Say that 3 times fast….. STRAIGHT…..STRIP…..SETS!!
Not only is it a tongue twister, but it can be an issue when you are creating a Bargello quilt…..
….and that is what I have been doing this past week. The quilt is due at tonight’s quilt guild meeting and, amazingly, I had it finished FOUR days ago. That is probably a record for me with Challenge Quilts!!
I will talk more about the design process on Thursday and thru the week, but today I wanted to show how I sew and iron my strip sets to ensure that they are even and that the seams are straight.
As I sewed, I put together this video to show you the process.
Be sure to come back on Thursday when I will talk about the design considerations in this Bargello Challenge!!
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I am coming to the end of the 2022 Monthly Color Challenge presented by Patterns By Jen and the last inspiration is a favorite food……GARLIC!!!
After finding a couple of cloves in the kitchen, I returned to the studio to pick out a fabric that fits the color scheme and quickly came up with this one…..
It captured the lights and darks of the garlic perfectly!!
This was one of the easiest blocks to cut out……
JUST THREE PIECES!!!
After a few minutes of strip piecing, I had this beauty finished……
With the completion of this block, I have two years of Color Challenge blocks that can be put together into a quilt…..
This will be a fun project to finish out before the year is over!!!
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The pieced competition at the International Quilt Festival has always been one of my favorites. I am thoroughly amazed at the creativity and accuracy that these quilts exhibit!
Audrey Esarey got my viewing off to a good start with her Mobius quilt….
“Mobius Radial No. 2
This is one of those quilts that will stay in my mind for a long time!!
This quilt from Beth Nufer and Clem Buzick was made with Dupioni silk…..
“Sphere”
Don’t you think that would be REALLY hard to piece and applique??
The Blue-Ribbon went to Amy Pabst for this beauty…..
“Heat Lightning”
This is another example of her “Micro-piecing” technique that I talked about a few days back. Check out this post for more examples of her technique.
I especially like the border treatment…..
This beauty from Setsuko Oki was hand pieced and quilted!!
“Symphony of Light and Breeze”
I always tip my hat to handwork artists. It is something that I do not have the patience for!!
This quilt from Sarah Ann Smith is simple but so effective…..
“Phlamingo, Some Assembly Required”
It shows a great usage of the “Crossed Canoes” block and I love the small amount of “Big Stitch” quilting that she added….
Second place was awarded to Ruth Ohol for this ACCURATE quilt….
“Memories From Hotel Fahey”
I think that I would have gone crazy trying to piece that border!!
In her artist statement, Paula Doyle said that she was trying to create a quilt with a fresh and contemporary feeling. I would say that she accomplished that…..
“Yukata Bee Quilting”
Nancy Goodman scored a Third-place ribbon for this fun quilt….
“Alhambra at Sunset”
My mind doesn’t do well with Improv piecing, but Nancy’s sure does!!
Being a SUPER FAN of Sunflowers, this quilt from Luz Seidensticker definitely caught my eye…..
“The Troubadour”
Linda and I both loved the dimension that she presented with these upturned flowers….
It is so much more effective than just having all of the flowers facing forward!!
The name of this quilt is “The Troubadour” and after I read that I had to go back and figure out why. The answer came in two paper-pieced birds….
I hope that you are enjoying these impromptu quilt shows!! Come back tomorrow for a showing of various miscellaneous quilts that caught my fancy!!!
I am not usually a fan of two-color quilts. Sometimes I find them to be a bit boring, but these five quilts that were displayed at the International Quilt Festival were anything but boring!!!
Lynn Crimes presented this wonderful low-volume quilt…..
“A Neutral Score”
Let’s get a little closer on this one…..
She used improv piecing over BLACK batting. That is why the seams and quilting stand out so much!! VERY clever!!!
Connie Dyer Zafaris used a mixture of Charcoal and Silver to make this “Ripples” quilt….
“Ripples”
The quilting does an amazing job of highlighting the design!!!
This next quilt from Martha Ferguson is also enhanced by great free-motion quilting from Karen Kendo……
“Modern Chain”
Connie Dyer Zafiris also submitted my favorite of the two-color quilts……
“Fitting A Square Peg in a Round Hole”
Finally, this quilt from Hope Reed……
“The Preppy Illusion”
….is a great optical illusion quilt and the colors are perfect for the design!!
And of course….. now that I have looked closely at these two-color quilts, I am thinking that it might be fun to try one myself!! Isn’t that how it always goes!!
Come back tomorrow and we will look at some astounding landscape quilts!!!
