This week’s featured member
Make Modern Triangles member spotlight is on Coleen “Coco” S. who brings her colorful quilts to the Bryan House Quilts blog this week. Coleen describes her quilting ID as simple, which makes a perfect backdrop for her selection of bold, bright and art-inspired fabrics.
QUILTING Faves and NOT-so-FAVES
What is your favorite quilt make of all time?
The star hanging on my quilt rack in my dining room.
What are your favorite parts of quilting?
The smile on the faces of those I give them to.
What are your least favorite parts of quilting?
Free-motion quilting or hand quilting.
Learning to MAKE MODERN TRIANGLES
When you joined Make Modern Triangles, what did you want to learn and/or accomplish?
I liked the Sparkler BOM pattern and thought I could do it.
What do you like about quilting with triangles?
Not sure yet because it is so different than my normal style, but it is growing on me.
What’s next on your learn-to-do list?
I am enrolled in an art welding class this fall.
What is your next project?
Use the fabric art blocks I purchased.
Coleen’s Stash and SEwing Space
Describe your fabric stash.
I purchase as I go and leftovers are given to Boys and Girls Club.
Describe your sewing space and what you like about it.
I don’t have one. I bring a table into my living room and it stays until the quilt is finished.
INSPIRATION
Do you belong to a quilt guild?
This is the first quilt thing i have joined. I have learned on my own.
Where do you find inspiration for your quilting?
Usually I am asked to make something for someone or it is a gift.
When you aren’t quilting, what interests do you enjoy?
Scrapbooking and card making.
Thank you, Coleen, for sharing your colorful quilts with us!
