Pumkin Quilt
I made this quilt a few years ago. I think I had planned to make a quilt for every season?? (I must have been feeling very optimistic!) The basic design, scarecrow w/ moon and sign, came from a Microsoft clipart. Mom quilted it for me. I like the effect of the orange thread on the navy blue background. It gives the quilt an eerie quality.
I used needle-turn applique. This was probably my second or third needle-turn project. The hands and feet look a little too much like flippers--I was going for the bunched straw look--and the proportions are all off because I didn't make the pattern ahead of time. Getting the points in needle turn just right and not too bulky is so difficult. Right now I'm working on a Hawiian-style applique block, and I'm just having so much trouble with the inside of the corners and tightening the points.
I love this fabric! The picture came out kind of blurry, so in case you don't understand what you're seeing, the fabric is comprised of yellow-orange flowers on long green stems with pale blue dragonflies circling around and red ladybugs climbing towards the flowers.
Even though I've already put it in more than one quilt, I would love to have more of this dragonfly fabric. I just can't get enough of the fabrics I really love. I could easily have bought a bolt of this one, and used it for years to come. When I'm at the quilt shop, telling the difference between love and infatuation can be so difficult. The only real test is time and use, but once I eventually figure out which fabrics I love the most, the fabric is already long gone from the store.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a Fabric Love Meter that could measure your emotional reaction to a given fabric, and then tell you how much to buy?
"Infatuation: 1.2, this is a fabric that you only sort of like because it reminds you of a friend. You'll use it once, as a gift for your friend, and then wonder what to do with the scraps, get 1.2 yards."
"Budding Love: 8.24, this fabric incorportates your favorite colors with a design that will blend well with many other fabrics. You'll want this for several projects, buy 8.2 yards."
Then, all I would need is a bank account to match!
posted by LNLisa at 9:17 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Lisa, or are you Susan??? *VBG* Well, no matter...thanks for your kind comments over at Pieces..thought I'd wander over and see was visiting me..*S* I love your scarecrow..he's just fine the way he is. After all the crows are hardly critics...LOL. I think you did a great job! And I like the trick or treat bags also..very cute and classy. Lucky nieces!!
About the dragonfly fabric..I'd say buy as much as you can rationalize. Chances are good you'll still love it 10 years from now. It hurts when you get down to the last scrap of it...I know! I have several favorites that are nearly gone.
The pattern from those Halloween orphans isn't really a pattern. I cut alot of the ugliest 5" squares into the pieces for the 16 patches, and then sort of framed some of the cuter 5" squares...I do like the effect. I think the strips on, 2 sides? are 1.5" strips. I'd go look but a friend borrowed it on Saturday...so it's missing !! Anyway, whatever size, they need to line up with the 16 patch..which is 8.5" square. Keep up the great work...nice to see you checking out us Mavericks..*VBS*
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