Concrete & Grassland

I am truly excited to start my blog today.  I feel like I have something to share with others now.

I am a Lithuanian quilter, traveler and cat lover.

I usually get my inspiration from the nature. I take a lot of pictures but making a quilt I don’t replicate the picture. I get inspired and try  to express myself by using fabric, color, shapes, lines and stitches.

While traveling and walking on the cement sidewalk, I noticed a dandelion growing out through the crack:

I was amazed by the power of this humble flower and a lust for life it had. It was so inspirational to think that we can always find ways to overcome our own hurdles.

I dye my own fabrics now. Living in Lithuania it is the only way to have a range of colors that would let me feel free working on quilts. I had 15 shades of gray and that was the start.

I made this realistically looking quilt that I named Lust for Life:

Then I thought: hmm… I don’t think this is what I want. I made another quilt that I named Breaking Through:

I entered both quilts to the upcoming SAQA exhibition Concrete & Grassland and Lust for Life was selected.  It even got onto the cover of the catalog:

The exhibition opens  at  Grant’s Pass Museum of Art in Oregon on June 1st and will be open until July 29th. I am excited!