A Pigeon in Pungo: Kaffe Fassett

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Some of the other quilts I've finished....

Thanks for all the great suggestions of flower trails (see my post about tulips ). A Maidenhair Fern asked me about the quilt in the header of my blog. I thought I'd share some of the quilts I've made over the last couple of years. (and check out her blog...she has some beautiful quilts and posts).

I made this one back in 2011

This quilt was my entry (and winner!!) to the 2015 Pantone Color of the Year - Marsala

So many quilts....

This was made for a dear friend who had a crazy accident...but healed up perfectly (it was probably the gift of the quilt that magically healed her...)

And then babies were born...

This was for my niece who loves giraffes - and her gorgeous new daughter.

This was for a friend who is battling a terrible disease...but she's a warrior!

This was my Riley Blake fabric challenge entry in 2015.

But wait ...there were more...

This was for my daughter - I give her a pillow each year. Can't you just hear the Christmas carols...

And still more............

This was another challenge. It has writing on the bright green sashing that is a quote from Salvador Dali'. "Never fear perfection, you'll never reach it." What it meant to me was don't sweat the small stuff - enjoy the process and you'll get better at it as you practice. So I quilt a lot....

This is a really snuggly quilt I made on which I finally attempted matchstick quilting. I love that type of design for quilting - but it takes f o r e v e r to finish...

And I liked the style of applying the fabric to the quilt blocks so much - I made another one.

The blocks are made by appliquéing the tiny fabric bits down WHEN YOU QUILT IT!!! That's like skipping a whole step!!!

I baste (just barely) the tiny pieces on and then while matchstick quilting - they magically get sewn on permanently. I love the texture of the quilting and the raw edge of the fabric pieces.

What have you worked on that you haven't shown us?

Monday, November 30, 2015

My family needs better upper body strength

Ping says this one is her favorite so far.

The whining I've endured while photographing my quilts is hilarious. If I'm helping a friend photograph a quilt, I suffer in silence. Yes, my arms are like limp noodles when I'm done but I dutifully stand there in pain until it's done. Buck up family....I'm not stopping the entering of contests because you can't hang.... I can see now...I'm going to have to put my family on an upper body exercise program.

But...on a more important note... I FINISHED MY LAST DEADLINE! Death Star is officially done! Prepare yourself to be inundated with gratuitous quilt photos... Get your popcorn and beverage, the show starts now...

I've used quite of few of these during the quilting of this quilt...

I love quilting on my Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen Sit down model.

I wound up quilting the circles on my Bernina 440. Don't get me wrong...I've said you won't be able to pry my Bernina from my cold dead kung fu grip (unless you're making me quilt on it...). Once I got the Sweet 16, I created the perfect set up for quilting.

And then there was the squaring up... This is one of those parts I dislike.... it's hard to ensure you're getting it really square. This part becomes really tedious...

But it gets done and then it's on to the binding. I love the binding. It was the only thing I liked to do by hand but now a days I machine it on. I like the look just as much.

I put a LOT of quilting on this one.

I enjoy the design decisions you have to make. It can be a little daunting...you want it to make sense where it's placed on the quilt. I thought about this part almost as much as the overall design.

And finally....it's done. This is the Death Star bc. BC is before crinkle. I'm always a little apprehensive that something will go terribly wrong in the washing machine...