When Robyn Jones really wants to relax, she strolls down the unspoiled mountainside of her Colorado the place to find visit her horse, Winddancer, the muse for her company name and logo. There, she can also understand the abundance of wildlife in the adjacent National Forest including mountain lions, bear, elk, chipmunks, and antelope, all of these further inspire her designs. Winddancer designs are inspired by Robyn’s extensive travels throughout the United States, Australia, Europe, and Asia. A passionate photographer and quilter for more than two decades, Robyn includes her photography, art, and quilting skills in designs for travel quilts that currently include the Usa State Quilt Series, the Australia State Quilt Series, the Down Under Wildlife Series, and also the Military Series honoring our U.S. service men and women.
Every Winddancer state quilt design is planned to produce facets of specific states while mixing architecture, floral, wildlife, and history in to a cohesive quilt picture. Since neighboring states share many features, landscapes, and sports activities, blocks could be interchanged to personalize your quilt with your personal experiences.
Robyn works closely along with her Australian artist husband, Kevin, and each design is sucked from actual life experiences or photographs of her travels. scenic quilt patterns finished designs are generated right into a computer template which is separated into layers and pieces for quilting, then many versions are created to find the best coloring for that final quilt. Importantly, each quilt design needs to be planned using a common palette of colors. This allows blocks to become interchanged with state and country designs, so quilters can cause their particular “Travel Quilt” or “Where I have Lived Quilt.”Winddancer Creations quilts were created with simplicity in your mind so that entire families can enjoy developing a special quilt. The State designs can be used an eye on a family’s travel experience plus some blocks, for example the Wild Mustangs block in the Utah State Quilt design, can be achieved by children as young as 10-14.With Winddancer designs, color and layering are used extensively to create detail. Patterns using their company designers are often much more complex and require advanced techniques or years of quilting experience.
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