More on Marti's leftovers

I realized, after rereading my recent post about Marti Plager's leftovers, that I should have shown you more pictures of her work.  The one leftovers piece I did show is not at all representative of her work -- it's too simple.  Mostly Marti creates far more complex (and interesting) compositions with her leftovers.

Here are two of her larger leftovers quilts.

I like the way Marti combines larger pieces with tiny shards.  I also like the fact that she has lots of interesting shapes.  That's because the quilts she made to begin with had lots of interesting shapes, requiring a lot of diagonal and even curved cuts. 

By contrast, my own quilts tend to yield only plain rectangular leftover bits.  It's only when I use other people's leftovers that I get to work with odd shapes.  (I suppose I could cut my rectangles into triangles and wedges and then sew them together, but somehow that seems to violate the spirit of leftovers art: you should work with what you get.)