I purchased the fabric with the horizontal rows of trees then also purchased the white gravel print and the stripe at the same time. I cut the rows of trees apart and sashed with the gravel print. The three interspersing rows are all 3D folded and sewn. I’m really happy with it but I think my machine quilter is going to be cussing me as she tries to go around the 3D pieces….
I’ll be teaching in Birmingham, England this August 8-9 at the Festival of Quilts. I’m teaching two classes and giving one lecture.
A quick project to use up leftover 3.5″ squares.
I finally created a wreath for my studio door. I used silk from my ties collection and a few pins. I think it needs a big bow, though.
On Sept. 7th and 9th I presented my Fan Hexagon Template Set to the Minnesota Quilters at their September Schoolhouse meeting. At this meeting several tables are set up and a different technique is demonstrated at each table.
I demonstrated the Fan Hexagon construction sequence and the ladies were very interested and complimentary. They were also very interested and complimentary about the necklace I wore. (more…)
One of my quilts, Words to Live By, is in a gallery show in Red Wing, MN. This quilt is viewable on my Gallery page.
Many of you are familiar with Shar Jacobson’s acrylic template sets. What you may not know is that she regularly will design a new quilt using an old template set, recycling the same template set. I thought that attitude was highly commendable and wanted to do it with my Fan Hexagon set.
Obviously you can use the whole hexagon in several different ways,
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I don’t use layer cakes or pre-cuts at all (I buy fabric in quantity!) but a friend of mine uses pre-cuts often. She has been experimenting with the Fan Hexagon Template Set and told me to pass along that the 10″ Layer Cakes work great. You can get one large Hexagon plus the two inner side pieces from one piece of fabric.
Again, going through my scraps I pulled together enough fabrics to make this 14-color spectrum, interspersed with mostly white/black prints. You can’t see the details in some of the white and black prints but there’s a fabric that shows American landmarks (the Statue of Liberty is in the centermost hexagon) and another fabric that shows a village called “Quilt Town.” You will notice in the appliqued small hexagons in the upper and lower border that there is two of every color except yellow. That’s because I wanted the small hexagons to start and end in the “up” position and, because I absolutely could not find any more of one of the yellow fabrics (and if I had to eliminate the yellow hexagon from the top border, I had to eliminate it from the bottom border). One of the risks of working with scraps is you run out!
