Tuesday 16 August 2016

Somewhat Positive – a finish!


Here we are, my first ever “designed by me” quilt! I was so excited I did two photo shoots, one at one of the local graffiti walls


And the second on a white brick wall.


There was a bit of pedestrian traffic at this spot, which had me hesitating as to whether I should go ahead with the photos. In the end, I just decided that I was there and I was going to do it, dammit! One man stopped to chat to me. “Does that symbol mean anything?” he asked; Me: “no”; Man: “Is it art?”; Me: feeling somewhat confused as to whether I should launch into the ‘is quilting art’ debate, settled on “It’s a quilt”; Man: “It’s very nice”; Me: overjoyed “Thanks!”. There you go, not so scary after all!


And I made another single block version because I really wanted to see what it looked like done in prints.


The quilting is unfortunate on this quilt, which I blame on poor marking. There was a point when I considered taking the stitches out and starting again but lack of thread stopped me and I persevered.


Last week I visited my LQS and walked away with a hera marker. I’ve been using chalk pencils up until now but I’m lazy when it comes to keeping them sharpened (like REALLY lazy, it can be completely blunt and be leaving no mark except a dent in the fabric and I’ll still use it) and that has been my downfall with this one. I’ll chalk this one up to experience (pun intended).

I’ll be writing up a pattern for this as soon as I stop procrastinating and finding excuses not to start. I wonder if I should run a quilt-along and have a second go at making it… let me know if you’re interested J

Advice required here. What’s your favourite quilt marking tool?

Linking up with Alyce Hilary at Blossom Heart Quilts Young Texan Mama for Sew Cute Tuesday (yes, it’s moved!) and Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s Bee Social and Kelly at MyQuilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday.




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15 comments:

  1. I love it! and yes, I would love to have a go at a quilt along. Go for it!

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  2. Wow, the graffiti wall is a beautiful backdrop for the quilt! And I love hearing about conversations with others about quilting: I have found everyone is excited and supportive when I am out photographing in public. :)

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  3. Your quilt truly is a piece of art. I love your photographs. You have an artists eye!

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  4. This is wonderful!! Thanks for sharing at Sew Cute Tuesday :D

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  5. Hi Sue! This is beautiful quilt! I'm happy you went out to take photos and had a nice 'audience'. Quilting looks great. x Teje

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  6. I love this quilt - a great design and very effective quilting!

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  7. I love this! It's bold...so cool! Your pictures are a great compliment to the design! I've been using a hera marker for years...Love them!

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  8. I love your PLUS's quilt & look forward to your pattern. I use a mechanical pencil for marking, a fine lead for light colours (it just disappears with handling) white, pink, yellow or green for dark colours. I like the Sewline brand best. Pam - DownUnder

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  9. Pretty! I like the contrast against the colorful graffiti!

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  10. Super cool mini quilt! I really like seeing a fresh take on a current idea - so fun!

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  11. Beautiful! I just bought a hera marker too, but haven't used it yet. I've heard wonderful things about them, though. I always feel a little silly taking pictures of my quilts in public too, but it sounds like you had a very appreciative audience :)

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  12. I love this design. Beautiful in prints and in solids. You always have the coolest backdrops for your photos.

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  13. Cool design ! I love the photo shoot on the graffiti wall. Congratulations for this finish and for taking pictures in public ;-)

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  14. Great quilt! Yes, you should definitely pattern it. The only way to do that is to start. Believe me, I know. Hmmmm. Favorite marking tool. I must admit that most times I try to find a way not to mark at all because I'm so afraid of the marks becoming permanent. Silly, right?

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  15. Slowly catching up on posts from the last few weeks. I LOVE this quilt and love both locations for your photo shoot - I need to be brave and take my quilts out into the great beyond! I really like this pattern and would love to take part in a QAL if you do one! x

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