An Experiment in Size

I recently did an experiment trying some of the Rail Fence blocks at half-size and I thought you might like to see it.

This block is 8 inches finished.  Isn't it cute?

I cut my initial blue and white strips at 3 1/2 inches wide, then sliced with the rotary cutter per the directions and sewed them together, as usual.  Then I cut the sewn strips down to 2 1/2 inches wide, and sub-cut the units at 2 1/2 inches also.  I was worried about my math skills, but it worked great!

This allowed me to use some of the smaller fabrics I had.

And here is what I made with the four smaller blocks that I made:

You can read more about my experiment on my blog:

http://www.indigothreads.blogspot.com/2016/04/aprils-been-busy-month.html

Many Possibilities

Surprise!  Look what I did with the Toran idea!  I had intended to try out one of the layouts from the book, then kept playing and ended up with this setting.

Close-up of quilting;  walking foot is a great friend.

A new Toran

     I have been string piecing along ready to get enough blocks to make a Toran, (p. 30, in case you missed it). Finally, I was able to piece it together. I do not think I will make a border. The blocks were trimmed at 9", so the finished blocks were 8 1/2". I have more details and process photos on my blog. I made the cuts a bit curvier as I wanted a wavy flow. It was a lot of fun!
http://artinsearch.blogspot.com/2016/01/string-based-quilt-sewn-up.html

maybe red is my new neutral

Over the last few days I've been trying to make a few decisions about my latest quilt, a twist on the traditional Kaleidoscope quilt, inspired by Sujata's 'Organised Chaos' quilt.

Those corner triangles were proving to be a tricky decision!

I lay all 20 blocks out on the floor and looked at them {and walked around them} for a few days

I trialled a few options

and then...

... hm-m-m- maybe red really is my new neutral after all!

See here and here for more details 

Linda

Batik Rail fence quilted

     The Batik Rail Fence that I made with 6" batik strips is all quilted. I have details on my blog of the quilt designs, here
     I have 7 blocks left over and need to come up with some batik combinations to make another one.

Still needs a binding, not going to use a border

Happy Accident is Finished

This is the "front" of Happy Accident.

62" x 62"

And this is the "back" of the quilt.

Quilted by Debbie Voigt.

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I started this one last August 

during a workshop with Sujata in St. Louis.

You can read more about the quilt

and see a few more photos

over on my blog.

CLICK HERE

Diagonal blades

Inspired by Sujata's Instagram postings,

I decided to make a cultural fusion quilt of my own.

I unearthed a partial charm pack of solids

and started layering and cutting.

At first I started with wide blades

but then experimented with narrower ones.

I laid out the blades according to colour and size

opening up the slices as they moved across the quilt.

Here is the whole top.

The 5 inch charms were cut down to 4 inches after the blades were inserted.

The flimsy measures 17.5 by 35 inches.

I'm ready to handquilt.

Thanks Sujata for the inspiration!