Hi everyone,

as always, I am a bit late but hey – at least I am consistent! 🙂

May meeting was really great! Our guest, Dennis Foster is truly amazing kite-maker and quilter, don’t you think? I am so proud to be able to say that I had a little bit to do with him becoming a quilter and it was and always is such a pleasure having him in my class. You can count on Dennis to come back with a masterpiece of his own after taking a class – teacher’s biggest reward! 🙂

So he started by showing us one of the early kites he made:Some smaller ones too (but so cool-looking, don’t you think?)

And then came Bargello design kites – SPECTACULAR!

Or how about some optical illusions effect:

Bar-code anyone?

Dennis’ big inspiration are quilt patterns and designs – so how about this for Ricky Tims’ Kaleidoscope:

Or a bit bigger one:

Even bigger and more spectacular:

Oh and for a glimpse on how amazing these look while flying in the sky, you put the lite against the window:

Amazing, right?

Some other classic quilt patterns are Dennis’ inspiration too:

Or New York beauty:

Or Renae Merrill’s spirals:

And then some amazing original designs – start on the paper first:

And then make a spectacular kite:

Or maybe this one:

All I can say is – AMAZING!

Oh and if you are wondering – yes, Dennis makes amazing quilts too! Kaleidoscope one:

New York beauty:

Or this flowery design by yours truly (I am so proud! 🙂 )

How is all this for an inspirational work? Dennis’ kites are so spectacular – now we all need to see them fly in the sky! And YES, the all DO fly well! How amazing is that?

I can’t wait to see what is the next marvelous kite coming out of the Dennis Foster workshop – we must ask him to come again!

Have a colorful Tuesday in flying colors,

Marija