Lisa Thorpe

Paying Homage to Serenity

I’ve been working on this quilt for about a month now and just finished.  I decided I wanted to make a quilt for our summer bed at our cottage in the redwoods.  I wanted to the quilt to fit with the environment so I set up to do some gelli printing printing in my driveway deep in the Redwoods of Cazadero. I used only plants surrounding the house; ferns, bracken, maple along with some bird stencils I made to invoke our flickering feathered friends. I made about forty 12×12 squares in indigo, teal and grey. A couple of weeks later I set up my sewing machine with a quilting group on retreat at The Bishop’s Ranch and got to stitching. This quilt catches the peaceful feeling of our beautiful redwood home, full of tranquil inspiration, making a functional art piece in a place of a place – serenity all wrapped up in a humble quilt!

PS. I wish this photo was taken in the redwoods instead of at The Bishop’s Ranch but I didn’t want to delay in sharing this with you!

I’ve been teaching gelli printing on fabric at The Bishop’s Ranch where I’m the resident artist- and I have some workshops lined up with several quilt guilds in the coming year- if you would like to arrange a print on fabric class here at the Bishop’s Ranch or wherever you are- contact me on to start planning!