I had the pleasure of attending a trunk show with
Cindy Grisdela, courtesy of
Hip Stitch, a local quilt shop here in Albuquerque that has been bringing in some great presenters lately, such as
Sariella.
Cindy is the author of
Artful Improv (affiliate link).
Cindy had some fun quilts and tips to share, and I figured you wouldn't want to miss out.
For this piece, Cindy explained that you could turn it to make whatever side you wanted be the top. She mentioned her customers have personal preferences about how her art is oriented, which even affects sales.
Pastel isn't Cindy's go-to color scheme, but she challenged herself to tackle less saturated hues. She did dense quilting in the top right corner of the piece below to add interest.
With regard to free-motion, Cindy suggested, "Nobody knows what you meant to do, so don't take yourself so serious.
Her pieces illustrated the beauty of minimalism.
To help even out the tension for free-motion Cindy uses 40 wt on top and 50 wt in the bobbin.
She suggested coming up with new quilting ideas by asking, "What if..."
Cindy encouraged us to enter shows and explained how each venue varies in what they are looking to include. "If you aren't getting rejected, you aren't entering enough shows," she said.
Cindy is adept at taking a coordinating color scheme and adding a few outliers to make the overall effect work.
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| Uneven Bars by Cindy Grisdela |
Cindy sells her work at shows, and had prepared some pieces for hanging by mounting them onto canvases painted black and adhered with
gel medium (affiliate link). Her binding on these is a pillowcase-style facing.
I like this style of presentation because...
If you want to get some pointers from Cindy, check out this YouTube video. You could also pick up
her book.
Thanks Hip Stitch for the fun evening!
