I just watched Stephen Wilkes’ TED Talk. He is a photographer with a vision—and some exceptionally cool equipment.
My Photo Class assignment for the week is ‘stuck in place.’ We have to pick a spot and stay in it for an hour, taking pictures. I had the same assignment last year and really enjoyed it. I’m glad to have seen this video before I set out with my camera :-).
I have been waiting for the right time to turn my quilting in a different direction. Even if I make it to the ripe old age of 111 (my personal goal) I know that there are only so many quilts in my future. Now is the time to do it or let it go.
There are a variety of quilters who who make quilts based on photos. Each one brings a different perspective to the process. I hope to do the same. This is the photo that I’m starting with. It was taken on Kauai, on the road that runs near Hanalei Bay.
I found the road on Google Street View. You can click around and follow the road if you want to. Let me just say that I love technology :-).
I’ll post more photos as the quilt takes shape.
I’m home from market, unpacked and back at work. There is always something on my desk that needs attention, often to the exclusion of some other thing. I realized today that I haven’t written a blog post since I got home. How did that happen?!
Maybe the rain has something to do with it. I love rain, and rainy days do not get me down but even I am getting tired of this:
The plants look happy, and the ground will definitely be soft for weed pulling, if I find time to get to it.
I am so very thankful that we are not in danger of flooding. I hope you aren’t either. Linda’s house in Tulsa flooded before I met her and she said it’s just about the worst thing she has encountered. I have been working on a new quilt… I promise to post more on it soon.
I am in Salt Lake City for Quilt Market. I got here before lunch and I didn’t have any place in particular that I needed to be, so I decided to do a little bit of walking around. I found a terrific grocery store (Harmons). It made me wish I needed more than yogurt and Kombucha.
Salt Lake City’s downtown is very walkable and the weather was beautiful. Here are some of the things I saw this afternoon:
These windows are like a fun-house mirror. If you look closely, just to the left of center, you can see an open door on the back side of the building shining through the front glass.
This sculpture is attached to a light pole but, thanks to Photoshop, he appears to be floating in space. I sat on the sidewalk to take this picture in my white pants—Salt Lake is a very clean city! You can see me reflected in the faceplate; the curvature makes me look farther away than I was.
The bikes are very tempting. If I had more free time, I’d figure out how to rent one.
Tomorrow Quilt Market festivities begin. It is great to see old friends and to make new ones! I’m looking forward to 3 busy days full of quilt-y goodness :-).
I get to finally show you one of the quilts I’ve been working on, the Hexie Garden Quilt!
Hexie Garden Quilt finished quilt size: 61 1/2″ x 69 3/4″
The pattern pack has these 9 blocks that are graphic, fun, and full of movement! Each 16 1/2” x 19 1/4” finished size block has 6 wedges. The individual flowers are appliqued onto a block, trimmed into a wedge shape, and sewn together. The sewing takes a lot less time than you would imagine… these really are fast blocks.
The blocks are also lovely when used by themselves. I made another, smaller quilt that is included as a bonus in the pattern pack. My quilt, Tequila Sunrise, is improvisationally pieced, but there are measurements included for those of you who prefer that.
The pattern pack will be available in mid-July. Click here to pre-order your very own Hexie Garden Quilt pattern pack!
Teresa Love sent me this photo with the instructions not show it before, May 12th. It is part of her guild’s challenge and is supposed to be a surprise until the guild votes in the evening.
A few years ago I took your reverse appliqué class in Knoxville, TN at the AQS Show. I finished a bunch of blocks but I never made it into a quilt. Our guild–Madison Station Guild in Madison, Alabama—had a 5 row by row challenge. So I put the class blocks into a quilt. I added the challenge elements and UFO is finished. I so enjoyed your class.
Teresa Love
It’s a winner, don’t you think! Thank you, Teresa, for sharing your quilt :-).
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