by Paige Alexander probably my favorite of the lot. while this is not the exact handkerchief pattern i hope to make someday, this variation was amazing.
Opening a store filled with quilting fabrics was a dream but not because I was in love with quilting. I love the fabrics and ...
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When I saw the Bordered Diamonds quilt in Kaffe Fassett's book, Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts, I knew immediately that it would be a perfect quilt for a thank you gift for my aunt. Never mind that my stash did not contain many large floral prints. My first thought was that I would just buy a kit, and Glorious Color has fabric kits to make two different versions of the quilt. This is their version from the book. And this is their version from the June/July 2010 Quilt Magazine. I carefully analyzed each kit trying to decide which would be best. Then I started thinking about how I liked each version--except for this or that fabric, and how I wanted to use some of my own fabrics, and how I am pretty persnickety about fabric choices, and I finally just gave up and started collecting florals...surely that wouldn't add too much to my stash? Here's a view of the cut diamonds and border strips and of my lovely white board which has been replaced: And since the directions call for dark diamonds to have light strips, and light diamonds to have dark strips, and the rows to alternate, I photographed them, then changed them to black and white to determine the values, as shown here by the strips (although these are the mediums to darks primarily): But after trying to lay them out as directed, I decided to do my own thing when the light/dark thing didn't work, and just evenly separated the colors. And now, a couple of months later, the blocks of the quilt are all sewn together. Hooray! I needed the quilt to be larger than designed, so it's now waiting for the border fabric to be added. This is what I am planning on using: And, having easily spent twice as much as I would have on a kit (what's an extra 1/2 yard here or there?), I now have a very large bin of floral fabrics. My stash, like my waistline, only seems to grow in one direction....
It was a perfectly beautiful day yesterday and I went to the quilt show in Sisters, Oregon with my DH, BIL and SIL. We went early so we could get there while it was still cool. The first picture I took was of this piano quilt and it is one of my favorites from the show. I'm sorry this picture is so blurry, but I wanted to tell you that Katie's mother entered it in the show. It was because of Katie showing this on her blog that I made the same quilt. Of course, I loved the Dear Jane quilt. There were too many amazing quilts to take pictures of them all, but here are some others. It was a wonderful day!
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Simple Setting A decision has been made, Simple and Light. Remember the blocks I showed you a few weeks ago here are the results, I think it came out perfect and will always be a special treasure for me.
L-9 Walter´s Place D´r is alweer een maand voorbij?! Tjonge wat gaat dat toch snel, hier dan de blokjes van de maand, jammer dat ´t er "maar" 4 geworden zijn, maar ik heb ook heel veel aan mijn home sweet home gewerkt, je kunt niet alles hebben..... L-3 Reflections Abound L-1 Widow´s Pane L-8 Box Kite
A few of the quilts that caught my eye at PIQF this year.
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Jo Morton is back with another gorgeous book—and it just may be the first time you’ve seen her absolutely admirable appliqué! In Jo’s latest book, Jo’s Floral Album, you’ll stitch spectacular blocks featuring beautiful blossoms, twining vines, luscious berries, and other motifs that define traditional Album quilts. Make blocks one after another, or set a …
Skill Level: Beginner Helios was the Greek god of the sun who, twice a day, rode his chariot across the sky bringing about both day and night. This quilt is made up of alternating Day blocks (a bright sun radiating daylight) and Night blocks (the white moon in a dark sky). This pattern comes in: - Wall Hanging (28" x 28") - Table Runner (14" x 56") - Crib (48" x 48") - Throw (56” x 70”) In this pattern you can learn how to make half-square triangles (HSTs) 8-at-a-time. The pattern also comes with instructions for making a scrappy version. This a PDF download, which means the pattern will be instantly downloaded onto your computer or smartphone as soon as you purchase! At the end of this pattern, along with all The Athena Workshop patterns, there is information on domestic violence and how to get help. A portion of the sales of this pattern will go to support agencies and organizations working to support victims of domestic violence, as Athena was not only the goddess of the arts but also the goddess of justice.
A snow day--stuck at home. The house is as clean as it is going to get. I have finished shoveling, finished all my correspondence. My studio alas is eight miles away--down the mountain. Tomorrow I will venture out and get some work done but today I get to explore the internet. A treat and a richness that normally I don't have time to enjoy. So let me put up a favorite image of my quilt moonlight and share some of my finds. Where to start--there is so much out there. I go first to Maureen Doallas's fabulous blog. She is a poet, a writer, a friend of many artists who has such a lust for life and the larger questions that are asked. Her blog is full of poems, questions, facts. For instance I read about what could be the world's smallest periodic table--what fun. Check it out here. http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/ As she says--quoting Mark Twain "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." Isn't that wonderful? Of course she finds a lot of other fabulous blogs. For instance I can't resist reading about sun halos on Deborah Barlow's blog http://slowmuse.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/winter-light-parsed-or-not/ She is currently spending lots of time examining how we live--what a great question that is. There are lots of reviews of artists--especially older artists and she also has so many great links to other blogs. Can I resist the blog about Thriving in a Desert--aboriginal paintings from western Australia? Oh it is wonderful. http://thrivinginthedesert.blogspot.com/ Or there are the great architectural pictures on the Eyecandy blog. http://eyecandy-webcandy.blogspot.com/ At ColorChunks I find North Korean posters which are absolutely amazing. http://www.colorchunks.blogspot.com/ I could go on forever. But then I see the familiar name of Nancy Natale and her fabulous Art in the Studio blog. http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/ Nancy is an artist making abstract paintings in encaustic, oil and water. It turns out she used to work across the river from my studio--I am sure I met her at the local deli at some point. Now she works in a town just south of me. It is a small world. Her work is wonderful too as is her new studio. And this reminds me to check out Joanne Mattera's blog and her Marketing Mondays. So much wonderful advice there. This time I was delighted to see she had a new post on the show Baby, It's Cold Outside at the Kenise Barnes Fine Art Gallery in Larchmont, NY. The pictures she provided were fabulous--there is such wonderful work in the show. Do check it out http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-from-hearth.html What a treat. For more inspiration I loved the It's a Plane series of posts. So many different ways of thinking of planes and surfaces--my mind is spinning with potential quilts. http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2011/01/its-plane-part-3-of-3.html Well it is almost time to work on dinner--I think I will make a lemon meringue pie. Yummy. But first I have to check out the new Google Art Project. http://www.googleartproject.com/ Have you been there yet--they have wonderful images of some of the art in museums from around the world as well as shots of the layouts of some of the museums themselves. Check out some of the work at the Museum Kampa in Prague--wonderful pieces. The Starry Night by Vincent VanGogh is at the MOMA Museum. You can enlarge whatever areas of the picture you want to really study the brush strokes. Looking at my moonlight quilt, I bet you can figure out why I like it. After browsing all the art displayed on the site--and there is a lot of it, you can then set up your own "art gallery" of your personal favorites. Which would you like to have? Which have you seen? I could (and probably will) spend hours here. What fun. Have you checked out these sites? What other blogs and web sites do you consider must visits? What can you add to my list? So much here. When will I have enough time to examine all of them?
And she’s done! The #daylesfordquilt top was a fun wandering path as I went around and around making another large improv log cabin quilt. You can find info for this pattern in Jen's book here at amitie textiles. {And some of you may remember an earlier Daylesford quilt that I made May 2022 in mellow colours of peachy-pinks, blues & browns with "pops" of mustard, see back here} I loved working with this bright & bold colour combo inspired by jo_broz on ig. I hunted high & low in my sewing baskets for some of my most treasured fabrics for that mood I was looking for palette-wise. So, it's a real mix now of fabrics, old & new, designer, florals & geometrics! Many of you have asked about the bird floral at the center. It’s a rich fabric designed by Odile Bailloeul from the Jardin de la Reine collection. Loving the play of colour in this quilt top. Finished quilt top measures approx. 60" x 68". Linking up with Cynthia for 'oh scrap' here Thank you to everyone who took a moment or two out of your day to comment on my last couple of posts 💖
I gathered my favorite Gee's Bend quilts, which you can buy directly from the artists! Learn about American quilting history and buy some art!
Here we go! Another one of my super long posts reporting all my recent adventures.This time we packed up the Daisymobile and headed down south, a 10 hour drive to Kyneton. where I was honoured to be t
I have asked a group of my very talented friends to share with me their 'current' favorite quilt in my 'Featured Friend' series of articles! I am hearing stories that give me goosebumps, make me smile and make me want to quilt! Today my very amazing friend and super talented artist, Victoria Findlay Wolfe shares her current favorite quilt. Listen to my chats with Victoria on 5/19/14, 11/12/12 and 4/9/12! CLICK HERE Asking me which quilt is my favorite is like asking me what flavor of ice cream do I like... Really? Do I have to pick? I love them...
This time of year seems to inspire everyone to regroup and get organized and this was my direction this week, too. Greg varnished and installed the new studio shelves and I filled them with fabric. My helper, Susan, cut bolts of fabric for kits and bundles to take to class. I reorganized the studio space in to new task areas, including a zone for shipping and packing. But during the whole time, the Garden Divas were competing for my attention. This was not the time to begin a large quilting project! But, hey, a "little" one would be OK, right? So I got out my favorite template, the Fast 2 Cut Fussy Cutter Diamond Ruler designed by Jan Krentz! This is the perfect ruler for symmetrical prints and that's why I have used it for almost every collection. The results are always fabulous. In the first quilt top the construction is obvious. You can see the diamond, the 9" square, the half square triangle and border. The design is very clear despite the patterned fabric. The colors and simplicity remind my of Delftware ceramics. The second top is exactly the same, except the squares and triangle have been substituted in another fabric. The effect is very different. Now we have a kaleidoscope that blends and flows through colors and textures. The pattern pieces totally disappear. The composition looks more sophisticated even though the piecing is exactly the same. This is an exercise worth continuing. I think I will try it in some different colorways and see what happens.
The Everett Star Quilt Pattern is available now! The Everett Star Quilt is TCJ's 31st individually released pattern! And it's a very special one as I named this one after my son, Everett. It felt like the right time, the right pattern and it did make me work for it. ha! The sample we are talking about today is my seco
And Margaret Gunn did a fabulous job on the quilting – no – beyond fabulous! I could not be more thrilled with how it turned out. It was a very challenging top to quilt – because …
Kaffe Fassett class at Amitie Feb 2011
Original in Private Collection
