This is the first time participating in W.i.P Wednesday, hosted from Freshly Pieced. I hope I'm doing it right.
I have two works in progress. Well, I have more than that, but I'll just show two today.
These first photos show strips and blocks for my version of Cheryl Arkison's "Sunday Morning" in the book Sunday Morning.
I've been a sewer for a long time so some of my fabrics are old. I try to use them in bits and pieces in the scrap quilts I make. But you know, those mushrooms might just have to come out of that block and stay out of this quilt!
The second quilt has been a work in progress for way too long, probably two years or more. I love piecing tops so much that I don't move on to quilting the tops. I'm devoting time every day so I can finish quilts instead of just finish tops. This is an adaptation of Bonnie Hunter's String-X quilt. I didn't paper piece mine and I changed the size.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Log Cabin through the Vines
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Quilting Rules
Someone once wrote (please forgive me because I don't remember who wrote it) that every quilt has rules. I thought, yes, quarter inch seams, follow the pattern, tiny quilting stitches, etc. I continued reading and she explained her thought a little differently than I anticipated.
The creator of a quilt chooses her own rules for each quilt she makes.
She can decide
- the size of the blocks, if there are blocks.
- whether the quilt will have a pattern or not.
- to use few colors or many, and which.
- whether she will use the same fabrics throughout or a wide variety of fabrics.
- whether there will be consistency throughout the quilt or not.
- and any other other aspect of the quilt.
I admit that sometimes the aesthetic of a quilt may not be pleasing if the quilter isn't careful and attentive, but I agree that the quilter makes the rules for her own quilt. What do you think?
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The accompanying photos are of a wedding ring quilt my great-grandmother made. She passed away in 1936 at the age of 78 so I know it was made before that. I think it's possible that some of the fabrics are from feed sacks. (Click on the photos to enlarge them.)
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