designing a quilt

String Tulips from Fret Not Yourself

Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over

what impression he is making or about to make.

~Bruce Lee

Quilting

As if the first set wasn't enough, here's a second set of the Electric Socket strings. {Thanks for the perfect name, Julie.} Not so much yellow here and the green blocks aren't resonating.

Long skinny strings of fabric in a variety of prints form Xs when set together.

More string X blocks

Leaving them on the design wall gave me lots of time to arrange and rearrange all those string blocks. I moved something every time I walked by but they were just too crazy together. It could be the mix ...

added by Ann 3 years, 9 months ago. under #ahiqpositivethinking , #positivethinking , book recommendation , designing a quilt , string piecing , string tulips

Making Fabric from Fret Not Yourself

"I do not know how you draw the line between fine art and craft, or

between the utilitarian and the non-utilitarian... I want to be an artist

... I intend to walk where I choose and not care which country I'm in."

~June Schwarcz,

Fourth National Conference of the American Craft Council, 1961

The quote reminds me of a recent well-written post by Kris of Pixeladies. I spend so much time {way too much!} worrying about all sorts of things it's a family joke. But I've decided to quit fretting about quilting. Even though I love stretching myself ...

added by Ann 3 years, 10 months ago. under designing a quilt , making fabric , sawtooth star

Heading for the Border from Fret Not Yourself

Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it comes. If you seek truth, you will not seek victory by dishonorable means; and if you find truth, you will become invincible.
~Epictetus

Quilting

I used a dark brown to post the stripe at the corners of the wheel blocks. The value is quite a bit darker but the pieces are so small they don't overpower the softness of the rest of the top. Well, soft for me.

Wheel composed of four fan blocks with alternating pale red and green blades sashed with tan are in turn sashed with red and white stripe in this low volume quilt

Center of the wheel quilt sewn

Now for the border. My original plan was to ...

added by Ann 3 years, 12 months ago. under designing a quilt , fan quilt block , stash quilt , wheel quilt block

A Done Deal from Fret Not Yourself

"Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose."

~Frank Tyger

When looking ahead there seem to be so many long, time-consuming steps to finish a quilt. Between that and anxiety about our quilting, it's no wonder we set tops aside. This one is finally finished. It's a perfect size to snuggle under during this cold weather. I'm keeping it.

The Square Deal quilt

As I mentioned earlier I divided the quilt into three sections: the Square Deal center, the sashing, and the outer border. After simple SID around the sashing, each section was quilted with its own designs. The ...

added by Ann 4 years, 2 months ago. under alexander calder , designing a quilt , free motion quilting , lattice , scrap quilt , square deal , stash quilt , travel

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