Helen Remick Blog

Quilts Featured on Quilt Inspiration

Helen — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:03:17 +0000

The blog Quilt Inspiration has a feature article on my quilts. http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-twist-on-everything-quilts-of-helen.html

Essay on design

Helen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:56:15 +0000

Dawn Goldsmith, editor of “Subversive Stitchers: Women Armed with Needles,” asked me to write about my design techniques. See my essay at http://subversivestitch.blogspot.com/2010/01/swirl-of-inspiration-keeps-helen-remick.html. I talk a bit about technique and a bit about mathematical inspiration.

Spirals

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:07:14 +0000

A trip to Paris in 2003, so many things to see: I took photos of staircases. When I got home, I found Ned May’s Custom Fibonacci Spiral Generator and began designing quilts with spirals.

This fall, IQA sponsored a contest for photos which inspired quilts. My photo of the stairwell in the Arc de Triomphe was included, and was the photo from the exhibit chosen for the Houston program.

Stairwell, Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Stairway to the crypts, Pantheon, Paris

Staircase in Constitution Hall, Versailles, France

When in Paris, don’t miss the Unicorn tapestries at the Musee national du Moyen Age, in the Latin Quarter. Stunning.