Mark Lipinski Throw Me a Curve Mystery Quilt class

May 23, 2015,

MQSC had Mark Lipinski as a speaker and he taught the class "Throw Me a Curve Mystery Quilt".  Mom and I both got to attend (so popular there was a lottery for getting to attend the class.) We worked on the quilt together in the class.  It was a fun class.  After making the several different kinds of blocks the rest of the time was spent arranging them in different ways.  Mark often called it the "ugliest quilt". The objective of the class was to exerciser our creativity. Mark said that most people would not finish the quilt within the year.  If so we should attempt to regroup and work on the arrangements again.  I know of 4 people that did complete their quilts as they were entries in our Wine Country quilt show this past June.

Here are some of the arrangement from the class

These are my attempts from the class. 

June 2016, I got our blocks out and went through several arrangements.  I would like the arrangement but then a day or so latter I would hate it and rearrange again.  I did this for about a week.  I found that asymmetrical arrangements made me uneasy.

 So I decided to go with a symmetrical design.

 I liked this layout a lot except in reminded me of people too much so this is my final layout.

I wanted to try this border (Border Bling I by Janna Thomas) so in efforts to make this quilt "better" I added it.  I do like how the border turned out and it is okay with the quilt.

Size: 66 x 66.  Need to quilt it.

Rainbow Heart Block

June 2016

This was made in response to a request by the Orlando FL Modern Quilt Guild for blocks/quilts to give to the family of the victims and first responders of the Orlando tragedy.  I didn't give it because the newsprint I used for the paper piecing "dirtied" the white fabric to the point I was unwilling to donate the block. The pattern is by #lovewinshearts by Sew Mama Sew: www.sewmamasew.com.

The top put together by the team.  I really like how two of the blocks are reverse and make a small circle in the middle.

This block was also one we saw the Modern Quilters group doing at Walker Creek in Sept 2015.

Tiffany Glass Walk About

July 2016

I purchased the fabric and pattern, Walk About by Grizzly Gulch Gallery, in LaPine in 2015.  Very simple pattern. But it was what I needed to take a break from my other project.  Went together in a week. Love this fabric, looks like Tiffany glass with dragonflies.

Pyramid Scheme - hand dyed fabric #2

July 2016

Mom saw this quilt at Cherrywood booth at PIQF several years ago.  I bought the pattern but didn't want to pay for the hand dyed fabrics.  I wanted to give dyeing fabric again.  The colors were too close together and it got confusing. The overall effect was okay but not great.  The fabric was difficult to sew, almost like a batik.  Next time try a different fabric.


Here are my dyeing notes.

October 30, 2013

4 gradations of Pagoda Red ½ yard each

4 gradation of Avocado ½ yard each

4 gradations of Cerulean Blue ½ yard each

1 dark Cerulean Blue 1.75 yards

Fabric was Pimatex Cotton PFD 45” PTC45.10 – very slick…batik like

Notes:

Followed instruction of gradated effects in book Dyeing in Plastic Bags by Helen Deighan.  Was not accurate with 1 teaspoon of dye or when adding 1/3 cup of soda and/or salt solution.  Use a jam jar as instructed but very inaccurate at hitting the ½ way line.  Only needed  4 gradations so felt that going past ½ point and filling with water would be okay.  Did not see much difference in color between #1 and #2 while wet.  Just purchased salt.  Soda ash was from tie dyed T-shirts with Karen and Family…Late 1990s I think.  Hope soda ash does not go bad.  Also purchase dyes.  Still have dyes from before.

October 31

None of the 4 gradations was enough in any of the 3 colors.  The 4 Avocado shades were almost the same.  Barely enough difference between the lightest and darkest to be noticeable.  The Pagoda Red was a bit better but I was not happy with it.  Same with the Cerulean Blue.

Took the two middle green ones and re dyed with 1 teaspoon Avocado and 1/8 t of black.  Used most of the dye for one piece.  With about 1 T left of the dye diluted to most of a jam jar and then dyed second piece with soda mix & salt mix and 1/3 c water.  Let sit for 1.5 hours and rinsed.  Great results.  These became the two darkest in the gradation and the two original (darkest and lightest) became the two lightest in the gradation.

Took two middle Pagoda Reds and re-dyed with 1 teaspoon of Jungle Red and 1/8 t of black.  Used same approach as Avocado pieces above.  Great results.

Took two middle Cerulean Blue and used 1 teaspoon Blue Violet and ¼ t black.  Used same approach as above.  The color is too purple and will need to make new.  Great color but will not work for this project. 

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2016

July 9, 2016

Mom, Sue and I helped hang quilts again this year.  We got a great section and it did not require ladder work.  Sue did have to get on a chair to hang a few of the quilts.  We then toured the show for a few hours. Found 9 or our 10 entries.  Weather was great! Not hot and only a little threat of rain.

These were quilts that caught our interest.

I want to be able to these types of curving pieces.  

I think these were photo transferred pictures of old sewing machines...maybe Spoonflower?

 What we found most interesting about this one was... there was no binding. Probably because some of the fish are off the quilt.  Also the selling price was $4000.  I wonder if it sold.

The sun was shining from behind this quilt so it distorted the color a bit.  But every year I seem to like a quilt made fro Tula Pink's book 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.  I think I'm going to finally buy the book.

Mom and both really like this one.  Book was Accent on Angles.  Just so happens to be a book we own but have not made anything from.  That will change.

I really like this block and border.  It is from Quilter's Cache and the block is God's Eye.
http://www.quilterscache.com/G/GodsEyeBlock.html

I like how the background is a gradient on this quilt.