Workshop with Gloria Loughman, Part 2

Gloria holds up one of her quilts during a discussion.

My quilt begins to take shape after i had applied all the strips to the sky.

The quilt is based on a photo of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, a place I visit often. I'll be there again in December.

There are actually three volcanoes and a lot of small villages on the hillsides.

At the end of the workshop. Actually I ended up not liking the sky after all and will replace it. The Lake and foreground also needs a little tweeking.

Workshop with Gloria Loughman, Part 1

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to take a class with Gloria Loughman from Australia, a quilter I had been admiring since I read her first book on Landscapes a couple of years ago. I chose to make a sky out of strips of fabric...a technique she has been using lately. Cutting out the strips.
It begins to come together.

Fellow classmates busy at work.

One of Gloria's quilts.

Another of Gloria's quilts.

A sample from one of her classes. The background is painted.
Another student's background.
And another background begins to take form.
This one's about half completed.
And another very subtle background.