Martha Schellingerhoud was the speaker at our Rouge Valley Quilter's Guild meeting last night. As soon as we walked into the hall we all saw this quilt hanging up on the stage. Click the link, it is really gorgeous! She told us that it has been chosen to represent Canada at a quilt show in France this fall. I think it is a great choice.
Martha did her trunk show for us. The thread of her narrative was how she has developed different techniques for machine quilting large quilts in sections on a domestic machine. I immediately began to pay close attention! She showed us several quilts based on square blocks, and described her technique of joining pre-quilted sections together with sashing, and then quilting the sashing after. All this time I am looking at that big circular design up on the stage and thinking about Sedona Star. I could see how the concentric rings could be pre-quilted and then joined with those flying geese rings.
And indeed, she told us that had been her plan, but then on this quilt she changed her mind and quilted the whole thing in one piece! Sigh. She was worried that it would not lie flat if quilted in sections. So that idea went out the window!
But the trunk show was excellent, and her miniatures have to be seen to be believed. There was one with over 700 pieces!
In any case, I still have a year to figure out how I will quilt Sedona Star. I'm sure the right idea, or better equipment, will come along!
Serious fun with quilting, stitching, and embroidery
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Status - Sedona Star
Once again, I've been thinking hard about Sedona Star this weekend. There's been a heck of a lot of thinking considering I haven't done any sewing yet!
The whole kerfuffle with the way the templates don't print properly on some printers, including mine, has somewhat got my back up. I had to ask myself if I should do the quilt at all. I wanted the quilt to be a stretch for me, but chasing down technical fixes wasn't exactly what I had in mind! I've only bought about a third of the fabric so far, which could always be used somewhere else. But the thought of not doing the quilt felt like going backwards, so I knew I still had to do it. Quilters are resourceful, right? My drafting skills are pretty good, and I think I will be able to draw in the parts of the templates that don't print.
So, I'll be doing the whole thing by machine. I'll use the Ricky Tims Stable Stuff, and leave it in the quilt until the end. I'll use Beth Ferrier's method of turned edge applique by machine, and use her fusible wash-away applique sheets, which should also help stabilize the lightweight shot cottons. I can see the whole thing will be much quicker this way, and even though fast is not always a priority for me, it will give me more time for other projects as well, which also feels good.
Of course, the Stable Stuff and the applique sheets will have to be bought, which will have to wait until February. But, that gives me three weeks to work on my other quilts, which I think will be a very good thing!
The whole kerfuffle with the way the templates don't print properly on some printers, including mine, has somewhat got my back up. I had to ask myself if I should do the quilt at all. I wanted the quilt to be a stretch for me, but chasing down technical fixes wasn't exactly what I had in mind! I've only bought about a third of the fabric so far, which could always be used somewhere else. But the thought of not doing the quilt felt like going backwards, so I knew I still had to do it. Quilters are resourceful, right? My drafting skills are pretty good, and I think I will be able to draw in the parts of the templates that don't print.
So, I'll be doing the whole thing by machine. I'll use the Ricky Tims Stable Stuff, and leave it in the quilt until the end. I'll use Beth Ferrier's method of turned edge applique by machine, and use her fusible wash-away applique sheets, which should also help stabilize the lightweight shot cottons. I can see the whole thing will be much quicker this way, and even though fast is not always a priority for me, it will give me more time for other projects as well, which also feels good.
Of course, the Stable Stuff and the applique sheets will have to be bought, which will have to wait until February. But, that gives me three weeks to work on my other quilts, which I think will be a very good thing!
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