Weren't those Color My World Quilts from Part One stunning? The group did such an amazing job at interpreting the design and then making it their own! So proud of all the work they did. And while I'm not ready to post the dates — OK, I should be, but I'm not — you know what quilts are slated for the new fall classes. OK -- if you don't know what they are, check out this blog post, which has all the classes. And there is a scrap quilt class as well. OK -- I need to get that organized!
But what I wanted to say is that you will get the same kind of encouragement and instruction to make those quilts as the group did for Color My World. So when the signup opens, be sure to get yourself on the list. But as always, it's one thing to sign up for my classes; I can guarantee you won't learn much if you just lurk because of FOMO. You can't learn by watching - you must be doing! Plus, sharing what you are doing is part of the fun!
How many people who just sat in on that class intending to do it later will have the motivation to design their four buildings on their own? It's probably not going to happen!
And how about this quilt? I so want to add this to the list, but I don't think that's a good idea because there isn't enough time. This is Busy Beach by Sew Fresh Quilts. I bought the pattern yesterday - it was just released. This is so cute, and the price was so low!!!
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| Busy Beach by Sew Fresh Quilts |
I'm keeping it on my list of quilts to make, and hence it will become a sew-along!
Speaking of Color My World, I spotted this quilt on Facebook yesterday. This is one of the quilts I shared yesterday, but it is now quilted and done!!! This is so exciting!!!!
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| Brenda's quilt - now quilted! |
Now let's have a look at the others that I didn't have time for yesterday.
This quilt also has custom corners: the CN Tower, the Peace Tower, an Inukshuk, and a lighthouse. The small houses in the center of the outer row are also customized, and the trees changed. The backgrounds vary by section. As with all quilts I've taught, they start off timid and then by the end of the quilt, they are making so many customizations!!!
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| Lois |
Three of the four corners of this quilt were customized: the Eiffel Tower, the CN Tower, the Peace Tower, and a lighthouse. What I love, and I hope that everyone takes away from this quilt, is that the way each person created their CN Tower, or Peace Tower, or whatever building they did - it will not and SHOULD NOT look like everyone else's! This is their interpretation and pattern making! Each person should be extremely proud of their accomplishment.
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| Margaret |
Look at the bright blue background with the srappy border! The tree trunks are white or light grey to accommodate the background so they show. You may notice that the main points in some of the Mariner's Compass in the center are situated at the 12, 3, 6, or 9 position, while others are not. It was all about how you sewed it together. Neither is right, neither is wrong. My goal was to get everyone to make a conscious decision and then sew it together.
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| Marina |
Three of the four corners were changed in this one. I would say the Eiffel Tower and the CN Tower were the two most popular corner blocks! This quilt has the Eiffel Tower, the CN Tower, the Peace Tower, and the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. That building took a lot of planning and some bias tape!
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| Nancy |
Another quilt with a busy background, with butterflies and dragonflies. Notice how the inner and outer roads do not match the pattern, and they blend into the quilt. The shape of the trees was also changed, as were the small houses in the outer row.
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| Nicole |
Here is another with extensive customization. The roads are a solid fabric, the small houses in the outer ring are custom, and the four corners are lighthouses. Not just any lighthouses, but if you could see them up close, the detail that went into them is stunning. I'm not sure if they were modeled after real ones or generic ones. And the background is fluffy cloud sky fabric. So many choices!!!!
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| Sandra |
And the last one for the Show and Tell is one that was started during The Quilt Show sew-along. Well, I could be wrong about her actually starting it then, but I believe it was a kit purchased through them. She chose not to customize anything on the quilt, and that works just fine! It wasn't my job to persuade anyone to veer from the pattern - I only offered encouragement if they chose to go that way. In case you have forgotten, the original corners were Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, One World Trade, and the Centerpoint Tower (Sydney). The background fabric is polka dots, which is quite neat!!!
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| Zildi |
And there you have it—the show-and-tell of all the completed tops. I'm seeing more progress on the Facebook page, and as the finished tops get posted, I'll share them with you. I'm sure everyone is taking a break over the summer, and I will host a couple of remedial sessions in the fall for those who still need a bit of encouragement to finish the quilt! They have come so far; it would be a shame to not get these tops done!!!
I had a better day, but I don't have pictures to share with you yet, except for this. I made it back to the fabric store and purchased the remaining fabric on that bolt (1.7 M) in case I screw up again! I hand-washed it and threw it in the dryer so it would shrink (if any) at the same rate as the previous piece.
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| Ironing the missing fabric |
As I was prepping the fabric for the embroidery, I had a change of heart and decided to pick a different design which I like better. See that symmetrical issue was resolved in a better way! Although the new design is also asymmetrical, I'm giving myself plenty of room for the embroidery. That's not the issue - the issue was in cutting, so I'll use the yoke I cut yesterday to cut the new one! I was about to start the embroidery, but realized I was still missing one component to finish it. Off to the fabric store again, only to realize they closed at 6 PM. Sigh.............
However, the project I started out with earlier in the week, which is an amazing example of showcasing the EPIC 3 placement tools, has now been redone! And I have to say that it's pretty EXACT! I'm quite thrilled with it, and while that was stitching, my brain wasn't functioning. Well, it didn't want to sew, so I did this instead.
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| The puzzle is done! |
It was funny how easy it was to slide those design boards with the pieces on them up just a bit so I could work on the bottom! And then I said, why hide what you are doing - let's just get it done! And so I did! I need to take a picture with the code word of the month and post it online! There are 215 posts so far this month. It might be a slower month because the puzzle was to be a certain brand, and some people may not have that brand or want to go out and buy one. I see they have a new series of 250-piece puzzles that you can buy in a bundle or separately. This puzzle is called Vancouver Island by Villager, and I love their puzzles.
And FYI, their Advent Calendar puzzle box will be on the shelf on September 21st. No pre-orders!
The bottom section was easy as pie - the top? It was challenging!
In the midst of prepping for next week, I needed some page protectors, and I couldn't find any empty ones. I pulled a book off the shelf in the office and found a few articles/patterns I no longer want or need. So those articles/patterns got recycled, and I got a couple of page protectors.
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| A mess of articles/patterns from eons ago! |
But I also spotted a couple of neat articles that I want to reread. Oh yes -- I know that I have some fun things in those binders that I pulled from magazines. I just need to read them, and one of them is right up my alley—quilting with your embroidery machine. But can you guess what date it was written? 2005!!!!!
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