Innova Angles Quilt
42" x 45"
For a quilt that started as barely an idea this one sure wound up possessing me. Last Spring when I started the HSTeria Quilt Along I found this set of 6 fat eighths of hand dyed white-on-white fabrics. These are probably the first hand dyed fabrics I made mixing my own take on the color wheel. While I was cutting a lot of half square triangles I decided that it was also time to do something with these and pulled out the isosceles triangle die to use for the first time. The white fabrics are from a few of my husband's work shirts (he retired over 6 years ago). I convinced him that I needed white fabric so I could get him to downsize his closet just a little bit. He never made a connection to the 15 bolts of white fabric that I have in the basement.
The size of the quilt is based on the number of triangles that I could get from the 6 fat eighths. I sewed it together in an afternoon and didn't give it another thought. I had no plans for it.
Then I ordered my new Innova longarm and needed a practice quilt for my first quilt. I dyed a backing and was ready to go as soon as FloMo arrived. The first thing I wanted to do was ruler work and I did tons of it on this quilt.
The size of the quilt is based on the number of triangles that I could get from the 6 fat eighths. I sewed it together in an afternoon and didn't give it another thought. I had no plans for it.
Then I ordered my new Innova longarm and needed a practice quilt for my first quilt. I dyed a backing and was ready to go as soon as FloMo arrived. The first thing I wanted to do was ruler work and I did tons of it on this quilt.
I created several triangle "windows" on the quilt, pulled out all of my rulers and had a blast. I did curved cross hatching in every direction. I quilted triangle spirals. Little triangle shapes and big ones. Straight lines and wavy lines. After I finished the triangles I filled the background with swirls and pebbles.
For the backing I made a hand dyed spiral matching the colors from the front of the quilt. It's a good thing I matched the colors since the only thing I had for binding was left over backing fabric.
This quilt was such a joy to make. I didn't have an intended home for it but I did take it to Virginia Longarm to show it to them and they asked to have it for their showroom. It now resides in their SouthEast Showroom in Greenville, SC.
This quilt was such a joy to make. I didn't have an intended home for it but I did take it to Virginia Longarm to show it to them and they asked to have it for their showroom. It now resides in their SouthEast Showroom in Greenville, SC.
I am happy for them to have it and I created a Zentangle label for it. To make these labels I create the text in Powerpoint or Word and print that to paper. Then I draw the art around the text. Sometimes it takes a few iterations to get something I like. Once I'm happy with the label I print it to fabric that's been treated with Bubble Jet Set.
Isn't' it funny how some quilts start as whims but then eventually become one of your favorites? For me I think that happens when I don't have any preconceived ideas or expectations. I let myself go and don't think about it too much and I seem to get better results.
It also helps to have a machine that sews the most beautiful stitch ever with absolute perfect tension!
Isn't' it funny how some quilts start as whims but then eventually become one of your favorites? For me I think that happens when I don't have any preconceived ideas or expectations. I let myself go and don't think about it too much and I seem to get better results.
It also helps to have a machine that sews the most beautiful stitch ever with absolute perfect tension!
