Showing posts with label Crazy Quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crazy Quilt. Show all posts

Friday, August 29, 2008

It's Out of the Bag!

Awhile back, I posted about a quilting challenge I was participating in through our local Quilters' Guild. I couldn't post the picture for fear the owner of the fabric might see, but last night at our monthly meeting, we all 'outed' ourselves, and presented the completed pieces. We started with a gallon-sized ziplock bag filled with fabric, threads, and other embellishments. We were challenged to come up with a quilt that was no larger than 24" by 24", and had to use at least 30% of what was in the bag. Here's my finished piece:



I confess that when I opened the bag of fabric for the first time, I was not prepared for Christmas fabric! It took awhile for me to determine what I could do with it, but I finally opted to do a Crazy Quilt, which is one of my favorite quilting styles.
Last night we all got up and presented our quilts to the person who put the fabrics together:

I wish I had taken pictures of all the presenters... there were some fabulous creations! I'm looking forward to future challenges... it was really a fun project!

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Creative Ramblings


October 2, 2005. I have recently began to reach back into my creative bag of tricks and revive my love of Crazy Quilting. I first started dabbling in this area about 15 years ago, but put it aside as my tie-dye business began to grow. But I have always.... ALWAYS loved to make things from scraps of fabric, and embellish them with stitching and shiny things! I guess I just enjoy anything that allows me to be creative, whether it be with fabric, paint, beads, dye... So I am back at it! I dug through boxes in the garage and came up with pictures of some of my creations, and plan to scan them and upload them to my blog in the coming weeks. I already have some uploaded, so will start with them.


Hand stitched wall hanging with hand-dyed cloth - this was inspired by a visit to Monument Valley in 2001.



Irises in the Garden - Hand stitched wall hanging with hand-dyed cloth, 2002.





Hand-dyed fabric vest



Crazy Quilt Vest

'Robin' Hand Embroidered Picture