I can't believe I've just typed that heading! When I made the block for January 1st 2016 I could not have imagined the journey this quilt would have taken me on. So make yourselves comfortable and grab a cup of tea, because this blog post may get lengthy! I'd seen the 365 Quilt Challenge on Facebook. I think every quilter on Facebook must have been aware of it. Loads of my friends had signed up and it kept popping up as a "Page you might like" thing. In the end, in November 2015, I joined the group, had a poke round. Decided it wasn't for me. One of the things that really put me off were the fabric requirements: you needed x amount of dark dark fabric, x amount of medium dark fabric, x amount of dark medium, medium, light medium, light, background.... I just couldn't get my head round those requirements. I'd looked at the mock ups on the wesbite and couldn't bring myself to pick a colour. I put it to the back of my mind. But I had obviously at some point subscribed to the emails, and when the first few popped up in my inbox, I though "these seem easy - I'll have a go". I think it was then, about 4th January 2016, with no real plan that I had the idea for my colour scheme. Once I had seen how the blocks were turning out, I knew that I could use a dark background and then any colour I wanted and still end up with "dark block", especially if, when it came to the light blocks I used a light background with the colours I liked. Out came my daughter's crayons and I had a plan. I'd like to remind you, that at this point, I was five months pregnant. Doesn't everyone take on a mammoth project the year they're due to give birth to their second child? Up until the end of March, I kept up to date. And by 17th April, just three days before Jess was born, I had completed the centre of the medallion and the first dark border. I knew, as Jessica's birth approached, that even if I never made another block again, at I had completed something that would stand as a quilt in it's own right, albeit a small one. It was around this time, that the best aspect of this quilt became apparent. I had joined a UK based Facebook group for the 365 quilt, and I have never experienced a group come together like we did: we got to know each other, we chatted, and as Jessica's due date came and went, everyone wanted to know.... And once she's arrived, and I'd posted to let everyone know, I got the loveliest congratulations for "Our 365 Baby". Inevitably, I took a break, not from sewing entirely, but from this project, in the weeks after Jess was born. I was still sewing (it truly does keep me sane), but not this. I did the odd block through May and into June and by this time last year, I was 42 blocks behind. At the worst point I hit 84 blocks behind. And I'm not going to lie, it was a mammoth effort to pull myself back. I found that spending a day or so cutting the fabric for the next chunk of blocks and then piecing a bit here and there in spare minutes really worked - I had quite the system going! The 6" blocks released in May and June last year were absolute stinkers. We were dragged into this project with the exceptionally easy 3"blocks in January, but by midsummer we were ploughing through 6" blocks with more pieces than I care to think about. The blocks were beautiful though - not your bog standard churn dashes and pinwheels, but complex and beautiful - some of the half square triangle units finish at less than half an inch in some of the blocks. What I found truly amazing is that some of the blocks I would have thought were impossible without foundation piecing or using templates, but through careful cutting, corner covering and angles, every single block was rotary cut without the need for templates! These were the pieces for just one of the 6" blocks.... By mid-September I was back up to date and on the 21st September we moved from the sublime to the ridiculous with the instructions: "Trim the half square triangle units to 1 and 7/32". And so ensued a discussion: does one say "thirty-secondths" or "thirty-seconds" or my preferred option "thirty-tooths"? The girls (and guy) on the Facebook group cried with you on those days, and we heaved a collective sigh of relief on the days when the block was "easy". Easy is, however, a relative and changeable term, and what I classed as easy in September was definitely not what I would have classed as easy back in January! Then came the 12" blocks for the corners. Kathy, who designed the quilt, outdid herself. These blocks were absolutely horrific little stinkers. So. Many. Pieces. So many covered corners to get the right way. Y-seams.Each 12" block was genuinely the equivalent of making 16 of the hardest 3" blocks. But there was another block released the next day already. On 8th January 2017, I made the final block - just a week behind! And it was some block - Y seams all over the place. But I will never, ever be scared of a Y-seam again! And then I hit a slump. the next step was to add the final borders. And if you've read this blog for some time, you'll know that sashing, and long seams are my least favourite part of the process. I did bits here and there. But it wasn't until 5th February, that I finally added the the last of the pieced borders and a final, plain black border to tie it all together. And the reason I did it on that particular day. It was a weekend. But it was also a beautiful day - there was no wind and lots of bright sunshine. Which meant once finished, I could lay the quilt in our front garden and hang out of the bedroom window to photograph it, without it being blown into the North Sea - which is normally the case! I knew we wouldn't get another day like that. Next up was backing fabric. On such a special quilt, I splashed out and order Tula Pink Free Fall from the US. I then bundled up the quilt and the backing and entrusted it to Royal Mail to get it over to Cath in Cumbria. We'd hatched a plan. I decided towards the end of 2016, that I wouldn't quilt this one myself. It's the first time I'd ever contemplated not quilting a quilt myself. But with so many seams, I knew that if I tried to quilt it myself, I would break needles, snap thread and generally get very cross with the quilt.So I asked for contributions towards the cost of long-arming for my birthday, and got in touch with Cath Brough who is Cumbrian Long Armer. Michael and I had a holiday to the Lakes planned for late March and she confirmed that she could get it quilted and was happy for us to pick it up in person. So at the end of March, we went to see her and picked up this monster of a quilt. The work she had done on it was stunning, and the quilting made it come alive. I chose a bubbles pantograph as I felt an all-over design would not detract from the piecing, which really is the star of the show! I brought the quilt home, trimmed it. And then did nothing. The prospect of binding it didn't really appeal. Inevitably I left it until midsummer to hand sew over nearly 400" of binding. And you know what - it took no time at all - two hours to make the matched binding and attach it to the front of the quilt and then four nights in front of the TV to hand sew it down. And the quilt was finished. And I love it. And I cannot believe that I did it. Here is the THE photo from our recent photo shoot at Seaton Delaval Hall. I learned so much from this quilt: although I was already quite an experienced quilter, this improved my accuracy without a doubt. It taught me some organisational skills which have proved invaluable - such as cut out a load of blocks, hold them together with clips and pin them to a noticeboard - this is a great way of sewing for a busy mum who grabs moments here and there. Everything is where I need it and in manageable chunks! I realised that I don't like having my quilts long-armed. That is absolutely nothing against Cath - she did a fabulous job, I love the effect, and she was such a helpful and friendly person. But I don't like the fact that I didn't complete this quilt from beginning to end. Of course, if I had decided to quilt it myself, you may not be reading this post now! Or ever! I learned that a support group can be fantastic - the lovely ladies (and Bruce) over on the Facebook group have cheered me on when I fell behind, congratulated me when I achieved minor miracles and laughed over thirty-tooths with me. I think if it weren't for them, you wouldn't be reading this post either. So here are some stats and facts for you: This quilt was a stash quilt. Although I did have to buy some of the "light" and "dark" fabrics I used as my backgrounds, all of the coloured fabrics came from my stash. I would love to say it was a scrap quilt, but while it does have a scrappy look, with hundreds of different fabrics, and no cohesive background fabric, it actually created more scraps than it used! The family crazy was never far away - even during the final photo shoot! The finished quilt is made up of 365 "blocks" either 3" (all of which are dark) or 6" (all of the lights are 6" and there are a few darks too). There are 4 12" blocks, one in each corner, and the centre medallion was (I think) 10 days worth of "blocks" including the four light 6" corner blocks. As a group we were daft enough to add up the total number of pieces in the quilt to 10909 (with some variation as some of us used slightly different blocks - but I'm not counting my own quilt to give you an exact figure!). It finishes at 94" x 94" and I completed it with a scrappy matched binding. The next adventure for this quilt, if I get my act together and add a hanging sleeve, will be in Birmingham. Twenty of us from that Facebook group will be hanging our quilts at the Festival of Quilts in August in a special exhibit. I won't be able to go in person, but if you're planning on going, I'm sure my quilt would love to see you there! This is a Finish Along finish! You can find my original list here.
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We are currently in the process of organising our bi annual quilt show, and one of the things that we have to decide upon is an idea for our quilt challenge. I’m sure you know what I mean – a theme or an idea that each member has to design a quilt for, and they are displayed in the show in a particular area. I got it into my head to make a list of ideas, and I’ve put so much effort into finding things on the internet just now, I thought it might be a great idea to share here. So – here you are: I apologise if I’ve nicked an idea from your quilting guild webpage, but I hope in the spirit of quilting it was there to share (as is this page too, of course – I’d be pleased for you to take any ideas you wish from it. Thanks!) Ideas for Quilt Guild Challenges Fat Quarter Challenge: Members are given 4 fat quarters of identical fabric. Size limits are given, and the members have to create a project using the fat quarters. You could add extra fabric also. Improv Quilt Challenge: Throw patterns out the window! Create a quilt without a plan – using improvisational piecing to create a modern masterpiece. Inspiration Challenge Choose an image for inspiration. Design a quilt based on the image. Rose of Sharon Everyone makes their own Rose of Sharon quilt block of a particular size. You could use the same fabric and make quilts of the finished results if you like. The Quilted Phrase Members are given a phrase e.g. ‘kick the bucket, penny for your thoughts, a real hot potato’ etc. They have to make a wall hanging using the phrase as inspiration. Household Items Mystery You are given a picture of a mystery household item. You need to make a quilt based on this item – as creatively as you wish. Two Colour Quilt Challenge. Make a quilt/wall hanging/project using only two colours. Sunbonnet Vacation: Most appropriately dressed Sun Bonnet Sue doing her "vacation thing’. Sunbonnet Sue's face must be hidden by her Bonnet. "The aMAZEing Quilt Challenge" Design a quilt/hanging with a maze on it Wrapping Paper Challenge: Using the design elements of that piece, challenge yourself to make a design based on it – reflecting the colour, the design, the season. Playing with a Full Deck Participants are challenged to create a quilt that is your representation of a randomly drawn playing card. Theme Challenge - Journey Participants are challenged to create a quilt that represents their interpretation of "journey" in fabric using any technique or combination of techniques they wish. A Scavenger Hunt Include as many items from a list of 34 in their project. Fabric Challenge Participants are given a fat quarter of fabric, selected by another participant. The challenge is to incorporate the fat quarter into a creation. “All Creatures Great and Small” Quilt Magazine Challenge: Everyone gets a quilting magazine. Open to page 38 and make a quilt inspired by something on that page. Light Create a 12″ X 12″ item depicting your own interpretation of Light. Ugly Fabric Quilt: Make something using a piece of an ugly fabric. Quilt That Tells A Story Hand Died Fabric Each participant is given six hand died fabrics ranging from light to dark. Birth Stone/Flower Use colours of your birth month flower and birthstone. Feature the flower somehow. Christmas stocking challenge. Everyone gets the same basic pattern so they are all the same size but up to you how to make the stocking. Stockings could be donated to a charity afterwards. Christmas Carol Use a given set of charm squares in whatever you want to create, as long as it depicts a Christmas Carol. Song Title Make a small piece that represented a song. Door Challenge: Design a wall hanging featuring a door. Call the challenge "Making a Grand Entrance." Crayon Colours: Dump a bunch of crayons in a shopping bag and have each member draw out 2 or 3 crayons. Their challenge has to be made with these colours and maybe you can allow them to add one more fabric of their choice. Flag Challenge Pick a flag from a country of your choice. Use those colours in that quilt, and also feature something that represents that country e.g. UK Flag – Red White Blue – Royalty. Magazine Challenge Design a project using a page from a non quilting related magazine or book as your inspiration Letters Use your three initials. One initial is the colour, one is the pattern/block, the third is the quilting motif. EG. Betty Ann Smith would be Blue, Aunt Sukey’s Choice, Stipple Cluedo!! Each person chooses three cards from a standard "Clue" game. They then have to represent those three 'clues' somehow in their quilt. The people (Professor Plum, Ms. Scarlet etc) could be easy as they can represent the color (but they don't have to), the rooms and weapons will be the tricky part. The Rope ... could be a rope quilting motif, or a couched thread as an embellishment Lead Pipe ... something grey, something long and thin Conservatory ... use floral fabric, applique flowers and vines Example: Mrs Peacock in the Dining Room with the Revolver could be Peacock feathers forming a Dresden Plate (dining room), quilted in concentric circles (revolver). So there you have it. A million ideas! Hope you find some of them helpful! Till tomorrow, Suzie
We are currently in the process of organising our bi annual quilt show, and one of the things that we have to decide upon is an idea for our...
Last night at the Penn Oaks Quilt guild we had our challenge. The challenge was to make small (8 x 12) quilts that will be used at our quilt show next year, encouraging people not to touch the quilts. This was mine, the baby looks a little scary. This one was the winner and in my opinion the best one. Any time a quilt can make you laugh out loud is good! So sit back and I will show you the rest..... Overall I think they turned out great and are so creative. They will be fun to hang at our quilt show and give people a little chuckle. I did not forget about the giveaway, the winner is Helen Ernst! Helen you didn't leave an email address. I will give you a couple of day to contact me. I will pick another winner if I don't hear from Helen on Friday. Congratulations Helen! Our final tally was: Aqua- 22 Yeah! Red - 19 Green - 12 Purple - 12 I can't believe purple tied for 3rd place! Blue - 9 I thought this would place higher, didn't you? Pink - 9 Orange - 5 Yellow - 4 Gray - 1 Back - 0 Brown - 0 White - 0 So there you have it, our very scientific poll. I very much enjoyed reading all 47 comments. I thank you for you opinions but I think we can agree we need all those colors or quilting would not be much fun with only one! Kelly
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I finished my last RSC quilt top on the very last day of the year. Nothing like a self-imposed deadline to get you motivated! At the beginning of 2016, I picked 4 different blocks to help me work through my stash of scraps. And by the end of the year that stack of blocks was huge! I spent most of December either preparing for or entertaining company. Once everyone headed home on the 29th, I realized that I only had 2 1/2 days to turn that pile into 4 quilt tops. Motivated by 3 weeks of not sewing and determinations I got to it. I picked the easiest first. I ended up with 38 birch tree blocks. So I could take 2 out and make it a 6x6 layout or make 4 more to make it a 6x7 layout. Since this one was smallish, I decided to make the extra blocks. Luckily these don't take too long and this went together quickly. So fun and colorful! And a great way to use up those random solids and tiny little pieces that I can't bring myself to throw out. Next up was my stack of wonky stars. I had 37 blocks. These blocks are pretty big and a little more time consuming to make since they are made from slabs of tiny scraps, so I quickly decided to leave one out and make it a 6x6 layout. No sashing involved so it was another quick finish. Next up was the medallion log cabins. I had exactly 56 blocks, so 7x8 layout it was. Yay! I had fun playing with the layout. And it went together quickly since again there was no sashing. So much fun to look at all the different fabrics. And finally, my Geese Migration quilt. I saved this one for last, since it might take a little longer to put it together. But once I cut the sashing and triangles it went together very quickly - just 7 diagonal rows. Don't tell the others, but I think this one is my favorite. :) Hopefully they will all be quilted by the end of 2017. I can't wait to see what the new year brings. My mind is already coming up with ideas for RSC 2017. See you next year!! Tracy Visit me on Instagram @tracysbitsnpieces
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Colourwave Quilt Back in October last year I shared with you my progress on a workshop with Jan Hassard held at Busy Bees Patchwork, to make this Colourwave quilt. As you can see it is complete and it has been for some time, I just haven't had time to share it with you. Jan specialises in colour and geometric designs and her workshops come highly recommended. If you step back from you screen you will see the illusional effect of this quilt pattern even more. Colourwave Quilt - fabric selection On my return from the workshop I had a bit of a re-jig of my colours and worked out a colour scheme which I was much happier with. To get this colour effect you need at least 36 different fabrics which is quite a tall order if you don't collect batiks in your stash, but the more you have the better the effect. Suzi the Cat helps with the Colourwave Quilt Suzi the cat was keen to join in this project. She is very pleased I don't have a design wall and that I have to use the floor ... Superior Threads Rainbow 821 Carnival variegated thread Not only is the quilt top done, but it is quilted. I used a variegated Superior Threads Rainbow (821 Carnival) thread which blended well with all the different colours of the quilt and really popped when it reached the black fabric. I use 80/20 cotton/polyester for the wadding. Kiss by Melonie J Caldwell and Patricia Ritter In fact I loved the effect of the variegated thread on black so much that I used a black fabric for the backing. Using my long arm quilting machine I stitched out a digital pantograph, Kiss by Melonie J Caldwell and Patricia Ritter. There were so many different patterns I could have chosen for this quilt, each giving a different look. Colourwave Quilt It was lovely to work with such bright and colourful fabrics for a change and also to work on a smaller sized quilt than normal. Thanks Jan! Joining up with Whoop Whoop Friday! and Crazy Mom Quilts! Colourwave Quilt - Borders
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After visiting the Quilter's Unlimited Quilt Show in May, I joined the Haymarket Chapter of QU. The June meeting was a Social, so it was FUN and relaxed. One of the activities was a game of Quilter's Strip Poker. It reminded me of "Bunco", where there are a group of women at each table, and a die is rolled until a bell is rung. Then you move tables and play again with different ladies until the bell is rung again. The die is specially marked - each side has either a "C", "L", "R", "X" or a Star. 2.5" Strips of fabric are used instead of chips. It is quite a lot of fun when you win the bounty of strips in the middle! The Loot pile in the middle. Here is the rule sheet that was taped at each table (sorry for it being a bit fuzzy): It may be a little hard to read, but here it what the card says: Quilter's Strip Poker To Begin, all players put 1 strip in the center of table. Players take turns clockwise rolling the die once for each turn. C = player puts 1 strip in CENTER of the table. L = player gives 1 strip to player on her LEFT. R = player gives 1 strip to player on her RIGHT. X - player LOSES ONE TURN Star - player TAKES ALL the strips in the center of the table; Then all players, again , put 1 strip in the center of the table. Continue playing. When bell rings, move to another table taking your strips with you. Everyone had brought some strips to play the game. The theme for the strips this night was Red-White-and-Blue for Independence Day. It was a good way to get a variety of strips for your stash or just play to share your stash. Definitely had fun and would recommend this game for another quilt social. I've been asked about the die that was used in this game. It was a blank die that had been marked with a Sharpie marker. I notice the instruction card only has five values, but a die has six sides, so there must have been an extra value to fill that space. Maybe an extra "C" for the sixth value so the strip pile could grow in the middle. I looked online, and blank dice cubes can be found here on amazon, ebay, and an educational supply store. Hope this helps! Personal Note: I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July celebration this week. I had my surgery earlier this week, and it went well. I am back at home resting now. I'll return to the doctors later this month to learn the next step in this treatment plan. We are blessed with the support of family, friends and neighbors that are so helpful. I am so thankful! ♡ My kids decorated our bedroom doors! ♡ Happy Stitching!!