4th Four-in-Art Reveal for 2016

Today is the reveal of quilts for the Four-in-Art Quilt challenge. This is the last of 4 quilts for 2016. Our theme this year was COLOR. The sub-theme for this last quarter challenge was "I've got the blues." 

Each of us interprets the theme/sub-themes in our own way. Be sure to visit the other members of the group as they show their quilts. 

Four-in-Art Quilts, where you can find us all.

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Betty         https://www.flickr.com/photos/toot2

Camilla     http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/

Catherine    http://www.knottedcotton.com

Janine         http://www.rainbowhare.com

Elizabeth    https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com/

Rachel        http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com

Simon         http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com

Susan         http://patchworknplay.blogspot.com

I thought to play on the word "I've", thinking I could substitute the word "EYE've." I have blue eyes and was going to use only 2 pieces of blue in the quilt. I thought of about the many blue fabrics I have in my stash. I like blue. I would use many of those scraps.

That quilt would have been extremely large. I decided on a smaller quilt. I cut  triangles with the Accuquilt that would finish as 2" squares. "I've got the blues" is true for me. Since I didn't know which direction to go with this challenge, I made some pathways. Some of them turn off and go nowhere others go off the edge.  Here is a dark, short path that ends by a blue flowered triangle.

I used matchstick quilting along the light blue paths with variegated thread. The dark fabric paths use dark blue thread in a wiggly stitch. The quilt measures 14" square. I put triangle corner tabs on the back in order to hang the quilt with a dowel.

Here is my reveal. The sun is even shining in one area! Maybe shedding some light on this challenge.

Also, just wanted to post the paper pieced letter blocks I made this last month and sent off to the Queen Bee of the Mid-Century Modern Bee. November I am Queen Bee and I have trees in mind.

Purple Passion Four-in-Art Challenge Reveal

It is time for the 3rd quarter reveal of the Four-in-Art Quilt Challenge.

This year's theme is COLOR. Each quarter a new sub-theme is given. 

This challenge was PURPLE PASSION. 

My passion is quilting. I thought about my quilting journey and chose to recreate some of the blocks I learned to make over the years. 

They were the building blocks that have brought me to what I quilt today.

So I stacked my journey (not all of it) from the bottom up, 

like a child's wooden block set. 

I attempted to make them 3D in an optical illusional way. 

I used various techniques to sew the block so they stacked

with 3 sides showing, in various sizes and include the black background. 

(Machine stitching, hand stitching, a bit of wash-away fusible seam tape.)

Above: the top before quilting

I realized halfway into the construction that if I had considered paper piecing 

the quilt blocks into the building blocks and background, 

it would have been easier. 

But that is how I have wound my way through this quilting journey over the years. 

This is the first time I have used the matchstick technique of quilting. 

I used my walking foot.

The purple stitching lines are more the width of a coffee stirring stick. 

I may add some matchstick quilting to the white and gray sides of the cubes. 

It wasn't planned, but the 17.5" wide quilt fits on my small garden flag post!

Visit the other members of the Four-in-Art Quilt group 

to see their interpretations of Purple Passion. 

Betty         https://www.flickr.com/photos/toot2
Camilla     http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/
Catherine  http://www.knottedcotton.com
Janine       http://www.rainbowhare.com
Elizabeth   https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com/
Rachel       http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com
Simon        http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com
Susan        http://patchworknplay.blogspot.com

We also have a blog, Four-in-Art Quilts, where you can find us all.