Notes from the Studio | Creeksong Quilts

October 10, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Horizontal 32 x 27 inch quilted wall hanging with an embroidered harvest festival farm scene, red outer border, cream floral background, black geometric framing, and checkerboard corner accents.

Farm Scene: A Harvest Festival Framed in Red and Black

Farm Scene began with an embroidered rural vignette packed with small details: a barn marked “Harvest Festival”, a vintage truck, pumpkins, cornstalks, fencing, trees, and chickens. The black linework gives the center panel the look of an illustrated sketch, so the surrounding fabrics were chosen to provide strong structure without competing with that detail. A […]

October 9, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade 90-inch square queen quilt with concentric diamond piecing in charcoal, gray-green, yellow, gold, cream, and pale blush batiks, photographed outdoors against a wooded background.

Honeycomb: A Modern Queen Quilt in Charcoal, Gold and Cream

Honeycomb began with a very simple unit: a 2-inch square. Repeated hundreds of times and shifted gradually through charcoal, gray-green, gold, yellow, taupe, cream, and pale blush, those small pieces build into a much larger set of concentric diamonds. The finished quilt measures 90″ x 90″, giving it enough width and length for a standard […]

October 8, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Horizontal 32 x 27 inch quilted wall hanging with an embroidered pumpkin farm scene, rust diamond patchwork, cream and taupe accents, and a dark autumn leaf batik border.

Farm Harvest: An Autumn Landscape Framed in Patchwork

Farm Harvest started with a small embroidered autumn landscape: pumpkins in the foreground, fields and fencing beyond them, and a barn tucked into the distance. The scene has a quiet, rural character, so the surrounding patchwork was designed to reinforce that warmth without overpowering the embroidery. The center panel is framed first with a narrow […]

October 7, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

King size handmade heart quilt hanging outdoors with neutral hearts on a pale grey background, red patchwork chains, and allover swirl quilting.

Fading Hearts: A King Size Quilt in Neutrals, Grey, and Red

“Fading Hearts” is built around a simple idea: let the heart blocks gradually shift from light neutrals into deeper browns, gray, and black, while a bright red chain pattern holds the composition together. The hearts move through ivory, tan, taupe, gray, brown, and black across a pale grey background. That gradual change in value gives […]

October 5, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade blue, purple, teal, green, and red floral patchwork quilt on a white background with a deep blue border.

Bright Blocks: A Colorful Blue and Purple Patchwork Quilt

“Bright Blocks” began with the contrast between saturated floral prints and a crisp white background. The quilt uses blue, teal, purple, green, and red blocks arranged in a staggered pattern, with small red accent squares creating a second rhythm across the surface. A deep blue border contains the brighter center and gives the design a […]

September 30, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade red, black, white, and gray patchwork throw quilt with a geometric diamond design, black floral border, and red binding.

A Red and Black Diamond Patchwork Quilt with Traditional Style

For Gameboard Diamonds, the strongest visual element is contrast: red against black, crisp white against gray, and traditional patchwork arranged with enough movement to feel graphic rather than static. The diamond structure gives the quilt its underlying rhythm, but the small-scale prints keep the surface lively up close. The center of the quilt is built […]

September 28, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade quilted autumn table runner with orange, red, gold, green, and brown diamond patchwork on a white quilted background.

Autumn Runner: A Handmade Quilted Table Runner in Fall Harvest Colors

Autumn Runner began with a simple visual idea: let fall color move across the table without relying on pumpkins, leaves, or printed seasonal motifs. The design is built from diamond-shaped blocks arranged across a white quilted field, shifting gradually from dark brown and burgundy into red, orange, gold, yellow, and green. The darker end has […]

September 25, 2026October 25, 2026Lois

Handmade embroidered bird quilt with pastel batik patchwork blocks, cream quilting, dark brown geometric sashing, and a wide woodland floral border.

Birds in the Woods: Embroidered Birds, Batik Patchwork, and Woodland Color

Birds in the Woods brings together several design ideas: pictorial embroidery, structured patchwork, visible quilting texture, and a border that gives the whole piece a sense of place. Dark brown geometric sashing moves through the quilt in a strong angular pattern, giving the surface a clear structure. Within that framework, the embroidered bird panels and […]

September 23, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade king patchwork quilt in red, brown, tan, cream, and white triangle blocks with a dark brown floral border and red binding, shown flat from above.

Redwood: Red and Brown Patchwork in a King Size Handmade Quilt

Redwood is a study in warm, traditional color: deep reds, earthy browns, soft tans, cream, and white, all arranged in a busy field of triangle patchwork. The finished quilt has the energy of a scrappy traditional design, but the repeated triangular shapes give it a stronger graphic structure than a simple fabric collection would have […]

September 21, 2026October 24, 2026Lois

Handmade embroidered ocean quilt with blue, aqua, teal, and green curved patchwork circles, sea creature embroidery, black diamond accents, and cream quilted background.

By the Sea: Embroidered Sea Life in a Handmade Ocean Quilt

By the Sea gives small glimpses into an underwater world. Instead of arranging the embroidered sea creatures in a formal grid, the quilt lets them drift through the surface, surrounded by curved blue-green shapes that suggest bubbles, currents, and tidepool movement. The embroidered motifs are set into circular frames throughout the quilt. Fish, crab, turtle, […]