A Happy Watercolor Quilting Day
spatton
This sounds like so much fun! :) I am a relatively new quilter (2 sets
of
placemats, baby quilt, Christmas tree skirts) and I love it. I have
been
looking at quilt books and wondering how they piece together those
quilts?
Is it like a crazy quilt? Are all the pieces angular or are there any
curved
pieces? Just curious. (I hope I'm thinking of the right thing or am I
talking about modern-art quilts or are they similar?)
Stacy
psy...@inforamp.net wrote:
>
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> I had such a nice day yesterday that I just had to share it! Maybe it will
> give some of you ideas for a quilting group get-together.
>
> I went to a 5 hour watercolor quilting workshop with 7 other people. We
> each had to bring 300 precut pieces and a piece of flannel or thermolam to
> mount on the wall for design. After a short lesson, we went to work,
> trying to design something.
>
> Unbelievable as it seems, no one seemed to have enough fabric!!! So, we
> started walking around the room, checking out each other's "stash",
> trading colors and pieces. This went on all day. And of course, we were
> admiring each other's work as the designs progressed and began to take
> form. No one wanted to go for lunch!
>
> It was such a great way to meet and talk with new people-no icebreakers
> necessary. Everyone was so friendly and willing to share.
>
> Anyway, now I am hooked!
>
> Marci
> psy...@inforamp.net
> Toronto
> "The World's Greatest City"
psy...@inforamp.net
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In article <327930AF...@starr20.tamu.edu>, spatton
<spa...@starr20.tamu.edu> wrote:
> This sounds like so much fun! :) I am a relatively new quilter (2 sets
> of
> placemats, baby quilt, Christmas tree skirts) and I love it. I have
> been
> looking at quilt books and wondering how they piece together those
> quilts?
> Is it like a crazy quilt? Are all the pieces angular or are there any
> curved
> pieces? Just curious. (I hope I'm thinking of the right thing or am I
> talking about modern-art quilts or are they similar?)
>
> Stacy
Dear Stacy,
Each piece of the watercolor quilt is a 2" by 2" square, no curves or
angular pieces, like in a crazy quilt. It is my understanding (and bear
with me, I haven't done it yet!) that the first piece of the first row
gets sewn lengthwise to the first piece of the second row and the second
piece of the first row gets sewn to the second piece of the second...then
the horizontal strips are sewn together. Clear as mud, right? :>
spatton
Thanks, I now understand what watercolor quilts are
(I also looked up a book in the bookstore). But I
am curious about the "modern art" (for lack of a better
word) quilts I have seen in books. All the pieces are
such different shapes and non-linear, do they applique
everything or use bonding or what? I would like to make
a square for a quilt I am making and have no idea how
to do it.
The square I would like to make is to represent The
Painted Rocks National Park (in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan, beautiful if you ever get a chance to
go) my DH and I went there on our honeymoon. I wanted
to put several vertical strips of colors together
to represent the painted rocks (they are "painted" with
minerals), but they would be better if they weren't
perfect rectangles.
Any suggestions?
Stacy