Phases


This is one of the (many) projects I've had on the go recently, finished and ready to show you.

This quilt goes back to my "roots" so to speak - long time readers will recognize some recurring themes: circles and monochromatic and/or limited palettes).


The reason why this is a "new to me" technique is because I decided to give the "quilt as you go" method a shot.  I first saw it over at Marianne's blog (here's her tutorial) about a year ago, and recently, the prolific Melody Johnson has been working in this method - and it gave me the impetus to give it a go. 



Even when I first saw this technique, I wanted to try it in bigger slices (I've never been much of a block girl as you well know); thinking it would work well for queen-sized quilts instead of shoving them through my lil' domestic machine.



So I quilted three strips - two that were 24 by 74  inches long, one that was 74 inches long and 30 or so wide and then connected them with connector strips as above. (In the end for design purposes, I ended up trimming the widths of all pieces - the finished quilt is 72 x 68).

(P.S. - the quilt is actually perfectly straight and flat - the bubbling and unevenness is from the ivy underneath the quilt!)

This entire quilt was an experiment :

  • I wasn't sure whether the quilt as you go method would work in strips this size (note: I used a whip stitch to hold those long strips together which neither Mari nor Melody did);
  • I wasn't sure whether this fabric (a really fine linen/silk blend) would work in a quilt (note: I put a much-used queen sized sheet under the fabric on both sides as the batting showed through initially);
  •  I wasn't sure whether the design would work (although it looked cool in my head) and I'll definitely twig it in future; and
  • I wasn't sure whether I would have enough fabric to complete the quilt *eep* (I got by on the skin of my teeth - the binding is actually a totally different gray silk from my stash which blended well with the creamy gray and gray-ish beige fabric.)


But it turned out well in the end, and I think you can expect to see another iteration of this quilt show up at some point in the future.

Cuz, guess what? I love it!

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Kit Lang

7 comments:

  1. The limited colur palette is stunning. I have tried quilt-as-you go but was never thrilled with my joining.

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  2. Kit! Wow! It's soooo pretty, and shimmery! I wish I could be a fly on the wall whilst you work your magic!

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  3. I love the subdued palette combined with all that texture.
    Very elegant, and a quilt fit for a diva I think!
    Deborah

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  4. This is really beautiful -- it's hard to be successful with such a limited palette and you've done it so well here.

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  5. Oh Kit!!!
    This quilt is absolutely fabulous. I've also been reading those 2 blogs and following the QAYG method. Looks easy pezzy as melody says. Your piece is marvelous!!!

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  6. What a beautiful quilt. All the details to look and and try to absorb would keep anyone looking at this quilt for a long, long time.

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  7. Very cool! Love the textures of the quilting.

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