Woven: Over and Down Under Pattern top finished

 Good day, or should I say good evening.  I am busy in my day job and just now getting around to updating my blog.

My last entry was about a project, using the pattern Over and Down Under, and a fabric line called Georgia.  It's a line of pretty pastel fabrics and I was afraid the woven look would not develop.

Well I am now done with top, and you know, I rather like it.  It's like a Monet painting.  Up close, his paintings have blotches and swirls of paint.  But step back, and you see waterlilies.

My project:  up close you see squares of fabrics:

But overall, the woven look is there, if a bit subtly.

The top finishes at 56 inches square.  I like the deep purple fabric used in the border, and I saved some for the binding.  

Next: I may try this pattern again with a jelly roll of bright batiks.  Or I may cut scraps for some other projects I have in mind.  All balanced with day job and family of course.

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Mom was right!

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.

I have started a new project, using a jelly roll of fabric from a line called Georgia by Moda Fabrics.  I was at the local quilt store and felt a jelly roll was a more economical purchase than a half yard each of the entire fabric line, looking so wonderful on the shelf.  😊

So, what jelly roll pattern to use?  I have a pattern called Over and Down Under, purchased a few years ago:

You need one jelly roll of 40 strips, and a background fabric.  I bought a deep purple for the background.

I ran this idea past my mom: sending her the image above of the pattern, and sending her to the website by Moda of the Georgia fabric line.  (You can click and see it too.)

Mom is a retired art teacher, and knows color, hues, tints, shade, contrast etc.  She gently pointed out, that although a set of beautiful fabrics, the pastels would not have much contrast, and the 'woven' look may not develop.

I cut the fabric, and started anyway.  Here is part of the border:

And here is the top left corner, partially sewn together:

Mom Was Right!  6 rows together and the fabric blends together!  Well except for one strong lavender column on the right.

I will persevere and continue... (the fabric is cut) ... but this top may never be quilted.

I still like this pattern.  I have a jelly roll of bright batiks (no pastels) in a rainbow of colors, and yardage in a charcoal color for background.  That will be my next project, and I'll share it to this blog when I have some progress.

Linking up with Midweek Makers (she featured my log cabin project - thank you!), Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Teal log cabin quilt - a finish

 A finish - and it's one of my oldest UFO's!

I was living in Chicago in 1993, and a local church had a quilt show, and would allow you to display (over church pews) unfinished as well as finished items.  This project dates from that time period, and has a label on the back to prove it.

I had started hand quilting much of the quilt, so that needed to be finished up.

Note: logs in the log cabin pattern finish at 0.5 inches.

Next: how to bind the quilt?  Did I have any of the teal fabric in my stash?  Amazingly, I did.  Pieces of the border fabric (on upper right) and other fabric used in the quilt:

The final quilt, about 41 by 41 inches square:

And the backing:  a cotton -poly blend fabric that I loved at the time, and still like.  Made in the USA it said on the selvage.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday (she featured by blog entry - thank you!), Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery (she shared my hollyhocks project oo - thank you!), Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Hollyhocks: Now a top

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  I've been getting a lot done in my sewing nook this summer.

I unearthed an old pattern - yes it's copyrighted 2002.

I purchased a range of batik fabrics in pinks, raspberry, and greens, and started.  Instructions are given for templates, rotary cutting, and foundation piecing.  One block done was not very exciting.

And hollyhocks have five petals, not 4.  But I continued on.

Laid out on my design floor.  Dark green background at the bottom, for foliage and shadows, and blue/white batik for sky and clouds above.

I am almost done!  I added a 5 inch border in medium green all around.  It does look like hollyhocks, and I am quite pleased with how this turned out.

I will send this to the long arm quilter I use, once I pick out a quilting pattern, and find some backing fabric.  My older sewing machine did not like sewing on batik fabric with its high thread count - tension troubles!

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Viridian