Quilt club at City Craft did not disappoint again this month. Our homework assignment was "strip quilting" which is to say taking strips of fabric and sewing them together. A simple technique dating back to pioneer days. It's fantastic place for a beginner to start.
We have to talk about Kristi from Initial K Studio's quilt. It uses all 32 Kona solids from their latest release. You can read more about how she created it here. She named it "cascade" which is basically perfect.
Angela created a throw pillow using a log cabin technique. Learn how to do this in last month's study guide (see month #5).
I'm totally going to rat her out on the back of the pillow (right photo). She cut the fabric too small - been there - so she added a strip of fabric. It was still to small. So she cut it and added another strip. And another one. All of us agreed that the back was now cooler than the front and passed a motion to change the back to the front and front to the back. The motion carried.
Belinda is continuing with a monochromatic block each month. That quilt is going to be amazing when all 12 are complete. I wish I had the self control to do monochromatic quilt. But I don't. Color forever!
Charlotte brought a yummy fall paletted quilt top.
Cynthia did the log cabin homework plus a low volume (quilter slang for really light colors with tone on tone patterns) table runner.
I love everything about these blocks that Elizabeth created. She used metallic fabrics like Cotton + Steel to create these epic blocks. Oh my gosh, I want the quilt she makes with these in my life. Callie and Charlotte did a particularly nice job of showing off the blocks. Well done, ladies.
Shannon is a brave soul. This quilt top used to be a completely different pattern; it was based off of a bobbin or spool of thread or something....At any rate, she hated it, so she got out her rotary cutter and hacked it to pieces and reassembled it into this beauty. She is woman, hear her ROAR. I asked if she burned her bra after that. She did.
Susan used 2 fat quarter bundles cut into strips to create this diamond quilt. A lot of bold, bright colors become more controlled when put together in this pattern. She says it's a bit too much pink for her usual taste. Pfft. Like there can ever be too much pink.
Another strip quilt from Susan using a 1930's color palette.
Hey, it's me! I used the study guide log cabin tutorial and modified it just a bit for my block on the left. I have TONS of vintage yellow fabrics from my Grandmommy's stash, but I sort of kind of hate yellow. Mustard is great, but everything else makes me nauseous. Until now. I freaking LOVE this quilt block. So much that I might just hack up all of my yellow and make more blocks and see if I can make an entire yellow quilt. It's like a little ray of sunshine.
The strip quilt on the right is another modified log cabin quilt that I shared more about in this post. It will be done in approximately 7 years.
The following are not strip quilts, but awesome all the same and completely necessary to share.
Angela shared this quilt top with us at our half square triangles quilt club meeting (and I nearly passed out because I loved it so much). She decided it wasn't large enough as-is for her 6' tall gift recipient (again, no spoilers here), so she added the blue and white triangles around the perimeter. That extra contrast totes makes this quilt.
Yes, I said totes.
And this is the back. Check out that blue ombre. Purrrrrrr.
Martha must have spent a bazillion hours making this. I thinks she said it was more than 1,000 individual pieces of fabric. I admire her patience. You will never (NE-VER) see me make something this complicated. Go Martha!
This is about 1/3 of a quilt top that Martha is working on. All of the pieces are needle turn pieced. I literally had no idea what that was until 4 seconds ago when I googled it. Again, so much patience.
Charlotte's Michael Miller award winning quilt.
Oh, Belinda. After she saw my Birch Feather River quilt, she was inspired to make one of her own using the same fabric bundle, plus some solids. WELL DONE. Also, way to totally show me up. I guess I forgive you.
Great stuff this month. Next month we're working on Paper Piecing, which I've never done before. And I had to leave early last night so I missed Michael's demo. Not that I'm nervous. I got this.....
Here's the study guide (month #6) if you want to figure this out as you go along with me.
A reminder - anyone in the Dallas area is welcome to attend, even if you don't have a quilt to show. It's a fun time and you should check it out. The next meeting is Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 6:30 PM. Would love to see you there. (pssst...there's wine and a 10% discount).
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