Strings & Things!

This is THE ONE I’ve been working on as I worked on all the others in the past 2 months or so.  Although it was a lot of work I think it was really worthwhile; in fact, I think it’s my best quilt so far!

Very much a scrappy quilt, the auditioning and choices made of which fabrics to use together probably took the most time!  I made enough rejected blocks to make another quilt out of, but went on to make these choices block by block.  As you can see the colorway is quite different from the ordinary but I did persist to make it work – I do love to solve problems, perhaps the main work of any artist.

I wanted it to be unique and made just to suit myself and I think I accomplished my goal quite successfully!  It has a lively colorway, yet is fairly monochromatic.  There is a balance of harmony and tension

For the first time I used wool batting and loved quilting it.  Each block is Free motion stitched in a different pattern. I have not even washed it yet and it looks as defined as a washed quilt. It’s about an 80 inch square and made almost entirely of commercial fabrics.

It's also my first Quilt As You Go.  You can see the method I used here on youtube  or here at ludlowquiltandsew.



Strings & Things hanging on the clothesline with the sun showing through it.

Detail of Finished Quilt On Design Wall
 

Sundappled Back of Strings & Things.



Detail of one block.

You can see this quilt at the Lowell Quilt Festival!

APPLETON MILLS
 

219 Jackson Street, Lowell MA 01852

 

Admission: FREE

Quilts from the Boston Modern Quilt Guild

Gallery Night Reception

Friday, August 9, 5pm - 8pm

FREE admission to all venues on gallery night!  Hope To See You There!
 

Sweet Tree

Finally, I finished this quilt!   Started it months ago and it sat on the back burner while I completed all the ones that went to Lowell Quilt Festival.  This will be a Christmas gift for one of Bill's granddaughters. She's ten years old now. 



I improvised my Free Motion Stitching as I went along. This is the quilt I broke a few needles on before I took my machine in for a tune up. I had some dings in the needle plate that I never even saw but they certainly did make a difference. It didn't help that one of those broken needles was stuck inside my machine somewhere! Of course, all of this threw the timing off as well. FMS on a domestic machine is about all the challenge I need for this century!