I've given up counting what block I'm up to.. I'm just going to do it….. I'm unable to sew a block while I am traveling, so I've drawn one and this is my challenge in Chicago City. I think I could take any part of this drawing and create an applique. But I decided to…
Category: Quilting
Apple tree update.
I sandwiched the quilt and I thought, I’ll just press it before I quilt it…. and the batting shrank about half an inch…. I’ve never seen that before… and this is a small quilt !!!!! so I had to pull it undone and re-sandwich it. It was 100% cotton pre shunk batting, so I’m going to contact them on that.
A quiet weeked.
I decided to treat myself to a couple of days of sheer indulgence, I sat wrapped in a quilt on the settee and watched TV and ate too much. Goodness, I felt like a slug last night, but I guess the body is rested. I'm cold…. despite the heaters in the house and the studio……
Do you ever have one of those days? You work your butt off and nothing gets finished… so as I wake up this morning, I guess I'll complete a lot of tasks today that were begun yesterday. I spent an entire day photographing quilts yesterday, organizing air fares, filling out papers, editing film…..and I got…
Drawing the quilts.
The quilts will feature fabric designed from the letters, so for instance the blue fabric in the some of the blocks will look like the knitted sweater, there will even be holes in it…
The red and white will be the same as the legs and there will be illustrated applique blocks of unusual apple trees in some of the blocks.
Chicago.
Not able to do my challenge blocks on the road, I have to rely on illustration…
Should I send it to Spoon flower and have it printed on fabric…?
Should I color it…?
I’ve forgotton which No I’m up to…!!!
It's difficult to play with fabric on the road… BUT, I can plan it and draw it. Maybe it will stay a drawing, maybe it will become a quilt
Leaving on a jet plane – finishing quilts, exciting events and the Bayeux
Podcast. Leaving on a jet plane.
The Rhino.
Rhino No 1. is now a raw edge applique quilt reality !!!!! It's taken from the pencil drawing by Albert Durer. At Last…. Now for the illustrated one… Albrecht Dürer was originally taught to draw by his father. As a goldsmith to trade, he seems to have implanted his craft's appreciation of fine detail…
Block 18 is a little different.
I'm going to be away over Easter so this is my Easter block, I'm getting in early and once again, the block is bigger than 6" it's 17" X 14". It's a little Folk Art in a way, a bit Fu Fu and I used fabric, wool and felt. If I felt so inclined I…