My latest kaleidoscope quilt is pinned, ready to be quilted. Kaleidoscope with Tulips Last month, Linda of Koka quilts and I chatted about the effect of fabric choices on the kaleidsoscope. She used a soft tan plaid in all her corners. Don't you just want to snuggle up in hers? Maureen at Mystic Quilter is making another lovely variation with four strip sets in each wedge. Mine is much louder. To get in the mood, I chose three different focus fabrics. In addition to the Zandra Rhodes fabric, I used these two: a diamond print and a psychedelic wave pattern. {Sorry I forgot to take photos when I had yardage instead of remnants. Some day I may learn.} The wave is called Cool School by Maria Kalinowski. {That's all I can read on the selvedge.} Two of three focus fabrics used in this kaleidoscope These happy, colorful fabrics come from different lines because I do NOT want them to match exactly. Using multiple foci widens the "acceptable color range." Once the focus fabrics are spread across the floor, I toss any possibilities on top. The new fabrics don't need to match all of them. In fact, all they need to do is work with one and "not make me sick." {And I have a strong stomach.} Some look fantastic while others are just okay. I do think about the value range and pull fabrics across that spectrum. I haven't seen a single live butterfly this month. Have you? QS sent me a photo she took last summer. Monarch Butterfly by QS Lisa Boni translated her own monarch with stump work and added it to a small, ornamental pincushion. As always, her work is gorgeous. There's still another day to join the February Ad Hoc Improv Quilters linkup. Enjoy the day, Ann InLinkz linkup removed because it was hacked.
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"Circle of Life" earned Lisa McCarthy of East Kingston, NH an Exceptional Merit Purple Ribbon (that means the quilt earned 98, 99 or 100 points on the scale of 1 to 100). Lisa writes in her description, "I love the use of bright bold colors. When I saw this pattern by Jacqueline de Jonge, I added it to my 'must-do' list. I had fun playing with the color layout and it went together like a dream. Many thanks to long-arm maching quilter Carrie Zizza, whose vision and artistic flare are amazing." On the right is "Prism" by Linda Pearl of Nashua, NH. (I'm sorry that I did not get a better photo.) Here is Linda's description, "It is an interpretation of Flying Geese, with a modern layout and quilting scheme. This came from my desire to play with a bright palette. It is the second in a series I am currently working on. Quilted on a home machine." Karen Viega's "Really? What was I thinking?" earned her a First Place Blue Ribbon. From East Bridgewater, MA, Karen writes, "My quilt guild challenge for spring was Fall in Love with Color. We each chose a photo whose colors we wanted to work with, and then interpreted those colors into the design. I came up with this foundation pieced rainbow log cabin variation. 3700 pieced later, I thought to myself, "Really? What was I thinking?" Quilted on a home machine. "Whoosh!" Deborah Rouse's Third Place Ribbon winning quilt caught my eye for not only the bargello factor, but also for the awesome antique buttons. She writes, "A fun bargello quilt using my stash of fabrics and new and vintage buttons! Inspired by a quilt designed by Nancy Altsman of Black Cat Creations. A class by Karen Dever at the Village Quilter in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Quilted on a home machine." Below is Margot Cohen of Cedarhurst, NY's "Field of Flowers." This Third Place Yellow Ribbon quilt is described by the maker in this way, "I fell in love with hexagons thirty years ago when I took my first quilting class. Since then I have made many hex quilts. My late husband told me I could have any quilt I wanted as long as "I made it." I saw a picture of this quilt and just had to have it, so I made it. It is hand quilted." Below from the Instructor's Showcase comes Karen Eckmeier's "Random Rose Garden." She describes it like this, "Based on the words "finding center"-- this quilt was inspired by a hand drumming workshop. Each block was supposed to be an individual drum beat, but it turned into a garden instead!" Instructor Kimberly Einmo's "Fire and Ice." She writes, "Fire and Ice is a variation of my original design called Lone Starburst. I wanted to create a vibrant, modern interpretation of the more traditional Lone Starburst pattern; giving it a fresh update with streamlined, simple techniques. There are no set-in seams used in the construction of this quilt! This quilt has won several national awards including Best Modern Quilt at AQS Quilt Week 2014 in Chattanooga, TN. Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts did the exquisite machine quilting." Finally, contestant Lee Sproull of Leeds, MA entered this "Cubic Kaleidoscope" and earned a Third Place Yellow Ribbon. Lee writes, "Bright colors swirl around lively red centers. Quilted on a home machine." Dedication: In the middle of this year's Vermont Quilt Festival, as I was trying hard to absorb all the colors, all the people, all the techniques and all the gorgeous art in this amazing show, I learned that my sister and her girlfriend of many years will be married next June. I was then overwhelmed with joy to know that they too will have all the love, security, and legal benefits which come with marriage. Therefore, I dedicate this post to my sister Liz and to Jeanne in the name of LOVE, of support, and of all that is truly rainbow bright and beautiful!
All done and the binding will be in the gray border fabric. I think the neat thing about a Kaleidoscope quilt is that you have to look at it a moment and then the circles begin to appear. I always love a scrappy value quilt, both making them and seeing them :) Pictures and comments in Piecing 2012 Set 1.
Kaleidoscope XXVII: September 11, 2002 I caught an exhibit of quilts by Paula Nadelstern on the last hour of the last day it was up, J...
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Fussy cutting fabric is a great way to create new designs, repeats and kaleidoscope effects when piecing. Toby Lischko shows you how it’s done.
Collection of the New England Quilt Museum From the Massachusetts project and the Quilt Index a celebration of buff and blue, the fashionable fabrics of the 1840s. The block is sashed with a dress fabric stripe and bordered in a floral chintz. http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=1D-FC-4F2 The pattern is easy to identify: BlockBase 2704 Jonathan Holstein found an example from the early 20th century, possibly in Pennsylvania, which he published under the name Kaleidoscope in the early 1970s and that is probably the name most of us would give it. Earlier names include Semi-Octagon from the Household Journal, which may be the earliest publication, early 20th century. Carrie Hall published it as Semi-Octagon in her 1935 book. Here's her block in the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art. Hall was a great seamstress. I bet she took pride in getting those 8 seams to meet in the center. The Nancy Page pattern column called it Octagons in 1934. It's odd that there is no earlier publication as there are earlier quilts and blocks. Here's someone's pattern block from 1875-1890 or so. Early 20th century, from the Indiana Project Gertrude Andrews Jones Same time from the Michigan project These may have been inspired by the Household Journal design. Mrs. J.W. Dickinson of Tulsa sent her design for Parquetry to the Kansas City Star, published in 1950. She thought the skinny triangles should be striped. The Rhode Island project found this one by Edith Wood Chamillard. The overall set adds a good deal of complexity to the design. Her use of pink and red triangles in the corners shows some thought in her arrangement. The quilt in the Holstein collection shows the same set. I remember seeing this in 1971 or so and being quite impressed. with the secondary stars created with the right shading.... Ebay crib quilt, last quarter 20th century. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. Print this out 8-1/2" x 11 and you'll have a pattern for a 12 inch block. It's easy enough to make and there are some interesting shading possibilities. The only flaw: Those 8 center seams. Mid-20th-century Collection of Marti Michell Of course you can always pop a circle over that busy intersection. That looks like what is going on here in this one. Marti has a pattern in her book Kaleidoscope ABC's And many people would just cut with a ruler today--- no pattern necessary.
Paula Nadelstern camouflages seams in her kaleidoscope quilts by matching background colors, making the seam lines vanish into the quilt.
All done and the binding will be in a pink 1930's reproduction print. Pleased with the way these blocks blended! Pictures & comments in Piecing 2016 Set 2.
Whether You Go Simple or Complex, Stitching is Easier Than You Might Think! Kaleidoscope quilts are so interesting because many effects can be achieved from one simple block. While these quilts look like they have curves, there is no curved piecing involved. It’s all an illusion! Careful placement of neutral triangles (white, in this case) …
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made using the Kaleidoscope pattern from Don't Call Me Betsy
Here we go with more quilts from Quilt Market 2012 in Houston. Its a HUGE exhibition by the way. I am only covering quilts that catch my eye first time through each section as I only had a chance …
All done and the binding will be in the light pink used for half the corners. These strip pieced kaleidoscope blocks turn out so differently depending on where you use your contrast. For this top, I've used low contrast for the corners and also kept the three fabrics in each wedge either light or dark instead of mixing them, so the light circles show up a lot. Pictures & comments in Piecing 2015 Set 2.
All done and the binding will be in the companion striped fabric, cut on the bias. Always love the kaleidoscope circles! Pictures & comments in Piecing 2016 Set 2.
