Saturday, July 30, 2011

My Quip - Our Quilts SB Update - PTL for Air Conditioning

Greetings,

I suppose a lot has been happening in our quilting world… especially in light of the fact that we do, fingers crossed, have our air-conditioning back.

NCBB Quilt is now in the sandwich stage and has been mounted to the Rack. All-things-being-equal the quilting will be completed by the beginning of next week.

Colored Windows II had been completed and all the paperwork has been submitted for entry to MQX West 2011. We’re sitting on pins and needles, no pun intended, as to whether our quilt will be accepted to be displayed at the MQX West show at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

Colored Windows II is now also listed at our Quilts SB Etsy site.

Two of our quilts, Born This Way and Provence, are being entered for display at the Cabarrus Quilters Guild Splash of Color Fiber Art and Quilt Show 2011. This show will be held at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, North Carolina.

The design of Coral Steps has been chosen to create a new adaptation and quilt called Dazzled Steps. Stay-tuned for the developing details. The inserted image is of one of the fabrics that will be included in this new endeavor.

A series of black and white printed fabrics have been selected for the creation of our first quilt and wall hanging of our new Cathedral Windows Series.

Mondrian I is next in line to be quilted. I am thinking about adapting a free-form crackle effect to give each window panel that “antique glass” type consequence. Just a thought.

A number of other new designs are in the make. Stay-tuned and keep checking our updates at Quilts SB.

Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Q88 – Colored Windows II - Quilt

Evening,

What is 498882? This is not a code. It is not a location anywhere in this world. There are 498882 stitches in the quilting of our new quilt, Colored Windows II. This is our 88th Quilt. Colored Windows II, aka Coloured Windows II north of the border, is our newest addition to our Rainbow Glass Series.

 

The 498882 count does not include the stitching of the fabric pieces or the hand-binding of the border. 498882 stitches equal to over 6,000 yards of thread. That’s just about 3.41 miles; or 5.49 kilometers of thread. And the color is Butter Rum.

Colored Windows II is our adaptation of Amy Walsh's pattern, Rear Window, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s movie. We have used three primary- and three secondary-colored batik fabrics, as well as a black one to create the shades of all the windows. Four beige-to-brown fabrics were incorporated to generate the window frames, the brick wall, the backing, and the binding. The quilting incorporates both free-motion stippling and cobble stone, and linear techniques.

Colored Windows II is 60% plus larger than our first Colored Windows. The dimensions of Colored Windows II are: Length – 109 inches; 277 centimeters, and Width – 75 inches; 191 centimeters. This is just somewhat larger than a standard Queen-size quilt.

Here are some images of close-ups and the backing of Colored Windows II.




Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Oh, and by the way, Portland to be explained at a later date.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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My Quip - Number Three - 498882 Clue

Morning,

What is 498882?

About 3.4+ miles to Portland.

Butter Rum


Next clue...

Jeff Jeffries recuperates.

Enjoy,

Jim
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

My Quip - Number Two - 498882 Clue

Morning,

What is 498882?

About 3.4+ miles to Portland.


Next clue...

Butter Rum

Enjoy,

Jim
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Friday, July 22, 2011

My Quip - Next - 498882 Clue

Afternoon,

What is 498882?

Next clue...

About 3.4+ miles to Portland.

Enjoy,

Jim
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My Quip - What is 498882?

Morning,

What is 498882?

Enjoy,

Jim
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

My Quip - Colored Windows II aka Coloured Windows II

Morning,

Thought you would appreciate a quick status on the progress of Colored Window II, Coloured Windows II for you far-Northerners.

At this point the cobbled-brick work, the stippled window frames, and the horizontal lines of the shades have taken over 170,000 stiches. And that is just about half-way done of the quilting. I’m just wondering where between 350,000 and 400,000 stiches will be reached. We had to order two more, large monster spools of the matching thread.

Colored Windows II has been our biggest challenge as yet.

As a note, we have not programmed our Longarm quilting machine to do the work. It does have the electronic capabilities but Colored Windows II has to be done manually with the machine. (Sorry about the pseudo-oxymoron.) We cannot just turn on the machine and walk away.

We are amazed at we have learned and definitely look forward to what is yet to come.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy, especially the current Sale on our Christmas Quilts.

At least 10 new Quilts and Series are now in progress – Mondrian I and Mondrian II; Mauk II and Mauk III; NCBB; Colored Windows II; Orange Peel Indian Summer; Paul Klee 1 and Paul Keel 2; and our new Cathedral Window Series. I have designed at least four variations on the Cathedral Window Series.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Monday, July 11, 2011

My Quip – All Christmas Quilts On Sale

Evening,

All 14 Christmas Quilts left are now on sale. Check them out at our Christmas Page. Eight of our Christmas Quilts have all found homes.

What will Christmas 2011 be without a quilt wrapped around you and cozying up to the warmth of a fire place, next to that Christmas tree? Those quilts that have found their homes are all labeled in Red on our Christmas Page.

You can review all available Christmas and Holiday Quilts at our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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My Quip - Cathedral Windows In Design

Afternoon,

And here at Quilts SB we are at a continual bee-line forward. Colored Windows II as I mentioned, is on the rack.

The calibration of the new design for our Cathedral Windows is now completed. All-things-being-equal not including border(s), binding, batting, or backing it appears that the first draft has 146 pieces of fabric. Here are my scratches, albeit done in MS Excel.

Just wanted you to see that there is some sort of aberrant process that I do go through when I am designing a new quilt. But like KFC… I won’t reveal all the spices. One clue: The number 42 is a big deal.

My next step is to choose the fabrics for the first Cathedral Window Quilt/Wall Hanging.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy, especially the current Sale on our Christmas Quilts.

At least 10 new quilts are now in progress – Mondrian I and Mondrian II; Mauk II and Mauk III; NCBB; Colored Windows II; Orange Peel Indian Summer; Paul Klee 1 and Paul Keel 2; and our new Cathedral Window Series.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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My Quip - Colored Windows II On The Rack

Morning,

Colored Windows II is on the “rack”. I mean it is mounted on our Longarm Quilting Machine. As you can see we are trying to quilt a “brick” effect.


The current dimensions of the top of Colored Windows II are: Length – 104” (264.2 cms) and Width – 77 ½” (196.8 cms). This will be a large quilt once completed.


Colored Windows II is the latest addition to our Rainbow Glass Series. It is definitely a companion quilt to Colored Windows.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy, especially the current Sale on our Christmas Quilts.

At least 10 new quilts are now in progress – Mondrian I and Mondrian II; Mauk II and Mauk IIINCBB; Colored Windows IIOrange Peel Indian SummerPaul Klee 1 and Paul Keel 2; and our new Cathedral Window Series.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

My Quip – Colored Windows Makes A New Home

Morning,

It’s nice to know when one of our quilts makes it safely to its new home. And it is also is pleasing when the new owner sends us a picture that I can post on Quilts SB.

Here is Colored Windows. Nathan Mark Phillips took this new picture and certainly captured the vivid blues and reds of some of the Colored Windows.

See more of Nathan Mark Phillips’ photography work at his website.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy, especially the current Sale on our Christmas Quilts.

At least 10 new quilts are now in progressMondrian I and Mondrian II; Mauk II and Mauk III; NCBB; Colored Windows II; Orange Peel Indian Summer; Paul Klee 1 and Paul Keel 2; and our new Cathedral Window Series.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

My Quip - Christmas Quilt SALE

Morning,

It is Christmas in July. Today begins our big Christmas in July Quilt Sale.

All Christmas Quilts on sale will be presented on our Quilts SB Etsy site. Check them out. To date 4 have been listed. 10 more to go.

The current 4 listed are: PJs and Packages; Moon Racer; Christmas Packages I and Christmas Packages II.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy. 10 new quilts are in progress.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Q87 - The Happy Bug Quilt

Afternoon and a Happy 4th of July,

The top to The Happy Bug Quilt has been finished. This is not a finished quilt… and I’m not sure, in quilting vernacular, I would call it a UFO, even though it is an “unfinished object”.


The dimensions of The Happy Bug Quilt are a 42 ½” (108 cms) square. There are seven fabrics, of 100% cotton used in the construction. Six of the fabrics are products of Quick Cuts series Stripz. The Happy Bug Quilt is an adaptation of the Cross Bows design by Kimberly Einmo as found in her latest AQS publication Jelly Roll Quilts & More.

Here are a couple more images of The Happy Bug Quilt.


I am posting the top in anticipation that if someone should like to have it personalized, which we can do with embroidery, we will be able to do that. The Happy Bug Quilt would be a nice Gift for a little girl or granddaughter. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in discussing details.

Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

My Quip - 12 New Quilts in Progress

Afternoon,

At Quilts SB we have 12 new quilt projects currently in different stages of progress. In design, in construction, on a machine, in the computer, and in our minds, here are the next soon to be offered quilts of Quilts SB.

1. Mondrian I – Top completed, looking for a crackled-glass quilting effect.


2. Mauk II – All fabric cut and in process of being pieced together.


3. NCBB – Top and embroidery completed.


4. Colored Windows II – Top completed. The brick-work quilting is currently in process. A companion quilt to Colored Windows.


5. OPE – A little boy’s quilt, soon to be at home in Dunedin.


6. The Bug Quilt – All fabric is cut and positioned. The last block is in process. (Design adapted of Kimberly Einmo’s Cross Bows quilt.)


7. Orange Peel Indian Summer – Top completed. In line to be quilted.


8. Mondrian II – Design and color pattern decided. Fabrics to be chosen.


9. Mauk III – A new progression of our Escher Series.


10. Paul Klee 1 – Idea for new art quilt.


11. Paul Klee 2 – Idea for new art quilt.


12. B&W Cathedral – Idea for quilt design.


Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy. Stay tuned to our Quilts SB Etsy site for our upcoming Christmas in July Quilt Clearance Sale.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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