Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
I finally started the Stars for San Bruno #3 quilt. The picture is lame, I know. It looks like nothing and you can’s see the squares I put on point or squared up. I wanted those of you who participated to know I am not being completely lame.
Stars for San Bruno #2 is almost ready. #2 and #3 go to the same family, so I need to finish #3 before I can get #2 out of the house. I plan to work on it soon so you can see some real progress.
Another easy block for your 25th block. You can now make a 5×5 block quilt. I thought it looked like a glance at a window with a valance and a curtain.
The quilt will be about 30″ along each side without sashing and I recommend just butting the blocks up together.
Directions for Window #26 Block
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These are the blocks I have made so far for the BAMQG A-B-C (A-Z??) Challenge. I remade the Air Castle block (star, upper left) and am much happier with it. I didn’t think this project would be a learning experience, but it is. I think the Zoe Pearns dots need to be surrounded with a color, e.g. not white. I think they blend with the white white too much, especially since they are such small pieces.
I have to do the ‘E’. I thought I had decided on a block, but now I can’t remember what it was and quick look through my Around the Block books didn’t help. Stay tuned!
Quote: I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau
Jack-o-lantern
Definition: A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds).
Smashing Pumpkins
gourd
pumpkin soup
pumpkin carving
pumpkin patch
pumpkin pie
Pumpkin Head
carve your pumpkin
Pumpkin Ale
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This block will take you 5 minutes. It is one seam. Who cannot cut two strips and sew one seam?
Here the very simple Bunkbeds #25 Directions
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
I am going to try to do a series of Halloween related words to change up the way I inspire your creativity. Enjoy.
dark room
dark energy
Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore
“It was a dark and stormy night…”
Definition: devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light
dark glasses
dark planet
Dark Knight
dark matter
International Dark Sky Association
The Dark Tower by Stephen King (no, I haven’t read this series; his books are too creepy for me)
darkness engulfed the City
Dark Hunter
Dark Void
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This image immediately came to mind when I saw the prompt. Not sure why as most baseball and window accidents are accidental. This one wasn’t.
You can see the original prompt from Friday.
This looks similar to the block from last week, Off Center 4 Patch Rectangle. There are some differences in the cutting, but you could make a second version of last week’s block and use that instead.
Here the very simple Sideways Rectangle 4 Patch Directions
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I have mixed feelings about 12″ blocks. They are big. I don’t like making them, because they take up so much fabric. I can’t use scraps, in general for them. However, I seem to be making a lot of them lately. I can use up a lot of fabric making 12″ blocks. I can also use these large expanses of patchwork to showcase the luscious large prints that I adore.
The latest batch of 12″ squares are 9 patch blocks for BAMQG. Not only are the 12″ finished, but they are also Halloween colors. Not my favorite, but not brown and beige either. I was kind of hoping I didn’t win the blocks (I didn’t), but then I remembered the Disappearing 9 Patch. I thought that this group wouldn’t be as controlled as the Food Quilt, but using the Disappearing 9 Patch pattern would also alleviate the large expanse of fabric problem.
Any size 9 Patches are so easy to make that they are like candy. I don’t seem to be able to make just one.
It turned out that we were able to use any 9 patch grid pattern not just the regular simple 9 patch. I am not sure why I didn’t know that.
I had a problem with my camera and didn’t take many photos, but people did some really great blocks and wonderful color combinations. I have that lozenge shape on my mind, so Adrianne’s block (left) really appealed to me. I think that it is more Fall than Halloweenish, but still a very nice block, and one I might want to try sometime. My blocks looked a little sad in comparison.
Local quilt work is really good and the BAMQGers work is no exception. Angela, in particular, is really taking off in terms of work. Kathleen asked me to write down the names and descriptions of the quilts as she took photos, so I didn’t hear all the details about this quilt. I do know that she took a class in reverse applique and that this technique was different from traditional reverse applique’. I really am excited that Angela is trying new things and really pushing herself in her quilt work.
Her Kona Challenge quilt was accepted into the New Quilts for Northern California along with the Zig Zaggy quilt.
The next challenge will be with a line called Heirloom. I am not familiar with it, but what I saw of it I liked. This is a guild sponsored challenge. Adrianne was going to hand out fabric, but the block the group voted on required some solids, which people wanted to coordinate, so there was a little back and forth about that. The Board decided to decide what to do about the solid and hand out fabric next month. I am not going to do that challenge, because I don’t want to do a challenge where the fabric and block are dictated to me. I like the Roman strip block, but not enough to take time away from my own projects.
The awesome, Lisa, at C&T sent us a prize pack. We did a giveaway and I handed out all the postcards. I asked her for the Studio Color Wheel postcards to hand out and she sent me a giant box of goodies, including a copy of the Studio Color Wheel, which Deborah won, and an Ultimate Color Tool.
There was a lot of business and I felt the generational gap hit me. I like to have some privacy online (I know I am walking the line having a blog and a big online presence) and that view isn’t shared by some of the younger crowd at the meeting. I felt old.
Yes, it has been an angry and busy week for me, thus the inspiration for today’s word (better late than never right?).
Controlling anger before it controls you
12 Angry Men
Anger management
Definition: Anger is an automatic response to ill treatment. It is the way a person indicates he or she will not tolerate certain types of behaviour. It is a feedback mechanism in which an unpleasant stimulus is met with an unpleasant response. (great definition, don’t you think?)
The Anger of Achilles, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicts the Greek hero attacking Agamemnon. (painting)
Take charge of anger
Anger and aggression
Manage anger and overcome aggression
channel your anger
anger disorder (who knew?)
Quote: A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. Christopher Morley
Quote: Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. James Fallows
Quote: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned,” spoken by Zara in Act III, Scene VIII.[1] (This is usually paraphrased as “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”) William Congreve (I always thought the quote was”Hell hath no fury like a woman’s anger” You get the idea, just go with it)
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This blocks is similar to the four patch and the other rectangle block I have posted, which I called Rectangle Four Patch.
This blocks is slightly off center, so the squares and rectangle are slightly different sizes than what you have been cutting.
This block is also suitable for 3 fabrics.
Off Center 4 Patch Rectangle Directions
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May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
~Irish Blessing (quotegarden.com)
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A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. (Wikipedia)
Madame Butterfly
Butterfly Restaurant, Pier 33 San Francisco
Butterfly table tennis and ping pong accessories
butterfly garden
the butterfly effect
Monarch
butterfly wings
I have house blocks on my mind this week.
Chris from Quilt Bits sent me the directions to make a cover for a composition book. I bought one to test the directions (which I am sure are perfect!), but haven’t done it yet.
DH & I thought that having a book where we could write things about the house would be a good idea. I further thought that I would use Chris’ directions to make a cover for the composition book and incorporate a Liberated Quilting house block into the cover. I haven’t done it yet, but that whole thought process led me to the name for this block.
PDF Directions for Square House #22
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A garment
special occasion dresses
formal dress
dress a salad
wedding dress
get dressed
dress your hair
put on a dress
wear a dress
dress-up box
dress code
dress uniform
dress rehersal
Dress quote: “Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal” and another quote “Sometimes I wish I could go back to the days when I was six and my biggest problem was what kind of dress to put on Barbie or whether or not I had enough Legos to build a fort”
cocktail dress
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apply dressings
party dress
Definitions: [verb] a : to make or set straight b : to arrange (as troops) in a straight line and at proper intervals ; 2: to prepare for use or service; specifically : to prepare for cooking or for the table <dress a salad>; 3: to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish ; 4 a : to put clothes on <dress a child> b : to provide with clothing <feed and dress a growing family>; 5 archaic : dress down ; 6 a : to apply dressings or medicaments to <dress a wound> b (1) : to arrange (as the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling (2) : to groom and curry (an animal) c : to kill and prepare for market or for consumption —often used with out d : cultivate, tend; especially : to apply manure or fertilizer to <dress a field> e : to put through a finishing process; especially : to trim and smooth the surface of (as lumber or stone); [intransitive verb] 1a : to put on clothing b : to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes <dress for dinner>; 2 of a food animal : to weigh after being dressed —often used with out; 3: to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight ; — dress ship : to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern
Definitions [noun]: 1: apparel, clothing; 2: an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt; 3: covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time; 4: a particular form of presentation : guise
Definition [adjective]: 1: suitable for a formal occasion <dress clothes> <dress shoes>; 2: requiring or permitting formal dress <a dress affair>; 3: relating to or used for a dress <dress material>
prom dress
bridesmaid dress
gown
dress-up dolls
dress meat
I love the 4 patch block. Mostly I like the simplicity, but I also like how it can be used as a building block for other blocks and projects.
You can use two fabrics, placing them on the diagonal from each other or you can use 4 fabrics for a more scrappy look.
This is block number 20 (I put up the 9 patch twice and haven’t replaced it yet), so I have made a quilt from all the blocks in the project to show you.
The quilt is made from all 20 blocks and you can see how complex it looks, even though each block is pretty easy to piece.
I probably wouldn’t put a black border on the quilt again, but it does contain the variety.
If you have made blocks or a quilt, post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a=Long Flickr group.