I’ve been in touch with numerous English Paper Piecers working on the La Passacaglia Quilt, and they have all said that getting started was the hardest part. In this post Ill provide a step by step…
Today's quilts include all the quilts I saw in the RMQM exhibit made from patterns by Willyne Hammerstein. Probably the most "famous" pattern of hers is La Passacaglia, which include all the quilts shown here except the second one. A couple of these ladies said this was their first attempt at English Paper Piecing. I'm not sure they could've picked a more difficult pattern! I have this book and the "papers" and have yet to start it. Some of the pieces are very tiny! I love all of these quilts - I think they're just amazing. And the three made from the same pattern are all very unique!
This page is all about my la passacaglia quilt. Some very kind bloggers helped me out when I was considering making this quilt, so I'm putting some details here in case other people are interested in how I made my quilt. my finished quilt - 68" x 77" (173 cm x 196 cm) Jan 2016 before hand quilting I started my la passacaglia on 1 January 2015, with these fabrics. I wanted my quilt to look like the piece of Kaffe Fassett's Millefiori fabric in the photo below (top right). I think it's important to have an overall look in mind before you start. Otherwise you could just end up with a big mish mash. That's fine if you want that, but many people don't. Like many other people, I used the English Paper Piecing (EPP) method. I know Willyne hand stitched the original quilt when she designed the pattern, but I had no experience with hand stitching, so opted for EPP. I also think in my case the EPP would provide a stronger seam. I'd hate to do all that work and then have it fall apart! I chose acrylic templates with 1/4" seam allowance, and they are fine for me. I strongly recommend acrylic templates for this quilt. They are especially useful if you intend to do fussy cutting. I use glue basting, and Invisafil thread by WonderFil, in two shades of grey. Invisifil thread was recommended to me, and it has been great. It is very fine at 100wt, but also extremely strong. It never breaks! I could have pieced my whole quilt with one reel of this thread. There is so much on each reel. October 2015: half of my la passacaglia quilt - Oct 2015 Here are links to my earlier posts on my la passacaglia quilt: January 2015 April 2015 May 2015 July 2015 - includes my mum's la passacaglia too August 2015 August 2015 - presentation to Capital Quilters October 2015 - half way there November 2015 December 2015 - what to do with the edges? January 2016 - the top is finished January 2016 - how I attached the borders January 2016 - the completed borders May 2016 - Hand quilting my la passacaglia quilt September 2016 - it's finished! June 2017 - I'm a winner at QuiltNSW Sydney Quilt Show before quilting mitered corners I finished hand piecing the top on 14 January 2016, one year and two weeks after starting. I then added borders, and hand quilted it with Aurifil 28wt, in a range of colours. I matched the thread to the fabrics as much as possible because I didn't want to add even more busyness to the quilt. I intend to hang it on the wall once it is finished. basted, but not quilted yet. And below is my mum's la passacaglia quilt. She also used English Paper Piecing and hand quilted her quilt. Mum started her quilt after she saw what I was doing - she caught the bug too. What was going to be a pillow, turned into a whole quilt. In 2016 QuiltMania magazine chose mum's quilt to hang in their exhibition of 20 la passacaglia quilts at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Now they've also chosen it to hang in Pour l'amour du Fil in Nantes, France in April 2017. Well done mum - Joy Hill. I'm so proud of her. by Joy Hill - my mum
Today's quilts include all the quilts I saw in the RMQM exhibit made from patterns by Willyne Hammerstein. Probably the most "famous" pattern of hers is La Passacaglia, which include all the quilts shown here except the second one. A couple of these ladies said this was their first attempt at English Paper Piecing. I'm not sure they could've picked a more difficult pattern! I have this book and the "papers" and have yet to start it. Some of the pieces are very tiny! I love all of these quilts - I think they're just amazing. And the three made from the same pattern are all very unique!
I’ve been in touch with numerous English Paper Piecers working on the La Passacaglia Quilt, and they have all said that getting started was the hardest part. In this post Ill provide a step by step…
It's our winter school holidays here in New Zealand so I've been to visit my Mum and Dad in Auckland for a few days. My sons get 3 weeks of holidays which is a long time in the middle of winter when it's cold and wet. They appreciated a few days in Auckland, even though it wasn't much warmer up there this time. I got to see my mum's progress on her la passacaglia quilt. She's using floral fabrics, so her's will look quite different to mine. These rosettes remind me of the old cups and saucers that people used to use for afternoon tea! Mum has a fair few of those in her china cabinet. We laid my rosettes out next to mum's to imagine we had a whole quilt. Although our styles are quite different, it was nice to see how much of the floor we could cover. I've been working on mine slowly. The next step is to complete the four large rosettes by adding stars around the outside edges. I glue basted the pieces for the stars this week. Tomorrow we're all off to Melbourne for a family holiday. I know it will be cold there too, but we wanted somewhere relatively close that the kids haven't been to before. I've been there quite a few times for work, because the company I worked for had their head office in St Kilda Road. I've got a list of quilt shops to visit and instructions on how to get to them. The males in the family want to go to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) so they can do that too. I want to go to Melbourne Park, the Tennis Centre. The major highlight for them will be going to see Real Madrid play football (soccer) on Saturday night at the MCG. Yesterday I sorted out what I'll work on while we're away. I pulled out this lovely Laura J Perin design that I've had for ages. I've now finally got all the right threads, so I will take it with me. I had to make a little start last night just to be sure I understood the directions. It's going to be lovely. So, please forgive me if I don't get back to you over the next week. Access to the internet will be very limited while we are away. See you next week.
This page is all about my la passacaglia quilt. Some very kind bloggers helped me out when I was considering making this quilt, so I'm putt...
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Kamie Murdock is making a very happy version of the quilt A new EPP phenomenon is happening, and it's interesting to catch it at the beginning, wondering if it will spread or just die. It makes me think of the Dear Jane adventure, as it's like the Way to Compostelle, one step at a time. I'm talking about the phenomenal success of the book Millefiori Quilts by Willyne Hammerstein, available at Quiltmania. The book has French and English instructions inside. There's one quilt in the book, that's particularly popular, it's the Passacaglia Quilt. Its success has especially increased since quilters have started to use very modern fabrics to make it. I'm thinking about Kamie Murdock or Tula Pink, for example. Since it need thousands of pieces and takes forever to make, they are taking the time to extensively blog about it, or post on Instagram, and it's just fascinating!! You can even buy paper pieces, ready to be use, as well as plexy templates to cut the fabric here! Un nouveau phénomène EPP (méthode anglaise) est en train de prendre forme et c'est intéressant de l'observer à ses débuts, en se demandant si cela va se propager ou s'il va disparaître. Cela me fait penser à l'aventure Dear Jane, puisque, comme le Chemin de Compostelle, c'est un pas après l'autre, pour rejoindre un but difficile à atteindre. Je parle du succès phénoménal du livre Millefiori Quilts, de Willyne Hammerstein, disponible chez Quiltmania. Le livre a des instructions en français et ne anglais. Il y a un quilt dans le livre, qui est particulièrement populaire, c'est le quilt La Passacaglia. Son succès a particuliprement augmenté quand des quilters ont commencé à le réaliser avec des tissus modernes. Je pense à Kamie, Murdock, ou Tula Pink, par exemple. Comme cela nécessite des milliers de pièces et que ça prend une éternité à réaliser, elles ont le temps d'écrire le processus en détail sur leur blog ou sur Instagram, et c'est tout simplement fascinant! Tulla Pink with her La Passacaglia project in the background as seen on Elisabeth Maxson's site Sharon Burgess is almost there! If you feel like starting one, just read that, and make sure you understand how much energy you'll need to invest! Si vous vous sentez attiré par ce projet, ne manquez pas de lire cet article, afin de bien saisir la quantité d'énergie qu'il faudra investir! Cathy from Eagles Wings, Canada writes a report every week Izy Denham's quilt I think one of the reasons of the success of that quilt is that it uses mostly pentagons, giving the allover design a more spiky, lively look, than if it was made of mostly hexagons. You can even buy paper pieces, ready to be use, as well as plexy templates to cut the fabric here! Je pense qu'une des raisons du succès de ce quilt vient du fait qu'il utilise en majorité des pentagones, donnant au dessin général un air plus pointu, plus vivant que si il était réalisé avec une majorité d'hexagones Vous pouvez également acheter des papiers prêts à l'emploi, ainsi que des gabarits en plexiglas ici! More on the Passacaglia: http://www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com/downloads/la-passacaglia-quilt http://mackandmabel.blogspot.ch/2015/05/la-passacaglia-my-process.html http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/2014/11/la-passacaglia-quilt-pattern.html
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I mentioned in my QuiltCon blog post that I intend to begin a La Passacaglia quilt. Naturally, I’ve begun with more research than can help me actually do the work and make the quilt. I thought I’d …
Playing Again I have been taking over the Dinning Table again for another fussy cutting session. and have completed a filler block for the side and another Rosette. This time I have taken some photos of the fabric I have cut from as I get asked for this quite often. The downside of this project. What goes in, must come out. Especially when you start to run out of papers. Hugs Sharon You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here
This week I started hand quilting my la passacaglia quilt. Of course there are many different methods to hand quilt, but this is what I've decided to do. Some people have machine quilted their la pa
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I’ve been in touch with numerous English Paper Piecers working on the La Passacaglia Quilt, and they have all said that getting started was the hardest part. In this post Ill provide a step by step…
I mentioned in my QuiltCon blog post that I intend to begin a La Passacaglia quilt. Naturally, I’ve begun with more research than can help me actually do the work and make the quilt. I thought I’d …
Kamie Murdock is making a very happy version of the quilt A new EPP phenomenon is happening, and it's interesting to catch it at the beginning, wondering if it will spread or just die. It makes me think of the Dear Jane adventure, as it's like the Way to Compostelle, one step at a time. I'm talking about the phenomenal success of the book Millefiori Quilts by Willyne Hammerstein, available at Quiltmania. The book has French and English instructions inside. There's one quilt in the book, that's particularly popular, it's the Passacaglia Quilt. Its success has especially increased since quilters have started to use very modern fabrics to make it. I'm thinking about Kamie Murdock or Tula Pink, for example. Since it need thousands of pieces and takes forever to make, they are taking the time to extensively blog about it, or post on Instagram, and it's just fascinating!! You can even buy paper pieces, ready to be use, as well as plexy templates to cut the fabric here! Un nouveau phénomène EPP (méthode anglaise) est en train de prendre forme et c'est intéressant de l'observer à ses débuts, en se demandant si cela va se propager ou s'il va disparaître. Cela me fait penser à l'aventure Dear Jane, puisque, comme le Chemin de Compostelle, c'est un pas après l'autre, pour rejoindre un but difficile à atteindre. Je parle du succès phénoménal du livre Millefiori Quilts, de Willyne Hammerstein, disponible chez Quiltmania. Le livre a des instructions en français et ne anglais. Il y a un quilt dans le livre, qui est particulièrement populaire, c'est le quilt La Passacaglia. Son succès a particuliprement augmenté quand des quilters ont commencé à le réaliser avec des tissus modernes. Je pense à Kamie, Murdock, ou Tula Pink, par exemple. Comme cela nécessite des milliers de pièces et que ça prend une éternité à réaliser, elles ont le temps d'écrire le processus en détail sur leur blog ou sur Instagram, et c'est tout simplement fascinant! Tulla Pink with her La Passacaglia project in the background as seen on Elisabeth Maxson's site Sharon Burgess is almost there! If you feel like starting one, just read that, and make sure you understand how much energy you'll need to invest! Si vous vous sentez attiré par ce projet, ne manquez pas de lire cet article, afin de bien saisir la quantité d'énergie qu'il faudra investir! Cathy from Eagles Wings, Canada writes a report every week Izy Denham's quilt I think one of the reasons of the success of that quilt is that it uses mostly pentagons, giving the allover design a more spiky, lively look, than if it was made of mostly hexagons. You can even buy paper pieces, ready to be use, as well as plexy templates to cut the fabric here! Je pense qu'une des raisons du succès de ce quilt vient du fait qu'il utilise en majorité des pentagones, donnant au dessin général un air plus pointu, plus vivant que si il était réalisé avec une majorité d'hexagones Vous pouvez également acheter des papiers prêts à l'emploi, ainsi que des gabarits en plexiglas ici! More on the Passacaglia: http://www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com/downloads/la-passacaglia-quilt http://mackandmabel.blogspot.ch/2015/05/la-passacaglia-my-process.html http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/2014/11/la-passacaglia-quilt-pattern.html
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"La Passacaglia" The journey continues with three more Rosettes. A closer look at the fussy cutting, which I am finding highly addictive and personally I am loving the results. And in the grand scheme of things this is where I am at. I have not touched another project since starting this project. Guess that can only confirm that the addiction that is "The La Passacaglia" continues. Thanks for popping by. hugs Sharon You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here
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