peppered shot cottons

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Here are the leftover peppered shot cottons from Cristina’s quilt. It’s pin-basted and batted with wool. The backing is a white and black print that features the name of every color in the world. This is 90” wide, and a little bit taller. This will keep me busy for the dark and colder winter months ahead. I know I am going to quilt this horizontally and may perhaps go for a plaid look by quilting vertically, too. To be determined.

added by Donna 4 years, 6 months ago. under peppered shot cottons

Surprise No. 1: For Cristina and Joe from Quilting Studio Adventures

You know how you want to do something so special for someone and sometimes get a bit paralyzed in getting started? I knew Cristina and Joe were getting married at some point, and I knew I wanted to make them a "I'm thrilled you found your life partner" quilt. And then paralysis set in. What helped me to break through was this fabulous assortment of peppered shot cottons.

I wanted to do something featuring equally all the colors - so saturated and so bright, I even went to one of Cristina's favorite artists, Robert Motherwell , for inspiration. I eventually ...

added by Donna 4 years, 6 months ago. under cristina , hand quilting , peppered shot cottons

An Odd Sort of Panic and New Mantra from Quilting Studio Adventures

When I was teaching I would leave for school early, like 5:30, and then run up to the third floor of Hyde Park HS chanting, "Papers to grade, Papers to grade, I still have more papers to grade." Recently I have developed a new chant. "Shot Cottons and Wool, Shot Cottons and Wool, I will only quilt with Shot Cottons and Wool." Actually, I mean peppered shot cottons. The other night grandson Brandon admitted that he goes into a slight panic when he gets to the end of a binge watch if he doesn't have another watch lined ...

added by Donna 4 years, 7 months ago. under peppered shot cottons

The Luckiest ot the Unlucky from Quilting Studio Adventures

Saturday June 20 was such a good day. I was in the studio finishing this lovely 90 x 99 shot cotton quilt top. I vacuumed, rejoicing in how easy this task is with 2 hands. I even set out the fabrics for the next quilt I want to work on. I want to finish this quilt top by July so that I can turn the entire month over to purses and masks. One of each every day. Piles of fabrics for both are set out.

But then I tripped on uneven sidewalk about a mile away from the house. Nice ...

added by Donna 5 years ago. under peppered shot cottons

An Evening Companion from Quilting Studio Adventures

I'm not a pet person, but I understand how holding or stroking an animal is soothing. For me that sort of soothing comes from my hand quilting. That's what I discovered around the time of my parents' death.

In a way the same is true for a quilt. When I hold a quilt for a couple of hours most evenings, of course I get attached to it. And this one? I love. This top is made from the leftovers of my shot cottons. The backing is a very smooth muslin, one of the few fabrics I have to ...

added by Donna 5 years, 7 months ago. under koalas , peppered shot cottons

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