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a penny for a spool of thread I

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January’s Fast Friday Fabric Challenge was “cropped still life, with form/illusion of dimension”. You can see my quilt (9.5×9.5 inches) front and back above, as well as the original photo. Part of the challenge was to crop the image on three sides. At first I was annoyed that I had to do this, but in the end it made a much more dynamic and interesting composition. I’m definitely going to explore cropping again!

This is a two-sided quilt. I’m not sure how to display it since I don’t want a sleeve to cover the thread-painting side. I want to be able to hang it from either direction and flip it over on my wall from time to time. Any suggestions?

I haven’t added the binding yet, but I’m considering it finished enough to be on time (2007 challenges: 1 on time, 1 missed deadline/not finished yet, 1 almost finished/good chance of making the deadline, for those who are counting). I’ll add the binding when I figure out the hanging system.

Yes, I am planning to turn this into a series. Conincidentally, I’ve been planning other “A penny for a spool of thread” quilts in my head for some time now, using a variety of other techniques. I’d imagined them as larger wall hangings, but now that this one’s done small, they’d look neat hanging on the wall as a collection of mini thread-themed quilts.

Read more about this quilt and see some other great quilted still lifes at the FFFC blog.

let it snow, part 1

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I finished my snowman quilt in time for the guild meeting, but just barely. It was neat to see the different ways everyone used the snowman panel—no shortage of inspiration there! I didn’t bring my camera, but if you check the Citrus Belt Quilters website in a week or two, you should be able to see photos of the winners. We also had a magnificent potluck lunch. The CBQ members are not only wonderful quilters, they are great cooks too!

I enjoyed working with the polar fleece. Wintertime is definitely the right time to be making things with fleece. It took somewhere between 5000 to 6000 snips of the scissors to do the raggy seams. At least I was warm while snipping (yes, I did have the spring-loaded scissors which saved my hand from a sure fate of repetitive-motion injury).

The plaids in the plaid raggy quilt were taken from colors in the snowman fabrics so now we have a set of cozy Christmas-y quilts. These ones are for my family. Most all of the quilts I make are given away, and so we mainly have store-bought blankets and such in our home. And since I’m still gathering Christmas decorations, they really add to the Christmas cheer in our home.

happy quilting!