three stripes of black and white arrange to make a checkerboard border
Step One cut 3 inch stripes of black and white. Sew them together in two patterns. White Black White and Black White Black.
Cutting the 3 inch stripe sheets into three inch blocks
Black White Black and White Black White strips ready for sewing into the checkerboard pattern
Marion sews the checks together
A section of the checkerboard border is complete and laid against the existing body of the quilt top
The Blue and Yellow color scheme is a favorite of mine these days. After an inventory purging and reorganization of my quilting scrapes I am ready to start. I have come up with a pattern and I think I can pull it off with Four different string blocks. I am using a paper piecing technique. I like to use tissue paper because it is easily torn off.
What a process.
all my blue and yellow fabric scraps
Fabric Scraps to be ironed
making strings from fiber scraps
My sketch of the pattern and the number of squares I think I will need: 16 yellow patches, 76 blue and yellow patches, 12 light value (pale) patches, and 28 dark blue patches
This sketch today will help me to make some more adjustments as I get on with my design, while I am making the squares. At the present I have made 21 squares. I have enough to layout the center section and I can see that some adjustments are in order.
The corner where you see the B’s I will add the light blue strips. So I need to make 8 light+dark blue squares. This will provide a nice border in both the inner and the outer bands.
I have now added the dark blue and yellow string blocks which surround the lighter blue string blocks. Next I think I will add another row of lighter blue blocks.
At Sugar Mountain Studio Retreat
Best of the summer
Mountain Garden Series 1
Mountain Garden Series 2
Mountain Garden Series 3
Mountain Garden Series 4
Painting outdoors in my front yard resulted in this watercolor and then I decided to do an oil study from the watercolor.
Autumn Landscape Capt John’s
Capt Johns in Autumn
Not quite finished
Brother from Another Planet and Princess Leia sitting on the shelf in the sewing room. Brother was inspired from a shrunken Alpaca sock and some scraps of wool, and cotton. Princess Leia started as two shoulder pads a d a baby sweater and some wool knit
When you seek out the owl you are searching for your higher self. This spirit animal reminds us to stay true to ourselves. Owl flies quietly into our lives but always ask the question “WHO?” If you Invoke Owl as a Power Animal you are opening a doorway to hidden realms and may find some comfort in getting closer to the voice of the Divine.
Overall Owl medicine will enable you to navigate any darkness in life. This spirit brings clarity, truth seeing, and attention to detail. When Owl wings its way into your life, you have the opportunity to become far more observant. In fact, you’ll notice a lot of important details that previously eluded you. The world is filled with layers of symbolism and meaning, and the Owl gives you “new” eyes for seeing.
Check out other post under quilting and see this quilt when I first started it
9 Patch 2 Inch Squares
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Anticipating Spring 2016
Watercolor studies from the 2015 Hillsborough Garden Tour
St Mary’s Rd 1
St Mary’s Road 2
