A few weeks ago Elisabeth brought me a very scrappy star quilt, totally hand pieced. I believe this was her travelling hand project for a number of years. If you have time check out some of those vintage fabrics, little calicos, etc., etc. I think I may have a few of them in my stash.
Elisabeth wanted to quilt the borders by hand, so I quilted the stars with a continuos curve from point to point, very simple but effective, check the close up. She used a plain backing fabric so this looks like a whole cloth quilt from the back. I will see if she can send me a picture to share, as I have not trained myself to take the pics before the quilt leaves my studio.
I wanted to share this beautiful appliqué quilt with you. I received it late in summer. It was made by a relatively new quilter and the workmanship was impeccable. Colleen made this quilt for a special friend as a thank you gift.
Quilters are amongst the most generous people I know, always spreading the "love".
She sent me this picture before her appointment so I would have a little time to think about what I wanted to do. I just love the fabrics, I hope you can see the detail in the pictures.
I always use nonpermanent markers on a quilters preview plastic to sketch out a few ideas.
This is a very simple way to decide together how a quilt will be quilted. I make very few changes after this point.
To the left is a closeup detail as the quilt is hanging over the bar in my studio.
Below is a picture that Colleen shared with me. The quilt is draped over her piano waiting for the binding to be hand stitched.
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| Primitive Log Cabin |
A lot has happened since I started this blog, in fact I knew I needed a presence on the web when this was in the works. I have some exciting news to share and it is time to blog about it. Last spring I applied to teach a workshop at Quilt Canada 2016 http://www.canadianquilter.com
and I am thrilled to say that one of my quilts was chosen.
Primitive Log Cabin is made on a flannel foundation, the flannel becomes the batting. The quilt top is washed in extremely hot water and sometimes; if the quilter chooses, it can be over dyed to give it an instant aged look.
This quilt is made in stripes and plaids but it is not over dyed.
I have great plans to make a modern low volume version of Primitive Log Cabin as a sample for the class. I have been collecting fabrics over the summer and in the next
few weeks I will be starting to work on it.
It looks like my fabric group will need a little editing. I hope to squeeze in a few more selections from my stash.
One of the reasons I have taken so long to blog is because I knew I was going to be laid up for a few weeks after a foot surgery. I have been rushing to keep up to date with all the quilting knowing that I would have a few weeks to catch you up with the happenings in my studio.
The problem is I almost forgot how to post, a quick refresher with Val this afternoon and I am back in business.
This quilt coming off my machine was made by Daryl Aitken of Fabric Spark, http://fabricspark.com. It is the "Denyse Schmidt Big Charming Quilt Kit" available in her online shop. She had it hanging in her booth this past weekend at the Creative Festival in Toronto. We decided to do some very simple straight line quilting on it. I would have loved to see it hanging, but I was resting with my feet up!!
