Category: Quilts
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Creating a Monochromatic Quilt: My Charseuss Journey
95 % Chartreuse A guild challenge was to make a monochromatic quilt using one color, with the option of adding up to 5% of the complementary color. The required measurements are 15″ x 45″. It seemed like a great introduction to making a ‘challenge’ quilt. And it was challenging! Hand-dyed, Commercial Fabrics, and Repurposing The…
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Using Text With Quilts
Applique Including text on art quilts is very easy to do. There are many options from which to choose. As none of these pieces are to be laundered, all of them will hold up well. If adding text to a utility quilt, I would recommed using appliqued lettering because the fabric and stitching can withstand…
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Burning a Quilt
Complete A Quilt The small disappearing pinwheel quilt in the center of this piece was started in January as a supply item for Laura Hartrich’s Thread Rays: a Unique Quilting Treatment class at QuiltCon. At the time, I felt the USA was holding on as a people united by our country, – but just barely,…
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“Message From the Sun” Quilt
The theme challenge for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild’s Improv Group in August was sun/sunshine. I wasn’t really sure where this was headed but wanted to work in surface design and Tyvek. The pile of materials, pictured above, shows the materials with which I started. After sewing and melting and sewing, I created a Message…
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Improvisational Surface Design
Very rarely do I abandon other projects to work on something new. Recently, an opportunity presented itself that caused me to work on something unexpected. This recently happened because of a challenge posed by the Improv group of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. The July prompt was ‘Surface Design’. My piece incorporated both improvisational quilting…
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How to Sew Three Different Easy Disappearing 9-Patchs
Disappearing 9-Patch Quilt Block Before and After Disappearing 9-Patch A disappearing 9-Patch block is a traditional 9-patch that has been cut apart, the pieces rearranged, and then sewn back together to make a block that appears different than the original. There are numerous ways to make a disappearing 9-patch. This tutorial shows how to sew…
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How to Sew a Structured Improv 9-Patch Block
Structured Improv 9-Patch Blocks Improvisational Quilting Improv Quilting is a free-form style of quilting. It can be completely improvisational when you sew as you cut without a clear plan in mind. Or it can be a minimalistic approach to improv by just changing up one thing that is traditional in quilting and throwing in a…
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Improv 9-Patch Quilt
When making an Improv 9-Patch quilt, you will make many decisions. Each step will give you another chance to change the outcome. That is part of the fun of doing improvisational quilts. There is a level of uncertainty that keeps it interesting! Start with a 9-Patch Block There are a lot of ways to…
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Cat Hand Tree Collage Quilt
You may be saying, “What in the world is a Cat Hand Tree Collage Quilt?” or possibly, “Why would anyone want one?” I wanted to make an original collage quilt. It started as a tree. I feel like there is some powerful symbolism in hands and like to incorporate them in my work when I…
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Easy Quilts That Go Together Quickly
Easy Quilts from Simple Blocks Quilts made with straight seams and not too many pieces sew up easily and quickly. This little roundup of some quilts that were (finally!) finished this winter fit into that favored category of Easy Quilts. And also my favorite: Ones that go together quickly! The two red and cream-colored quilts…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 