Vibrato

Size: 62” x 42” (WxH) Year ended: 2018 Description: “Music and color are recurrent themes in my work … in this quilt I wanted to interpret Vibrato as a musical term and the vibration of colors as an optical effect of movement. Through the use of vibrating colors and quilted waves, this concept of “Vibrato” is…

Artificial Light

Size: 48” x 42” (WxH) Ended year: 2018 Description: “The existence of this quilt is a consequence of having read Sherri Lynn Wood’s book “The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters.” Using one of their improvisation processes, I started cutting and joining the fabrics, where I decided to use 3 ranges of colors (green, red and…

Improvised Sun

Size: 48” x 34” (WxH) Ended year: 2018 Description: I started this quilt as an improvisation exercise . I came to do a very structured quilt, and I needed to do something free and without structure, with curves and cuts without rulers. This is how once I started to organize the blocks by value in color,…

Tree of life

Size: 48” x 30” (WxH) Ended year: 2016 Description: I made this Quilt with 2 objectives in my mind: The first one, was to practice improvisation and the other one was play with negative space. My design process begin with solid colors and curves, working with a beautiful neutral background, which one I work with improv…

Pincushion Tutorial

Materials: Cutting mat Rotary cutter Patchwork ruler Pins Sewing thread Synthetic cotton to fill 1/4” foot Sewing machine 9 squares of fabric for the background of 2’’ on each side 9 squares of color fabric of 1 1/2” on each side 2 rectangles of 5” x 2 3/4” of th same background fabric Preparing the…