Another Del Quilt 06-16-16

 At one time I was a member of Kansas Art Quilters, which was a very active group with lots of opportunities for exhibiting member's work.  For a few years they did the quilts for the Fabri-Quilt fabric company booth at Quilt Markets.  They would send us the fabric and sometimes a theme and we would create original quilts for them.  They hung in the booth and were for sale after the event.  I don't know that any of them ever sold, I know that mine did not!  And this is probably the least of my efforts.  I determined to use all six fabrics I received; four on the front and two on the back.  I think it is a clumsy quilt - there is no "balance" to it.  That sometimes happens to me when someone else chooses the fabric.  I wasn't very good at doing custom quilts either.

The hat brim is actually loose from the back and I threaded a wire in to keep it stiff.  But the wire crinkles up and needs to be straightened whenever the quilt is handled.  And, of course, it cannot be rolled or folded.  Not a successful effort on my part.  

"Hat in a Blue Chair"  Del Thomas 2004  30"W x 28"L

Commercial cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton thread, polyester ribbon.

Machine pieced, machine broidery pers raw edge applique, needle turned applique, machine quilted.

 

Here is a detail of the broidery pers type raw edge machine applique.  The flowers cut from one piece of fabric are individually applied.

 

 

 

 Not much of a label - no contact, no size.
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The first quilt in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 06-13-16

When I bought this quilt at a guild quilt show auction I wasn't intending to start a collection.  But it was the first quilt I ever purchased, so I consider it the beginning.  I still hang it on the wall frequently because I still love it as much as I did when I purchased it in 1985. The color in the top picture is pretty true to the reality.

 

"Straight Furrow Log Cabin"  Judy Mathieson  1985  20"W x 14"L

Raw silk.  Machine pieced and hand quilted. 

 

Read what I had to say when I posted it the first time in 2009. 

http://delquilts.blogspot.com/2009/04/quilt-that-started-it-all-04-06-09.html

 

And check out what Judy is doing now:  http://www.judymathieson.com/

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KoKo meets the Sevens 06-12-16

The art quilt group I belong to meets in San Diego, so it is always at least a two hour drive for me.  In June the hostess invites me to stay the night before the meeting with her and another member.  The other member brings her dog Sadie, so this year I took KoKo along.  He and Sadie got along very well and enjoyed the free run of the beautiful garden. 

 

Sadie is eight and has lost the puppy qualities that KoKo, at two, still exhibits. 

At breakfast KoKo took over Deb for a mutual love in.

Pictures by Andrea Bacal.

 

One of the orders for today was trying to find a new name for the group since there are nine of us now, rather then seven.   We got pretty hysterical proposing silly names.  On the more serious side we are each to propose five possible names which will be narrowed down to a list so we can vote on which name sounds best.

 

I drove home this afternoon and delivered KoKo to his mommy, so I am alone again tonight.  

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Friday Feet 06-10-16

I love this ad for Tiek shoes.  I've seen it on Facebook a couple times so maybe you have also. 

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Another Del Quilt 06-09-16

Here is a quilt I made just because I wanted to!  No challenge or assignment.  Afterward I submitted it to an exhibit and it appeared in several different venues.   I thought I might do a series, but only created two.  The other one sold.  This one is around the house somewhere.  It has a torn edge binding, a technique I came up with sometime in the late 1990's.  It works well for wall quilts because it reduces the bulk, but it wouldn't survive on a bed quilt. 

"Heartstrings I"  Del Thomas 2005  11"W x 14"L

Commercial cottons, hand-dyed cotton, cotton batting, cotton thread.

Raw edge machine applique, machine quilted.

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Wordless Wednesday 06-08-16

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Shipping quilts 06-07-16

From JUNE 24th to 26th Ruth McDowell will be showing 62 of her wonderful quilts at the Vermont Quilt Festival.  I won't be able to go, but am sending quilts from TCQC to hang with others that she has gathered from her family and collectors.   I've shipped quilts before and know that one of the most difficult things is finding appropriate boxes that are the right size.  I have some, but will need a few more, so tomorrow I will be looking for boxes.  They need to be large enough to avoid having too many folds in the quilts, but small enough for me to carry from house to car to FedEx.  Liz will be here on Thursday to give me a hand.  What a friend she is!  Thank You, Liz. 

 

Here is one of the quilts that will appear in Vermont. 

 

"Fort Morrison Jerseys" Ruth B. McDowell  2003   65.5"W x 46"L

Cotton fabric, cotton thread.  Machine pieced and quilted.

 

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