finished nine patch

Oops! I didnt intend to take off like that! But Im back, and with photo treats. I finished the nine patch quilt and I am so pleased with how it turned out.

I quilted the colored areas with purple lines and left the white spaces open. The stitching on the back is white on white fabric.

And I finally got to photograph the finished Baby Steps quilt.

My next quilt for my class is the final and my teacher brought in a beautiful book on quilts from Provence to show us. Here are a couple photos that Im drawing some inspiration from

Im thinking of making a travel quilt/wrap to take with me when I go to Lacoste. The quilt will have elements of comfort like warmth and maybe fabrics from home, but a surface design relating to travel, experience and adventure, inspired by the colors of Provence.

My studio is an absolute disaster so I have to get things in order before I start working. This means that the rest of the house is going to have to be rearranged slightly to make room for some of the stuff that is bursting out of the studio space. Hopefully this will go smoothly and quickly. I’ll update soon with photos of my process!

nine patch top

The top is done! I started quilting last night and will finish today. I promise this time I’ll take a picture of the finished quilt before I turn it in.

And the back. I love the back. Im going to make a quilt top that has all the seams exposed like this.

I will hopefully be done with everything by Thursday morning. I’ll be sure to update in the meantime. Have a wonderful day darlings!

nine patch progress

So all the blocks are done and I spent forever trying to figure out the composition. Luckily, with Chris’ help, we got it. Ive decided not to do sashing in between after arranging it with white and colored fabric, it just looks better with the blocks right next to each other. I am going to do a white border with the light purple binding. I still have to do some studies but I think I am going to quilt the orange areas with purple thread and the white areas with white thread.

 

It was a beautiful weekend in Savannah, and if you were in Savannah and walked through Forsyth Park you would’ve seen this…

This is the work of Kiril Jeliazkov, an artist from Bulgaria. He transformed the park into a gallery and will be up until the 23rd of October. If you are in town you should definitely go see it! Here is an article about the artist.

 

 

 

scad lacoste

I havent mentioned this yet because I didnt want to jinx myself, but I just found out that I am officially accepted to the SCAD LaCoste program during winter quarter!! SCAD has a campus there and my teacher Pamela is taking the Fibers girls. Chris (and Alia!) was the driving force in this decision. I didnt think it was feasible for me to do this because I have a boyfriend/dog/house/job/responsibilities etc… so I am very grateful that he has encouraged me to take this opportunity. Im a little nervous but so excited to be immersed in French culture for 2 months! We will also take trips to Paris and Barcelona for 5 days! We leave January 10 and return March 11. This is going to be a long time to be away from my pup and my man, but I really cant wait!

a nine patch in the works

Assignment:

-Create a nine patch quilt with 9 nine patch unit squares, 3 horizontal, 3 vertical

-Unit squares must be identical in design but may differ in fabric/color choices or orientation (may be flipped or rotated)

-Must be made of squares, half-square triangles, and quarter-square triangles

I have been looking at more traditional nine patch quilts but havent found many modern designs. I decided to take a more modern approach and do something abstract and these are my sketches/studies so far….

And these are Chris’ interpretations:

 

quilting and encaustic weekend

Hello darlings! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a productive weekend working on a new quilt and experimenting with encaustic- the process of painting with hot wax.

Here is how I started with the quilt:

I pieced 1.5 x 3.5″ strips together. My idea for this is that it would look like a running stitch of color.

The piecing took way longer than I expected! I even cut the white strips in between so that I could piece those together as well. This whole strip will be placed about 3/4 of the way towards the bottom of the quilt and the rest will be white.

I love the way the piecing looks on just the white strips and Im planning on piecing the rest of the white areas also to break things up a little.

I have been wanting to try encaustic for almost 2 years now. Last weekend SCAD had an art supply expo and Enkaustikos, an encaustic supplier, was there and showed me what materials to use and how to use them.

Encaustic on wood.

Paper, razor blades, encaustic on wood.

Encaustic, bird bones, feathers, wire on wood.

I love the texture of the wax. I am going to keep experimenting with collage elements and wax. I’d love to hear what you think about the progress of the quilt and the encaustic work!

copyright for quilters

I found this article about copyright laws the other day and think it has a lot of useful information.

The Baby Steps quilt is finished but I didnt take a picture of it before I brought it to critique (which went very well, by the way, and my classmates are freaking geniuses!). We had a great discussion about different types of landscapes, whether it is literal or metaphorical, and how it is represented in the quilt. Since it is late and Im totally drained thats as far as Im going to go into it for now, but I would love to get a discussion going!

ryan watkins-hughes

My teacher told us about Ryan Watkins-Hughes so I thought I’d share. His photography captures the urban landscape in a really bold way and his concept of shopdropping is awesome.

midterm check-in

Ive been going non stop all weekend!

Quilting is complete on the quilt Im calling Baby Steps. So many channels.

I love the texture that the channels create. I cant wait to finish the binding and put it in the wash.

I have had this idea for a pillow since last spring and Im finally getting around to making it.

This is the Repair series. I cut the felt in strips and sew it back together.

This is the top I pieced using those strips of fabric I showed last time. This quilt looks suspiciously like this. I adore Jen and love her quilts, as well as Denise Schmidt’s (whom she interned for during grad school). I think their designs are modern and accessible and I feel Im learning a lot by letting their design sensibilities influence me while Im still getting the basics.

These are the fabrics I am using for my next quilt which will have more of my aesthetic. Simple and clean (at least I hope that will be the outcome).

quilt update

The top is finished! Actually the quilting is almost finished but I didnt get a chance to update because this weekend has been non-stop work.

Here is the back. Im almost done with the quilting and then all thats left is the binding! It has been so much fun putting this together! This is my first real (big enough to use) quilt and it has been a very enjoyable process.

I started another quilt which is almost ready to be sandwiched together and quilted. These are strips of fabric that I used to give you a peek. It is mostly magenta with orange, pink and green accents. I’ll post pics very soon.

And this was in the package I received today from Purl Soho! Another quilt on the horizon for sure! Im thinking orange and gray tones for this one.