Friday Feet or maybe Friday Fido!

I have a houseguest for Christmas!   KoKo is staying with me while his mommy and family all go cruising to Mexico.  I hope they have a great time, I know KoKo and I will.

 

 

 

Thursday Threads 12-17-15

Recently I was asked which original quilt that I have made is my favorite and why it is so. I couldn't decide on just one and sent two images.  I like both of these quilts because of their color and because I enjoyed making them. 

 

Parrot Percussion has parts of parrots in each center square, I made the blocks and moved them around on the design wall until I had an arrangement I liked. I also like it because it can be hung either vertically or horizontally. 

 

"Parrot Percussion"  Del Thomas 1996 30"W x 85"L Machine pieced and quilted.

 

Cactus Flower was started in a Ruth McDowell "Designing from Nature" class at Asilomar.  It languished for several years until I took the design and all the fabrics I thought I might use out to a house in the desert and worked on it exclusively for four or five days.  For me Ruth's techniques are very logical, until it comes to fabric selection and like everyone I know I find that to be a struggle.  This quilt is all pieced using both her straight line and curved line piecing techniques.  It is such a bright, happy quilt.

"Cactus Flower"  Del Thomas 2000 61.5"W x 48"L  Machine pieced and quilted.

 

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Wordless Wednesday 12-16-15

 

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Monday Browsing 12-14-15

There are, I suppose, millions of quilting tutorials online.  Here are just a few sites that have free tutorials and/or classes.  Anytime you are stumped for a new project or idea check out one of these.
 You might even find a project you can still finish  by Xmas. There are also tutorials on Pinterest.

http://www.allcrafts.net/quilting/quiltinghowto.html

https://www.youtube.com/user/MissouriQuiltCo

http://www.craftsy.com/classes/quilting/free?ext=SEM_G_Quilt_Lesson_FC_NS_GAL&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=Keyword%20Targeting-Registrations&adwad_id=45542078137&adwadgr_id=7756382857&gclid=CI6_y_yq3ckCFQ6OaQodS3YCDg&adwmtch_id=e&adwtarget_id=kwd-148703037&adwd_id=c

https://www.pinterest.com/eled/quilting-tutorials/

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Repeat View of a Quilt by Polly Bech 12-13-15

This quilt came from the SAQA online auction 2008.  It is made in 16 small blocks using sun printed fabric made by the artist.  

"Breaking Through" Polly Bech  - Pennyslvania  2008 12" x 12"

Purchased from SAQA 2008 online auction

Polly Dressler Bech specializes in sunprints and stamping on her quilts.  As you can see she has also used raw edge slices to expose the color underneath the top layer.

 

 And she has added hand stitching for additional color.

 

Great backing fabric and a very simple label.

www.pollybech.com