Quilt Projects Completed

I worked furiously to get many sewing projects done during the past 2 weeks as I will be taking a few weeks off because of upcoming foot surgery.

Two finished quit projects I sent to my favorite longarm quilter, Michelle Fialek, are finished and they both look beautiful.

 

The table topper made from leftover corners cuts from the mystery quilt I worked on this past winter.

I love the swirls that Michelle put in the pinwheel blocks which gives them a spinning effect. 

Before approving the final Cranes Wallhanging pattern for Cut Loose Press, I followed the directions and made a second wallhanging.

I like to see how other quilters deal with the quilting motifs. 

Michelle saw fluttering birds, and her quilting works toward showing the fluttering. 

Michelle also quilted my TREES quilt from the 2015 Mid-Century Modern Bee exchange. 

This is a improvisational block I designed. 

I like the breezy-like quilting Michelle did and I am working on finishing a faced binding on it. 

Happy Stitching!

I'll be back in a few weeks.

Escher Inspires Quilt

Yay! 

My new pattern has been released by Cut Loose Press this weekend at Quilt Market. 

I can show you the entire project and write more about it. 

While exploring possible ideas for the Transformation/Change theme of The Endeavourers group in March and April, I thought of creating a tessellation with M.C. Escher's art in mind. Escher experimented with repeating patterns and geometric mathematical concepts, as well as optical illusions, metamorphosis, and impossible worlds.

I found an over-whelming amount of information on the internet about how to construct graphic art in Escher's style. I knew I was beginner and this would be sewn rather than drawn; so what to do? 

I read about reflection, translation, and rotation. This was pretty interesting, too. I remembered I had a Jinny Beyers book on Tessellations that I hadn't looked at in years! Tessellations create interlocking pieces that tile the same shape over the surface (in this case fabric). 

I worked on this little quilt - simple crane shapes. I decided I would design a pattern and submit it to Cut Loose Press. They accepted it. I worked on fixing and simplifying the directions to fit the 2-page format of Cut Loose Press Press. (Of course, that meant I had to sew up a different design for The Endeavourers Challenge.)

As other quilters have found, quilt ideas can come from so many places that it pays to keep our eyes and minds open. What sights have you turned into patterns?