Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Artistic Granddaughter
Earlier this week I was surprised by a two paged letter complete with picture enclosed from Kayla, my granddaughter. Kayla is 9 years (just) and in 3rd grade and lives in SC. Sarah, her mother, has kept the spark of quilting alive with her two girls and of course, Grandma does everything she can to help this along the way....
I received a text message picture of one of Kayla's original quilt blocks and was hoping to use that... but what arrived in the mail was a new picture that she had drawn. So what did a proud Grandma do but make an art quilt from it.
It is not finished but close enough to blog.
What do you think Kayla?? There is still more stitching to be done but do you like it so far?
Who knows, maybe this will be a start of art from all the grandchildren and we could turn it into a book!
Happy art to share!
I received a text message picture of one of Kayla's original quilt blocks and was hoping to use that... but what arrived in the mail was a new picture that she had drawn. So what did a proud Grandma do but make an art quilt from it.
It is not finished but close enough to blog.
What do you think Kayla?? There is still more stitching to be done but do you like it so far?
Who knows, maybe this will be a start of art from all the grandchildren and we could turn it into a book!
Happy art to share!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Disappearing 4 Patch
As promised here is the instructions for the Disappearing 4 Patch....so simple, so easy, so many variations!
Cut 2 light and 2 dark squares any size. The following were 6 inch squares.
Place good side facing each other and draw line from corner to corner. Sew 1/4 inch from line, and cut on line. You now have triangle squares.
Or...
Or...
After that decision is made then sew together.
Or....
Happy 4 Patching!
Cut 2 light and 2 dark squares any size. The following were 6 inch squares.
Place good side facing each other and draw line from corner to corner. Sew 1/4 inch from line, and cut on line. You now have triangle squares.
I press these seams open so there is less bulk later. Now play!Or...
Or...
After that decision is made then sew together.
Now you get to play again. You will be cutting along the horizontal and vertical seams. This can be any width. I use either 1 or 1 1/4 inch cuts.
Now you get to play again.... start turning the pieces and moving them. The final block is almost endless.Or....
Happy 4 Patching!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Quilt Guild Retreat!
Just got back from a three day quilt retreat at the coast! Who would thought that I would spend most of three days sitting and quilting with a room full of gabby women....and have a ball!
Chris and I left Sunday to drive to the Gold Beach Resort and found a quilt store in Port Orford open. So after a late lunch/early dinner we went fabric shopping...what better way to start a quilt retreat than buying more fabric.
Monday was the start of the retreat. It is a good thing Chris has a canopy on her truck as between her and I we filled it with everything we could think of that we might need and then some.
Every day we were showed demos of new projects/quilt blocks and had the option of doing the projects or just working on our own. So we did a little of both.
The most amazing demo was learning to do the Disappearing Four Patch:
Both of these are made from 1 light and 1 dark squares of fabric. I promise to blog directions later this month.
The next picture is the ribbon square and it was the main featured demo. I only made one and not the two or three that would have been turned into a table runner.
Because of the following!
And the beginnings of the this one also....
My apologies to Chris for not taking pictures of her projects before we left to head home. She did some pretty awesome projects in the time we were there.
Happy late Valentine's Day to all who drop in.
Chris and I left Sunday to drive to the Gold Beach Resort and found a quilt store in Port Orford open. So after a late lunch/early dinner we went fabric shopping...what better way to start a quilt retreat than buying more fabric.
Monday was the start of the retreat. It is a good thing Chris has a canopy on her truck as between her and I we filled it with everything we could think of that we might need and then some.
Every day we were showed demos of new projects/quilt blocks and had the option of doing the projects or just working on our own. So we did a little of both.
The most amazing demo was learning to do the Disappearing Four Patch:
Both of these are made from 1 light and 1 dark squares of fabric. I promise to blog directions later this month.
The next picture is the ribbon square and it was the main featured demo. I only made one and not the two or three that would have been turned into a table runner.
My apologies to Chris for not taking pictures of her projects before we left to head home. She did some pretty awesome projects in the time we were there.
Happy late Valentine's Day to all who drop in.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Two Little Finshes
How fun to have something finished even if you have no idea what you are going to do with it! Sometimes you just have to let go with preconceived notions and see what happens. The hardware washers was one of these. So this was the end product.
Which then led to a trip to the local library to find books on embroidery....which then led to a trip to the local quilt store to see what they might have in wool. No wool but did pick up two pieces of heavy flannel...which then led to start of this:
There was a second finished experimental piece....
February just can't go by without something for Valentine's Day. I've been working with a couple of the neighborhood women on quilt projects but everyone is so busy that it is hard to set days when all of us can be together. (I know, how can you be retired and not have time!)
Last year they all ordered through Connecting Threads this piece. The only one to get this far was me and that was after I thought we all had a date to meet. The date fell through but it gave me time to finish the top!
Happy soon-to-be Valentine's Day!
Which then led to a trip to the local library to find books on embroidery....which then led to a trip to the local quilt store to see what they might have in wool. No wool but did pick up two pieces of heavy flannel...which then led to start of this:
Last year they all ordered through Connecting Threads this piece. The only one to get this far was me and that was after I thought we all had a date to meet. The date fell through but it gave me time to finish the top!
Happy soon-to-be Valentine's Day!
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