Creative Prompt #79: Grid

This was an easy response. Grid had to have a quilt in the response, right? I used some colors that I am going to use for a quilt int he near future.

See the original prompt and create your own response.

Creative Prompt Response #81

Here is my response for the Creative prompt, Middle, which was posted on August 20, 2010. You can see the original prompt and join inthe fun.

SherriD’s response is really great. I agree with her comment that this was a hard one. I don’t always have an idea in mind when create a prompt. Sometimes I do and sometimes I can think of one during the week, but often I have to let the word simmer for awhile after it is posted.

Creative Prompt Response #80: Heart

This is my response to the Heart prompt. I am doing a much better job of keeping up. I don’t want to get behind again! I am enjoying exploring more of the details of various aspects of the building.

See the original prompt and create your own response in any format, media, or colors.

Curves

curvy

Blackberry Curve

In mathematics, a curve is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line (geometry) but which is not required to be straight. (Wikipedia)

Curves Health clubs and Fitness Centers

Dynamic Yield Curve

Curveball

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

Take a curve too fast

Learning curve

Daily Treasury Yield Curve

Photoshop Curves tool

Demand curve

Curvy

body type

S-Curve

Block-a-Long Sneak Peek

I finally decided that I would commit to posting block designs and instructions so we could do a Block-a-Long. What is a Block-a-Long? It is a project to make blocks. Hopefully, they will turn into a quilt, but that is a project for another day.

The blocks pictured are some of the blocks that we will be doing. Each block is 6″ finished. I have designed 40 blocks so far. All of them, so far, are straight line sewing – squares and rectangles. There won’t be any curves in the project, but there may be some triangles.

I don’t plan to give you step by step instructions on how to put a block together, though in the blog post, I may give you some tips and tricks to help you along.

The directions will be from EQ7 and will include a picture of the block, what pieces to cut to make the block and that’s it. Of course, if you have questions, you can leave them in the comment field.

First task: go and choose your fabric. Choose some colors that you enjoy. Select a fat quarter pack you have been saving. Choose a theme such as dots or stripes. Go buy yourself some new fabric (FabricWorm has some great fat quarter and half yard packs that they have put together). Use some color combinations that you have always wanted to try.

I’ll wait about a week for you to gather your fabrics.

I selected my fabric a couple of months ago when TFQ was visiting. I am hoping to use each fabric 3 times in the quilt.

Sorbet Fabric Palette

Yes, there are a lot of fabrics in my group. I want my quilt to be really scrappy. You don’t need to have this many. You can always add more later.  This is a great project for scraps, so you could just pull fabrics out of your scrap bin. A two color quilt will work well, too, I think, though you may want to use different fabrics of the same colors

I know you have seen the blocks below before. These are some of the first blocks you will be doing. The point is not to make you miserable by posting difficult blocks to struggle through, but to have a little fun and, perhaps, work with color. Have fun!

Sorbet Blocks

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

Middle manager

Caught in the middle

Middle class

Middle school

Soft in the middle

Middle child

Middle East

The Middle Way [Zen, Buddism]

Find middle ground

Middle English

Middle man

Middle C (music?)

Get in the middle [of an argument]

Middle Kingdom

Middle Atlantic

Middle Ages

Middle Cyclone by Neko Case

The Middle Passage

Battle for Middle Earth

Malcolm in the Middle

Middle Tennessee

Middle ear

Robot Pillowcase #2

I had to finish something this weekend aside from the interminable pressing and patch cutting. I pulled out one of the pillowcases I had prepared when The Child was making his and finished it. These pillowcases are soooo unbelieveably easy. The worst part is cutting the fabric. I think I have one more prepared and then I’ll have organize more fabric to make a few more.

TFQ is making a bunch and she tried sizing down the Twiddletails pattern slightly. She said it came out fine and she didn’t have to cram the pillow into the case. I want to avoid that at all costs. I want the pillow to slide in so it is a 2 second linen changing job rather than a 20 minute pain and torture session.

One of the best things about this particular pillowcase is that the seam where the cuff, trim and body of the pillowcase all come together matched up! I was really excited about that!

Matching Seams

I know it is silly, but I really like doing the best job possible so that people don’t say that I didn’t pay attention. Since these are going to kids with cancer, I really want mine to be the best they can be.

On another, but slightly related note, my mom loved her Sweet Dreams Pillowcase. She left SoCal almost as soon as she received it, but she said she used it at least once.

I am still working on a number of projects on which I have made incremental progress. That is one reason I needed to whip out the pillowcase. I needed to finish something!

A Work of Heart

Heartbreak

The heart of the matter

Heart (band)

Military Order of the Purple Heart

Heart and mind

Kingdom Hearts

Sacred Heart Academy

Broken heart

Cardiologist

Lonely Hearts Club

Card game (an “evasion-type” trick-taking playing card game for four players, although variations can accommodate 3-6 players – from Wikipedia)

organ that pumps blood in your body

Stole my heart

Heart disease

mended heart

My beating heart

hearts on fire diamond

hearts go out to….

Cardio

Definition: The heart has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human being. As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to be used poetically to refer to the soul, and stylized depictions of hearts are extremely prevalent symbols representing love. (Wikipedia)

White heart (symbol for nursing)

Heart of gold

American Heart Association

Heart of darkness

Sweethearts

Mend a broken heart

Queen of Hearts

Jarvik-7

Black heart

Heart attack

Be still my heart - ER episode and Postal Service song

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

CPP Response #75

See the original prompt for inspiration and to create your own response.

This was a hard one for me. Again, TFQ came through and helped provide some inspiration.

Street grid

grid computing

graph paper (my personal favorite!)

search in a grid

electricity grid

living off the grid

Grid Frameworks

power grid

computing grid

Smart Grid

gridiron

grid layout

Midwest layout of counties/states

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

Response #72: Ice

I really can’t help it that I am much more into drawing the doodle umbrella than I am the ice.

See the original prompt from June 18, 2010.

Response #68: Oval

This was a hard one. It took me a long time to come up with something. TFQ finally said something that sparked an idea.

See the original prompt.

Response #67: Leaf

See the original prompt.

Get some inspiration from the Flickr Group of responses.

I am pretty pleased with this reponse. I like the color in the leaves.

CPP Response #73: Glyph

The idea of a Glyph came from an article I saw by Jane Dunnewold.

See the original prompt for more inspiration.

CPP Response #77: Flutter

I don’t know if you will be able to see the part of the drawing that contains the response. It definitely is not the focus, which was not my intent. I had a little trouble with scale in the drawing. I am still learning!

See the original prompt for further inspiration!