Quilt Love @ Quiltcon Part 2

 Here are more quilts that i loved.  I really like these quilts because of the complicated simplicity.

 I love how this one uses earth tones and keeps the eye moving...

Off the B.O.W. by Jessica Brown, Rachel Barness, Heidi Elliott, Wendy Frieden, Susan MacDonald, and Joan Christ

 I think this one belongs in an art gallery...

Self Study by Chawne Kimber

 I'm such a Parks and Rec. Fan, this just made me smile :)...

RonQuilt: The Ron Swanson Quilt by Monica Solorio-Snow

 Talk about awesome, the work that went into this one...

EssbeeCon by Jim Smith and Andy Brunhammer

 Just loving the pixelated quilts, I'm inspired to make my own...

Don't Blink by Caro Sheridan

It was fun hanging around the don't blink quilt watching people trying to figure out what it was!

Quilt Love @ Quiltcon

Some of my favorite quilts at Quiltcon were quilted by Angela Walters... A truly amazing machine quilter.  This quilt in particular really is astounding!  Makes me want to brush up on my free-motion quilting skills.

Look at all that detail!

Love the initials

I think I have to buy her book and get started on learning how to be an amazing quilter and stop focusing on being an amazing piecer. ;)

QUILTCON

I just got back from QUILTCON in Austin, TX and it was amazing.  I took tons of pictures and I'm excited to share them over the next couple of days.  I was able to attend the Saturday lectures and was impressed and inspired by everything I heard and saw.  Quiltcon was informative with talks about copyright law and photography and inspiring with talented quilters telling their stories of life, learning, and making.

This is the quilt that is being raffled off made by the Modern Quilt Guild

The Modern Quilt Guild busy selling raffle tickets, totes, and more.

TEXAS - Made by Dana Michaelsen and quilted by Angela Waters

This quilt probably looks familiar

 TOUCH THIS QUILT - Made by Elizabeth Hartman

The Irony was not lost on me...

I will have more photos of some really awesome quilts in the days to follow.

Did you attend Quiltcon too?  What did you think?

QuiltCon 2013

I'm going to QuiltCon!

i can't wait!!!

Swoon Quilt Complete!

I finished up the Swoon Quilt just in time for Christmas.

It's only taken me about a year.

This is a big quilt!

I really BIG quilt to quilt at home!!

So I decided the next best thing to long arming it would be to quilt straight lines.

A LOT of straight lines!!!

I mean like 4 days of quilting straight lines...

and countless spools of thread.

I had to go to every quilt and fabric store in a 45 mile radius to find the correct thread.

Each time I bought all the store had and was sure that would be enough.

I was WRONG!

Here I am at the beginning blissfully unaware of the shoulder aches I would have.

I wish this picture was of better quality.  But since it was a bad weather day I couldn't take it outside to lay it out.

And i didn't have a space big enough inside to lay it out either.

You should have seen me trying to make the quilt sandwich with the quilt hanging off a table top.

Like I said this was a gift so I got this puppy wrapped up and now it is gone.

I did however promise that there would be throw pillows to match.

So today I will begin on that.

I think I will take pictures of the blocks as they come together and post pics soon!

Happy Quilting!

Chicopee Chevron Quilt

This quilt has taken me some time to do.  I started it at the beginning of the Fall semester.  I had most of it pieced when I decided to make it larger.  I had to order more fabric and that took sometime to get in.  Then I didn't like how I laid it out originally and wanted the chevron pattern to match up more fluidly.  I can't tell you how long I stared at a halfway pieced quilt on my design board before I decided to just stop thinking about it and sew.  I would figure it out through trial and error.  Luckily it panned out without much trouble but then the finished quilt top stayed pinned to the wall until this past week and I finally started on the back.

Remembering I changed the size and never ordered more backing fabric, I had to come up with a solution for the back and just used the fabric I had on hand.  The end result is kind of neat I think.  I had to put my math skills to the test and don't tell anybody but it wasn't exactly as I had drawn out.  None the less I like it!

My first instinct was to quilt by outlining all of the seams making the chevrons pop.  But to be honest I didn't want to make all those turns and struggle with the quilt.  I also didn't want to take the chance on getting my backing off center.  So I decided on wavy lines.  I thought it would be a great contrast to the seams and soften the quilt a bit.

I'm so pleased with this quilt!!!

the fabrics are lovely,

the Essex yarn dyed linen is yummy,

and I think this quilt will make someone very happy for a long time to come.

Will it be You?

As much as I hate to let this one go I must!

It's listed in my shop here.

A QAYG 241 Tote

I finally decided to dip my toe in the "quilt as you go" craze.

I have been wanting to make the 241 Tote by noodlehead for a long time.

Since I was able to pick up some Echino at sample spree I thought this would be the perfect project to fussy cut some of it.

The echino fabric paired up with Chicopee nicely and

I was super thrilled with how it turned out!

The QAYG method was a lot of fun and I definitely  will be doing more of it.

I was able to use a lot of fabric scraps along with my fussy cuts and

I just love how each panel you make will be unique and the possibilities endless!

The one downside...

my sewing room in now a complete mess!!!

Happy Sewing,

alician