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This
is a sample quilt I made for a new technique I have been teaching for foundation paper
piecing. I have always hated the teeny tiny stitches required and the endless
peeling of paper at the end. Well, I managed to eliminate both of those annoying
things and so I needed to make something to test my technique and this is it. Willow's show and tell.
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My new sewing partner. This came in my Mother's Day box. Isn't she something? Dottie |
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Bert has been the busiest this month I think!!!
...quilting and doll making!
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The table runner is a result of a guild challenge. Fat quarters of the
lime green with red and yellow teapots were handed out a couple of months ago. As much
as I like bright fabrics, it was the combination that made this fabric a challenge.
I finally threw caution to the wind and put the Mary Englebreit black with floral and
a red with gold stars* with it. I compromised the boldness with a subdued and
elegant fabric on the back, LOL. We unveiled our creations at our last guild
meeting. About twenty projects were shown and they could not have been more
different. Some of them cleverly disguised the fabric by making yoyos, or fussy
cutting the teapots for appliqué, or doing some heavy quilting over the green areas. (*The red with gold stars is the fabric I used in the recent RCMP comfort block.) |
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The doll was made in a class. Yep, one session - start to finish!
She is from a pattern by Jill Maas in NZ. I will give the doll to my sister for
Christmas. My sister has dark blonde hair past her waist, so that is how I made
the doll, too. The resemblance really ends there, so I hope she doesn't hit me
when she gets it, LOL. My sister does live, eat, and breathe golf, so I need to
find a small golf charm to add as a brooch or necklace. |
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The daytime guild I belong to had a challenge where you put your name
and two yards of fabric (one or more pieces) into a brown bag and exchanged it for
another brown bag. The only guidelines were that you make a quilt top and you try to
keep it a secret from the originator; you had six months to complete the top, then it
went back to whomever supplied the fabric. You could add fabric if you wanted. The
fabric I received was a real challenge -- three pieces of purple with grays plus a
black and white rose print. The rose print finally became the outer border with a
small accent strip of black to separate it from the rest of the fabrics and I was
happy with that result. Some of the fabrics look like solids in the photo, but they
just "read as solids." |
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The quilt top I got from my two fabrics is nothing short of amazing.
The gal who got my name knows who I am, but doesn't know me very well. Son of a gun if
she didn't choose a birdhouse theme! She added fabrics. She appliquéd birds, vines,
and lettering. She pieced a variety of blocks. And her note said she wasn't much of a
quilter! Even getting the photo is a funny story. I wanted a good shot of it so Dave
suggested clothespinning it to the rain gutter. Hmmm, so I cleaned a long stretch of
the rain gutter, but I was still nervous about clipping it up there, so I got out the
Press n Seal and wrapped the gutter before pinning my quilt up there. I sure hope none
of the neighbors saw me, LOL. The day was very cloudy which made for good, even,
shadow-free lighting.
(Smoky notes... what we go thru to protect out quilts!) |
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