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Friday, March 22, 2019
Friday, March 15, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 03/15
Thank you for following my blog. I hope you will continue to follow it, now that it has moved from Blogger to WordPress. In order to follow my WordPress blog, scan to the bottom of the current Wordpress post until you come to the comments section. Just below the comments you will see two options. The first allows you to be notified and view comments. The second will make you a follower of Gwyned Trefethen's Musing, by notifying you whenever I post something new. You can find my Wordpress posts from now on at:
Friday, March 8, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 03/08
Thank you for following my blog. I hope you will continue to follow it, now that it has moved from Blogger to WordPress. The inaugural post is today. You can find my posts from now on at:
Friday, February 22, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 02/22
Cohasset Sunrise Note how dramatically the values change around the perimeter of the piece. |
You may recall Cohasset Sunrise from several weeks back. I interrupted my finishing work on it, while I attended to various challenge deadlines I wanted to meet. Deadlines met, it was time to begin finishing Cohasset Sunrise. There are many ways to finish the outer rim of a quilt. Most fall into two general categories, binding and facing. The difference between the two is that binding acts like a frame of the work it surrounds, whereas facing turns the raw edge to the back of the quilt, covering it in the facing. When to choose one over the other is a matter of aesthetics. In the case of Cohasset Sunrise, I have opted for binding.
Although it isn't necessary, this bias binding tool makes placing the bias binding folds so easy. |
My favorite method of making my own binding is to use the continuous bias strip method. The trick for me is figuring out how much binding I will need, and how much fabric is required based on my need. This is relatively easy to do when you have a length of fabric, since the equation is readily available. But what if I have lots of odd rectangles, say a 9" x 15" piece of one fabric and a 12" x 19" of another. How do I calculate how much binding I can get from each. I couldn't find a formula on the internet for that equation and was struggling to come up with one on my own. My husband to the rescue. Here is the equation should you ever be in the same bind (pun intended).
L (length of fabric) divided by WB (width of binding strip) round down to nearest whole integer x W (width of fabric) = LB (length of binding).
If you have a 9" x 15" piece of fabric and your binding strip is 2" wide you plug into the formula this way:
9/2 = 4.5
4 x 15 = 60
Therefore, you get 60" of binding from a 9" x 15" piece of fabric.
I am linking up with Nina Marie's Off the Wall Fridays.
Friday, February 15, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 02/15
Detail from Finding True North Clicking on the image should provide an enlarged image. |
Finding True North 24" H x 18" W |
This is a shout out to my brother, who follows my blog. Nick pointed out I had used the wrong word to describe the trails of geese last week. I was thinking of contrails. However, when writing this piece I opted to see if there was a word for what I was trying to say. Turns out there are three: team, trail, and skein. I love the idea of a skein of geese, as I am also a knitter, so skein of geese it is. Thanks, Nick.
I am linking up with Nina Marie's Off the Wall Fridays.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 02/08
Finding True North 24"H x 18" W January/February 2019 Art Quilt Challenge |
With 30 years of making artwork I have learned what I enjoy making and what just isn't worth it. Perfection, for example, is never my aim. I do enjoy refining and hopefully, improving and/or learning from each piece I make.
The basic piecing of the geese entrails and quarter sun of Finding True North, was relatively easy since these could be paper pieced. What wasn't easy, and what I have zero patience for, was working out how to piece the entrails into the background. So, I didn't. Instead I turned under the seam allowance and attached them to the background with a blind hem stitch. No hair tearing or perfection required.
Finding True North - detail |
FindingTrue North isn't done yet. I'm looking forward to the next phase, free motion quilting. I'm also contemplating helping the geese pop just a bit more. That will have to wait until next week.
I am linking up with Nina Marie's Off the Wall Fridays.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Week in Review 2019 - 02/01
Page 20 from the January 2019 issue of Audubon |
Finding True North Roughed out design using EQ8 Actual coloring will be different and the central sun ray will be visible in its entirety. |
Paper piecing of the geese entrails in progress |
Detail of the geese entrails, show just a few more to go. |
I have recently joined Art Quilter's Bi-monthly Challenge, hosted by Carol McDowell. It is very much like my 9th grade class, only instead of writing, the assignment is to make an art quilt based on a prompt. The January/February prompt is to make a quilt inspired by pg. 20 from a magazine - any magazine, so long as it isn't about quilts. Since I don't subscribe to magazines, I turned to my library's online collection. Right near the top of the screen, since the magazines are alphabetical order by title, was Audubon. Pay dirt! Page 20 was perfect.
I could have chosen any word, the sky, the geese, the color palette or even reflections. What I opted for was the title, Finding True North and the geese as my catalyst. The figurative definition of True north is what guides you in your life. When it comes to making art quilts, my true north, or what I return to time and time again, are traditional blocks pushed a bit beyond traditional. I also enjoy insider hints based on the block's name. No surprise my piece features several flying geese entrails. Gradating my work from light to dark, is something else I enjoy. Therefore, my geese go from brilliant yellow to the palest of cream yellows. Finally, I will be leaving plenty of open sky, so that when it comes time for free motion quilting, I can go town.
I am linking up with Nina Marie's Off the Wall Fridays.
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