About a week and half back I had my quilting friends over for a sew day.
Kelly was working on her applique class sample she will be teaching at out local quilt shop. Terry and Stephanie worked on their applique. Christine got some cutting done for a new quilt and all I did was talk!
I decided to sort my scraps while we chatted away. I had brought couple of my bins at the table to iron and cut as I go. My friend Terry was curious on how I organize my scraps. The fact of the matter is, I don't always have them in boxes. It all depends on the mood I am in. Sometimes I have only one way to organize them and that is to toss them in bins until I have enough to make a quilt. If I was organized by nature, I could learn a thing or two from many quilters. I have tried that in the past. Look at the side bar.. that handkerchief quilt is still in the making. I did add few blocks to that pile. Mostly, I do like the unpredictable nature of scrap quilts and so I just dive in and see where it takes me.
After they left, the bins remained on the main floor of the house. I was determined to not take them back in the studio until I did something about that explosion of colors in my dining area.
The following weekend was the Superbowl Sunday.
I am not a football fan but have always been interested in the commercials. This year the Seahawks were playing! Needless to say, I paid less attention to the commercials (they were not impressive anyway) and watched the game. As unexciting the game was, I did have fun watching it with my husband and over the phone texting with my kids. I should also admit that I am just starting to 'get' the game.
Next day, almost 10 inches of snow dumped in the tri-state area of PA, NJ and NY which also followed by freezing rain the following day. I felt guilty for even having the power when most of my friends were without heat and electricity. If it wasn't for my dear husband being sick with flu, I would have had everyone for camping at our house. I don't think anyone of my friends would have appreciated being sick in this bad weather.
While this all sounds like The Root Connection Channel news, believe me, I do have a point.
The snow storm brought everything at stand still except for my sewing machine! I have been busy with my scraps like a kid in a candy store!
Here is what I did with what I found in the bins.
A Seahawks victory quilt. Would Domination be right name for this quilt?
It looked a bit smaller when I thought it was done.
So I added few more pieces.
Once I got going there was no stopping.. Sorting of the scraps was quickly replaced by sorting and making of the quilt at the same time.
Or should I say quilts?
Here is #2 with an Amish theme. Don't know if I should hand quilt or machine quilt.
Can't decide which way it looks good either. I guess I will wait until it's done make that decision.
You can read about the process behind this quilt here.
And to answer Terry's question, Since I don't have any specific method, I keep working on multiple projects at a time. When it comes to dark scraps, I piece them together into strips. Eventually they all will get put together in a lap size quilt. To keep it a true scrap quilt, I resist cutting up new fabrics and keep adding new strips made from scraps to already existing WIP. It's a slow process for some quilts but I am not in any hurry.
This quilt is going to be a copy of my confetti quilt but I chose to put all the dark fabrics together instead of brights.
And lastly, I found some large chunks of large floral prints and some 2 1/2'' squares. I am going to have to look into cutting some yardage to add more to this.
This should be fun.
Few 4 1/2'' x 8 1/2 '' or/and 4 1/2'' x 10 1/2'' strips paired with 2 1/2 '' x 2 1/2'' squares, all randomly sewn into long strips. Long enough to cover a twin bed. What do you think?
Back to the news, last I heard, few of my friends are still without power. There is another ice storm on it's way and it is snowing at this moment as I end this post.
I am leaving you with a teaser.. I almost never do this but for this quilt, I want to wait for a full reveal until it's all finished.
I have got my machine well oiled and bobbins full. After a long break, I feel like I am back in the business of making quilts!
Thank you for being interested in what I do.
Kelly was working on her applique class sample she will be teaching at out local quilt shop. Terry and Stephanie worked on their applique. Christine got some cutting done for a new quilt and all I did was talk!
I decided to sort my scraps while we chatted away. I had brought couple of my bins at the table to iron and cut as I go. My friend Terry was curious on how I organize my scraps. The fact of the matter is, I don't always have them in boxes. It all depends on the mood I am in. Sometimes I have only one way to organize them and that is to toss them in bins until I have enough to make a quilt. If I was organized by nature, I could learn a thing or two from many quilters. I have tried that in the past. Look at the side bar.. that handkerchief quilt is still in the making. I did add few blocks to that pile. Mostly, I do like the unpredictable nature of scrap quilts and so I just dive in and see where it takes me.
After they left, the bins remained on the main floor of the house. I was determined to not take them back in the studio until I did something about that explosion of colors in my dining area.
The following weekend was the Superbowl Sunday.
I am not a football fan but have always been interested in the commercials. This year the Seahawks were playing! Needless to say, I paid less attention to the commercials (they were not impressive anyway) and watched the game. As unexciting the game was, I did have fun watching it with my husband and over the phone texting with my kids. I should also admit that I am just starting to 'get' the game.
Next day, almost 10 inches of snow dumped in the tri-state area of PA, NJ and NY which also followed by freezing rain the following day. I felt guilty for even having the power when most of my friends were without heat and electricity. If it wasn't for my dear husband being sick with flu, I would have had everyone for camping at our house. I don't think anyone of my friends would have appreciated being sick in this bad weather.
While this all sounds like The Root Connection Channel news, believe me, I do have a point.
The snow storm brought everything at stand still except for my sewing machine! I have been busy with my scraps like a kid in a candy store!
Here is what I did with what I found in the bins.
A Seahawks victory quilt. Would Domination be right name for this quilt?
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| Super Bowl 2014 |
So I added few more pieces.
Once I got going there was no stopping.. Sorting of the scraps was quickly replaced by sorting and making of the quilt at the same time.
Or should I say quilts?
Here is #2 with an Amish theme. Don't know if I should hand quilt or machine quilt.
Can't decide which way it looks good either. I guess I will wait until it's done make that decision.
You can read about the process behind this quilt here.
And to answer Terry's question, Since I don't have any specific method, I keep working on multiple projects at a time. When it comes to dark scraps, I piece them together into strips. Eventually they all will get put together in a lap size quilt. To keep it a true scrap quilt, I resist cutting up new fabrics and keep adding new strips made from scraps to already existing WIP. It's a slow process for some quilts but I am not in any hurry.
This quilt is going to be a copy of my confetti quilt but I chose to put all the dark fabrics together instead of brights.
And lastly, I found some large chunks of large floral prints and some 2 1/2'' squares. I am going to have to look into cutting some yardage to add more to this.
Few 4 1/2'' x 8 1/2 '' or/and 4 1/2'' x 10 1/2'' strips paired with 2 1/2 '' x 2 1/2'' squares, all randomly sewn into long strips. Long enough to cover a twin bed. What do you think?
Back to the news, last I heard, few of my friends are still without power. There is another ice storm on it's way and it is snowing at this moment as I end this post.
I am leaving you with a teaser.. I almost never do this but for this quilt, I want to wait for a full reveal until it's all finished.
I have got my machine well oiled and bobbins full. After a long break, I feel like I am back in the business of making quilts!
Thank you for being interested in what I do.
