My Challenge Quilt is Finished

This is the quilt I made for the Temecula Valley Magazine Photo Challenge.  I made a slew of HSTs and Four-Patches thinking that would best represent the "Corn On The Cob" photo I picked as my inspiration.  You can read about the process here.

This photo is from the July issue of "Real Simple" magazine, page 153.

A close-up of the pattern and the quilting.

For the quilt back I used the sample I made for the challenge since I didn't have any place else to use it.  This was from a photo in the NYTimes Magazine of 5/7/17.

 My thought was that adding a "sun" would make it look more beachy.  The quilt measures 44 x 38 inches.

The challenge isn't due until our October meeting, but I'm going to be traveling for three weeks and didn't want to leave it to the last minute.

May your bobbins always be full,

TVMQG Mag Photo Challenge Quilt Top and Back are ready.

I challenged my fellow TVMQG members to make a quilted item using a magazine or newspaper photo as inspiration.  I actually purchased several mags trying to find inspiration and settled on the above photo of a corn cob from In Style mag.

I did a fabric pull on 7/10 and came up with a plan.  I decided to use 2" strips to make 4-patches, and to keep everything as random as possible; no matchy-matchy!  Then part two was to make HSTs the same size as the 4-patches, 3.5' square.  After starting, I caught Bronchitis and was out of commission for a couple of weeks.  Rest, rest, rest was all it did, so no sewing.

I slowly eased my way back to the cutting board and sewing machine.  I made 4-patches of the HSTs and 4-patches and thought I was pretty original.  Wrong, what I made was a Jacobs Ladder quilt!

I really love how the quilt top turned out.  Again, I kept everything random and no matchy-matchy.  The top measures 37" x 43". 

Then it was time to piece the quilt back.  I'd made the panel below to demo how to make a quilt block/item using a photo for inspiration for our May guild meeting.  I decided to use it as the centerpiece of the quilt back.

The photo below is the quilt back.  I took some extra 4-patches and made a "sun" for the "sky" above the beach houses.  The photo isn't great, but I hope you can see my intent.

I don't do my own quilting on anything larger than a doll quilt so this will go to my LAQ, as soon as she returns from vacation.

May your bobbins always be full,

A little of this and a little of that

My guild is having "Christmas in July" at our meeting this month.  We're exchanging potholders or hot pads concealed in a brown paper bag, so it's a Mystery Gift.  Above are the potholders I made for this exchange; as you can see they're not perfect.

 I've done this fabric pull for the guilds' next challenge, called the Mag Photo Challenge.  Can you guess what is in the photo that I'm using for inspiration?

May your bobbins always be full,

Time for a new challenge

Last year I challenged my fellow guild members to make a quilt, any size quilt, using only solid color fabric.  Those quilts are due at our meeting on Thursday.  At our board meeting last week, we decided to issue another challenge for everyone.  We had a couple of ideas and settled on what we're calling a Mag. Challenge.  I decided I'd do an "example" over the weekend.

For house #1, above, I ran out of the bird print and had to improvise, and one of the windows is too low!

For house #2, I really think the black and white print is too bold.

I love house #3, with the bad hombre's peeking out of the windows.

Here are all three houses together.  Below is the original photo, taken from the NYTimes Magazine of 5/7/17.

I concentrated on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th houses.  I'm very self-critical, but I think it's OK.  I don't have any plans for this example, and it may end up on a quilt back.

May your bobbins always be full,