{"id":37728,"date":"2017-09-20T06:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=37728"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:35:35","slug":"dream-projects-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/dream-projects-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Projects #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I wrote on this subject was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/dream-projects-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February<\/a>. As I mentioned in that post, it had been a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/dream-projects-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">couple of years before that<\/a>. it is always interesting for me to look at this list and see if I still want to work on the projects<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art Institute of Chicago Fusible Applique\u2019 (Ticker Tape Style) Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Dream state<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Original, I do have a version of the pattern I used for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2012\/whole-cloth-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole Cloth quilt<\/a> and I will use it as starting point.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Turquoise and red, mainly, but other colors for the leaves and flowers, perhaps<\/li>\n<li>Steps: need to fuse a bunch of turquoise to some piece of fabric in the \u2018ticker tape\u2019 style so i can cut it up into small pieces. I am thinking of making it similar to the&nbsp;<a title=\"Whole Cloth Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2012\/whole-cloth-quilt\/\">Whole Cloth Quilt<\/a>&nbsp;and using red, again, for the background.<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I might make another one with turquoise on top of red with just two pieces of fabric.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Art Institute of Chicago Fusible Applique\u2019 Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Dream state<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Original, I do have a version of the pattern I used for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2012\/whole-cloth-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole Cloth quilt<\/a> and I will use it as starting point.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Turquoise and red, mainly<\/li>\n<li>Steps: need to fuse a big piece of turquoise to SoftFuse or similar, then cut out the image and fuse it to the background. I would satin stitch all around the image. I don&#8217;t know that I can make one continuous piece, but will try. The image would be similar to the&nbsp;<a title=\"Whole Cloth Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2012\/whole-cloth-quilt\/\">Whole Cloth Quilt<\/a>&nbsp;and using red, again, for the background.<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I might make it with turquoise on top of red with just two pieces of fabric.<\/li>\n<li>Added: 9\/14\/2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/various-sundry-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Basketweave Baby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Dream state<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Scrappy<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Fons &amp; Porter,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/video.fonsandporter.com\/videos\/2097_baby-quilts-with-three-dimensional-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series 1000, episode 1005<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I like the challenge of piecing this quilt and using a lot of partial seams for the piecing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blue Rectangles Gradation Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Hunting and Gathering<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: blue 2.5\u00d74.5 rectangles<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: similar to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/finished-done-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOTY 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I can\u2019t decide if this is still a dream or if it is already started and I just need to arrange it and start piecing. I have done a lot of cutting, so I think I have started it, thus it may not be a dream anymore. The original idea stemmed from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/foty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOTY<\/a>&nbsp;quilts. I just decided to do a monochromatic version \u2013 using just blues, in this case. I probably have enough patches now and just need to slot the time to work on it into my schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blue Lemonade<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Hunting and Gathering<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: blue, purple and green scrappy<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: inspiration from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/pink-and-blue-lemonade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TFQ\u2019s Pink Lemonade quilt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I probably <em>had<\/em> enough squares to make this quilt, but then I used a bunch of them to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/done-en-provence-clue-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">En Provence<\/a>. Now I am working on cutting more. I hope to slot the time into my schedule int he not too distant future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Easy Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: have pattern\/ dream state<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: pinks<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Easy Street by Bonnie Hunter<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I really liked&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ldq.outlandishthreads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daisy<\/a>\u2018s version of Easy Street, which she calls&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ldq.outlandishthreads.com\/?p=346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cherry Bomb<\/a>&nbsp;(she thinks of the best names for her quilts) in terms of color and feel. I don\u2019t want to copy her, but if I do this quilt, I\u2019d like to have the same pinky-red feel to it. One challenge about a mostly monochromatic quilt is getting enough contrast. I look forward to that challenge. Not sure this will become a reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feathered Star Block<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Dream state.<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: I haven\u2019t decided on a particular feathered star<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: use the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/triangle-technique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Triangle Technique&nbsp;<\/a>for the HSTs. I also saw a pattern,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0977914046\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0977914046&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=artquiltmaker-20&amp;linkId=TKGYTTTKDXRSY5K5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star of Chamblie<\/a>, at a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/quilt-shop-going-batty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop in Reno<\/a>&nbsp;that I might want to use as a base idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Good Night Irene Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: dream state<\/li>\n<li>Pattern:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=good+night+irene+quilt&amp;t=ffsb&amp;iax=1&amp;ia=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Night Irene from the Missouri Star Quilt Company<\/a>\u2019s Block magazine, Spring issue v.2, issue 2, pg. 54<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: I decided not to use a layer cake and will use the scrap 2.5 inch squares I have been cutting. I love the cheerfulness of Scrapitude Carnivale as I say over and over and am not done with that combination yet.<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I thought about using dots on a white background, as I did with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2014\/scrapitude-carnivale\/\">Scrapitude Carnivale<\/a>&nbsp;quilt as the background. It makes the Scrapitude quilt look so cheerful. I probably wouldn\u2019t call it Good Night Irene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Interlocking Triangles Quilt(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: dream state<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: This is an idea that I designed myself. I made&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/interlocking-triangle-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two quilts<\/a>&nbsp;and have variations on the pattern to make more.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: I have a few different collections of fabric I want to use. Most are rainbow colored; I also have a lot of stripes to use<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: This is a quilt from which I get a lot of bang for my buck. The visual impact is tremendous. The easiest way to do the spiky triangles is with paper piecing. I am not that big of a fan of paper piecing (read my laments about the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/spiderweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiderweb<\/a>\u2018s paper piecing). I made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts\/spiky-stars-it2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiky Stars<\/a> using templates and that was meditative and won a prize, so it is doable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Jack\u2019s Chain Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: dream state<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Jack\u2019s Chain, a continuous pattern<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: bright scrappy, consistent centers<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: This is one of the first quilts I saw hanging in a quilt store and thought of making, after I learned to quilt. I have seen a number of variations lately using different hexagons in the center. Making the nine patches would be a good leaders and enders endeavor. As if I don\u2019t have about a zillion leaders and enders opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Music Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: dream state, but not very inspired<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Top will have a piece of music the Young Man can actually play. That will probably be applique\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Fabric\/Colors: music prints and tone-on-tones with a little red<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: The Young Man has requested this quilt as his high school graduation quilt. I missed that deadline. He has sent me a piece of music, which I printed out. Now I need to make into an applique\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Neutrals and Red\/Scarlet Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: some cutting of black rectangles done.<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Slice a approx. 4 in x 7 in rectangle on the diagonal and insert a red strip, resew and set into columns.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: red, black and whites. I<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: gift. I have black fabrics cut and am just waiting to slot this into my schedule (sounds like the story of my life). I could use the bias tape I made for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/mighty-lucky-january-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mighty Lucky January challenge<\/a> from last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pineapple<\/strong>&nbsp;(Hunting and Gathering)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: I have strips cut.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: dots. Have most of the strips cut. Will be much more selective about which strips I use.<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Pineapple log cabin<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I haven\u2019t given up on a Pineapple quilt despite my frustration with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/pineapple-redux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous attempt<\/a>. I bought a different ruler: a Creative Grids Pineapple ruler in hopes that it will work better for me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pink Rectangles Gradation Quilt<\/strong>&nbsp;(Hunting and Gathering)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: same as Blue Rectangles quilt above<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: pink 2.5\u00d74.5 rectangles<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: similar to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/finished-done-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOTY 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: How many gradation exercises does one person need?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Silk Colorblock quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: I have the fabrics and the plan<\/li>\n<li>Fabrics: silk dupioni and cotton in brights (of course)<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Similar to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblock-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorblocks 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I have made a couple of, what I call, Colorblock quilts over the years. One was the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/finished-kona-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kona Challenge<\/a>&nbsp;in 2011, another was my 1990&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblock-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorblocks 2<\/a>&nbsp;and the first one,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblock-quilts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorblocks<\/a>, also made in about 1990. I bought the silk fabrics at the Marin Needlearts show about a zillion years ago and they have languished waiting for me to learn to back them so I can use them. I think I have that covered now and there is nothing stopping me except time and will.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spin Wheel<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: Hunting and Gathering<\/li>\n<li>Pattern:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fonsandporter.com\/articles\/spin_wheel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fons &amp; Porter Spin Wheel<\/a>, 1200 series,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/video.fonsandporter.com\/videos\/2119_conjoining-blocks-and-pyramid-triangles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode 1201<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Scrappy with controlled scrappy background<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I like the construction of this quilt and am convinced that I will make it. Another one just waiting for time and will.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stepping Stones #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: waiting.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Macaron pre-cuts from Hoffman. It isn\u2019t started, but I have lots of pre-cuts and think they would make a really fun version of this quilt.<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Stepping Stones by the Lintott girls<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: Hmmm. This is less exciting to me now. I think I need to finish #2 and then decide. It is just as likely as not that I will make this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/windmill-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windmill<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Hunting and Gathering)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: half cut; need more greys for the background<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: Scrappy. I will use a grey for the background, because if I use more of the cut fabric patches, the pattern will be lost. The pieces are too oddly shaped and I don\u2019t want to lose the pattern in a mass of scraps.<\/li>\n<li>Pattern: Come Quilt with Me Rotary templates<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts: I think I will buy the Sizzix template and cut grey windmill pieces with that instead of by hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><\/u>Out of the Dream State:&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Below is a list of projects that were on this list at some point that I actually made or am working on<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/finished-box-full-of-letters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Box Full of Letters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/finished-food-quilt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food quilt #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/finished-food-quilt-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food quilt #3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/finished-hmm-chubby-charmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Half Moon Modern Quilt<\/a>&nbsp;I made a Chubby Charmer instead of a quilt and am happy with that choice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/midi-bag-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medium Mondo Bag<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 I actually made the Midi bag. I think I might have another pattern to make another one, so I will have to try it out without the class.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/stepping-stones-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stepping Stones #2<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 not finished, but in process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I wrote on this subject was February. As I mentioned in that post, it had been a couple of years before that. it is always interesting for me to look at this list and see if I still want to work on the projects Art Institute of Chicago Fusible Applique\u2019 (Ticker Tape &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/dream-projects-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dream Projects #7&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[278,91,360],"class_list":["post-37728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-dream-projects","tag-future-projects","tag-possibilities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56812,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37728\/revisions\/56812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}