tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32071472974645640892024-03-10T21:22:53.589-06:00Spontaneous ThreadsSpontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-17953794643575150002019-03-19T09:36:00.001-06:002019-03-19T09:36:28.837-06:00Behind the ScenesIt's been a while since I've posted anything on my blog. But my latest finish, I think, deserves a little space in the bustle that is life<br />
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"Behind the Scenes" is my mini quilt for <a href="https://curatedquilts.com/">Curated Quilts</a>, Issue No. 8 challenge, "Well said...." So many things came to mind when I started to think about what I wanted to say and how best to say it. </div>
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For me, it's all about community. But how best to celebrate and call attention to the amazing women of this world who go about their work every day, often in the shadows. </div>
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Artist Statement: "For centuries, women have worked together to make life better for their families, their communities and hopefully also for themselves. Women's work is often done behind the scenes without recognition or thanks". </div>
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I used the colors dictated by the challenge and chose tulip pink, orange and chartreuse. Semi-transparent white linen is layered over the interconnected symbol for womanhood, literally placing this vibrant community behind the scene. But, there is also hope, reflected in the tiny bits of color peeking out in the binding. </div>
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12.5" x 12.5" using various 100% quilting cottons in the color palette recommended for the challenge. Semitransparent 100% handkerchief linen in white layered over the top. The batting is remnant bamboo (because we woman make do with what we have). The binding cut at 2" on the straight of grain and pieced with 2 of the colors from the composition, tulip pink and orange. It is simply quilted in matching 40 wt cotton thread, spaced 1/2" apart. The back (not shown) is a 100% silk vintage kimono fabric in a similar color palette.</div>
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If you get a chance take a look at the Curated Quilts Gallery of submitted minis, they are amazing and have so much to say.</div>
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Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-35718330353152285992018-05-15T08:00:00.000-06:002018-05-15T08:00:07.839-06:00My Thoughts on Sustainable Modern Quilting<br />
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Later this year, I will be joining the <a href="https://bouldermqg.com/">Boulder Modern Quilt Guild </a>as a guest judge in their show "<b>An Exploration in Sustainable Modern Quilting</b>". This show of sustainable modern quilts will hang from October 2018 through December 2018 in the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community on the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder.<br />
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As per the BMQG, "<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">The vision for An Exploration in Sustainable Modern Quilting is to challenge quilters and our community to view and interpret what a modern quilt is and apply sustainable, environmentally friendly, materials and practices to create a functional quilt.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">The gallery show will allow quilters in the Colorado Front Range communities to have their work recognized for innovation and sustainable construction."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Part of the process leading up to the show is to </span><span style="color: #222222;">reflect upon</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and think about sustainable quilting practices and one of my charges was to put together some of these thoughts and share some ideas for sustainable quilting. I initially was asked about this before Quiltcon and it dovetailed nicely with a discussion started by <a href="https://scarletkumquat.com/">Scarlet Kumquat</a>, about the waste generated by quilters, here in the US and abroad in the textile factories that manufacture the fabrics we use to make our quilts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although I didn't specifically hear/ overhear/ or attend a discussions/lectures on sustainability practices, there were several outstanding examples of quilts using up-cycled materials. The Pasadena Event Center had well placed paper and plastic recycling containers and refillable water stations for all those intrepid quilters and visitors that brought their own water bottles. My own contribution to the sustainability movement , separate from my water bottle, was a small one, but given the number of people that took classes at Quiltcon, and who take quilting classes at other venues as well as online the cumulative positive effect of this small consideration could have a much greater impact.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Consider this</b>: while prepping 6-12 x 18" and 1-24 x 24" fabric sandwiches for a walking foot quilting class with </span><a href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">Jacquie Gering</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, I gave serious thought to the fabrics I was pulling from my stash. My class was all day and if I was going to spend the time leaning novel (to me) quilting techniques from the walking foot master, I wanted to make something usable from those class samples. I suspect there are many of us, that once a class is done, relegate our class work/samples to a drawer or even to the dustbin. It was my goal to not only learn some cool quilting, but to actually make something useful in the process. The 12 x 18" samples became reversible placemats (one set of 2 and one set of 4) and the larger sample, which I actually stitched out of remnant silk, became a gorgeous 20 x 20" throw pillow (to go with a soon to be completed quilt) for my daughter. It didn't take a significant amount of additional time to prep and pull stash fabric to guarantee that my class samples became something more than just class samples. I had all the materials I needed; used batting trimmed and saved from projects just like this from larger quilt projects, having to add only binding from stash fabric and a pillow form (that I already had) once I returned back to Colorado. Keeping with the sustainability theme the pillow back is made from remnant silk fabric I acquired from my once globe trotting mother in law, finished with a simple envelope back so that I didn't have to purchase a zipper. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm just one quilter, and likely not the first to purposely pull fabrics for a class that were destined to be something more. But, I believe if we all give a little extra consideration to the process of learning, we could incorporate class samples and UFO's into our sustainable quilting practices and make them part of the solution. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So next time you find yourself pulling fabric for a class, think about the afterlife of your samples and give them a little love by reincarnating them into useful items to use or to gift. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Side note: for those fabric scraps and batting remnants that are just too small to use (some of you would likely disagree with this statement and I applaud the dissenters), here are some easy things to do that will keep them out of landfill. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> 1. Contact your municipal compost provider. Many cities will compost 100% natural fibers</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> like cotton, linen, silk and wool.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> 2. Consider donating larger cotton scraps to the <a href="http://www.sjsacademy.com/">Social Justice Sewing Academy </a>. I keep a USPS prepaid box in my sewing room and place scraps from WIP's in the box. Once the box is full I mail it to them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 3. There are lovely folks out there that make dog bedding for shelters and stuff them full of fabric scraps. It makes for a warm and comforting place to sleep for our furry friends and is another great use for fabric scraps. Search on line or check with your </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">local shelters to locate the generous souls making these pet beds near you. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 4. Don't forget to give your selvedges to those folks that want them. Find yourself a few IG friends that collect selvedges and once you have a significant amount package them up and send them to a new home. I once thought I wanted to sew selvedges, now, not so much. Just ask, you'll find takers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have additional ideas, please leave them in the comments. I'll have a follow up post if I get some good ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're making your quilts/other items from up-cycled clothing and other previously used materials, and share your creations on IG, please use the #secondchancemakes hashtag so we can all be inspired to consider other possibilities when we endeavor to begin our own creations. </span></span><br />
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Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-38253049161500793392018-05-07T07:55:00.000-06:002018-05-08T05:21:58.003-06:00Pantone 2018- UltravioletThe 2018 Pantone Color of the year is Ultraviolet. The Pantone color of the year quilt challenge is hosted by<a href="http://bryanhousequilts.com/"> Bryan House Quilts</a> and <a href="http://www.nohatsinthehouse.com/">No Hats Quilts.</a><br />
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I don't typically work with "purples" but I had the opportunity to to make a mini as part of the Mini Quilt Swap run through the Modern Quilt Guild for QuiltCon 2018.<br />
My partner loves purples, so pairing it with some neutrals and some shocking turquoise and lime, off I went.<br />
I added some hand stitching to the improv mini and even some fringe (that was fun).<br />
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Here is what we swapped. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gilliland_s/">Shelly Gilliland</a> was my partner. You can tell we both loved what our partners made. </div>
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In case any of you are wondering about the quilts name: Mauvèine- The name comes from a young British chemist, William Perkin who was trying to synthesize quinine in the lab. Instead he ended up making the first aniline dye, known as Perkins Purple, aniline purple, or mauvèine. Prior to this discovery, the dye was extracted by harvesting and processing (in lead vats) millions of marine snails (<i>Bolinus branderis</i>). By synthesizing this "royal dye" he not only made the color available to the masses, but also saved the lives of millions of snails. </div>
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Jill, DM me your address and I'll make sure you're bundle is on it's way to you.</div>
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I've got to meet some really interesting people earlier this year and it's my pleasure to be able to talk about and create with a new fabric line by <a href="https://www.simonebradford.com/">Simone Bradford</a> call <a href="https://pbsfabrics.com/collections/on-your-mark-by-simone-bradford">"On Your Mark", produced by Paintbrush Studio Fabrics</a>. Simone is a talented quilter and seamstress and we got to meet in person at Quiltcon where she was sporting some really fun clothing and accessories made with her new fabric line.<br />
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Because I was admiring some of the clothing Simone and the designers at <a href="https://indygojunction.com/">Indigo Junction</a> made with her fabric, and because I'm making a bunch of clothes these days, I thought I'd go that route, making myself something fun for spring, with some design twists that could be replicated at home, should anyone desire to make a fun skirt for themselves.<br />
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I started with a self-drafted A-line skirt pattern and a few yards of On Your Mark in this color way.<br />
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The skirt is a classic silhouette, in a knee skimming length, perfect for spring in Colorado, when the weather can be sandals one day and boots the next.<br />
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Using the repetitive design in the background fabric as an element, I cut into the fabric adding small snippets of contrasting colors from Simone's line as focal points. I placed these fabrics on both the front and the back, because it's my personal opinion that your garment should look good coming and going. Because I wanted the placement to be specific, I didn't add the contrasting fabric until after the skirt was finished, but depending on how comfortable you are with this technique (which is prepped like the initial steps in a welted pocket, but curved), you certainly could try first and then use that modified fabric to construct your garment. As a design alternative, these shapes could be added as an appliqué feature, but my preference in garments is a more tailored look, hence the use of an inset element instead of an appliquéd one.<br />
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I up-cycled a old button in black and white plaid for the back waistband<br />
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and used an exposed metal zipper that stands out just the right amount.<br />
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Hiding, but equally as fun is a right sided (I'm right handed) pocket hidden in the side seam allowance. The pocket is lined in a contrasting fabric (see below for the fabric pattern numbers) and stay stitched to the skirt front panel to keep it from moving without adding bulk to the design when in use.<br />
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You could easily choose any of Simone's prints for your creation, making it personal to suit your wardrobe and the colors you prefer. Each contrasting inset uses only snippets of fabric, so you don't add much to the overall cost by purchasing small amounts, or if your design dictates and you want to be economical, using the same fabric for all the insets.<br />
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If you want to try something similar, I used the following fabrics from the On Your Mark line in this project based on my self drafted pattern:<br />
120-10771 (1.5 yards, skirt)<br />
120-10782 (FQ, skirt pocket)<br />
120-10762/10741/10742/10762 (charm square each, skirt insets)<br />
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In addition I used a 7" metal zipper and a up-cycled button, complimentary thread in black.<br />
Depending on the pattern you choose, <b>you should follow the recommendations and yardage on the back side of your pattern envelope for the best possible outcome.</b><br />
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What I love most about this fabric is it's versatility. You know you have a great line when you can make equally lovely quilted items and clothing!<br />
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Paintbrush Studios is generously donating a FQ bundle of some of Simone's On Your Mark line to each blogger to give away. Leave me a comment here, or on my IG feed about this project and I will pick one lucky winner at the completion of the blog hop! Tell me what you would make with Simone's fabulous fabric - "On Your Mark", get set GO! (leave a comment!!).<br />
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Brenda your comment was chosen by Mr. Random for the Improv Blog Hop Giveaway!!!<br />
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"<span style="color: #575757; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed your post on this lovely quilt. I have never considered using wool and it is a fantastic choice, especially for the car. So thank you for enlightening my quilting fabric choices. I have to have something to drink in the car and always have a gallon of fresh water available. Have a great day! </span>"<br />
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You are the lucky winner of a curated FQ bundle of Amy Friend's Improv fabric. I've sent you an email with further details. Congratulations!!Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-31909607237053428462017-07-11T01:00:00.000-06:002017-07-11T01:00:04.940-06:00 {I am} Along for the Ride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was honored when Amy Friend <a href="http://duringquiettime.com/2016/11/kicking-off-the-heartland-blog-tour-with-a-free-pattern.html">(During Quiet Time)</a> asked me if I would create something with her new <a href="http://duringquiettime.com/fabric">Improv fabric line by Benartex. </a> I wanted to do something unexpected, knowing that I was also under a bit of a deadline. After receiving my Improv fabric my original idea flew out the window. The fabric patterns I chose are modern prints but also read as solids from a distance. That alone solidified the idea that became my project. I did need one other ingredient.<br />
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I high tailed it over to <a href="https://www.denverfabrics.com/">Denver Fabrics</a> and after much deliberation, purchased a lovely Italian 100% merino wool; a gray and cream herringbone. Not going to lie, it was expensive, but incredibly soft, light weight and will be very warm. I chose this particular wool because it was the perfect compliment to my selection of colors from Amy's gorgeous Improv fabric line. My Improv palette is decidedly feminine with raspberry, lime and shades of gray with the dominant print reading as white/off-white. The contrast of a lovely, soft wool with the fresh, feminine prints was exactly what I wanted.<br />
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I chose as my project, a car quilt- the perfect hybrid of both quilt and blanket. (My husband smiled at this- the irony of making a hybrid car quilt specifically for my hybrid car was not lost on him). This quilt is modern and fun while also being soft and warm. To make the perfect modern car quilt you need 2 things: a fun pieced modern quilt top design made with Improv cotton fabric (one side) and soft and warm merino wool on the reverse.<br />
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The pieced cotton top is simple and bold, showcasing 9 of the fabrics from the Improv line: (from left to right) Patches (White/light gray), Twisted Screen (Citron), Beans Crosshatch (Citron), Molehills (Citron), Triangle Toss (Deep Rose), Patches (Rose), Triangle toss (dark Gray), Twisted Screen (Gray), Beans Crosshatch (Gray)<br />
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Simple, straight line hand quilting was accomplished with 6 different colors and 2 different types of thread keeping the inherent softness and drape of this quilt. Most of the thread is <a href="http://www.sulky.com/">12 wt Sulky</a> 100% cotton quilting thread in off white, 3 different light to medium grays and one pale celery green. The 6th thread is<a href="http://www.coatsindustrial.com/en/products-applications/industrial-threads/signal"> Coats and Clark </a> retroreflective Signal Thread (large cone in photo below). This last thread is a strategic addition to this quilt. The inherent reflective qualities of this tread combined with the fabrics make this quilt not only warm but also safe.<br />
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Any light (say incoming headlights) bouncing off the quilt will immediately make the quilt visible in the dark. Depending on the circumstances, this quilt could save your life. (That's the best endorsement for making a car quilt, in my opinion).<br />
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Before going into the nitty-gritty remember this is a week long blog-hop. Here is the line-up.<br />
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The top and bottom fringe are a nod to its "blanket" roots.</td></tr>
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Top: Original design, pieced top using 100% cotton "Improv" Fabric by Amy Friend for Benartex.<br />
Back: 100% Italian wool, pre-washed (see notes below) and fringed.<br />
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Hand quilted, from the back (using the herringbone's linear registration lines as guide lines for the hand-quilting), using cotton and reflective threads.<br />
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Think about making one of your own? I'm certain that many of us have the necessary materials already in our sewing rooms.<br />
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<b>A</b> (not really a tutorial) <b>Tutorial</b>:<br />
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1. A finished quilt top made with soft and beautiful Improv fabric. This fabric is versatile and a perfect choice for many patterns including one of your own making. If you keep your car quilt to 60" x 60", fitting the backing fabric will be easy, especially since most garment wools are 60" wide. For my top, I used the 3 gray FQ's for the left side and 1 1/2 yards of the white/off-white fabric for the remainder of the top. Sewing the FQ along their short side made a pieced section the same length as the single piece of Patches (white/light-gray). I then drew 3 elongated oval templates and traced them on the quilt top as shown in the overall photo. Using the<a href="http://spontaneousthreads.blogspot.com/search?q=curves+ahead"> technique discussed here </a>in an earlier blog post, I added the 3 greens in descending color intensity (using a FQ of each color). Finally, I used the same smallest oval template to add the 2 raspberry highlights. This quilt has only 14 seams on the top, and can easily be pieced in a day.<br />
2. Backing of your choosing, keeping in mind natural fibers like wool shrink when washed. The backing doesn't have to be merino wool, it could be cashmere, or fleece. A woven wool makes lovely fringe, but a boiled wool would also work. Selecting a natural fiber for the back that is durable and warm is the whole idea behind this hybrid car quilt, as the backing fabric takes the place of the batting and cotton backing of a traditional quilt.<br />
3. Sewing machine, thread, scissors, misc. sewing supplies.<br />
4. Wash and dry your backing especially if your using a natural fiber like wool. You can block your wool, after washing to square, paying special attention to the parallel finished edges.<br />
5. Trim square the 2 cut edges on each end of your backing fabric.<br />
6. Stitch 1" from each cut edge and then gently unpick the weave to create fringe. If you don't want fringe you can skip this step, but I think the fringe really makes this the hybrid quilt/blanket that you'd want for your car.<br />
7. Lay the back out on a flat surface, wrong side up and lay the top over the back, right side up.<br />
8. Pin baste.<br />
9. As carefully as possible fold under the raw edges of the top so that it covers the back, leaving just a little of the finished edges and all of the fringe, pin with straight (garment) pins.<br />
10. Stitch top to back along outer edges, removing straight pins as you go.<br />
11. Hand quilt or tie your top to the back to retain softness and drape with thread of your choosing. There are some wonderful specialty threads out there including wool, glow in the dark, solar reactive and retroreflective. Think of all the fun you can have just figuring out what thread to use.<br />
12. IF you decide to quilt your car quilt by machine, lengthen your stitch and use a walking foot. Skip steps 9 and 10 above and start by quilting top to back leaving at least 1" of all the outer edges un-quilted. Tuck in the raw edges of the top after trimming to size and then complete step 10. If you have chosen a simple linear quilting design like me, the edge stitching, anchoring the side edges of the top and the back, will compliment the overall design eliminating the need to go back and finish any further machine quilting.<br />
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I can't think of a better was to finish this post than with a generous give away by Benartex celebrating this new and lovely Improv fabric line by Amy Friend.<br />
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<li style="color: #575757; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The giveaway is open till July 14th at midnight. Winner chosen at random on July 15th and announced here and on IG (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spontaneousthreads/" style="color: #1ea62e; text-decoration: none;">@spontaneousthreads</a>)</span></li>
<li style="color: #575757; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you comment make sure I can contact you if you win. Failure to do so will result in another person being chosen as a winner. If you are a no-reply blogger please your email address and IG handle in your comment.</span></li>
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**** I purchased 6" more wool than the finished size for my final project. Because car quilts get dirty and need to be washed , I pre-washed and air dried the wool fabric to guarantee that I wouldn't have to commit to a future of dry-cleaning. It's risky doing this with dry clean only fabric, but I've done it in the past with success- this time, I lost about 4" overall due to shrinkage. If you want to consider something other than wool for the back, keep in mind that it's hand will affect the drape and warmth of the overall design. There are no wrong choices!<br />
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If using a woven wool, after the wool fabric dried, it was squared up and I carefully stitched a tight straight line 1" from each cut edge and picked out the cross woven gray fabric to create cream fringe.<br />
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THANK YOU to everyone who left comments on the #paintbrushstudio Patriotic Palette Blog Hop!<br />
Random number generator picked 2 winners.<br />
Betsy will be receiving the 7 FQ bundle from PaintBrush Studios and Grammajudyb will getting my collection of 2.5" squares and a variegated spool of hand quilting thread. I have sent you both emails so please check your mailboxes and get your email mail addresses to me ASAP! Packages mailed out after the 4th.<br />
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Have a safe weekend everyone and enjoy your holiday celebrations.Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-44116918362069566092017-06-27T00:00:00.000-06:002017-06-27T00:00:58.189-06:00A Salute to the Red, White and Blue<div style="text-align: center;">
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Welcome to day 3 of Paint Brush Studios 4th of July Patriotic Palette Blog Hop.</div>
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I will be hosting today so keep reading because there is a giveaway (or 2) at the end. If you've already been following along, you can see projects on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pbstudiofabrics/">@paintbrushstudio</a> look for #pbstudio #painterspalettesolids and #RWBsolids.</div>
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As some of you know I have been lucky enough to be able to participate in several Paint Brush Studios events, including their March Madness bundle challenge and now, this. Some of you also know, that these solids are my favorite brand, hands down the softest hand of the quilting solids I have had the opportunity to use. </div>
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You may also know, that besides quilts, I sew garments and to me, seams are an elevated art form. </div>
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I knew immediately that I wanted to use the 7 Painters Palette solids to try out a seam that doesn't immediately jump to most peoples mind, by making a quick, modern, versatile, patriotic, 2-sided project that could double as a banner or a table topper and that can be made in what ever size you like. </div>
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For my project, you have to meet the <b>lapped-felled seam</b>. (Like quilt blocks, some specialty seams are identified by several names). I like this particular combination as it really identifies the 2 basic components of this technique, lapped seams, followed by felled seams. </div>
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Fabric: I used 7 FQ in the following colors: White, Patriot, French Blue, River, Claret, Crimson and Tomato.</div>
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1. Make a template. I made my triangle 10" wide by 6" tall. Please note that the 2 sides abutting the base have squared corners instead of pointy ones. You will see in the next steps why this is necessary. Those squared corners are 1/2" high. Because this "pattern" can be personalized, you can make your triangle template any size you choose, making your project uniquely yours. </div>
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2. Trace your triangles (using your sturdy paper template) onto the fabric you chose for those triangles. (Here, white). Trace as many triangles as your design calls for. I used 6. Cut out your triangles and put them aside.</div>
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3. Using your triangle height as a guide, cut a strip of fabric the width of your desired finished piece plus 2" by the height of your triangle plus 2" (for me, 22" wide (the width of a FQ) by 8" high). (The extra height will be necessary giving you some wiggle room when you trim). Then, place your triangle in the center of your background fabric strip and cut along the left side, using the edge of the triangle as the cut line. (This photo shows the cut background fabric aligned with the center triangle before any ironing or sewing. By lining things up before hand, you can organize your segments making it easier and quicker to iron, glue and then sew.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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6. Nest the pieces into each other as shown. Placing the right side of the triangle and the right side of the background piece together allows the folded seam allowances to overlap, with the seam allowance of the triangle covering the cut edge of the background piece. (This is the first past of lapped portion of the lapped-felled seam). Put a little glue between the nested red and white 1/2" seam allowances , iron to set glue and keep things in place.</div>
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7. Fold the red background piece over the white triangle and re-iron the ironed background fabric seam allowance. I recommend at this time, pulling back the red background fabric and adding a little glue to the top of the nested white triangle fabric- and setting the glue by ironing again. This extra glue basting keeps all the layers in place without letting them move. If you choose not to to that, it still works, I just like the assurance of another glue basted seam. (Now both raw edges are covered and the 2nd lapped part of the lapped-felled seam is complete). </div>
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8. Take your freshly glue basted and ironed piece back to your cutting surface and trim the background fabric using the left side of the white triangle as your guide.</div>
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9. You will see if you've done everything correctly, you will have one background piece left that is exactly cut to finish the left side of your triangle. </div>
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11. Now, the fun part..... take your glue basted triangle/background to the sewing machine where you will sew 2 seams (This is the felled portion of your lapped-felled seam). One seam should be sewn very close to the Triangle background and the other just less than 1/2" away. The goal is to catch both lapped edges with these 2 seams. I used a matching red thread on the top (Front: full and detail)</div>
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<span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, this technique has quite a few steps, but it is so worth the extra effort. Once you make your first block the others go quickly! Depending on the size of your triangles and the width of your background fabric the possibilities for customization are endless. You can add more than 6 segments. You could add less. You could join side segments to make this bigger...... you can also use this seam technique to construct a multitude of other gorgeous projects including, but not limited to, curtains, scarves, clothing, and summer quilt/throws. </span></span></div>
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A very long time ago, our universe, and in it our planet became a reality. Echoes today whisper of tension, change, competition, famine, extinction, survival, cooperation, love, hate, war, peace. </div>
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Fast forward a bit to January 2017 and <a href="http://spontaneousthreads.blogspot.com/2017/01/bee-sewcial-january-resolution.html">this post</a>. I encourage everyone who has the time, to listen to the embedded TED talk and to re-read the blog post for January's Resolution #beesewcial prompt. It's rather timely.</div>
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As the pieces of this quilt arrived in Denver from my friends, and I began to assemble their blocks into a cohesive whole, this quilt became something more than I originally intended. You can certainly go to each #beesewcial quilters IG post and read about their blocks. Their stories are personal and profound. In their togetherness, however, the impact of each piece resonated.</div>
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(rez-<i>uh-neyt</i>: verb 1. to produce a positive feeling, emotional response, or opinion). </div>
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The addition of rather exceptional machine quilting (thanks to Christine Perrigo) and her nod to creative spaces, I took the time to meditate on the quilt as a whole, to construct a thoughtful binding and then to add hand stitches to the quilt that celebrates the process of coming together, creative collaboration, and of love of our planet and our fellow (wo)man.</div>
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Title: 2 Degrees Celsius</div>
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Bee Sewcial blocks by: Leanne Chahley, Karen Foster, Felicity Ronaghan, Marci Debetaz, Silvia Sutters, MR Charbonneau, Debbie Jeske, Anne Sullivan, Hillary Goodwin, and me.</div>
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Materials: Quilting cottons, t-shirt material, glass nano particle fabric and embroidery floss in an arctic color palette.</div>
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Original quilting design by Christine Perrigo using Fil-Tec Glide, trilobal polyester thread. Additional hand stitching details using Sulky 12 wt cotton threads in complimentary colors.</div>
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Close-ups of additional details: details are purposely subtle and often hidden. This quilt, like our planet requires close inspection, and time to see everything worth seeing. </div>
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I seems to me that feelings around quilt bindings fall into broad 2 categories: people either love them or they hate them, and these deep feelings don't seem to be associated with whether bindings are attached by machine or by hand.<br />
There have been some wonderful polls about how people attach bindings to their quilts. I fall squarely in the Team hand binding. If I'm attaching a binding to my quilt, I sew it to the quilt front by machine and finish it on the back, by hand using a blind hem stitch. I have evolved over time from a simple binding person to someone who gives as much thought to the binding as I do to the quilt design. I LOVE this part of quilt making; let me tell you why.<br />
I see the binding as the last bit of quilt design, a chance to sum up the totality of my work. It certainly isn't the last hand stitch that will grace my quilt, as the label and the hanging sleeve all require hand-stitching, but bindings allow for a bit of creativity that can have a big impact.<br />
In my quilting career I have worked with both bias and straight of grain bindings, preferring a 2" straight of grain binding to all other. I ventured into traditional faced bindings and "skinny" faced bindings. I have embellished and quilted bindings (by machine and by hand), fussed over 2-sided matched bindings, and spent hours on intricately pieced bindings. The one thing all my bindings have in common is that I wait until I am completely done with my quilt before deciding on what kind of binding I will use. Sometimes the bindings are simple, other times they have taken all day to assemble.<br />
I have been fortunate to received judges comments on the some of my quilt's bindings (always positive), validating, in some small way, the amount of time I spend on them.<br />
Below is a gallery of some of those bindings. Perhaps you'll find some inspiration in there for your next project.<br />
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Example: Color Blocked Binding cut 2" SOG (quilting by Christine Perrigo). In this quilt, this piece of turquoise was the only are of color that would touch the binding so it seemed more than appropriate to continue the color out into the binding. Because my bindings are cut at 2" they do not add to the overall measurements, keeping the proportion of the turquoise square the same.<br />
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Example: Inset binging cut 2" SOG, left photo used nano particle retroreflective fabric. These inset strips are less then 1/4" in width.<br />
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Example: Pieced binding cut 2" SOG, pieced as I attached the binding for more precise placement)<br />
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Example: Quilted Binding (machine). After making the binding and folding it in half, it was heavily quilted using different colored threads. After quilting the binding is attached in the usual manner.<br />
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Example: Embellished/ quilted binding (hand). In both instances the hand work occurs after the binding is attached to the quilt. </div>
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Example: 2-sided binding (also quilted). This quilt was a challenge in that the quilt was 2 sided, one side white the other black. It posed a problem for picking a color for the binding. The solution was a 2-sided quilted binding. The thread on the black fabric is metallic and standard cotton on the white side.<br />
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<br />Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-46177791499046557892017-04-27T08:00:00.000-06:002017-04-27T08:00:43.183-06:00Threads of ResistanceIf you haven't heard...... there's resistance going on. Marches and protests, and quilts. <a href="http://threadsofresistance.blogspot.com/p/call-for-entry.html">Threads of Resistance</a> is looking for quilts and I answered the call. Still have to wait until June to find out if my quilt makes it in, but I felt it was important to make, either way.<br />
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Title: "Nothing would be what it is. Everything would be what it isn't." Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland).<br />
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I don't often include an Artist's statement but in this case, it's important. Also, because I put out a call for help with naming the quilt and many of you on IG answered that call. So many of the suggestions were very clever and clearly the result of a talented group of insightful individuals. I loved so many of them I couldn't pick just one, but they all got me thinking and many of your suggestions helped me compose my artists statement.<br />
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<i>"Designed in a simple style, this quilt's message is anything but childish and on closer inspection, everything is "knot" as it seems. As the slow drip of information continues to be discovered, Russian meddling into the bedrock democracy of the United States become more apparent. As the slow drip of information is collected and analyzed (often in secret), a dark cloud looms over us all, casting a long shadow. The initials "USA" are made from thousands of french knots reminiscent of the raised letters of a varsity/collegiate "letter", a symbol of achievement. But those letters are shadowed by another set of letters, both separate and intertwined. As more information becomes apparent the letters become more defined, like a political game of hangman, but with much higher stakes.</i><br />
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After reading the artists statement to my son (the quilting environmental engineer), he said it reminded him of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. He sent me a quote that he thought summed it all up. Unfortunately, the entire quote was too long for the quilt title. Due to space limitations it was shortened slightly and seemed in the end, exceedingly apropos. Those of you that offered covert, punny and exceedingly clever suggestions might see your influence in the artists statement and I thank you from the bottom on my heart for that. For a simple quilt, there is a lot going on, and nearly all of you got something that I hoped would be "seen" with close inspection.<br />
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23" x 23" (letters USA= 5.5" tall)<br />
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100% quilting cottons front and back without attribution in case we differ in our views on Russian meddling.<br />
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Simple echo quilting surrounding the cloud with color matched thread (again, manufacturers names withheld). Ghost FBI/CIA in the cloud. Russia spelled out in a combination of ghost and french knot letters, hiding Russia and emphasizing USA.<br />
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Detail hand stitching rain with drops (french knots) in color matched embroidery floss. Red and blue variegated embroidered letters with thousands and thousands of french knots. Photos show full letter and detail of the french knots. It's hard to tell from the photos but the texture and dimension is remarkable. No lie- it took forever, way longer than I anticipated, but now that's complete, I love it.<br />
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If the quilt makes it into the show the opening reception is in my home town of Lowell, MA at the New England Quilt Museum. That's an opening reception I wouldn't want to miss. Fingers crossed.<br />
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<br />Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-87783742257276539212017-03-30T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-30T08:00:30.761-06:00Mad for Solids: VOTE!!Today is my day......<br />
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Go vote for your favorite paint Brush Studios Mad for Solids bundle.<br />
Here is a reminder:<br />
"Colorado Spring"<br />
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Thanks!!!Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-434922726547703512017-03-24T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-24T08:00:11.899-06:00Colorado Spring and March Madness (Quilter's Version)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of the year again and this is by far the best March Madness event out there (sorry NCAA). Sponsored by <a href="http://inspiredbyfabric.blogspot.com/">Paint Brush Studios and featuring their Painter's Palette solids </a>, this years 2017 Mad for Solids bracket features 16 quilters going head to head in what will be a fun event for everyone.<br />
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And there are prizes. Fabric prizes. Every day from Monday, March 27- Thursday, April 6th you can vote (via their blog link above or on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pbstudiofabrics/"> IG</a>) for your favorite 8-color fabric bundle. The winners of each day progress all the way to the championship pairing. All voters in the championship game will be entered to win 1/4 yard cuts of the winning bundle (that's 2 yards of fabric!!!!).<br />
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Here is my bundle called "Colorado Spring". I chose these 8 colors, (from a gorgeous collection of 168 options), as a reminder after a dry and mostly brown winter, these colors represent little purple crocus and the tiny yellow green leaf buds all pictured against the vast blue Colorado sky.<br />
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Voting for my bundle starts on Thursday, March 30, 2017. I'd love your vote!<br />
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<br />Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-92118727336786511562017-03-17T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-17T08:00:47.314-06:00Don't Tread on MeLooking and seeing.<div>
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January's <a href="https://luckyspool.com/collections/club/products/mighty-lucky-quilting-club-2017">Mighty Lucky Quilting Clubs</a> lesson from Amy Friend <a href="http://duringquiettime.com/2016/11/kicking-off-the-heartland-blog-tour-with-a-free-pattern.html">(during quiet time) </a>was "Transforming Inspiration into Original Designs. That month's challenge coincided with a resolution I made to both participate and teach ( December, 2017) while really stretching myself to incorporate one or more pre-set challenge into any given project.</div>
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The arrival of my fabric-dream-come-true, compliments of <a href="http://inspiredbyfabric.blogspot.com/">Paintbrush Studios</a>, lead me to a startling intersection. That although I was intimately familiar with many details of my house (I did help in the remodel 10 years ago), there are things that I look at every day but don't actually "see". </div>
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Case in point: my back door mat. Understated in teak, and exceedingly functional, I have tread on this mat several times a day for YEARS. It wasn't until after I had read Amy's lesson that I actually "saw" the doormat. </div>
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And what I saw got me thinking.... we surround ourselves with things we like. We may know exactly why we like something, be it's style, or it's color or it's functionality. But sometimes we just like it, no other explanation needed. Many of us avoid things that are unappealing but are not always successful for valid reasons- I mean even I have wedding crystal and a vase or 10 that I'm not crazy about. But not counting the ugly crystal, most of us crave things that speak to us, that make a connection, recognized or unconscious. Seeing this door mat now, after discovering things about me as a quilter makes me smile. Although there are 2 rather obvious places that wood is absent, the construction centers around 3 columns. (I'm a HUGE fan of odd numbers, and if you count the non-columns, then 5 vertical features, another odd number). It's rectangular rather than square and looks good in either orientation (horizontal or vertical). It retains some symmetry but isn't equally symmetrical. The aesthetic lends itself either to uniform linear repetition OR irregular linear representation, (varying linear aspects -the quilt interpretation). That's just good design.</div>
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Meet: "Don't Tread on Me"</div>
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55.5" by 65.5" quilt made with 15 different Painters Palette solids and inspired by a humble door mat.</div>
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The linear aspect carries over but I varied the width of all the vertical lines cutting them randomly in different thicknesses. The contrast between the warm and cool tones mimic the open spaces in the door mat. The colors of course, as sheer fun.</div>
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Fabrics: All Paintbrush Studio Painters Palette solids in: Yarrow and Frolic (continuous horizontal aspect). Warms: Tangerine, Burnt Orange, Raspberry, Poppy Red, Bittersweet, Crimson, Tomato. Cools: Teal, Poseidon, Gulf Stream, Cyan, Pale Aqua, Aruba.</div>
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Backing fabrics: Frolic, Yarrow and Raspberry (solids) combine with Anna Maria Horner Good Folks and Tula Pink Parisville. Hanging sleeve stash fabric.</div>
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Threads: color coordinated but varying in weight (28-50 wt) and composition: 100% cotton, poly cotton and 100% poly.</div>
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Quilting: dense color coordinated vertical matchstick quilting with over a dozen different threads from caring manufacturers (Aurifil, Mettler, Marathon)</div>
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Binding: 2" SOG in Yarrow, hand sewn on back</div>
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Lesson learned: Inspiration is everywhere even in the humblest of things.</div>
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The general improv curved pricing is the similar, the colors and the proportions of the 3 sections are different. By changing up small but distinct aspects of the quilt, each becomes an original version of a cohesive design set. On one quilt I added boarders, on the other I left them off. Nathalie chose to hang hers rotated 90 degrees.<br />
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The quilting on this piece is different, horizontal matchstick quilting with color matching threads except in one section where the thread color changes to match the yellow-green portion of the quilt.<br />
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Fabric: All Paintbrush Studio Painter's Palette Solids, top to bottom (using the quilt for reference). Pale Silver and Lemon Ice, Haze and Frolic, Abyss and Wasabi.</div>
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The 3 seam #wholeheartedblock Tutorial, from my heart to your hands.<br />
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This heart can be made to whatever size you need requiring only 3 seams in its construction. It is suitable for use with solids and prints.<br />
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What you will need:<br />
background fabric<br />
fabric for your heart<br />
sewing machine and 1/4" foot<br />
thread for piecing and thread for quilting<br />
iron and ironing board<br />
sharp scissors<br />
glue for basting<br />
batting and backing, or whatever additional supplies you need to complete your heart project.<br />
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Choose your background fabric cutting it a inch or so bigger than your desired finished measurements.<br />
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Cut your background fabric (in half; in thirds) length-wise where you want to have your heart reside. (I chose a 9 x 8" of fabric for my project and cut it (almost) in half. I used scissors to accomplish this since the fabric piece was small. A rotary cutter and mat work well for larger pieces.<br />
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This next step can be accomplished one of several ways. You can be a bit spontaneous, like me, and put both pieces of background fabric right-sides together and cut a free-form heart with a sharp pair of scissors. You can also, using your favorite marking implement, draw a heart, or you can trace a heart if that's your comfort level. Cutting free-hand reminds me of grade school, when about this time of year, and before the commercial availability of Valentine greeting cards for school aged children, we folded colored construction paper in half and went to town with safety scissors. Harkening back to those times of creative freedom, I cut my heart halves freehand. It felt good. Go ahead try it.<br />
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Lay your cut background fabric side my side and admire your cutting skills. Adjust if necessary. (By cutting both halves of the fabric at the same time, you get mirror images of you heart halves.<br />
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Using your sharp scissors, cut little notches around the curved top halves of one of your 1/2 hearts. Keep those snips small and closely spaced together. Repeat on the other side.<br />
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Using a hot iron and working on the wrong-side of the fabric, fold and press along the clipped edge.<br />
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Here is where the magic happens. I strive to keep the pressed fold at around 1/4", but have allowed for some variability. These are improv pieced at heart, embracing that, I have allowed for each heart, to be unique, like us.<br />
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Repeat on other side.<br />
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Flip over and spritzing lightly (starch works great here, but any pressing agent, even water will suffice), press flat.<br />
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Gently lift the pressed heart cutouts and lay then on top of your heart fabric. Press again, making sure all the previously clipped and pressed seams are to the back.<br />
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Using your basting glue, gently lift a segment of the background (light colored in this picture) fabric and apply small dots of glue at the clipped edge. Keep the glue on the folded pressed sections. Lay back down on your heart fabric, press until dry. I find doing this in sections keeps all the fabrics flat. Repeat on other side.<br />
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Working carefully from the back clip heart fabric to edge of background fabric, both sides. Press again.<br />
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Depending on how dramatic your cut curves are, you may need to gently clip your hearts again. Use your previous clips as a guided clip if necessary, press again.<br />
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Now you have your 2 1/2's glue-basted and ready to be sewn.Don't worry about trimming center seams at this point. Trust me on this.<br />
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At your sewing machine, and using your 1/4" foot, sew along the outsides of your hearts halves using the crease created by pressing as your seam guide. Sew slowly all the way around your heart halves, stopping and making adjustments at the curves as needed. The smaller the hearts, the slower the going.<br />
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Take both sewn heart halves to the ironing board and gently press, then spritz and press flat. Even with great care, the block halves will need some trimming before the next step. So off to the cutting board to trim the center seam allowance only. (We'll deal with squaring up later).<br />
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Sew center seam, matching as closely as possible top and bottom sections of your heart.<br />
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Press sewn seam open, spritz if necessary. Admire your work.<br />
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Now that your heart is complete, you can decide it's fate. Oh, the irony......<br />
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If your quilting your heart, I suggest you do so before trimming the "block" as things will move a bit.<br />
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If you hand cut your hearts, no two will be alike, just like each of us.<br />
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Finish your block as desired. I bound mine, it is a mini quilt for a special Valentine.<br />
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Share the love; if you make a heart please post a photo on IG and tag me @spontaneousthreads and your project #wholeheartedblock<br />
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Fabric used in this project is a selection of solids from the Painter's Palette line by Paintbrush Studio, a division of Fabri-Quilt.<br />
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Although this quilt is only 18" x 19" it became the starting point for an exploration of scale based on this original design. I loved each section of this small quilt and decided to play with the idea of taking each quadrant and making a larger quilt from its sections.</div>
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"Quartered A, 1/x" resulted from that exploration</div>
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This study from the upper left hand section of the original smaller quilt finished at 42.5" x 42.5". Like it's smaller cousin the colors and flow of the quilt remain the same. Because of the expansive use of subtle minimalism extra care was taken in the thread selection for this quilt. </div>
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Difficult to see, and subtle for sure, there are dozens of different closely color coordinated threads in differing weights and fibers (silk and cotton) that pay homage to the 3 main colors used in the making of the quilt. Up close you can see and feel the threads used in the matchstick quilting.</div>
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One of the ideas I still have brewing for this small quilt and her larger scaled cousins is to place hanging sleeved on all 4 sides of the larger pieces allowing for different arrangements of the 4 quilts when hung together. If I do my math correctly, the 256 possibilities would be interesting to explore.</div>
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Restricted seaming study (less than 12 seams) using Kona 100% cotton quilting solids in snow, steel, wasabi, tangerine, glacier, breakers, pool and bone.</div>
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Dense matchstick (echoed) quilting with Aurifil 100% threads, color matched. #2026, 2311, 4093, 2615, 5004, 2810. (50 wt for piecing, 28 wt for quilting).</div>
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Sub study of smaller quilt with only 2 seams. Minimalist aesthetic and study o f scale.</div>
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Dense color coordinated matchstick echo quilting in numerous threads of differing weights (50 wt, 40 wt and 28 wt) by Aurifil (for colors see above), in addition off -white silk thread from Superior threads .</div>
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Hello, Hi, Hej, Hei!<br />
Welcome to my day on the Heartland blog tour, it's very exciting to be sewing side by side with such fabulous makers and with the <a href="http://www.patbravo.com/Heartland.html">Heårtland Fabric</a> line by <a href="http://www.patbravo.com/">Pat Bravo </a> (Art Gallery Fabrics). Not only has it been a pleasure to use such gorgeous fabric but it's been fun to discover its versatility.<br />
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Before we get into the nitty-gritty details- let me encourage you to check out all the makers and their creations as this wonderful event is now in it's 2nd week. The complete list (just in case you missed them), is at the end of this post, all with live links, so no excuses..... you will have to wait in real time to see what happens through the rest of this week, with <a href="http://www.thetattooedquilter.com/">Christopher</a> ( the tattooed quilter) taking the lead tomorrow.<br />
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Story of my life lately; come up with what I think is a great idea and then change my mind. Sometimes the change is organic and sometimes it's situational. But what I've learned lately is not to fight it. Change is inevitable, and when it's heading your way, you have to embrace it.<br />
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I was so excited to get some of this gorgeous fabric that initially I though I'd make a quilt. (For those of you laughing right now, hold on to that thought). Immediately after settling on the quilt idea, I went on an amazing trip to the land of fashion and food- Italy- and came back with so many more ideas, one of which was, why not try a wearable quilt. Really, why the heck not!<br />
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I live in a place that gets snow in the winter. My family, always trying to be the best stewards of the one planet we all live on, keep our house on the "cool" side during these winter months (my kids say cold, I say cool, tomato, tomahto). I have quilts on the couch and quilts on the beds. With that thought in mind, I chose the <a href="http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/11045/circular-vest/page/all">Circular Vest Pattern</a>, from Threads Magazine. It is a pattern that I have been wanting to try (for a while). It's also quick, easy and best of all it's free. There is a minor amount of measuring and math, but if I can do it so can you. Best of all, it falls right into my sewing and quilting happy place; a pattern that is as versatile as it is stylish and one, if you have the time, can be customized, which is exactly what I did.<br />
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Fabrics used : Art Gallery, 100% quilting cotton from the Heartland Line by <a href="http://www.patbravo.com/">Pat Bravo</a>:<br />
Heartland: Droppar Moondust, Trekant Rows Candid, Unn Cross Silver. I used a pre-washed light weight silk, tencel and cotton lining and bias cut the binding because the pattern is basically a big circle and you need the stretch. The pattern calls for the binding to be applied by machine but this one is attached inside and out by hand, allowing for further ease around the circular vest. All the fabrics were washed prior to construction assuring the completed project will remain true to size and that the finished garment can be machine laundered when complete.<br />
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Piecing and quilting details were inspired by a trip to Scandinavia several years ago, homage to the roots of Pat's Heartland Fabric line. I kept the piecing simple, organic and repetitive, limiting it to just the shoulder/collar.<br />
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Using a thick paper template and a freehand sketched organic shape, I transferred the shape to the shoulder/collar area of the Droppar fabric by tracing using a water soluble blue fabric marker. This was repeated 9 times, paying attention to the spacing between the shapes. The design was then cut out leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. For stability, the Heartland Droppar fabric was fused to Freezer paper before starting.<br />
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In order to keep the curves smooth, small notches were cut in the curved area and repeated 9 more times. The freezer paper was then removed and the seam allowance pressed to the wrong side easing the fabric through the curves. Unn Cross in Silver was then glue basted to the wrong side. The inset pieces were then sewn in place using the pressed seam allowances as the sewing guide. Glue basting is critical- keeping the fabric in place while sewing through all the tight curves.<br />
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Finally, the binding compliments the other fabrics with its pops of yellow and pink along with the grays found in the Unn Cross and the Blue-green found in the Droppar Moondust (vest body).<br />
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The quilting is linear but is not stitched as you might expect, top-to-bottom. It's actually stitched from the center (mid shoulder blade) in quadrants, which gives some play across the shoulders in a fabric that is not otherwise stretchy.<br />
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And because we're all having so much fun, I do have a small give away of some fabric I requested but did not have the opportunity to incorporate into my design.... (change is GOOD!). It's all contained in a <a href="http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/">simple drawstring bag</a> (pattern modified to use fabric at hand from the Heartland collection).<br />
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If you'd like a chance to win this drawstring bag with some of this awesome new fabric, please leave a comment here on this post. Please use your fabric to create unique projects and make sure you let Pat know what you're making by using the following hashtags on social media. #patbravodesigns #heartlandfabrics #artgalleryfabrics @patbravodesign on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.<br />
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If you want to keep up with me, I'm here and on IG @spontaneousthreads.<br />
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Finally, a big thank you to Amy Friend for organizing this fun event and to <a href="http://www.patbravo.com/">Pat Bravo</a> and Art Gallery for the gorgeous Heartland fabric and if you're looking for a fabulous quilt to make with these fabrics <a href="http://duringquiettime.com/2016/11/kicking-off-the-heartland-blog-tour-with-a-free-pattern.html">Amy</a> has designed a beautiful one just for you!<br />
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Here is your stellar line-up of past and future makers, go see what they have been creating.<br />
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November 7: Debbie <a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/">http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com</a><br />
November 8: Jess <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/">http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/</a> and<br />
Charise <a href="http://charisecreates.blogspot.com/">http://charisecreates.blogspot.com/</a><br />
November 9: Jade <a href="http://stitchmischief.com/">http://stitchmischief.com</a><br />
November 10: Amanda <a href="http://www.jedicraftgirl.com/">http://www.jedicraftgirl.com/</a><br />
November 11: Kari <a href="http://craft-happy.blogspot.com/">http://craft-happy.blogspot.com</a><br />
Weekend break for sewing and creating<br />
November 14: Me<br />
November 15: Christopher ( <a href="http://tatooedquilter.com/">the tatooedquilter.com</a>) and the other amazing makers<br />
November 16-18:<br />
Kerry ( <a href="http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/">kidgiddy.blogspot.com</a>)<br />
Nicole (<a href="http://wildboho.com/">wildboho.com</a>)<br />
Krista (<a href="http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/">poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com</a>)<br />
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photo credits: Ruchi Brunvand (@rbrunvand) (Yes, that's me in the pictures- shocking, I know!)Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-87706917543942069072016-10-24T10:00:00.000-06:002016-10-24T10:00:18.798-06:00I am #MIGHTYLUCKY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I may not be trending but I am #MightyLucky to be part of the 2017 line up of really incredible quilt makers, designers, artists and authors. In it's second year, the 2017 program follows on the heels of an incredibly successful 2016 season. For you just learning of this program, here is what you need to know. <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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The <a href="http://luckyspool.com/products/mighty-lucky-quilting-club"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mighty Lucky Quilting Club</span> </a>is the first monthly subscription club of its kind that focuses on challenging you with design concepts in the quilt making process. It's like a gym membership for quilters! From playing with improvisation and negative space to finding inspiration and creating your own compositions …and everything in between...you’ll be challenged each month with a new skill to try, with pages of instructions, examples, and inspiration from one of your favorite quilters.</div>
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In the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mighty Lucky Quilting Club</span>, a popular quilt designer/trainer each month will provide a challenge for you to work through along with materials needed, guided instruction, detailed techniques and plenty of inspirational images. You can try it once and set it aside. You can turn the challenge into a full quilt if you’d like. You can do the challenge more than once! And of course you’ll want to take photos and share your efforts with others in the club as you work through the projects each month <span style="font-weight: 700;">#mightylucky on Instagram and Twitter and post to Facebook at www.facebook.com/mightyluckyquiltingclub/</span>.</div>
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I am also fortunate to be able to give one lucky person a full years subscription to the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club. To be eligible to win you need to comment here. The subscription is open anyone worldwide. Good luck!<br />
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I encourage you to<a href="http://luckyspool.com/collections/club/products/mighty-lucky-quilting-club-2017"> sign up</a> and to join me and others who are already #Mightlylucky.<br />
So without further ado, here is the line up for 2017: (see I told you they were awesome!). Go, go now and <a href="http://luckyspool.com/collections/club/products/mighty-lucky-quilting-club-2017">sign up</a>.<br />
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<i>January</i>- Amy Friend, <i>February</i>- Emily Herrick, <i>March</i>- Jacquie Gering, <i>April</i>- Krista Fleckenstein, <i>May</i>- Amy Smart, <i>June</i>- Kim Eichler-Messmer , <i>July</i>- Dan Rouse, <i>August</i>- Melissa Aversions, <i>September</i>- Emma Jean Jansen, <i>October</i>- Deborah Moebes, <i>November</i>- Camille Roskelley, <i>December</i>- Stephanie Ruyle</div>
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For my father in law, after the death of my mother in law.<br />
His second quilt, (first quilt <a href="http://spontaneousthreads.blogspot.com/search?q=four+score">here</a>). A specific request granted.<br />
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"Life's Journey"<br />
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87" x 88"<br />
derived from a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2742873@N22/">Bee Sewcial block made for Marci</a><br />
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2016 theme of "scale" (from 12" block to 88" queen quilt)<br />
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Request: pink, somewhere in the quilt (pink was one of my Mother in Laws favorite color)<br />
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Original design<br />
Kona cotton solids in various blues<br />
Bernina #4 stitch stretched x4 mostly in light gray with 5 rows of neon pink (for the 5 decades of marriage they shared).<br />
Pieced, mostly color matched, 2" straight of grain binding with 2 small pops of pink.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also included a portion of one of my mother in laws famous prayer flag prints</td></tr>
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100% cotton warm and natural batting.<br />
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The back is pieced to include fabrics that my in laws have purchased for me from their around the world travels, specifically Miramar, Australia and Africa.<br />
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The title "Life's Journey" is not mine. As I was piecing the back, I was pulling fabrics that coordinated, but also reminded me a bit of my father in law. I came across a very old cotton print with it's selvedge still attached. On that selvedge was the name of the fabric, "Life's Journey". There is no way I could have anticipated or chosen a better name.<br />
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Spontaneous Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696518486092172253noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207147297464564089.post-77986384821655207012016-05-07T08:00:00.000-06:002017-07-07T09:21:17.905-06:00Ties that BindIn my rather philosophical state of mind I chose a thoughtful and telling title for this quilt, which is a gift for another quilter who is making a quilt for me. We are working from a similar script with self curated selection of Kona solid fabrics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ties that Bind, a #twinsisterscityquilt<br />
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Daughter, Doctor, Wife, Mother, Quilter, Traveler, Friend. These are 7 powerful words that describe more than a few people. These are 7 powerful words that I share with a friend. We are not old friends, but became instant ones; someone you are lucky to meet and like immediately.<br />
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We hatched a plan about a year ago to make each other quilts under the byline #twinsisterscityquilt (on IG). There is much in that name, overlapping similarities that cannot be ignored. Easterners that are now Westerners anchored by family to the Rocky Mountains, birthdays that easily morph one into the other, a quirky appreciation for rules and a daring spirit to break some of them.<br />
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My quilt has so many little things that she will appreciate, least of which are the threads. Over a dozen colors, some collected while we walked the miles and miles of vendor aisles at the International Quilt Festival. I won some, I bought some and I used them all on this quilt. Threads of differing weights, 28, 40 and 50 give incredible texture to the wavy line "matchstick" quilting. I even popped one row of neon pink into the mix. I deliberated about that thread for more than you would think necessary. I know, if you're reading this Kathryn, you remember that well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to see, but there are many different colors of threads used in the quilting</td></tr>
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I bound the quilt with a subtle 2" straight of grain binding to which I added a tiny pop of the Kona color of the year, Highlight, and a sliver of my signature retroreflective glass nano particle fabric. I started the quilt in 2015, but finished in early 2016, so the nano particle fabric is my nod to 2015 making, like a hidden signature that Kathryn will understand.<br />
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I backed the quilt with fabric from Kathryn's favorite designer, Tula Pink, and kept my deliberate inability to leave things alone (some quilting rule breaking), by incorporating improv circle replacements for some of Tula's polka dots. Just 3. Tula even approves!!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ties that Bind, back</td></tr>
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Lastly, the something new, my 2016, Wabi-Sabi, of this quilt is the hand tied threads, clustered and scattered across the top. They are tone on tone, one set in each color used on the quilt. They are closely cropped, lending 3-D texture to the quilts otherwise heavily quilted surface. These are the "Ties that Bind" . Ties of Friendship and Family, of shared passions and creativity, and of quilts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the many threads in all kinds of weights used on this quilt</td></tr>
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I suspect that over time they will fall off, leaving little color pops of spontaneously found threads (yes, this was deliberate) in unexpected places. Right now, for some many reasons, I'm loving the idea of impermanence and change. Kathryn when you find them, about the house, in the dryer lint bin, stuck in your vacuum, I hope they make you smile.<br />
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"Ties that Bind" ( a #twinsisterscityquilt for Kathryn)<br />
54 x 63"<br />
Improv pieced, curated Kona cotton solids to a set script<br />
Tula Pink Backing, Free Fall 100% cotton with 3 improv inset circles from fabric remnants from piecing the top.<br />
100% wool Quilters Dream Batting<br />
Quilted on a Domestic Bernina, modified #4 stitch (length 3, stretched 5x)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">colored matched cluster of ties</td></tr>
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Threads: Aurifil assorted colors in 50, 40 and 28 weights, 100% cotton; Glide "Hope" 100% poly (top)<br />
40 weight Aurifil #2645 (bobbin). Other assorted threads, various manufacturers in blues, greens, purples, yellows and pinks.<br />
2" SOG binding, color matched with incorporation of Kona 2016 color of the year : Highlight and glass, retroreflective nano particle fabric.<br />
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