Quilt News! Orange Yellow Blue Infusion, Embroidered Little RagTag Art Quilt, Pacific NW Winter Garden/Color Photos

Piecing process, past quilt with orange, yellow, blue...

Another past quilt project with orange, yellow, blue....

I just finished RagTag small art quilt with embroidery, hand stitched.

Venice Beach, CA, graffiti in the local McDonalds, 3 yr.s ago.

My recent piecing, orange, yellow, blue..

Pac NW Towhee in winter garden, see the spots on its wing?

Japanese Maple in winter garden, close view in b/w to see contrast.

Japanese Maple in winter garden, see the colors?

 

Quilt top pieced 2 summers ago, orange, yellow, blue...

Another scrap medallion started, orange, yellow, bits of blue..

Small HSTs made from scrap triangles, for a center medallion...

Past project in the piecing stage, lots of orange, yellow , blue..

Yellow, blue, red....

Oranges, yellows, blues....

PacNW garden, winter.

 

 

Hello Quilt friends, Quilt News from the Pacific NW, where it's cold!

 

After a great road trip, driving through Nor Cal, Oregon and into Washington, here we are visiting grandkids and their 'caretakers.'

We have a view of Lake Washington and fishermen in boats when the sun is out.

No big projects but some time for small hand work. For my little art quilt, RagTag, I used only scissors and hand pieced and embroidered it. It's named RagTag because it is made from scraps and I'm going through a time when things feel a bit Ragtag and scrappy with alot of making do going on.

Life is like that sometimes, right?

When I thought about writing this post I knew I had to include lots of orange, yellow and blue because they are warm cheerful colors and lots of my past projects have those colors in them. Also soon I will start the piecing process for my AHIQ color challenge quilt and I have chosen orange, yellow and blue! I have many pieces and blocks in my 'parts department' maybe it will be a sampler style quilt.

And the photo of the Spotted Towhee, notice the orange under its wing and the spots on its wing? The light wasn't great but the spots came through. I love bird watching. Walking through winter gardens and parks here there are a lot of birds; chickadees, finch, sparrows, nuthatch, naming only a few, and quiet winter colors to enjoy.

And that Quilt Friends is the news from the cold north.

We'll be here for a few more weeks, and I'll get some hand stitching done. Mostly enjoying grandkids of course!

We have a lot to be thankful for don't we?

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News! New AHIQ Challenge, Choose a Color Palette, Easy! Running Thru' the Back of my Mind....

Fall leaves 2021

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Four Patch blocks I've been hand and machine piecing.

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Pepperberry Tree

Orange X Block quilt I finished for my granddaughter, fall 2021.

A page saved from my color calendar 2021.

Red fall leaves against blue sky.

 

Hello Quilt Friends, from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada!

Where it's cool and sunny.

And AHIQ has a new challenge, Choose a Color Palette!

That was easy for me as these colors, Orange, Yellow and Blue, have been running in the back of my mind for a while. I'm never very far away from orange as you might know if you've looked at my past projects.

The fall leaves around here put on a gorgeous show and a page I saved from my 2021 color calendar has stayed in mind along with the colors in the Orange X Block quilt I finished fall 2021 for my dear granddaughter Ellie. So the choice was already waiting to be acknowledged.

However, I'm in no hurry as we're still in the process of settling/moving in. There's no room for anything big right here, right now. So I'm adding to the Four Patch Blocks I've been hand and machine piecing, thinking of orange, yellow and blue, and dreaming/planning for the next projects.

A quilt, large or small or patchwork fabric for a bag, large or small, maybe drawstring or with a zipper?

Here are some tutorials that were fun to watch that have me thinking....

Japanese Rice Bag Tips and Tricks with Jean Wells;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRpXLF8JSyg&t=937s

Growing a Quilt Design by Beth, My Sewing Room,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpnqCPfYBPI

and that, Quilt Friends, is the news.

I'll be by to visit and see what colors you are considering.

We have a lot to be thankful for, don't we?

Quilt News, Happy New Year 2022! Holiday Around Town!

Holiday decor in town!

This is supposed to be Santa's sleigh.

Store front finery.

Sparkle and lights.

Local neighbor with his pet pig out for a walk. Really!

Christmas baubles.

 Dear Quilt Friends Happy New Year to you and your families!

I had to share the Holiday vibes going on in town, it's a small town, the best kind.

I'll be back to projects soon.

We have a lot to be thankful for!

And I'll be by to visit.

Quilt News! Merry Christmas! Story of 3 Quilts and Embroidered/Embellished Art Quilt Progress

Merry Christmas!

#2 Small Plaid Quilt, close view of hand quilting w' red floss.

#1 Small Plaid Quilt hand quilting progress.

#2 Small Plaid Quilt basted and making progress with hand quilting.

Hand Piecing sections for #1 Small Plaid Quilt.

#1 Small Plaid Quilt layered with backing and batting.

#1 at the top of photo, #2 bottom left, #3 bottom right.

#2 Small Plaid Quilt hand quilting progress.

#1 Small Plaid Quilt piecing sections.

#1 Small Plaid Quilt piecing progress.

#3 Small Plaid Quilt, final yellow border with blue plaid corner blocks.

#2 Small Plaid Quilt, hand quilted w' red embroidery floss.

#1 Small Plaid Quilt, all hand pieced and quilted, close view.

And I've added more embroidery to this art quilt project.

 

 

Happy December and Happy Holidays!

And Merry Christmas to all my Quilt Friends!

 

This week I've been adding hand embroidery, French Knots, Running Stitch, Cross stitch, to my embroidered/embellished art quilt and I'm finished with it for the most part.

I've been working on it for over a year. It started as a challenge but I stalled over inspiration and didn't want to force the process, so it got put away. 

My sewing machine is in storage for a while so now is the time for finishing hand work on my embroidered/embellished art quilt. And I'll start the process of submitting it to see if it gets accepted for publishing. I haven't done that in a while. 

 

Also I wanted to tell the story of #1, #2, #3 Small Plaid Quilts. All 3 are made from 2 plaid work shirts I bought at a local thrift shop and some print scrap fabric and scraps of Kona Cotton Solids I had on hand.

#1 was started during the covid hysteria and we were staying in an inn then next to a beautiful river, because there was no room for us anywhere else. My sewing machine was in storage, so I thought it would be a good time to get into hand piecing. I used scissors no rotary cutter. My book by Yoko Saito featuring quilted handbags was pulled out and I poured over that. Yoko does amazing hand piecing, and quilting. I enjoyed the process and considered that our great grandmothers sewed by hand until sewing machines became available. I finished #1 and I was happy with it, a little time consuming but I had lots of time on my hands.

Then we moved to the 'valley' and my sewing machine came too, yey! I started #2 with some hand pieced blocks, sections and scraps left over from #1. #2 Small Plaid Quilt was machine pieced and hand quilted with red floss. I hand sewed the binding on and down with red floss, which goes faster than you'd think.

#3 was started in the valley and finished in a new home in the east foothills. The blocks in #3 were made from the plaid scraps, prints and solids from #1 and #2. I pieced using liberated/make do techniques because that seemed like the thing to do! I hand quilted #3.

These 3 small plaid quilts have been on an adventure with me and now I think of them as friends.

We've moved and are staying for a while at an inn. I've been thinking about how our Savior was born in a manger because there was no room for them in an inn. He humbled himself willingly for us.

 

And that, Quilt Friends, is the quilt news from the Inn!

Remembering to be thankful and thoughtful this holiday season!

 

How are your holiday projects coming along?

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News, Happy Thanksgiving! Scrap Blocks with Yellow Border Quilt, Binding Finish! Glorious Fall Color

Fall leaves yellow, orange, red, green, Happy Thanksgiving!

Scrap Blocks with Yellow Border small quilt, front, finished!

Back view, hand quilted.

California Pepperberry Tree

Smoke Bush Tree

Yellows and oranges, against blue.

Red against blue.