One of the students in my ESL class is an amazing artist. Her favorite motif is repeating shapes, often with a geometric arrangement. Several times over the last two years, she made bookmarks for every other student in the class, each featuring a unique design! This spring, she presented me with this piece: Beautiful, right!!!! And it is only 5" x 6"! She knows that I am a quilter (we have shared our work with each other), so she said she hoped I could make a quilt based on this design. Challenge accepted! The first thing to take note of is this: Clearly there are 12 wedges (thus, each must be 30 degrees). At first sight, it appears that it is the same segment repeated 12 times. But look again closely. If we start at the top middle and go clockwise, you can see that the odd sections (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) are slightly different from the even ones! If you still can't see it, look at the shape of the black "triangles". The best way to create such wedges, with their crazy angles and small pieces, is with the paper piecing technique. That meant I would need to create a pattern for the 6 odd-numbered wedges and a slightly different pattern for the 6 even-numbered wedges. Her design of each wedge initially appears to be very simple. Some stripes and rectangles and lines. How to translate this into fabric? I used this design as a starting point. No way would I try to find fabrics with the exact patterns on her drawing. Trying to do so and getting them in complementary colors would be a fool's errand. So, I would have to use fabrics that gave the same feel or appearance as the original. How big to make it? Obviously, having a finished quilt at 5" x 6" is somewhat foolish (unless you're decorating a doll house), and to do a paper pieces one of that size would be next to impossible. I did some rough calculations and came up with a workable length of about 11" for the longer edges (the left side of the odd pieces!); the edges of the odd pieces are a little shorter. The outer background could then be whatever extra size would make sense overall. This would give a total size of about 22" x 24". Once I made that decision, the next question was how much of her design should I try to replicate? Since each wedge was fairly small and made up of a number of pieces, I had to eliminate some of the smaller details. So I took a copy of her original, and, using paper scraps to "edit" and drawing in some revised lines, I came up with a design that could be done in cloth. Since each wedge is made up of several different fabrics, the total amount of any particular one is very small (less than an eighth of a yard). At that point, it just made sense to use fabrics I had in my stash. The original is blue, and blue is my favorite color, so naturally I have the most fabrics in that color. But try as I might, I could not find the right ones to work here. 😒 The greens seemed like the next best candidate, and yes! I found just the right mix of colors and patterns. Everything was falling into place! Next I went to the local copy shop to make a full-sized enlargement. 400x ought to do it: I then used special paper-piecing paper to trace each odd and even segment. Then I had to cut each of those into the sub-sections. For example: there might be A1 and A2 as one subset in an Odd wedge; B1, B2, B3 as another. Then draw the seam allowance around each and mark each sub-piece with an identifier for the correct fabric. Then make a final copy (actually 6 of each) for the odds and evens. Next: putting it together. It was just a matter of sewing each sub-section together, then sewing Set A to Set B, etc., then sew the wedges together. One difficult part was the white outer background. These parts were not included as part of the wedge since: a) it would have been too big to fit on one sheet of paper, and b) each white area is a little different based on which wedge (1 - 12) it is attached to. So after making each wedge, I just added a large piece of white in roughly the shape needed. Then I trimmed them to fit. Looking back now, it would just have been better to add large white triangles (and the strips on the sides) after each 3-wedge group had been sewn together (fewer background seams that way). I also decided to put a thin green border which echoed the thin fabric strips in the wedges. Quilting was minimal: ditch quilting on the 12 wedge seams using clear monofilament thread. Then a ditch of white thread in the background - border seam. Finally, I wrapped it canvas-style around wooden stretcher bars. It's now ready for hanging. Hopefully, this does justice to the original. I will be gifting this piece to my artist-student-friend. But you may have noticed that this quilt does not yet have a name. I asked her what she called her original piece and she said there was no title for it. We tried to think of a name, but couldn't come up with one. So I am asking my loyal followers to submit their suggestion (either as a blog comment or directly to my email). We will pick the best one and then I will give her the quilt (and update this post). Thanks to all who submitted name suggestions. As you can see, the winner was "QFL". What does that mean? Quilting as a First Language! Because art is the language that all people speak and understand.
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olá meninas ( os ) ! essa nana foi para Isabela, uma nenê linda,nascida no dia 20 de janeiro. quis fugir da mesmice do Granny comum,então usei o ponto Tijolinhos gostei do resultado,achei mais leve e delicado. fiz um gráfico sobre a foto mostrando os cantos,pois o ponto sei que é conhecido de todas; mas conheço outras formas de fazer os cantos,então deixei como teci este... sem grandes novidades,muito simples e rápido de tecer. Receita da coelhinha: Linha Bela ag. 2,5 Para a cabeça: 1- 8 pb no círculo mágico 2- 2 pb em cada pb (16) 3 - 1 pb,1aum... (24) 4 - 1 pb em cada pb ( s/ aum) (24) 5 - 2 pb,1aum... (32) 6 - 3 pb,1aum... (40) 7 - 1 pb em cada pb ( s/aum)(40) 8 - 4pb,1 aum... (48) 09 a 13 - sem aumnento - os olhinhos são presos na 12ª carr. com 12 pontos entre eles 14 - 4pb,1dim... (40) 15 - 1 pb em cada pb ( s/ dim)(40) 16 - 3pb,1dim... (32) 17 - 2 pb,1dim...(24) - encher 18 - 1 pb em cada pb ( s/dim)(24) 19 - 1 pb,1dim...(16) 20 - 2 pbj em todos os pontos (08) fechar os 08 pontos restantes com agulha de tapeçaria,deixando um fio longo para prendê-la à nana. Para as orelhas longas 6 pb em um círculo mágico 1 - 2pb em cada pb (aum )(12) 2 - 1 pb,1aum...(18) 3 - s/aum (18) 4 - 2 pb,1aum...(24) 5 - 3 pb, aum...(30) 6 a 16 - s/ aum (10 carr)(30) 17 - 4 pb,1dim...(25) 18 a 20 s/dim (25) 21 - 3pb,1dim...(16) 22 a 28 s/dim (7 carr)(16) arremate deixando um fio longo para costurar. Legenda aum = aumento dim = diminuição 2pbj = 2 pontos baixos juntos = diminuição pb = pontos baixos prenda as orelhas à cabeça mais ou menos na 9ª ou 10ª carr com mais ou menos 21 pts entre elas (à partir dos olhos conte mais 5 pts indo para trás). borde um narizinho entre os olhos. É isso meninas(os),sem grandes dificuldades um beijo grande a todas (os) e um ótimo final de semana se Deus quiser com chuva,não demais é claro!! rrss
2014 Bloggers' Quilt Festival entry in the Applique category The quilt is 80x100 and is all fused and machine appliqued with hand embroidered details. Here are a few detail shots: Visit here to see all the quilts in the 'contest' and vote: Amy's Creative Side When you get to Amy's site, please scroll down to the link to Applique entries and vote.. Your vote for Woodland Creatures is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
A nine fish version of my original "Swimmies" fish quilt pattern. Quilt copyright Lisa Boyer 2008 Quilt pattern can be found at www.lisaboyer.com
Yesterday, Christine and I took a drive to Winter Wheat in Sparta. I went last fall with my cousin (see October 29 post). Last fall they were getting ready for Christmas and they had many Christmas themed stuff, so it was nice to go in the summer and see more garden stuff! It is run by folk artist Lucy Ogletree and her husband Mike. The small farm consists of their storybook home and a rustic house that is the main shop, plus some quaint little buildings: 2 tea rooms and a shed for the goats, all resting in a grove of huge pine trees. Sprinkled throughout the grove are a few picnic tables and giant wooden, whimsical folk sculptures, see above: the tea lady and her flowers made of teacups and teapots and below: the angel with the Robert Frost poem on her wings. I've finished the Robyn Pandolph applique!!! It still has to be quilted. Here is the thank you postcard I made for our friends in Michigan. They are crazy about tropical fish. I remembered there was an advertising in a magazine for a simple tropical fish quilt. Of course, could I find that ad??!!No! Then I thought, maybe I could draw it from memory. When I started drawing it I remembered it was only 2 triangles who needs a pattern for that! Scissors and scraps, that's all one needs! Beads for eyes. So may I present my tiny liberated fish! Here's the back: There was no fusing in this postcard, just regular quilting stuff: patchwork, batting, and muslin. I didn't even trim off the batting, looks kind of like an aquarium, this way. Still don't trust the post office with this and it went wrapped with a gift.
My family is very prolific. My daughter and a niece had babies in December. Two nieces (Sisters!) are due on March 3rd, and a fifth niece is due in June. This will make 18 great grandchildren for my mom from 13 grandchildren. Needless to say, lots of baby quilts have been needed. My latest finish is the baby quilt for one of the babies due March 3rd. He's a boy. :) This quilt was made with one of Elizabeth Hartman's' patterns and was fun to make. I had not used one of her patterns before and can see more in my future. I was going to quilt it with a grid design, but Ann at Straythreads suggested using leaves. I loved this idea and that's how it was quilted. These guys have their food and shelter right there and are ready for this little guy to be born soon. Onto the next baby quilt! I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today. Happy Quilting!
Rainbow fishes - pillow top for my friend
It was all sewing, all the time yesterday. If you check yesterday's post, you can see the stuff I worked on in the morning...mainly, hand-stitching, but also a completed block for the Live, Love, Teach quilt. I took a short break for lunch, and then went hard at it until after 5:30 finishing up the last three blocks for: When the day started, I was three months behind on the "Cats of a Different Color" quilt. I needed a brown cat for October: and a green cat for November. November's color was supposed to be a bright green, but I'd already done a bright green cat earlier in the year. This time, I chose an olive green. There was no "official" color for December, and so I took a look at the cats I already had and decided lavender was a good choice. And now I have 12 cats for my quilt. Did you know that one of the collective nouns for a group of cats is a "glaring"? With that in mind, here's the whole glaring for my quilt: Now I need to decide how to set it and choose some fabrics. That will have to wait because there are other finished groups of blocks ahead of the felines. Are you participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2016? This morning I updated the button in my right side bar, but I selected my pattern long ago. This is the Happy Campers pattern from Sew 4 Fun available as a digital download on Craftsy. "Now why did she choose that?" I can hear you asking. I'm considering how many blocks to make. I might make the blocks smaller and make more of them...perhaps two per month...or I might make them larger and make just 12. I'll decide when I do the first one. For today, I'm going to continue on with my binding and my embroidery. Having spent the entire day in the sewing room yesterday, it seems like a good day for kitchen fun. For one thing, I'm going to indulge my inner sugar fiend and make the annual batch of Divinity, a candy I believe was perfectly named. After that...who knows. Kitchen or sewing? Kitchen or sewing? It's a difficult choice.
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