Thursday, October 25, 2012

Batik triangles


This TOP is made of a large assortment of batik fabrics. It is 42.5" x 48". To make it larger it could easily bordered with any number of colors of batik since there is such variety in it.
SOLD

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Zebra quilt top

This TOP was made from directions in Ricky Timm's Convergence book except for the border treatment. The zebra grouping is adhered with Wonder Under bonding and not stitched down. It is 35.5" x 35".
SOLD

Diagonal 4 patches with 9 patch border

There is a quilt in one of Kaffe Fassett's books called Diagonal Madness. This quilt TOP is essentially that quilt but with different size blocks than he used. The quilt top is 63" x 80". The majority of the fabrics are Kaffe fabrics with a few other prints and batiks thrown in. There are a lot of hours in the cutting and construction on this one.    SOLD


Monday, October 22, 2012

Small Kaffe log cabin quilt top

The logs in these blocks are 1" finished. The piece measures 42.5" square and all of the fabrics are from the Kaffe fabric collectives. SOLD

Small hand dyed quilt top

This small piece measures 34.25" x 28.75". It is one of a kind because no 2 pieces of hand dyed fabric are alike. I purchased a yard of unique hand dyed fabric from Melody Johnson and sliced it into strips and sewed them together in alternating color groups. I called it Weeping Flag because it resembled a flag and the dye runs made it look like it was weeping. It could be used as a background for applique or just as it is. SOLD

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Batik log cabin quilt top


This is a big quilt TOP. It was very labor intensive with 1.5" strips which finish at 1" in the blocks. Cutting and making blocks took considerable time and then I tried many layouts before deciding on this one. It measures 79" x 103".
This photo shows the setting triangle fabric a little better. I really enjoyed making this one.
SOLD

Friday, October 19, 2012

Black and white with a little green

This is a small quilt TOP, just 31.5" x 42.5". I thought about making it the center of a medallian style quilt. SOLD

Barn Raising Triangles....

This quilt TOP is made with mostly Kaffe Fassett fabrics with a few Martha Negley and Philip Jacobs triangles. Some of the Kaffe Fassett fabrics are the really old ones from the beginning of his series of fabrics in the early 1990s. Each fabric is used 2 times and there are 140 different fabrics. It measures 57" x 80", a large couch quilt or add borders for a twin size quilt. SOLD

Baskets and 4 patches

This quilt TOP is 57" x 81". It is made of a large variety of batiks that were purchased over the last 5 years. Click on photo for a larger view.
SOLD

This is a close up of a few of the blocks and the setting triangle fabric. This is close to the true colors.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Floral and zebra Strips 'n Curves

"Strips 'n Curves" is a book written by Louisa A. Smith. I have made several quilts using her method. You choose a group of strips and sew several stratas with those strips. Then using acrylic template shapes many pieces are cut and sewn into blocks. Blocks are then arranged on a design wall and the last few blocks are made to specifically fill in and complete the design. This quilt TOP is 54.5" X 82". Most of the outside edges are bias and it has been staystitched around the edge twice to control it. I have 8 - 3" strips of the same zebra fabric that is used in the arcs to use as a first border if desired. SOLD

Black and white strips 'n curves

"Strips and Curves" is a book written by Louisa A. Smith. I have made several quilts using her method. You choose a group of strips and sew several stratas with those strips. Then using acrylic template shapes many pieces are cut and sewn into blocks. Blocks are then arranged on a design wall and the last few blocks are made to specifically fill in and complete the design. This quilt TOP is 54" square. SOLD

Start quilt top and extra fabric.......


I added a green strip top and bottom on the top after this photo was taken so it is bordered all around. It measures 40.25" x 50.75".
I have 3 fabrics that can be sold with it, Philip Jacobs print 5/8 yard, purple/fuchsia Jinny Beyer fabric 3/8 yd, and Patrick Lose green fabric 1 3/4 yard. SOLD

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Bright colorwash kits

I consider these starter kits which could have some of your own stash cut and added to them. Below are some of the pieces I have made from similar groupings plus a test with these actual squares.
This one is the test designed with this actual kit. Below are 2 made with similar fabrics. Both square ones are made with 196 pieces. The rectangular piece is made with 520 pieces. In the previous post see photos of all 3 kinds of kits.

Mug rugs..

 

African fabric stripes        African fabric log cabin
Burgundy/teal/rust
Batik strips , colorwash, batik log cabin
Rainbow                    Pastel batik strips

Stylized heart wallhanging....

This finished stylized heart wallhanging is made from 4 layers of fabric, cutting through to reveal other layers. There are raw edges and it has cording couched on for decoration. A few pieces of cording hang loose. It is 18" square with traditional binding and a rod pocket for hanging.