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lydamorehouse I had promised pictures of the Avengers quilt when it was finished, and so here they are:
Image: close-up of the fabrics of the Avengers quilt. As you can see there is "old school" and new, intermixed.
Here's the whole thing, with Butterculp for scale.
Image: A quilt is not a quilt until Buttercup has claimed it, and so here is the Avengers quilt with Buttercup "for scale."
Least any of you think, "WHAT? How has she made another quilt so fast??" The answer is that I actually had the center of this one pieced for a long time, but I had no idea how to finish it. I had this idea of trying to do more appliques with "Pow!" and "Zzzapp!" but the samples I tried looked more amateur than I was comfortable with. (I'm pretty comfortable with my mistakes and clumsiness, but I do have limits, apparently.) I wasn't sure at all about this 3-D fabric, but as I noted in my previous blog about this, it just happened to be on DEEP discount at JoAnn's when I was there looking for something else. Moreover, a dollar for a half a yard seemed like some kind of sign that I just couldn't ignore, you know?
My camera never does colors quite right. You will need to trust me that the edging is a lot closer in scale to the light blue squares in the center than it looks in the picture.
I'm pretty pleased with how this one turned out, as well. It's on its way to its surprise recipient, who did not ask for this and is not expecting it. As I've been joking, I've become the zucchini lady of quilts. If you leave your car window open, you may just end up with a quilt from me.
Before I start on my next big Star Trek gaming quilt, I've been doing my not-exactly-a-New-Year's-resolution thing (which I am framing as more of a personal challenge), which is to try to get more fabric out of the house than I take in. To that end, I've started a fairly hideous (in terms of the fabrics involved--depending, of course on your tolerance for pink and glitter) Valentine's Day quilt, There are many pink hearts! There is MUCH glitter! When I finish it, I will post pictures here and on Facebook and see if anyone wants it. If no one does, I'll probably just ship it off to one of the zillion charities that will take quilts. Someone, somewhere will either be warmed by it or actually enjoy it.
rachelmanija , I am still on the lookout for X-Men fabric! If I find any, you will get it!! And, considering that this Avengers fabric basically fell into my lap, I'm sure it's out there, somewhere....
Other sundry things in my life include the fact that, speaking of fabrics, I've unearthed some Star Wars fabric I'd forgotten I had and... believe it or not Bleach fabric! So, fabric will be going out the door. There's no question.
Image: close-up of the fabrics of the Avengers quilt. As you can see there is "old school" and new, intermixed.
Here's the whole thing, with Butterculp for scale.
Image: A quilt is not a quilt until Buttercup has claimed it, and so here is the Avengers quilt with Buttercup "for scale."
Least any of you think, "WHAT? How has she made another quilt so fast??" The answer is that I actually had the center of this one pieced for a long time, but I had no idea how to finish it. I had this idea of trying to do more appliques with "Pow!" and "Zzzapp!" but the samples I tried looked more amateur than I was comfortable with. (I'm pretty comfortable with my mistakes and clumsiness, but I do have limits, apparently.) I wasn't sure at all about this 3-D fabric, but as I noted in my previous blog about this, it just happened to be on DEEP discount at JoAnn's when I was there looking for something else. Moreover, a dollar for a half a yard seemed like some kind of sign that I just couldn't ignore, you know?
My camera never does colors quite right. You will need to trust me that the edging is a lot closer in scale to the light blue squares in the center than it looks in the picture.
I'm pretty pleased with how this one turned out, as well. It's on its way to its surprise recipient, who did not ask for this and is not expecting it. As I've been joking, I've become the zucchini lady of quilts. If you leave your car window open, you may just end up with a quilt from me.
Before I start on my next big Star Trek gaming quilt, I've been doing my not-exactly-a-New-Year's-resolution thing (which I am framing as more of a personal challenge), which is to try to get more fabric out of the house than I take in. To that end, I've started a fairly hideous (in terms of the fabrics involved--depending, of course on your tolerance for pink and glitter) Valentine's Day quilt, There are many pink hearts! There is MUCH glitter! When I finish it, I will post pictures here and on Facebook and see if anyone wants it. If no one does, I'll probably just ship it off to one of the zillion charities that will take quilts. Someone, somewhere will either be warmed by it or actually enjoy it.
rachelmanija , I am still on the lookout for X-Men fabric! If I find any, you will get it!! And, considering that this Avengers fabric basically fell into my lap, I'm sure it's out there, somewhere....Other sundry things in my life include the fact that, speaking of fabrics, I've unearthed some Star Wars fabric I'd forgotten I had and... believe it or not Bleach fabric! So, fabric will be going out the door. There's no question.