I've been feeling like doing a bit of stitching lately, saw a link on Mary Anne's blog about quilted potholders, and thought that might be good, my knitted ones starting to wear out.
Then I found there's a whole thing about making entire quilts a complete block, top, filling and backing, at a time. Quilt as you go. QAYG. The traditional way is to deal with a whole big filling layer and backing, then quilting, at once, a bit large for this maker.
like this. It also means the whole thing can be made of scraps, including the backing, so that includes me, since scraps are all I have.
So this might be the next thing that needs to be made, more likely potholders than an entire quilt.
And, while we're in campaigning and polling season, take a look. I deplore the kind of sampling bias dear to the heart of certain famous newspapers I only use for cutting out patterns. You know, the polling including mainly white folks with landlines and time. But the practice seems to be pretty old, as here
only Protestant churchgoers counted. Not families like mine.
However, there's always lunch, and here's a salmon salad, made with yogurt and capers, on spinach, on toast. Fresh dates.
I still make a bit of art here and there, like this one.
Happy day, everyone, pot holder or painting, it's all good.
You've been busy. Quilting as you go, that's an interesting idea. I've not come across that before, but it must be the same idea as join as you go with knitting or crochet. Plus and minus to each method, sorta depends what you're doing. Piece work is nice because you can tote it with you to the doctors office etc but join/quilt as you go, might not work as well. Then again with knitting and crocheting you eliminate so many tails to work in. Sooooooooooo, who knows. I would think it also depends if you've laid out a pattern and have x amount of fabric/yarn vs using scraps and adjusting as you go.
ReplyDeleteMy whole life in art is about scraps and adjusting as I go! Bingo!
Delete"Quilting-as-you-go" -- what a cool concept! Good luck and have fun!
ReplyDeleteI like it. If you really want a whole quilt there are special techniques for the joining so you don't have drafty joins.
DeleteYou do keep yourself busy... and creative. I love dates.
ReplyDeleteI do like dates always have. We used to get them in oval balsa wood boxes in the 50s UK, still on the stems.
DeleteWhen we lived in the desert in Palm Springs, California, we would get them “fresh” at the local date farm. Ahhhh!
DeleteI love the idea of quilting as you go. Not traditional, perhaps but who cares?
ReplyDeleteI think it's more manageable.
DeleteAlthough I have never made a quilt, I find the concept of quilting-as-you-go to be sensible. But then, I don't know a thing about it! Good lunch and art.
ReplyDeleteI find it a lot more interesting than the whole big design and wrangle approach.
DeleteQAYG…brilliant…as usual! Have a great day, Boud.
ReplyDeleteHow about a quilted camera case? For winter use!
DeleteWhat a wonderful post. Sewing, yummy food and art. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteWhen I was a youngster, I used to buy unfamiliar grocery items and bring them home to try. (Never thought about this before, but my lifelong approach to food started in my childhood!) Anyway, deciding that a box of dates looked "interesting" turned out to be a complete WIN.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! A lot of kids are very conservative about food rather than adventurous.
DeleteI like the colors in your stitching! And that salmon salad looks good.
ReplyDeleteThose are shots from YouTube, with the channel name left in, for people to follow if they like.
DeleteThe salmon salad happened again today, still good.
Interesting historical tidbit.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it? People being erased from history.
DeleteIt has just occurred to me that without the internet and YouTube videos, both complicated and less complicated knitting/crocheting/quilting/darning/home weaving/tapestry and other such skills could well be lost, and that would be very sad.
ReplyDeleteThere's a huge population of people involved in the fiberarts, but learning would be harder going back to books and word of mouth, yes.
DeleteIt really comes to no surgery to anyone with half a brain. The only ones that count are the ones that they value over others.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always planned to make a quilt as you go. Pot holders are great. But mug rugs are a thing and they make excellent presents. Check them out.
I've had half an idea to make my scrap squares up into quilt as you go blocks but wasn't sure what happens at the joins. I must research that. I love your art at the end - watercolour or acrylic? It looks like you might have done a resist of some kind as well?
ReplyDeleteI just realized I hadn't answered your question about it the painting -- done on the iPod and transferred to here. I've made it my current iPod wallpaper.
DeleteAbout a year ago I came across QAYG quilt making. My head was turned to by way of an embroiderer who made the prettiest hexagons. The thing that gave me (a year long now) pause, though, was questioning how to work quilted stitches attractively amongst the embroidery. She only quilted along the edges, and that just didn't seem like enough to me. I'm still stuck on that one. Of course, without a picture, per se, on the front, there is no end to what the quilting could look like. I look forward to seeing what you make.
ReplyDeleteSo do I, Becki, so do I. At this point your guess is as good as mine.
DeleteI've never attempted QAYG but can see the benefit when making something like potholders. Glad I was able to provide at least some inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun to do. Now I have a new skill.
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