An Ode to May in Pink and Blue

Some images from the past few days here on Miller Mountain.

Sugar and spice, and snakes and snails.

May in Maine.

Pretty sweet.

Story Quilts

Charlotte and Maggie with their finished Story Quilts.

Getting ready to sew the top to the back of Charlotte's quilt (laid out in the hallway outside of my studio yesterday...)

Maggie tying her quilt. This makes it a comforter, technically, I think...

Charlotte sewing together the opening on her quilt with a blind stitch.

Ta da! The front...

...and the back of Maggie's finished quilt.

Ta da! The front...

...and the back of Charlotte's finished quilt.

The girls used all recycled fabric for the quilt tops, and we made a trip to the fabric store where they each picked out a fabric for the back of their quilt. They used acrylic paints and sharpies to do the central panel.

A test run.

Two of my young art students, with the story quilts that they each created, inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold. We finished this project at my apartment this afternoon, and the girls took their quilts home, with big plans to use them all summer - to sit on to watch the fireworks on the 4th, to take to the beach and to camp, and to sleep with starting tonight! Aren't they bold, bright and beautiful? (The quilts and the girls!)