Posted in WorksInProgress, tagged spiral, work in progress, yellow on March 13, 2011| 4 Comments »
love, Love, LOVE!
The top of my spiral quilt is finished, I’m still in love. I need to get a backing together, then I’m sending it out to a long-arm quilter, this is just too big for my little machine.
And, I’m working on a version of this quilt as a pattern – my first.
Posted in Quilts, WorksInProgress, tagged logcabin, modern, quilt, spiral, work in progress, yellow on February 18, 2011| 5 Comments »
I have a stack of other projects demanding my attention, but I’m busily sewing spiral blocks instead. I’ve got a good stack now, and even though the (full size) quilt will be far bigger than my design wall, I’ve stuck some of the the blocks up there, pretty much just so that I can admire them.
I just love this quilt.
Posted in WorksInProgress, tagged patchwork, process, quilt, work in progress, yellow on February 9, 2011| 7 Comments »
I don’t usually go through quite this much “process” before I start sewing, but since I did, I thought I’d share the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat… or something less melodramatic.
I had an idea, the other day – you can make spirals more or less the same way as a log cabin block. And, I think “spiral” is my favorite shape. So I started sketching, and then (unusual for me – but useful in this instance) moved to the drawing program on my computer, and I got this far (there ae a bunch of un-colored in spirals that are hard to see):
And I looked at it, and I loved it, and I wanted it, and I started imagining it on my bed. I even have a stack of fabric that’s been sitting, waiting for just the right project. Love!
And then I looked at it again, and cursed. Quilters, notice how nicely my curlicue’s fit together in a lovely organic, non-linear arrangement then, notice how my beloved design contains about a million and two inset seams, and no clear way to assemble the blocks. Drat!
*sigh* back to the drawing board, err, program. A snow-day later, and much adjusting of block placement and sewing line drawing , I’ve got a design that I can actually sew, if not the neatest mock-up:
Not sew in a neat grid, mind you, but I did figure out a way to split it into manageable sections with reasonable seams. (the blue boxes) Victory!
And started cutting:
(please ignore the somewhat strange lighting: winter light + red room = weird photos)
I’ll show you more once I have some actual blocks to share: I can’t wait to see them myself.
Posted in WorksInProgress, tagged solids, work in progress on January 11, 2011| 6 Comments »
Posted in Machine Quilting, Pillows, WorksInProgress, tagged gift, modern, pillow, quilting, work in progress on December 18, 2010| 4 Comments »
This is the inside of the front of an quilted pillow Christmas present. I was trimming in up before I add the backing, and couldn’t resist a few pictures of the rows of quilting on the plain cotton
Concentric squares of quilting are kind of a pain on larger projects, but still one of my favorite things.
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I’ll post pictures of the front as soon as I get the pillow finished, and photos taken (tricky, lately, with so little sunlight) I gave away the quilt that this pillow goes with, before I could get a picture of it, so this time I’m determined.
Posted in WorksInProgress, tagged fussy.cut, patchwork, solids, square in square, work in progress on October 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This quilt spent the better part of a month on the design wall waiting for a decision about the border color. I finally decided on a leaf green border, and a soft yellow for the background. Both kona solids, to compliment the solids in the blocks.
As you can see, it’s bordered, sandwiched, basted and well on it’s way to being finished. The quilting is bands of organic lines in the white sashing, and a square around each of the fussy-cuts.
Posted in block, tagged block, blue, patchwork, work in progress on October 9, 2010| 2 Comments »
Finally getting back to some sewing – no particular plan though, just a block.
I started this for a gift that I ended up taking in another direction, but decided to finish the block anyways (I’m trying to work through, instead of adding to, my WIP/UFO pile). A pillow? a mini? Not sure, but that’s what a 3 day weekend is for.
Posted in WorksInProgress, tagged block, patchwork, scrap, work in progress on October 7, 2010| 1 Comment »
There’s something so satisfying about these projects. Just sew a pair of squares together to keep from cutting the threads while you’re doing something else – suddenly you’ve got an apple green patchwork block.
A few of them, and you’ve got a table runner. (Magic!)
Posted in UFO's, tagged block, disappearing nine patch, quilt, UFO, work in progress on September 14, 2010| 3 Comments »
Anyone else have these projects?
I made the blocks months and months ago, periodically I take them out, think “I really should finish this”, look at them, arrange them indifferently on the design wall, but don’t get quite inspired/ambitious enough to actually sew them together.
Design Wall with D9P mid-August 2010
Sometimes I audition sashings — a pretty light blue this time — or try different arrangements, but I just packed these blocks back up and tossed them into the basket where UFO’s live for another few months.
Maybe next time they’ll get assembled …
Posted in Fabric, Inspiration, Quilts, Swaps and Bees, WorksInProgress, tagged fabric, fresh modern bee II, solids, work in progress on September 12, 2010| 6 Comments »
I doubt I’m alone in this, but I’ve been thinking about solids alot lately. 
My “Daydreaming” quilt – inspired by City Quilts – still needs to be quilted – but I’ve been doodling more solids quilt ideas on envelop backs and the like. And, then, look what landed in my mail box for my Fresh Modern Bee II – some gorgeous colors and some black and white dots.
And, did you know there’s a group on flickr that’s all solid quilts ? Here are a few inspiring examples:
(Click through to flickr for the links to individual photos)
bibliophile1.etsy.com
I’m reading…
PioneerValleyGirl 