Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wednesday: Work In Progres Update

There are other projects beyond my Sampler Quilt, so I thought its a good time to give an overview of what is on my sewing table.
Lattice Illusions
I started this quilt in a class over the weekend.  I will tell you more about the class on Tuesday of next week.  This is a pattern from a cathedral floor in Venice as designed by Christine Porter (the quilting pattern, not the cathedral floor). If the colors are correctly chosen, you should see a 3-D effect when at a distance.  This should probably be a wall hanging to get the full effect, but this will be a usable quilt for TV watching on winter nights.  Right now I only have 70+ little 4.5 inch square blocks on a piece of wadding, but the project is officially underway. 

Mystery Quilt
This was also part of our guild retreat.  Have you done a mystery quilt before?  Well, this is my first. In case you have not, here is the story. You get a list of fabric requirements that describe light/dark/medium tones and print size. On the day of the class, we got the cutting instructions and a little diagram for our first and second block. After you made the two blocks, you get a diagram for the third and forth and so on. However, you still have not seen the overall pattern, so you have no idea what you are getting into.

Although I now know the overall pattern, I thought it would be fun to make this a blog mystery quilt. So, I'll show you bits and pieces as they progress and won't give you the overall plan.  This is my progress so far, but I am stalled a bit. I need to get more of one fabric and replace one, so this will be slow moving :)  The fabric is primarily a 30's repro set called Aunt Grace from the Fat Quarter Shop.



Brian's Tetris Quilt
My partner, Brian, has designed his own quilt top based on an optimistic Tetris game.  Now, I pieced this just after Christmas and then it sat in a basket for 8+ weeks.  I have the borders to do, which are simple enough.
Why haven't I moved on, you ask?  Well, Brian is not a simple man. He wants shading on each of the blocks and the Russian onion dome cathedral appliqued onto the back.  You know, the one from the original 1980s game?  This is a tall order and I have not done applique before, so it sits in the basket. I'll have to bite the bullet eventually!
I will continue to keep a running tab of my ongoing projects and hopefully (with any luck) you'll see projects continually move up the list each Wednesday.  So, here are my "stats":

Completed Quilts (have to keep the successes in mind)
Roisin's Baby Quilt
Mom's Birthday Quilt
Catherine's Christmas Quilt
Currently Quilting
None
Tops Awaiting Bottoms
None
Currently Piecing
Brian's Tetris Quilt (needs sashing and embellishment to finish the top. need to practice and get courage.)
Lattice Illusions Quilt (blocks about 2/3 finished and the border not touched. need to get more fabric.)
Mystery Quilt (only 3 of my 36 blocks made! yikes! need to get more fabric.)
Sampler Quilt (needs another solid border to just enlarge it a bit more. can finish it this week.)
Ongoing Planning (I bought pretty fabric and need a plan for it...)
Bali Pop Quilt
Moda Jelly Roll Quilt
Fat Quarter Quilt
Fennel Shed Mystery Quilt (?)
Confetti Scrap Quilt

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