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Created in 1995 for the Hoffman Challenge, this quilt has traveled across the U.S! In this quilt, I wanted to create the sense of depth and a sense of containment. By using the device of overlap, this enlarged quilt block appears to be trapped behind interweaving strips. Only squares, half-square triangles and rectangles were used to make this quilt. It's hard to believe, but true!
This quilt is the result of a "what if." What if I stacked 3-D patchwork blocks to create a tower? This is what happened. . .a playful tower of patchwork.
Another "what if." What if I made an attic window setting using 60° strips instead of 45°? The resulting quilt is not your usual attic windows. I used hand painted fabric to create a sunset.
For this quilt, I "stretched" the 3-D patchwork blocks out, rather than stacked them up.
This quilt is based on an ancient floor tile in Venice. I took the shapes in the floor and played with the shapes in the software EQ3. After designing many quilts using these shapes, I took my favorite design and made this quilt. I wanted to make the quilt look like a marble floor. While I teaching at the AQS Show last April; I stopped at Hancock's Fabrics. I picked out many fabrics that reminded me of marble. These fabrics as well as fabrics from my stash went into this quilt. I call it Disappearing Columns, because the columns disappear while you are looking at them. If you can't see the columns, look at the bottom right. You should be able to see columns appearing across the surface of the quilt.
I've been working on a series of scrap quilts, using only squares and half-square triangles. These are easy shapes, but they can produce hundreds of interesting designs. This is one example. This quilt as well as many others are in my book, Combing Through Your Scraps, published by the American Quilter's Society. If you would like Karen to come to your area, please contact her at: karen@karencombs.com . You can also check her schedule page here. Karen travels all over the United States teaching these unique and wonderful techniques. For more information on Karen, see her bio page. To view Karen's books, patterns and notions, check out her on-line catalog .
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