Yep, that's what I'm calling this new quilt. Because I'm determined to drive myself insane with some of these quilt ideas that I pursue and it might as well be this one that takes me over the edge. Every time I dye new shibori fabrics for the shop I add a fat eight on each pole for my personal collection. I've created quite an impressive collection of fabric and, so far, have only used them in Lura's Choice quilt and that was a few years ago. I've been wanting to do a quilt with appliqued circles and now is as good a time as any to start. I began by dyeing a selection of black/shades of gray fabrics and cut out some chunks of shibori for the moons. Estelle kindly came over this weekend and cut some square out for me so I could get started. (By the way, my arm is finally MUCH better! I can drink with the glass in my right hand. That's big!) I used the Go! Cutter to cut out some fusible applique sheets. I'm using a 5" circle simply because that's the largest Go! die that I have. While Estelle cut I fused these to the back of my shibori chunks. I'm working on another post to show you how I shaped the circles but here's the first one. Man, I love these fabrics! I made a little paper template to help me position the moon in the center of the block. Later, when I put the quilt together, I'll cut these blocks down to a smaller size. I know I'm not going to use the blocks this big but until I can get several done and see them together I won't know what size I want. After the moon is centered on the fabric I tack it to the back with some Mistyfuse. I seriously love the moodiness of the background fabric. This quilt will basically use a combination of the Black and Gray Skies Gradients. OK, I know this basically looks the same but in this photo it's actually stitched! On another block I'll show you the back and the tiny stitches that Becky taught me to stitch. I did the first block just to make sure I enjoyed it and want to continue. Who was I kidding? It's tedious and there are dozens of them to do. Of course I'll continue! The last step in setting up this project was to put together a dedicated sewing kit with the needles, scissors, Bottom Line threads (because that's what I have), magnifying glasses and a folder. I"m ready to go!
I still have lots of the circles to prepare (for this and the other applique project) and I'm slowly working on these a bit each day. But I'm ready to start stitching the second block and I think it's pretty stunning....if I do say so myself.
Tina in NJ
6/13/2018 12:06:46 pm
And football season is only a couple of months away. You’ll probably be working on this project a year from now. Remember, Apollo 11 was 49 years ago next month. It will 50 years in July 2019. I think that’s quite appropriate to be working on a moon quilt at that time.
Rebecca in SoCal
6/14/2018 01:18:14 am
Why not loony? You’ve already lost your marbles! 😉
patty
6/14/2018 07:15:47 am
Those fabrics are going to showcase wonderfully! I applaud you for hand appliquéing the moons. I would stitch them by machine because applique would be too slow for me! LOL!!!
Sylvia Anderson
6/14/2018 08:06:06 am
Vicki, this is going to be another fabulous quit, and the depth perception of the green against the white fabric is amazing. I'm so happy there are people our really do enjoy hand quilting, as I am definitely not one of them, mainly because my fingers are so arthritic, and it's too painful to do much of it.
Gene Black
6/14/2018 08:45:43 am
So . you have your new handwork project! I wondered what would replace the floral applique quilt as your handwork project. (((grin)))
Mary Anne
6/15/2018 06:10:51 pm
Nice! What great way to show off your beautiful shibori fabrics too. I'm going to enjoy watching this one progress! Comments are closed.
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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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