dent in the possessions I could purge. I even have an empty shelf, and empty bin and I might even have an empty drawer somewhere!

Embellish, An Australian Magazine–Article And Pictures From My Recent Show–Ice Tapestries and Shibori Quilts

I was contacted by this magazine and asked to write an article and share photos from my show.

This is the June 2017 issue or Issue number 30

These are the first 2 pages of the article. and you can see 5 pieces from the show.

This is the 3rd page with 4 quilt photos.
I felt honored that they thought so much of my quilts and wanted to share them in their high quality magazine.
I have not found any place in the US where the magazine is available but I am including information about how to get your own copy.

Embellish Magazine updated their cover photo.

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How And Where To See My Work

When I posted the photos of my work on my Studio Design wall this week I got a lot of inquiries from people who wanted to see my quilts and Ice Tapestries.

You can follow my blog at: http://quiltspluscolor.blogspot.com/

If you go to the right hand column you will see FOLLOW BY EMAIL

Enter your email in the space and you will be notified each time I post. This will also notify you of new shows and places to see my work.

I am currently taking bookings for my solo shows at Art Centers or Museums for 45 days or more.

If you know of a museum that would be interested in showing one of my shows have them contact me at: kay@kaysorensen.com

I have a show scheduled in Ocala, Florida for March and April 2018. If you follow my blog you will get the details when we are ready to share them.

I hope you will get to see my work in PERSON as that is the best way to view it.

As much as I would love to invite each and every one of you to see my work in my studio I am afraid that isn’t possible as that is where I work and it is not a place to show my work in person.