Miss C owns a brick and mortar yarn and quilting fabric
store. She stocks the entire line of
amy butler - well I guess that's not technically correct, the carries the complete older lines, she doesn't have the full line of the new stuff. Anyway - click on the link to her blog and you'll see that she just got some new fabric delivered.
She is a quilter at heart and a sock knitter. Anyway - I left a smart comment about how quilting cottons are so much more useful than for just quilts. I mean seriously people - think outside the box. That lead to a phone call which evolved into a discussion of the fact that I have in fact sampled the quilting bug. This is by far my favorite quilt top. It's only a top as it isn't quilted. And while you can't tell from the photo - it's huge! Bigger than king size. It's a top that I made in a class and actually finished. I has 12 different fabrics from dark to light. I went from white to a dark rose.
Here's a close up of the center of the quilt. The blocks tessellate (meaning they are all the same, just rotated to fit together). This was a fairly easy pattern to sew and it is all straight seams and nothing was 'inset.' I had remembered last night that it was assembled in straight rows, but looking at it I can tell I was wrong - it was assembled in diagonal rows. There are 2 blocks that repeat throughout the quilt. The large (3") solid square which is then surrounded by 4 little 4 patches. The strategic placement of colors in the 4 patches create the elongated "X" for lack of a better description.
So, why do the neighbors think I'm crazy? Well at 7:10 this morning I was walking around the yard in my robe. Abby was in the front with me and we were looking for a place to hang the quilt so I could get a photo of most of it. The neighbors where on their deck having morning coffee. They already love our yard - I'm sure they will enjoy the quilt all day. See - when I threw it over the arbor, I didn't completely unfold it and when I tried to pull it down - it got stuck on the cross bar! So - it will stay there until I drag a ladder out to get it down.
So - in the end I have made a few quilt tops, but I don't enjoy it. I have a hard time matching fabrics. I agonize over it, questioning every choice. I don't enjoy putting the blocks together and obviously I have no desire to finish them. I would much rather take a beautiful piece of quilting cotton and make a skirt or pillowcases!
Miss C owns a brick and mortar yarn and quilting fabric store. She stocks the entire line of amy butler - well I guess that's not technically correct, the carries the complete older lines, she doesn't have the full line of the new stuff. Anyway - click on the link to her blog and you'll see that she just got some new fabric delivered.
She is a quilter at heart and a sock knitter. Anyway - I left a smart comment about how quilting cottons are so much more useful than for just quilts. I mean seriously people - think outside the box. That lead to a phone call which evolved into a discussion of the fact that I have in fact sampled the quilting bug. This is by far my favorite quilt top. It's only a top as it isn't quilted. And while you can't tell from the photo - it's huge! Bigger than king size. It's a top that I made in a class and actually finished. I has 12 different fabrics from dark to light. I went from white to a dark rose.
Here's a close up of the center of the quilt. The blocks tessellate (meaning they are all the same, just rotated to fit together). This was a fairly easy pattern to sew and it is all straight seams and nothing was 'inset.' I had remembered last night that it was assembled in straight rows, but looking at it I can tell I was wrong - it was assembled in diagonal rows. There are 2 blocks that repeat throughout the quilt. The large (3") solid square which is then surrounded by 4 little 4 patches. The strategic placement of colors in the 4 patches create the elongated "X" for lack of a better description.
So, why do the neighbors think I'm crazy? Well at 7:10 this morning I was walking around the yard in my robe. Abby was in the front with me and we were looking for a place to hang the quilt so I could get a photo of most of it. The neighbors where on their deck having morning coffee. They already love our yard - I'm sure they will enjoy the quilt all day. See - when I threw it over the arbor, I didn't completely unfold it and when I tried to pull it down - it got stuck on the cross bar! So - it will stay there until I drag a ladder out to get it down.
So - in the end I have made a few quilt tops, but I don't enjoy it. I have a hard time matching fabrics. I agonize over it, questioning every choice. I don't enjoy putting the blocks together and obviously I have no desire to finish them. I would much rather take a beautiful piece of quilting cotton and make a skirt or pillowcases!
That's very pretty. I'm sure your neighbors will enjoy the change of scenery.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chan; the neighbors will enjoy the change of scenery. As long as you don't do a cartoon routine and tip the ladder and arbor in slow motion, it won't do any lasting harm.
ReplyDeleteI made one quilt once, for my mother in law's 80th birthday, but it was giant blocks, each containing a photo from her life. It was a pain in the guess where, and I don't plan on quilting again soon. Quilt fabrics make nice bedskirts for college dorms, matching table throws so a traveling box becomes a table, pillows, and, of course, wonderful, swishy skirts. We can both agree on that one!
That said, this quilt top is really pretty!
I wouldn't mind looking at the beauteous quilt all day! Pretty!
ReplyDelete*ahem* I fail to see how your foray into tent-making qualifies as quilting, but from what I see in the photos, you are an above-average patchworker! It's gorgeous, MissG, really. Shall we send it off to be made into a useful bedroom adornment? C
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt- the colors are great! I'm definately a quilter and got bitten by the bug again this summer when I took an online quilting class in bargello. So now I'm torn between sewing clothes and quilting. I need more time! Lol - just like we all do. Oh - I also started knitting a little last winter and made 3 scarfs. I would love to make a sweater next but I'm not sure where to start.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'm sure the neighbors enjoyed the quilt. I know I would.
Susan
Maybe Bonnie will quilt it for you. I have been reading her site now for a year or so irregularly. She is an awesome and obsessive (in a nice way)quilter. Just found out she wrote a book which has been sold out...and I missed it, can't believe it!!!!BUT, she is getting more in.
ReplyDeleteHere is her URL:
http://www.quiltville.com/bedquilts.shtml
I am really not affiliated with her in any way, just love her blog and she just seems so very nice!
Heather