New Designs

As its nearly spring time again, I thought I would share some of my spring bounties. So check out my new designs.

Origami Wedding Rings

DNA

Robot Hands

Rainbow Twist Auction Quilt

Original Design - September/October 2010

This quilt was created for an auction. Originally, it was going to be the backing for another quilt, but I liked it so much that I decided to make it a top.

The simplicity of the quilt is striking and the colors are more vibrant than they appear in the pictures. I would love to find out more about how to photograph quilts to their best advantage.

I quilted each lengthwise strip, with a decreasing labyrinth in the color of the strip. And on the strips across the width I did diamonds between the colors. With a skinny strip of minky for the binding. I am really happy with how it turned out.

Plus, I heard it was a rather hot item at the auction. Yay!

Update and new quilt designs

Given that it has been over a year since I last posted. I thought I should share a little about my quilting over the passage of time in this period.

I have been anything but prolific in making quilts. I finished one quilt and two more tops. I have several others in development and design but I haven't finished making any quilts recently. Though I have designed several with witch I am really happy. So I thought I would share a couple of the designs I really like.

Crescent Circles

This is my take on the traditional orange peel quilt. I think it will have be applique. I am kind of excited getting around to it, as it will be my first applique quilt. I really like the bright vibrancy of the quilt, and think I would prefer it as very simple two-tone quilt.

Floating Bridges

I like this one. I don't really remember what inspired me. I think it would be fun to quilt with a bunch of names, kind of like graffiti artists marking up bridges.

Rectangle Shift/Sliding Doors

This is one of my favorite designs. I can't wait to make it. I think it would be great to make as a large queen size quilt. For whatever reason, the vertical aspect really appeals to me.

Well once I relocate, I will have to make a point of spending more time sewing. After my machine broke down, I finally replaced it but had fallen out of the habit of sewing and it has given me a hard time finding the time to pick it back up.

W.'s Wedding Quilt

Here is the one she picked.

W's Wedding Ring

I am waiting on her to finalize her color scheme, and pick the gray and pink that she wants. I am waiting on her input, because if it is not exactly what she wants the quilt will wind up being shoved into a cupboard and never used. I would really like to get moving on this so that I can get started on the quilting. Quilting tends to be the where I wind up spending the most time when making a quilt.

My mom, who taught me how to quilt, is kind of a quilt snob and makes me feel incrediblely guilty if I am not using the nicest and most natural (i.e. 100% cotton) materials that I can. More so, she is incredibly snobbish about hand quilting. I personally enjoy the fact that I can get a large quilt done quickly with a machine. Yet, for my sister's wedding quilt, I want the best that I can do and the hours and hours of hand quilting will be many prayers over the new start to her life and for both of them.

Right now, I am thinking about using an all over stipple to quilt, but that is just an idea. I may prefer something that helps keep the strong geometric feel of the quilt.

W.'s Wedding variations

Here are some images of quilt variations that I came up with for W.'s wedding. Her colors are gray and pink, and a very modern aesthetic. Knowing that I came up with several different quilts for her to choose.




This one wound up being my favorite, to the point that I used my Christmas gift card to the LQS to get the fabric so I could make it. I really like how it turned out, will post a photo later.