I sewed together all of the blocks and extra blocks made for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2024. It is now a quilt top. It took me most of today.
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
Friday, November 29, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
ART TUESDAY
I joined Andrea Chebeleu of Watch.Learn.Play today to make some art for a while. I'm not sure if I just made a mess or what! There are parts I really love, so maybe I'll just cut it up and use it somewhere else.
So much fun! And that's the point.
Monday, November 25, 2024
MAKING LITTLE TREES
I saw a free pattern from Ann Wood for Little Trees. I cut the fabric and made the tree parts yesterday. Today I'm making the trucks and bases.
Using Darrell's shop I used his disc sander to make the sticks for the trunks pointy at both ends.
I'm fortunate to have his expertise and shop at my disposal. If left to my own methods it would have taken much longer and been more difficult to do this. And I probably would have hurt myself trying to sharpen the ends with an exacto knife.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
ROOMBA WITH INDIGESTION
When I came up the stairs to the studio this morning I heard talking. Was there someone up there? Did I leave the computer on with a video going?
No, it was the Roomba, complaining that it needed to be recharged.
When I leave the studio at the end of my day, I sometimes set the Roomba to vacuuming the room, as I did last night.
Unfortunately, some of the blocks on my design wall fell off and the Roomba sucked one up causing it to cease operating, unable to continue and call for help.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
SWATCHING PAINT
I set about swatching all of my Acrylic paints. I wanted to know what I have and what I don't have for some upcoming projects. I've always swatched my watercolors, but not the acrylics until now.
In the process I saw these chips setting out waiting to dry and thought they would make a great palette - for a quilt maybe? Yes.
I don't know why it's sideways, I've changed it but it likes to be this way. |
We are using a palette of Cobalt Blue, Naples Yellow and Burnt Sienna. That's what I used for this painting. It's a bit on the dark, muted side. Which I like, but, I wanted a bit more of a brighter green and added a touch of Lemon Yellow to get it.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
TUESDAY BLOCK 45
Cheryl was back today to lead us in making the 45th block of her Quilters Playcation 2024.
It's a ladder - and mine looks like a ladder.
Monday, November 18, 2024
NOVEMBER EIGHTEENTH
It's Darrell's birthday today. I took him out to lunch at Easy Street Records in West Seattle. We've never eaten there before today. So, I took my sketchbook to record the event.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
CATCHING UP ON BOM
I haven't been doing the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the month lately.
I made the blocks that were released a few months ago today.
I needed practice making inset circles, so here they are:
They turned out so well, it made me think I should get back to work on the Dalek.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
JOE PROJECT
I tuned into Joe Cunningham's Quilt Freedom Workshop. His special guest was Pat Pauly. I just love her work.
In the last part he showed us how to make this little block.
Well, mine's a little different from his. But I did use two fabrics that don't 'go together' like he asked.
Friday, November 15, 2024
LITTLE MAT
I finished the little scrappy mat I made the other day.
I hand-quilted it in straight lines in the big-stitch style.
MAKING ART
I've joined an online community, Watch.Learn.Play, organized by Andrea Chebeleu. We meet regularly on zoom and paint, draw, collage and play.
Today, we painted big and made marks.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
SCRAP PLAY
I did some cleaning and putting away of stuff in the studio this morning. I even managed to cull some things out, which can go to the Goodwill.
When it got to what to do with the scraps that are in my 'project bowls' (bowls where I keep the scraps of quilts I'm working on) I slowed down and got distracted.
The bowl that contained the little scraps from the Trinkets quilt, which are from Alison Glass' Kaleidoscope Collection and are a little more loosely woven, I decided to just start sewing them together. I contined sewing on them when Brave Patch Monday Sewcial started. I sewed and fitted and sewed and fitted them all together, eventually, with only 6 little pieces left over.
It's about 13" by 11-3/4" - I think I'll make a little table mat out of it. So cute.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
NASTURTIUMS TAKE OVER
The Nasturtiums I planted last summer grew and flowered and made seeds, then died back a bit, as they usually do. But when summer was over and the rains started they came back to life - with a vengence.
They flowered again and when those fell off the plant decided to just take over the world.
It's beautiful.
Saturday, November 09, 2024
BACKING FOR LOG CABIN AROUND
I got the backing for the Log Cabin Around made today. I used some Log Cabin blocks I had made from that same scrap bucket that the front was made from. And the rest of the fabrics are some old ones from my stash.
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
BLOCK 44
It's Tuesday! And it's time for Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation.
Today we made block number 44.
I'm sorry Cheryl. My block isn't anything like what she was teaching.
Sunday, November 03, 2024
LOG CABIN AROUND TOP
I've spent most of my free time sewing on this Log Cabin Around for the last week or so. And today I got the top finished. It finishes at 68" by 83". Perfect. And, happily, it's reduced two scrap buckets by quite a bit.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
SEWING STRIPS TOGETHER
I working on the Log Cabin Around, sewing scrap strips together, then sewing them Log Cabin style around and around and around. Today I took time out to finish sewing all of the same sized strips together into long, long rolls.
The only thing left in the container are really narrow strips.