Kit Robinson Designs » Quilts

Painting fabric in the sun

Kit Robinson — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:42:45 +0000

Here in Northern Colorado we’ve been having some hot sunny weather, great for painting fabric. Here are some of the results from my endeavors:

Sponge painting:

Someone told me this is called ‘hillbilly shibori’:

Scrunching plus salt:

As always, its a blast!

Kit Robinson — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:50:03 +0000

19 x 26.5 inches

Last fall Kate Cox gave a fun lecture to my guild, Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters, and I attended her workshop on abstract landscapes as well. Everyone’s project turned out unique and wonderful. I chose a cityscape instead of a landscape, and I finally finished this quilt last month.

Kit — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:51:37 +0000

Farmhouse

Last spring my Northern Colorado guild, Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters, designed and made quiltlets to be sold for the Loveland Habitat for Humanity Women Build project. I wrote an article about this charity project in the November Machine Quilting Unlimited www.mqumag.com (I am the managing editor) and included photos of seven of the other donated quiltlets. We had a great time constructing these pieces and learned several new techniques along the way.

MIL’s Gift

Kit — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:35:27 +0000

Green Bamboo

My mother-in-law recently underwent surgery for colon cancer. There seems to be an epidemic of both breast and colon cancer going on right now, or at least among the people I know. I hope this small quilt will cheer her up as she makes her recovery.

Making a Stand

Kit Robinson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:20:54 +0000

Making a Stand

24″ x 40.5″

My good friend and wonderful boss, Vicki Anderson, has been going through what can only be described as complete torture. After being diagnosed with colon cancer in October, 2008, she first went through a couple of months of chemo and radiation treatments to shrink the tumor. Radiation burns you both inside and out, and chemotherapy poisons you, so I guess they have to almost kill you in order to cure you. This regimen did shrink the tumor, thankfully, and Vicki underwent successful surgery to remove what was left of it last week. Her margins and lymph nodes were clear of cancer! We are all breathing a huge sigh of relief and happiness, although she does still have several more months of chemotherapy to go through.

When Vicki was first diagnosed, she pointed out a picture of aspen in the fall that she had taken and which she said inspired her. I decided to make an art quilt for her which would help inspire her as well, and added mountains, rocks and a river for good measure.

I admire her very much for the grace, dignity and good humor she has shown so far as she takes her stand against this dreadful disease.

Goddess of High Maintenance

Kit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:08:24 +0000

Goddess was begun in a class on Woodcut quilts by Laura Wasilawski. Although my friends and I were far too rowdy and surely deserved to be sent to sit in a corner, Laura was an excellent teacher and a good time was had by all.

Goddess of High Maintenance

Have a Heart charity quilt

Kit — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:55:24 +0000

Vicki Anderson, of Meander Publishing, where I work as Managing Editor of Machine Quilting Unlimited and Unlimited Possibilities Magazine, recently asked me to make a quilt for her charity auction. Tree of Hearts was finished in time to be exhibited at a new quilt festival in Northern Colorado, and will be auctioned in November 2008 and 100% of the proceeds will go to the American Heart Association for their “Go Red for Women” education campaign. More information is available here:

http://www.upquiltmag.com/

Pamela Allen’s Workshop

Kit — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:29:24 +0000

I’ve been taking a workshop, Think like an Artist, from the wonderful Pamela Allen online at QuiltersKeepLearning. This first effort was a study in black and white fabrics. I loved the title of this book, and thought the juxtaposition of the apocalyptic and the mundane was irresistible. It is the first time I have made a quilt to match the title:

The End of America With Shoes and Wineglass

The 2nd lesson added color, either an analogous palette or one with complementary colors. With lots of helpful suggestions from Pamela, I put together my desert scene. Nothing is actually sewn down as yet, but unlike the black and white piece, which is destined to live only in the cyberworld, I am going to start sewing on this one as soon as I get some time.

Desert Almost Still Life

Rocky Mountain Creative Quilts ‘08 Calendar

Kit — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:03:17 +0000

Who knew that starting a brand new quilt guild could be this fun? Up here in Northern Colorado a few of us got together and decided that we needed a guild focused on art and contemporary quilting, one that was geographically feasible to get to on those cold, snowy winter nights that we experience from time to time. We sent out a call to see if there was enough interest and the response has been phenomenal. We now have 47 paid members, and we are still in the organizational stage! Volunteers to hold board positions and do committee work such as the quilt show, hospitality, facilities, programs and all the myriad tasks that a guild has to do have been in enthusiastic supply. We realized that first we needed to raise some funds. Our amazing president, Stephanie Patterson, organized and held a Quilter’s Garage Sale last month and took in $1,400! Kelly Gallagher-Abbott and I worked hard on putting together a 5.5 x 5″ desktop calendar that comes in its own display case, and features 14 Northern Colorado artists. (Edited, printed and published by the multi-talented Kelly, I might add.) It is available for purchase at: jukeboxquilts

The cover quilt, A New Dawn, is by our wonderful local (and rapidly becoming nationally known) artist Melody Randol.

Follow Your Dreams

Kit — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:27:23 +0000

Recently my nephew’s girlfriend, Kat, graduated from massage therapy school. She did this while holding a full time job and caring for her two young daughters, an amazing achievement in my book.Â IÂ made thisÂ quilt, Follow Your Dreams,Â as a present for her graduation.