Talent in Colorado - Part 1 of 3

A couple of months ago I visited a long-time friend in Colorado (the friend I made the snowball block quilt top for).  She introduced me to her neighbor Mike, and when we were talking, mentioned the quilt.  Mike told me his partner Rob quilts, and asked if I'd like to see some of his work.  Naturally I was delighted!

And oh... what beautiful things.  I took a few photos and later asked Rob for his permission to post them here (which he agreed to).  There's too much "good stuff" here for one blog post - so I'm putting up some today and will hold some back for later. As you look at these, keep in mind they are all hand-pieced and quilted. An unbelievable amount of work (I can just see my quilting guru Pauline smiling and nodding at me - she does hand-piecing, too... astounding).

For all of these, doubleclick the photo below to see a larger version of the image.

First there was this one: a double-sized bedspread.  Sadly, I all I photod was this closedup of it.  The pieces here are quite small, very delicate:

Again, no full-sized shot of this quilt - I was just overcome by the loveliness of it and wanted to remember the design:

And here's a slightly closer view.  I love the way Rob has played out all the colours - and what a terrific way to use up your scraps!  Each little square is only about 1.5".

And look at the prints he's got in this - I love the halloween skull-and-crossbones (orange, white, grey print - look in the lower left to see two of those blocks).  The quilt as a whole has a "stained glass window" effect - but then you look at these adorable, irreverent prints and you just have to laugh. Terribly clever!

I adore the double wedding ring design - but am terrified of it. Isn't it gorgeous?

Oh... if I only had more courage. Look at the gorgeous "spider web" stitch design in the center here - is this brilliant or WHAT!?!?!?