The other day, I got together with a few ladies from the guild I belong to, and I led them through the process in how to create a Ricky Ti...
Totally encouraged by the kind comments from Jo and Lizzie, I have fixed the bit that was wrong (inbetween other things...) and taken a phot...
the creation of a Convergence Quilt, based on the book by Ricky Tims
Yesterday I drove to Parrsboro to retrieve my quilts from the Art Lab Exhibit. No sales – wasn’t expecting any. Lots of nice comments in the guest book, though. When we were hanging the…
The other day, I got together with a few ladies from the guild I belong to, and I led them through the process in how to create a Ricky Ti...
Waiting for quilting ideas
Yesterday I drove to Parrsboro to retrieve my quilts from the Art Lab Exhibit. No sales – wasn’t expecting any. Lots of nice comments in the guest book, though. When we were hanging the…
The other day, I got together with a few ladies from the guild I belong to, and I led them through the process in how to create a Ricky Tims Convergence quilt. Once you make one, you see many more possibilities in your stash and fabric shops! We had alot of fun, even when I made them rip out seams! Laura chose these gorgeous batiks. It became this lovely rectangular wallhanging, after a small mishap became a design opportunity! Laura was also Miss Speedy (there's always one in every class!) who got a start on her second one! Rosemary chose another bold set of fabrics that sang themselves into existence! Irene finally found a use for a favorite fat quarter. Doesn't that inner border just sparkle? Joy worked quietly away in her corner and produced her own masterpiece. Sheila thought her fabrics were dull, but I considered them soft and gentle, and serendipity would have it that she had the perfect inner border hidden away in her bag! Seriously, it was not planned! Jude plugging furiously away....She had some great tips to share, too. A fishing tackle box to organize all her sewing stuff A lint roller stick to the top of the machine to catch loose threads!
We're completely obsessed.
Here is version 2 of the Bird of Paradise Convergence quilt. I had better luck with this one in terms of getting the seams aligned and I do ...
We're completely obsessed.
Ricky Tims published his Convergence Quilts book in 2003. I was brainstorming with Jolene at Quilters Common trying to come up with a good idea for a workshop. She mentioned that she had seen som…
The other day, I got together with a few ladies from the guild I belong to, and I led them through the process in how to create a Ricky Ti...
As promised in the past blog post about the Bargello pattern, here is a blog post about the convergence technique. The term convergence is defined as the process or state...Read More
Ta Da!!! I finished piecing the top of my first Convergence Quilt: And here’s a close up of my piecing: Let me tell you, I had no problems with the first 3 quadrants, but created a real mess…
This year in the Fast Friday Fabric Challenge group, we were encouraged to work in a series for our challenges. I thought I would try to express abstract concepts in a "Spirit" series. The following quilts try to capture the spirit of various words or ideas: The "Spirit of Passion" was made using a new technique for me. I layered three fabrics and sewed them together with curved lines then cut away layers to reveal layers below. To add interest and finish off raw edges, various embroidery stitches were used. This was a very pleasant process. Continuing with this new process "The wandering Spirit was created". I had played with rusting some fabric and was anxious to use some in a quilt. It has alot of possibilities and was a fun exercise for me. I hope to use more rusted fabric in some future projects. "Spirit Renewed" was the result of a sketch where I was attempting to capture the concept of "spirit". I was thinking of hope, and faith as I drew my sketch and feel that it acheived this feeling. A complementary color scheme was used with the purple and yellow being opposites on the color wheel. I find this piece very restful, and my Mom wanted it for her bedroom, how could I refuse?
The other day, I got together with a few ladies from the guild I belong to, and I led them through the process in how to create a Ricky Tims Convergence quilt. Once you make one, you see many more possibilities in your stash and fabric shops! We had alot of fun, even when I made them rip out seams! Laura chose these gorgeous batiks. It became this lovely rectangular wallhanging, after a small mishap became a design opportunity! Laura was also Miss Speedy (there's always one in every class!) who got a start on her second one! Rosemary chose another bold set of fabrics that sang themselves into existence! Irene finally found a use for a favorite fat quarter. Doesn't that inner border just sparkle? Joy worked quietly away in her corner and produced her own masterpiece. Sheila thought her fabrics were dull, but I considered them soft and gentle, and serendipity would have it that she had the perfect inner border hidden away in her bag! Seriously, it was not planned! Jude plugging furiously away....She had some great tips to share, too. A fishing tackle box to organize all her sewing stuff A lint roller stick to the top of the machine to catch loose threads!
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Yesterday, Bobbie and I, and Flora (Bobbie’s friend from Perth) went to Bunbury to participate in a quilt workshop. Michelle from Raggedy Stitches was our teacher for the day, and the worksho…
Finally we have the coverage of the 5th annual Stitch Modern exhibit at the Piedmont Center of the Arts. An uncurated group show by members of the East Bay Modern Quilters, the 4 week long exhibiti…
Ein Blog über Alles rund um Patchwork und Quilts
Yesterday I drove to Parrsboro to retrieve my quilts from the Art Lab Exhibit. No sales – wasn’t expecting any. Lots of nice comments in the guest book, though. When we were hanging the…
We're completely obsessed.
Ricky Tims published his Convergence Quilts book in 2003. I was brainstorming with Jolene at Quilters Common trying to come up with a good idea for a workshop. She mentioned that she had seen som…
Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art.• 4 projects walk you through the steps of making Convergence quilts• Quilts look complex but are fun, easy, and, best of all, creative to make• Use any fabric from commercial prints to hand-dyed• Add decorative touches such as appliqué to dress up your projects• An infinite number of looks from one ingenious technique • 80 Color Pages
Ricky Tims Convergence Quilts SKU:10327 Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art. Pages: 80 Author: Ricky Tims Publish Date: 10/01/2003 Dimensions: 8.64in x 0.24in x 11.11in Softcover
One of the best things about being an Island Batik Ambassador is the monthly challenges! (and Island Batik also provides the fabric for said challenges) The challenge for March was to try a technique that we've never done. Many of us had a tough time with this challenge! The great thing was in discussing and coming up with ideas a whole new world of ideas opened up for me. I went through my Pinterest Board of Quilts I Want to Make, but didn't really find any interesting techniques that I hadn't done before, so I started working on a new board: Quilting Techniques to Try I really loved the idea of making a rainbow quilt, but the fabrics I have to use didn't really support that very well, so I kept looking through my boards and found that I have pinned quite a few conversion quilts. Well, that looked like fun, so I decided to give it a try! I found some simple directions online and got started. I picked out four half yard pieces from my blenders bundle - (three were from the most recent ones I received, and the teal was from an earlier box) I decided to cut the largest possible squares from my fabrics and decided on where to place them. After doing the vertical cuts and shuffling the pieces I had this...really loved how it was looking! Then I made my horizontal cuts and this is what it looked like. At this point I wasn't really delighted with it, so started playing with border ideas. (And forgot to take pictures!) I think that I should have placed the darker fabrics across from each other diagonally so that the lighter ones weren't right next to each other. I decided to frame the center with a contrasting flange and use the four prints for in the border to bring out the colors more. I had the perfect pink in one of the StashBuilder rolls. Those things are so handy to have on hand for when you need just a bit of a color! The way I did the border was also a new technique for me. I usually either make a pieced border or a simple plain border. I ended up offsetting the seams on the border in order to make the most of the strips I had cut - but that adds a little more interest to the quilt, I think! Now I was almost ready for quilting. I pieced a back out of some odds and ends of other Island Batik fabrics I had left from previous projects. For the batting I used a piece of cotton I had in my stash that was just the right size (yay for using up some stuff!) I was debating on what color of thread since I have a blend of light and dark fabrics, so I went with a thread in a medium gray tone. This is a color that was provided in my Ambassador box from Aurifil Thread. The color is Earl Gray (6732) and it was perfect for this project! I mostly use 50 wt thread for piecing and quilting because I love that it is strong, yet fine and really blends in without showing too much, even on contrasting fabrics. Isn't it nice? I quilted paisleys in the center, then did hook and swirl in the border. I just love the fact that you mostly see the texture and not the thread! After the quilting was finished my final challenge was the binding. I didn't want to use one of the fabric in the quilt top because it would match one of the corners of the border and I knew that would look a little strange. I thought I would use pink, but I didn't have enough of any of my pink fabrics to make the binding. I ended up cutting some strips from the rapidly dwindling leftovers from the top, and used a third technique I have never done and strategically pieced the binding so that the seams met the border seams! Tricky! I made four strips of my binding fabric, but did not sew them together. As I sewed the binding to the quilt, I joined the binding pieces with a straight seam where the seams in the border were. This would have been a little easier if I had sewn the binding to the top of the quilt, but I like to machine stitch the final fold of the binding to the top so I can do my No Hand Stitching binding technique! So I had to do some careful judging of where to cut and sew, but it came out pretty well! Now I will show you the finished quilt - it ended up being almost 36 inches square and used up most of four 1/2 yard pieces of fabric: I wasn't the only Island Batik Ambassador who made a convergence quilt! You can see Nancy's version at Masterpiece Quilting. We even did our borders the same way, but we used very different fabrics. This was a fun project, and I can see how making these Convergence quilts can be addicting. Now I am going to add a hanging sleeve to my quilt so I can hang it up. Hope you enjoy your weekend - and wishing you a Happy Easter!
Here is version 2 of the Bird of Paradise Convergence quilt. I had better luck with this one in terms of getting the seams aligned and I do ...
