To Boston with Love is a collaborative effort to bring peace and love from far and wide in the wake of the Boston marathon bombings. When I found out about this project, I knew that I would like to participate.

My quilt Trinity is currently being photographed to appear in the Gallery of an upcoming book about color. Here is the story of how this quilt was made, using my computer and my ink-jet printer.

It always surprises me when I hear people say that choosing fabrics for a quilt is the hardest part of the process. It’s the best part, I say! This article describes an easy and effective way to choose fabrics by using a multi-colored print fabric: a focus fabric. The focus fabric may be used in your quilt as patches or as a border, or it may not be used at all. Its purpose is to set the color palette for the quilt and to make choosing fabrics fun!

Over the next months, I’ll be sharing my progress as I work on my current quilt project. I started the quilt in June 2009 and have made a fair bit of progress so far. Inspired by the words of John 15, the quilt will be a hand appliqued representation of vines, branches and fruit. This article will introduce my quilt, its theme, color scheme, and layout, and show you the first section in the center panel.