A Klimt Inspired Quilt

The thing about designing and making quilts, is that you can start with a tiny square swatch of a material, add more squares, rectangles, and triangles with no pattern at all. I started my Mom's mother-day quilt with a Klimt painting in mind, the Kiss:

Keeping in mind my Mom's color palette of creams, tans, and burgundies, I did mix in other colors to give the quilt a richer range of tones, including black, brown, and an unexpected light blue. The tiny squares in the Klimt painting brought inspiration to my quilt design. It grew organically over a few months. 

Charlie likes to sit on the quilts I make, even when I ask him not to.

The image above is the quilt before adding the border and quilted back.

The image above is the quilt added to my parents newly renovated bedroom.  They did a great job renovating (dad) and decorating (mom)!