Smile - Leanne Chahley

Smile - Leanne Chahley

Inspiration: My theme for Smile was “Maximalism.” I asked my bee mates for all the saturated colours and dancing improv blocks and spent many hours finding the hint of a medallion layout, adding connections and more blocks. Matchstick hand-drawn quilting followed by a wash and dry added he industrial look of the finished texture that I had planned. Smile makes everyone smile.

Quilting: Leanne Chahley - I added hand-drawn industrial modern matchstick quilting with my long arm machine.

Size: 67” x 52”

Contributors: Stephanie Ruyle, Kari Vojtechovsky, Melissa Ritchie, Diane Stanley, Marci Debetaz, Debbie Jeske, Karen Foster, Hillary Goodwin, Felicity Ronaghan, Leanne Chahley

Shows and Awards:

The Quilts of Bee Sewcial, Special Exhibit, Quilt Festival, Houston, 2022

Smile won Best of Show at QuiltCon 2019.

Other: Completed 2018

Artist: Leanne Chahley @shecanquilt www.shecanquilt.ca