 Does anyone even remember this quilt? I made it as part of the Crossing The Drunkard's Path quilt along that I did a long time ago. I pulled every brown or brownish hand dyed fabric that I had top make this quilt. I started quilting it last March and am using this quilt to practice Spirograph motifs in quilting. I have a category link on the sidebar so you can see all of the motifs that have been quilted so far. I paused working on it when I injured my arm in May. I couldn't do ruler work for a few months and then other things happened and the next thing you know it's January and the quilt has been languishing for 7 months. I got caught up on veterans quilts so I decided it was time to get back to one of my quilts. Here are the 5 newest marbles that I completed this weekend.  This one is divided into 16 sections and uses the Lily Lines ruler from Bethanne Nemesch. I went around twice with the ruler on both sides of the hopping foot. I traveled by skipping 7 spaces. This will be a good time to note that I use the brilliant marking tools from Sue Heinz to get the even divisions on my circles. That doesn't mean that the circles are ABSOLUTELY perfect. After all, I pieced them. But the are close enough if you don't stick your nose right up to the quilt.  7 sections, Lily Lines ruler using the inside hook, skipping 3 spaces, traveled around twice to quilt the hook shape on both sides of the hopping foot.  8 sections using this odd ruler that I bought over a decade ago and have never used, traveled space to space with the flatter edge of the spiral ruler.  For the next one I first want to show you how I marked it. It's divided into 10 sections and there's a 1" circle marked in the center, also with 10 sections that line up with the marks on the edge.  In every point on the circle I used the narrow edge of this oval ruler to stitch from the edge to the center mark and back and then traveled to the next point with the flatter side of the oval ruler (from Quilters Apothecary).  Divided into 14 sections and placed off center. Skipped 5 sections and made 2 trips around using 5.5 and 6.5 circles. I'm actually well over halfway done with all of the small circles but they take a bit of time to think about and then quilt. I am seriously running out of unique ideas! But I'm really happy to be working on it again.
 The Stone Bridge by Patricia Caldwell, 45 x 36 Today's quilt is from Patricia Caldwell. It's a wholecloth quilt on the Riverside Gradient. She added fabric confetti, Angelina fibers, couched yards and fabric paint. She's entering this one in the Sacred Threads exhibit. Patricia documented her detail steps in making this spectacular quilt on her Facebook page. For sharing, Patricia received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount.  Riverside Gradient |
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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