Colour scheme #6
Today’s colour scheme can be used in a variety of ways—it looks terrific in delicate floral quilts. As some of the colours are quite striking,…
Little landscape
This started life as a thumbnail drawing on the back on an envelope. I was interested in trying to create some good water and a leafy…
Quilter’s euphoria
Have you made a quilt that left you overcome with joy? I had a totally unexpected reaction to making my first picture piecing quilt. I was…
Using several photos to create a pictorial quilt
Creating your own design for a pictorial quilt is a lot of fun. Now that I’ve learnt to use Photoshop, it’s going to be a…
Jazzing up your pictorial quilt
So you have a photo you want to use for a pictorial quilt but it’s not quite right just yet, so what do you do?…
How do I quilt a pictorial quilt? Part 2
Here’s another flower ready for a makeover in Photoshop using the oil paint filter. This one has a few water drops on it which will produce a…
Colour scheme #5
Using red, yellow and blue can be cleverly done by using tints, tones and shades. Blending the colours will create some murky colours but the scheme will…
Colour scheme #4
This is a more unusual colour scheme but it works well. Here, greyed plum tones are offset with some burnt orange. The greys with green…
Igniting the plasma
Igniting the plasma is a kaleidoscope quilt using the magnificent Paula Nadelstern’s technique in her book, Paula Nadelstern’s kaleidoscope quilts: An artist’s journey continues. I love…
From labels to whole-cloths: Volume two
April 2021: I’m currently doing a massive new edition. Stay tuned. I’ve taken the current edition offline at Amazon so I can order a proof book…
Fiona Schiffl 