Turkey Tracks: October 6, 2017
Mt. Battie Modern September Show and Tell
We had fun at our September meeting.
It was fun to see Joann Moore, who worked all summer. She brought two quilts with her. She’s a new grandmother, so there is a fun baby quilt.
And her version of a quilt in Amanda Jean Nyberg’s book NO SCRAP LEFT BEHIND called “Happy Rails.” Love her use of the blue background and the bright fabrics with it.
Vicki Fletcher has been working on this English Paper Piecing large hexagon quilt. She is enjoying this project and loves the old-fashioned fabrics. They are special, and so is she.
Tori Manzi showed us a new bag she acquired from an internet “swap” friend. Wow! Great bag. We examined it in detail as we are, most of us, bag crazy.
Paula Blanchard showed us this small quilt from Amy Friend’s Improv workshop with us last spring. Amy’s blog is “During Quiet Time,” and the method is in her book IMPROV PAPER PIECING. This is a “wow” quilt, isn’t it?
Karen Martin has her Tula Pink blocks not only done, but put into a top. Didn’t it come out gorgeous? These blocks are a challenge for Coastal Quilters, but Karen is the first person among us to finish a quilt top with the blocks. We finish making the blocks in December. I have about 40 more to go, but will catch up soon. The book is 100 MODERN QUILT BLOCKS, and they are all about the fabric.
Love the sashing fabric with the different intensities of black dots.
Here’s Karen:
Mt. Battie had a challenge to make a “minimalist” quilt, from directions and discussion in the MIGHTY LUCKY QUILTING CLUB 2016 WORKBOOK–“Minimalist Improvisation” by Season Evans.
Here’s Becca’s:
Here’s Paula’s:
And here’s mine:
I am enjoying these exercises. I am making and using bias tape in both quilts and clothing now. And I’ve found that I’m thinking differently about quilt compositions all at once–along the lines of the creativity that can come with constraint. It is freeing somehow.
On to the next challenges–which will make the next two months more interesting.
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