We drove up to Port Angeles this afternoon. We are going to visit a little bit of Olympic National Park.
When we arrived we needed a walk, so we drove out onto the Ediz Hook.
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| There we several feral cats living here |
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| There are these rusty rails leading out to the beach. |
I'm participating in this year's Fodder Challenge - a month of artists showing us different projects.
This first one, presented yesterday, uses powdered pigments. I'd never heard of them and now am enamored of them. They were great fun to use and I can see how they can add something wonderful to future projects.
I loaded the Cats in Pajamas quilt onto the longarm, set up the program and started quilting.
I got the first row done.
Cheryl wasn't quite ready for today because she's in the middle of moving her studio. So, she had us make a block using our scraps. For this week's Quilters Playcation 2024 she made some small 'rainbows' and set them in her background. I decided to do something a little easier. I used some bigger chunks of scraps that were already sewn together and created a 'band' of color set in my Kona Snow background fabric.
I finally got around to making the backing for Cats in Pajamas. I printed out a label, and inked it onto some Kona Limelight.
I had bought this Kaffe fabric with the big flowers specifically for this quilt's backing. I used the leftover linen fabric that is the background on the front. But, there wasn't enough so I added some Kona Limelight which is close in color but not the same to fill in the blanks.
Darrell and I set up his studio for taking photos of a few of my quilts and he took the photos.
I got the quilt I'm So Blue (formally known as the Blue Slabs) trimmed, binding made and sewn on and now it's done! I used that African fabric with the bright orange hexagons for the binding.
I'm really enjoying making these scrap quilts. And, it feels good to clear out some of old fabrics from the stash.
I finished the quilting on I'm So Blue, formally known as Blue Slabs. I had nothing but trouble with the program for this quilting pattern. But, I got it done.
I trimmed it and made the binding and sewed it onto the backing and plan to roll it onto the front and finish it tomorrow. Stay tuned.
I've been quilting on the Blue Slabs project - which I have renamed "I'm So Blue". I'm using a computer program that looks a bit like a Baptist Fan pattern. I've always liked the look of that.
It's almost done. Just a couple more passes to make.
I think I've finally figured out how to do Sherri Lynn Wood's Floating Squares. I'm using those Aqua squares I cut out the other day and some yellow Art Gallery fabric.
It's a lot of fun, too!
Here's the improv block for Week 38 of Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation 2024. I used up some of the scraps I've been accumulating.
Darrell's been busy for the last few months working on making two Gamble Dining Tables, one for a client and one for us. Today he was taking photos of ours and I snapped this picture as I was leaving the shop.
As I was winding orange thread onto a bobbin for the longarm, the blue thread, from the top of the machine, accidently got it's tail caught up in the process. It was winding both threads onto the bobbin! No! That won't do. I quickly stopped it, but look at this mess. Oh well. A little unwinding and it will all be fine.
I thought of a name for the Blue Slabs project. It will be called "I'm So Blue". I think that is a line from a Billie Eilish song. It came up in a search. I've never heard the song, nor listened to Billie Eilish. But, it's a good name for this quilt.
So, I put it on the label. Then I got to work making the backing. I used oranges from my stash. Mostly fabrics I thought I'd probably never use.
And, after a long day of pressing, cutting, measuring and sewing, I got it done.
I decided I had to push forward and finish the top of the Blue Slabs. I've been spending the last few days working on them. Today I got the last of it done.
It's a top! And, it needs a name. And a backing. And a label.
Tomorrow...
I saw Sherri Lynn Wood's Instagram post about cutting scraps into squares and I got motivated.
I grabbed my Aqua Scrap Bucket and started cutting, no ruler.
I now have a pile of squares all different sizes.
I sorted the scraps that remain in the Blue scrap bucket. There were a lot of small bits. So, I sewed some together and ended up with two Log Cabin type blocks.
There's still lots of littles left.
In a glaring act of procrastination, I got out the Blue scrap bucket and started making more blue Slabs. It was great fun for a while - until I started sewing the them together. They are pretty much all partial seams.
The Improv 4-Patch quilt, Clarksville is finished, done.
I had just enough grey fabric for the binding.
