Riley Blake Creative Rockstar Fabric Challenge, Spring 2017

I finished this quilt more than a month before the deadline of April 30th.  Why you ask?  Between now and the deadline, I'm going to be mostly out of town.  If you're interested in my adventures, check my IG feed, @janprytz.

I have to tell you that I love this Rock Star fabric collection.  When Riley Blake announced the challenge on MQG, I decided to purchase the entire line, just because I love it.  I did receive the challenge bundle in the mail, and it became a raffle prize at my guild, Temecula Valley MQG.

Plus, I'm patting myself on the back for using the quilt labels I got from Mountain Street Arts, on Etsy.  I love them.

A couple shots of the quilt back.  I love pieced backs.

I love this quilt, I know, I know, I'm repeating myself.  Right now, it's in the washing machine, can you believe that after all the rain we've had, the fence was dirty!

Statistics:

Name of quilt:  All the Disappearing Blocks

Started on January 27, 2017

Finished on March 15, 2017

Size:  78" x 78"

Designed and pieced, front and back, by Jan Prytz

Long-arm quilted by Janiel Miller

May your bobbins always be full,

The Disappearing Quilt Blocks Challenge quilt top is finished.

I haven't been posting my progress on this quilt, but I have been working hard.  I'm going to Quiltcon next wee, and feel like I'm under a deadline!

I used three different disappearing blocks for this design.  Two you probably know all about, the disappearing 9-patch and the disappearing 4-patch; the third block is the Intersection Block that I found on Film in the Fridge.

This quilt top measures 77" x 77".  Now, I'm off to contruct the quilt back.

May your bobbins always be full,

The Disappearing Blocks ~ Progress Report!

I have been busy sewing, not posting.  I made 17 Disappearing Four Patch blocks (one didn't make it into the photo!).

Then I made 16 Disappearing Nine Patch Blocks.  I have more blocks to make with a different Disappearing block, then I'll be able to put a quilt top together.

May your bobbins always be full,

The Disappearing Blocks

I've decided to participate in the 2017 Riley Blake Rockstar Fabric Challenge.  I went ahead a purchased the Rockstar fabric, plus five solids that I thought wold work well.  The first blocks I'm making are Disappearing Four-Patch blocks.  

I've decided to participate in the Riley Blake Rockstar Fabric Challenge.  I went ahead and purchased the Rockstar fabric, plus five solids that I thought would work well.  The first blocks I'm making are Disappearing Four-Patch blocks.

I did two test blocks using different fabric from my stash.  I'm using this test fabric in a sampler quilt; so nothing will be wasted.  In case you're interested, the block on the left started with four 7" squares and finishes at 12.5", the smaller block started with four 6" squares and finished at 10.5".

Once the test was done, I started cutting the Rockstar fabric and made 4 blocks, today.  I tried to give them a touch of "modern" by varying the depth of the cuts in the center.  There are many more blocks to go and not all of them will be 4-patch.

May your bobbins always be full,

2016 Los Angeles Quilt Show

The Los Angeles Quilt Show is in its infancy, this is the third year it's been held.  It takes place in San Pedro at a wonderful space called CRAFTED!  The past two years my daughter Sharon has gone with me.  This year my daughter Carrie and granddaughter Erin were visiting from NC, so they were able to go with us.  The lone male is grandson Oden, who didn't want to be left out of the fun.

Warning there are way too many photos, but hey, it's quilts!  First I'm showing off my two quilts, which if you read this blog, you've read a lot about them.

First is my Rocket Ship quilt.  It was part of the Northcott Chip Pack Challenge.  I'm really proud of this design.

Next, is my two-sided quilt, made for the Riley Black Challenge.  I really love how the hanging sleeve blends right in.

Now for some of the other fabulous quilts!

This is a simple but lively quilt.  Love the use of colors.  It was made by Gayle Bennett, using the Belle Wave pattern by Faith Jones of Fresh Lemon Quilts.

This one is called "Flights of Fun", by Amber Jordan.  She was inspired by the Disneyland art of Mary Blair.  Amber is a new quilter.  Bravo!

Art from Ashes is by Carol Churchill.   This is a political statement born from the loss of antiquities in the Middle East.  "Civilization cannot exist without art and art cannot exist without civilization."

Colorful Strips 'n Curves by Lauri Mutalipassi.  She took her inspiration from the book Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith.  

This quilt by Kristin M. Burke was inspired by Josef Albers' "Homage to the Square".   She used hand-dyed fabric.

La Pinata by Yolanda Barrozo was inspired by childhood memories.  This is the first time she's used foundation paper-piecing.

Gwami's Quilt by Mary Montgomery is an homage to her great-great-grandmother  Rhoda Ann Goodrich.  No two combinations of blue and white prints are repeated n the quilt.

I love two-sided quilts.  This one, Glyph made by Christine Castano, is fabulous.  She made it to celebrate her stepson's degree in Art Education.  She used over 100 fabrics to depict the school colors and his various interest.

Amish Goes Batik by Diane Wing, is a wedding gift for her nephew Patrick and his bride Laura.

Kersey Girls present Valery Johnson "Flowers Everywhere"

I-10 East San Bernardino by Andre' Morand, is another great two-sided quilt.

Fire Island Hosta by Marie Watterlond.  The pattern is by Julie Niemeyer and Marie did most of the piecing in a workshop with Julie!  The exquisite quilting is by Georganna Hawley.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of the quilts at the Los Angeles Quilt Show.  The show isn't limited to quilts, other fiber arts are accepted.  Look at this great chair and footstool called Tropical Madness by Kelly Reid.  I wouldn't mind taking those home.

The Los Angeles Quilt Show has almost doubled in size in the last three years, but there's still a lot of room for more entries.

May your bobbins always be full,

Adding a Sleeve

I decided to enter this small Modern Patchwork Quilt in the Los Angeles Quilt Show. That meant it needed a hanging sleeve on the back. Since the quilt is two sided, I wanted the hanging sleeve to blend with the design.  I pieced the sleeve, using felled seams, so the hanging pole wouldn't catch on a seam.

This is the original shot of the B-side, sans hanging sleeve

And the A-side.

Here are some links for you:  

How I made this quilt.

How to make a quilt sleeve.

How to make a flat felled seam.

I did my felled seams a bit different.  I off-set the top fabric edge 1/4" from the bottom fabric, then stitched a full 1/4" seam (not scant), using the top fabric edge as my guide.  This saved me from doing the trimming suggested in the tutorial.

I'm entering the other small quilt I made this year,   Fly Me To The Moon.  The sleeve is just plain white!

I hand stitched the hanging sleeves to the quilts, my least favorite thing while watching TV.  For the Modern Patchwork Quilt, I watched 2 episodes of Orange is the New Black, and for the Fly Me To  The Moon Quilt, I watched Straight Outta Compton.  Good times.

May your bobbins always be full,

MQG ~ Riley Blake Designs Fabric Challenge ~ Quilt is finished

It's small but mighty!

I seem to say this a lot, about my quilts - I really love this one.  It was such a great challenge from Riley Blake Fabrics, to use their Sashing Stash fabric.  You could make anything, as long as it was quilted.  Me, I made a quilt, of course!  I rarely hand stitch, but last night I hand stitched the binding because it's small 34" x 34".

I had a hard time keeping this as the quilt back.  I almost caved and made two quilts!

May your bobbins always be full,