Re: Ok, You asked for it
- From: John <fixedgearhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 21 Apr 2007 05:11:20 -0700
On Apr 20, 8:42 pm, John <fixedgearh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well after an extended session today here is my latest quilt. The
infamous "Quilt from Hell".
Vital statistics: 66" x66"
1-1/2" finished squares of contrasting diagonals.
Much blood sweat and tears.
http://community.webshots.com/album/557991633BYARSd?start=12
I'm going to go and lay down now.
John
After a good nights sleep I can explain the process of this quilt. It
all started with the excess of small pieces left over from other
quilts. Rather, the large excess due to over buying of the fabric. I
had originally intended to make it 1" finished sized squares but upon
cutting the 2-1/2" strips into diagonals I found that made 1-1/2"
pieces finished. so 1-1/2" pieces finished it is. Then after sewing
the diagonals together in contrasting squares I stacked the various
squares in piles on a work table and picked random squares and sewed
them together into a long strip. The fun came next in trying to figure
out the placement of the squares in the next strip that wouldn't
exactly match and adjoining strip. After all was said and done, and
joined together into a finished top, I pinned together the fabric and
yesterday morning starting at 8 am, started top stitching in the ditch
along each of the 40 lines separating squares in each direction with a
walking foot and Janome 1600P. I finished last night about 9 O'clock
after taking a break for lunch and dinner of about 15 minutes for each
and 20 minutes for a dog walk. It is amazing what you can accomplish
with a high speed machine and a dedicated amount of time and no
interruptions. My wife left for a weekend get together in Columbus
with one of her girly organizations, and it was just me and my
machine. I love the random nature of the colors into various color
patterns that seem to never stay still. There are about 20 different
colored blocks that make up the whole pattern.
In a curious aside, we used to know a young woman that worked for my
wife in California who came over to our house so I could show her
woodworking techniques in my shop in the basement. She wanted to learn
how to make furniture and I used to spend a couple of hours one or
twice a week for a couple of months showing her how to do the various
procedures required in making furniture. You might notice that in the
picture of the quilt, it is positioned on the floor on top of some
Persian Rugs. We have a large collection of mainly Persian Tribal Rugs
on the floors of our house and when this gal came over she used to be
troubled by the patterns that the rugs made. She had Epilepsy and the
patterns would trigger a seizure if she looked at them. She would have
to come to the front door and then go down to the basement door and I
would then go down and let her into the shop in the bottom portion of
the house which is where the shop was located. The point of this whole
story is that the color patterns on the quilt almost trigger that sort
of effect on me. While I don't suffer from Epilepsy, I can see the
shifting effect visually of the patterns. Very curious and a most
pleasing visual experience.
The whole thing was a probably the most demanding quilt that I have
tried. Not from the complexity of the design, but from the sheer gut
determination that was required to finish the darn thing. I am happy
with result, and looking forward to a nice 60 mile bicycle ride today
to clear my brain, or what is left of it. Thanks for the feedback; And
now for something completely different.
John
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