LilBit likes to share the love seat with me when she has a snack or a treat bone. Well, being the spoiled princess that she is, allows her the privilege of doing just that. I put a quilt on the love seat to try to protect it from her food mess.
This is a quilt I made using some of my step-out blocks from Snail's Trail Class that I taught a couple of years ago.
I decided that she needed a new quilt with a fall theme. I had a bunch of strips left over from another project. Imagine that!
I decided to play "What if . . ." and make improv blocks. I started out making some wonky log cabin blocks.
What if...
I decided to use up more strips and make some strata blocks that I then cut to size to go with the wonky log cabins.
What if ...
I make a center block of dark strips. Then cut these in half twice on the diagonal and re-sew into one 12 inch block.
Now what if....
I put these together into a 9-patch design???
I am not so sure the center block was effective, but it will remain.
What if I add a border,,, or not??
NOT!!! This quilt did not need a border! It was more interesting on its own.
Now for the quilting. . .
I love straight-line quilting. On this quilt I chose to use simple flannel as my batting with a cotton backing so the quilt would launder and dry quickly and easily. When I do straight-line quilting with regular batting I get a stronger texture than I got on this piece.
In two of the corners I chose to do rays.
I learned that it would have been better to originate my base on the opposite corner because the collection of threads in that upper right corner was tedious to say the least. It was quite a build up and burying that many threads was a chore!
In the other two corners I chose to go back to working the stair step pattern. I really like this pattern because a secondary texture usually develops at the intersection.
The secondary texture is not as evident here because of so many lines on the logs.
The strata blocks were quilted in sets of lines with a very organic feel to them.
And in the center I chose to do a spiral. Again, lesson learned here was those blocks were way too busy for that design to show much.
Using all of these batiks made the pieces very busy and less clean looking. I think this is still an example of a quilt with a modern aesthetic, but it would have been more interesting with less busy patterns on the fabrics.
This was a really fun practice piece and has turned into a cute little quilt for LilBit to snuggle into on the love seat. It measures 36" square.
Here is a look at the quilt hanging up.
"Hey Mom, I love my new quilt. Thanks", says LilBit.
-sandi
I decided that she needed a new quilt with a fall theme. I had a bunch of strips left over from another project. Imagine that!
I decided to play "What if . . ." and make improv blocks. I started out making some wonky log cabin blocks.
What if...
I decided to use up more strips and make some strata blocks that I then cut to size to go with the wonky log cabins.
What if ...
I make a center block of dark strips. Then cut these in half twice on the diagonal and re-sew into one 12 inch block.
Now what if....
I put these together into a 9-patch design???
What if I add a border,,, or not??
NOT!!! This quilt did not need a border! It was more interesting on its own.
Now for the quilting. . .
I love straight-line quilting. On this quilt I chose to use simple flannel as my batting with a cotton backing so the quilt would launder and dry quickly and easily. When I do straight-line quilting with regular batting I get a stronger texture than I got on this piece.
In two of the corners I chose to do rays.
In the other two corners I chose to go back to working the stair step pattern. I really like this pattern because a secondary texture usually develops at the intersection.
The strata blocks were quilted in sets of lines with a very organic feel to them.
And in the center I chose to do a spiral. Again, lesson learned here was those blocks were way too busy for that design to show much.
Using all of these batiks made the pieces very busy and less clean looking. I think this is still an example of a quilt with a modern aesthetic, but it would have been more interesting with less busy patterns on the fabrics.
The indoor shot gives you a better perspective of size with it hanging over our fireplace. The outdoor piece appears larger.
-sandi
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