Thursday, March 4, 2021

Graffiti Quilting Fun

I'm a huge fan of Karlee Porter, who is known for her unique and awe-inspiring graffiti quilting. Although I own all her books, I wasn't quite able to understand the concepts well enough, until I finally took a Graffiti Quilting Master Class with her awhile ago.

I've taken quite a few quilting classes over the years, but most of them are just fangirl moments for me. I'm excited to meet the instructor, but I rarely take away that much from the classes because I tend to learn best from books. However, Karlee's Graffiti Quilting Master Class definitely taught me a lot more than I expected, and it was one of the best classes I've ever taken.

I didn't actually do any quilting during the lessons, and instead practiced drawing. This was my first attempt:

Then, I tried a bottom-up approach. On a longarm, I would have to quilt top-down, obviously.

Finally, I decided to have some fun with gradient coloring while I drew my 3rd sample.

I still haven't had a chance to try this on a real quilt, but I have no doubt that if can draw it, I can quilt it. I've been having so much fun just drawing them, though! In a way, it reminds me of improv piecing, where my brain hurts because it's on all the time, but the results are usually surprising and exciting for that very reason.

6 comments:

  1. I agree, if you can draw it, you can quilt it. I look forward to seeing you have fun with this on a quilt!

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  2. Oh, those drawings are amazing. I can't imagine doing that in thread, but I have no doubt you can! Will be fun to see your work as you play with this.

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  3. Neat, Liz!!! I'm impressed by your drawing skills! And yes, if you can draw it, you can quilt it!

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  4. I LOVE graffiti quilting! Just try it on a quilt that has a busy top - where you don't want custom quilting! You'll LOVE it! So freeing!
    Happy Quilting! :-)

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  5. Wow! I hope you try this - I really love the gradient version!

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  6. Awesome drawings! I can't wait to see the first time you try this on a quilt.

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