Art Quilts Around The World : Carnival - Chloe

Here is my latest effort art quilt - May Pole Carnival

Art Quilts Around The World : Carnival - Chloe:

Jane is up

I have borrowed mums design wall to layout my Jane Austen inspired quilt.

Ooh, I am so happy with it.

I have worked from a pattern, but at this stage, I am considering changing all the rest of the quilt.

I am my mothers daughter after all.

Dark circles

So, here it is, my dark and muted self portrait.

I enjoyed making this quilt, and in the end it had a lot more colour than originally planned.

Productive arvo

A very satisfying session with my sewing machine.

12 Jane blocks, and

24 geese blocks.

And the machine unpacked and left open again.

At quilt challenge

I have been working on my art quilt challenge, that is due to be finished at the end of the month.

It is a representative self portrait.

It is to depict the complexity of my personality and its predisposition to be dark rather than light.

For followers of the art quilts around the world, this reveal is a little further along.

Finally found the machine ...

Before I pack up my sewing room, which is really the dining room off our kitchen, I had to do some work.

So, completed 12 or so Jane diamonds, and several goose blocks. Very enjoyable.

And now my cabinet is all packed up. Boo hoo.

Raffle winner

My Christmas quilt was well received.

The winner specifically came up to me and thanked me for the quilt.

Very gratifying.

Tis the season .....

Well, it is the first of December.

So, it must be the time for raffle quilts for our local kids Christmas night.

It just makes you want to hum ... Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas .....

La la la di da

Another charity quilt ...

Today I made a 12" block - woven  ribbons.

I was in a block swap and the final block was my own choice.

All the blocks are lovely, though one doesn't fit really well, so I haven't decided if I will use it, or make another one.

The camera makes my beiges quite yellow ....

Bag of Dollies

I am making Lucy a bag full of dollies. I made the bag, nigh on twelve months ago, and am finally getting around to the dolls. At five inches tall and dressed - let's just say they are .... fiddly.

Jane's quilt.

The other traditional quilt I am working on is a Jane Austen - like quilt.

In pansies, of course.

Mum bought me the pattern and templates years ago  and finally, it is on its way.

Cottage garden

Just for Robyn.

Here is the latest quilt I have started work on. A traditional piece of goose blocks.

I bought a set of fat quarters years ago with this lap quilt inn mind and this is the first block.

Found some matching pieces of fabric the other day in mum's stash, and guess what, they are in mine now. Ha ha.

Border quilting

I have been slack on the machine of late.

Too busy with study and the like. But, Mum is here in a week (permanently) and I cannot have the same thing under the needle of the machine as when she was last here - now can I?

Part of the problem was, what to do with the border of this quilt.

So, I went with -

It will do.

Art Quilt Reveal

Well, here it is.

My environmentally messaged Animal Kingdom quilt.

I am quite happy with it. I think I would have like to have had the time to add a thread painted parrot to the coloured triangle. But, perhaps that would have been a bit ambitious for me.

Animal Kingdom

I found this art quilt theme a challenge.

I have had the concept in my head since discussing the theme with Mum before she announced it, but to put it in fabric?

My sneak peak is the centre, and the corners, and I just have to put together the surrounds.

I want to portray the destruction of the animal kingdom's natural habitat, so there is lots of grey, and black.

And then represent the heirarchy of the animal kingdom by way of a triangle in the brilliant colours of my local parrot species. We are privileged enough to live with a thriving parrot population, with many species.

It is going to be abstract, but I am also hoping it will be attractive, and am looking to illustrate some skill in my quilting. Straight lines as very straight and the like.

And like the previous challenge, really want to ensure that it is finished off well, and not rushed.

So far so good.

Latest charity project

It is the 'antique tile block', that was a swap on the SQCATC site.

So, I didn't make any of these blocks, my blocks are all over the country in other quilts.

I am using this project in hope of getting my 'mojo' back.

Wish me luck.

Unpicking

I am not sure whether a pile of unpicking like this one:


means I have had a productive afternoon of work or not.

But, I am working on finishing off to a better quality, so I suppose that means not being afraid of the quick unpick.

Different ...

The latest theme for our online art quilt group is different.

Specifically, use a colour that you would not normally work with.

I have officially thrown to the @#$% my first attempt. Way to amateur - ish.

So, here is a glimpse of attempt #2.


At least I have to the end of the month to decide how I shall put it together and quilt it.

Not my finest efforts - the finishing off bits. I usually get lazy by that stage and rush, and instead of a decent piece of work, I get an ordinary piece.

Me in Pink and Purple

Today is the reveal day for the latest challenge from the Art Quilts Around the World net group.

Here is the link.

I am happy with mine. My execution is never quite as good as the ideas I have, but I am getting there.

Reverse applique - perhaps...

My inspirational mother and I have another challenge on.

It is to use the following panel in a quiltlet.

I think I may just reverse applique it onto this fabulous fabric I bought, and then do some trapunto style quilting on it.