Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Free Motion Quilting Project: The Density Question

The Free Motion Quilting Project: The Density Question

I have been having the same issues.  I am learning how to FMQ using baby panels.... if you quilt them to densely they are not drape-able and cuddly.   If you do not FMQ them enough they tend to fall apart faster.  I tend to over quilt so I  have been trying to strike a balance with quilting larger motifs in areas and not being so dense. 


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Sunday, September 23, 2012

COLOR FOR THE TERRIFIED QUILTER, REVIEW OF THE DVD

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Mccauley-Pederson-Present-Terrified-Quilter/dp/B0048UDSP2/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1348410026&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=dvd%2C+color+for+the+terrified+quilter

 

 DVD --- Color for the TERRIFIED QUILTER.


THE information on this DVD is detailed and in ENGLISH as opposed to art speak.   There were tons of examples that explained and gave a visual of what they were talking about in the individual lessons.  They clarified  art principles in a way that made the information easier to understand.  The information was good.   I loved the  TRUNK SHOW on the dvd.

I do wish they had included multiple colorway / styles  of the fabric when they discussed the principles.  Their fabric choices are dated and did not include any of the MODERN, CONTEMPORARY fabrics available.  I am not sure when the DVD was originally produced, so that might be the reason.

I did NOT enjoy they way they stepped over each others instruction or conversation.  They might have meant it to be funny, but  I found it rude and unprofessional.  It detracted from the pleasure and the information presented.

Nonnie

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Analogous with an Accent Leaf

THIS IS AN EIGHT INCH LEAF IN A FIELD OF                      12-1/2 INCH BACKGROUND. 


I took some patches cut from my 2-1/2 inch strips and made this 8 inch leaf from the analogous fabrics I choose in the previous post.   I added a small four patch of the accent fabrics.  I also found a small scrap of light brown fabric with the same magenta color in streaks.  I think it added a little spark to the leaf.  I am not entirely happy with my block pattern because it still does not line up very well. in some of the patches.  Little on the wonky side but I think I will get better in the future.  I am having a lot of fun figuring out this simple little block.  

I hand applique the stem.  I chose this technique not so much because I like hand applique as I needed to watch over my grandson and keep him out of mischief. 

I am still struggling with the sizes of these blocks it is not going to matter too much what size they come out as they will be floated in a background blocks with applique.  I do want to make future blocks to a consistent size as I think that is more efficient way to make blocks.  This is suppose to be a skill building quilt.  So I need to make improvements in my piecing.  This block took me about two hours to make but I had a lot of interruptions. 

Tomorrow I plan to make another block using left over patches and since I will be home alone I will time myself and see how long it takes to make one block.



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Playing with Sandy: Analougus colors with an Accent

I am starting a new blog to link to my  WORD PRESS and PodBean blogs.  The other blogs are for my own blogging topics.  Here I plan to connect and link with other blogs.  I am hoping this site will allow me to post better pictures as I have been having problems with formatting on WORD PRESS.  SO HERE GOES. 






THIS is my selection for Sandy's from QUILTING FOR THE REST OF US Tuesday post about color.  

 I have gone back to my stash of 2-1/2 inch strips and picked out ANALOGOUS colors.  I started with green and then added yellow an blue from the basic color wheel.  I am finding most modern, contemporary fabrics are actually based on the IVES color wheel and have expanded color pallet.  I have shaded my ANALOGOUS colors using yellow, yellow-green, greens, blue green (aqua or cyan), and blues.  I have noticed that beside the traditional names in the Ives color wheel they it has added exotic names to indicate the various shades of colors... ie magenta, fushia, cyan, cleron etc.  Joen Wolfrom goes into detail about the colors in her book, COLOR PLAY.

I have several fabrics selected in each of the colors, as I am planning to put them into a block but I will show that off later AFTER I have finished it.



 Here I added some blender fabric that are based in the ANALOGOUS colors ... yellow, green and blue.  It may be hard to view on your monitor but the top fabric has a yellow background and has etching of green, aqua and the fushia running through it.  The bottom fabric has all the colors mottled thru it.... yellow, green, aqua and fushia.  




This is my selection of ANALOGOUS fabrics with the accent colors from across the color wheel.  According to Joen Wolfrom's book magenta, fushia, and purple are opposites depending on which color you select as your main color.  Each of those colors are the opposite of green: magenta, yellow green; fushia or spring green: purple.  I think it would depend upon the block you are making if these would work well together.  As I have said before I am not fond of complementary color schemes.  I also think you have to be very careful with value placement. 

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COLOR PLAY by Joen Wolfrom 



I had thought of using the colors of my fabric as the color of the blog fonts but that gave me a headache so I decided to be nice to the readers and just go with standard colors... hee hee.


My next post should be a picture of my block.  Lets see how long it takes me this time. 


Happy Quilting 


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