My Quip – The Hummingbird – A New Piecing Technique

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Yesterday Andy was privileged to take a class with Sharon Schamber. The class was Piec-liqué Curved Piecing. The result has introduced us to curved piecing. This is a new step in our education in the world of quilting. This is our completed top, the Hummingbird.

The dimensions of our Hummingbird are: Width – 21 ½” (54.6 cms) and Length – 28” (71.1 cms).  This is a sampler piece.  This top, including class time, was completed in approximately 13 hours.

Thanks to this new technique we have now a new tool that will open up a number of new possibilities in our new and future designs.

If you have any question and comment please feel to contact us.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Ladies on The Boardwalk

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I am searching for the name of the artist who's work I used, almost 40 years ago, and was inspired to create this cut-work.

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you can help with my recollection and search. Certainly would appreciate any help to jog my memory.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Quip – Cosmo's Moon – Update and Progress

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And on this St. Patrick’s Day evening, we have committed to the top of our original Cosmo's Moon. We are now amazed at seeing the translation from our initial draft to an accomplished fabric construction. It really is what we had hoped it would be.

One thing to remember, when you examine our image of Cosmo's Moon, we picked the time frame of 1987. And I can see me walking The Pack in the wee hours of the morning and just howling at the full moon as it crests over the neighbors’ roof tops. (Yes, they are coming to take me away.)

The current approximate dimensions of Cosmo's Moon are about 60” (152.4 cms) square. All fabric of the top was obtained through SewBatik in Mayville, North Dakota.

Here are some more images to give you a hint of our work.

We are now working on the quilting design… and I can say that this will be a new challenge for us. Check out the following past posts in Quilts SB to read about our journey with Cosmo's Moon.

Cosmo's Moon is intended as a wall-hanging.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any comment or question.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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Q111 – Metropolis – Quilt Wall Hanging

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Our newest quilt and wall hanging Metropolis has been completed.

The dimensions of Metropolis are 41” (104.1 cms) by 41” (104.1 cms). The construction is based on the Phi formula, the Golden Ratio. Two other sources of inspiration are Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece film Metropolis and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

Our Metropolis is meant to be hung on the wall viewed at any direction.

Our construction is an op-art wall hanging to present complementary colors of SewBatik fabrics. All fabric, top, back and binding are batik fabrics available through SewBatik. The orange thread used for all our quilting is a YLI product.

Here are additional images.

Additional postings on Quilts SB regarding Metropolis are:

My Quip – Metropolis – A New Quilted Wall Hanging

My Quip - Metropolis – Progress and Update

Please feel free to comment. Also please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip – Metropolis – Progress and Update

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Andy and I are definitely learning, as we review our older quilts as compared to our newer ones. It has been an amazing journey thus far… but we’ve got one hell of a way to go. The list of new quilts in progress is 17.

Our Metropolis is definitely a work-in-progress. It is a small piece, all-things-being-equal a wall hanging. We have some pretty specific requirements as to our design and our construction. Apart from the mathematical components of design and project it is proving to be an interesting exercise.

Quilting of Metropolis is being done on a domestic machine. Andy found a roll of my artist tape and has been using it as a guidelines. Thanks to OH for the idea. The idea of having the tape provides a near clear boundary of sewing the designed quilting. Like I said we're still learning.

I'll have some more updates of our progress on Metropolis. And don't forget to check back for our status on Cosmos' Moon.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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My Quip - Metropolis - A New Quilted Wall Hanging

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The top of Metropolis completed. This is a wall hanging. The final dimensions will be approximately 42" (106.7 cms) by 42" (106.7 cms).

The construction is all based on Phi, the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. The Phi formula or the Golden Ratio...

In English, our construction of our Metropolis is A is to B as B is to C, where A is 161.8% of B and B is 161.8% of C, and B is 61.8% of A and C is 61.8% of B.

Check back soon to discover the reasons and our formula for the structure, the colors and their compliments.  Once completed, we will reveal our thoughts for naming Metropolis.

Now comes the quilting part.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Cosmo's Moon - Update

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The top of our Cosmo's Moon is just about finished.  And I'm not going to reveal a complete image until Andy and I have finished.  The following image is of 16 of the 30 strips.

Cosmo's Moon is created from two fabrics by SewBatik. There is a story to the reasons and why, but I will reveal that later when we do complete the whole project.

Cosmo's Moon will approximate 60" (152.4 cms) by 60" (152.4 cms) and is more-than-not meant to be a large wall hanging. We are now working on the quilting and examining thread to both complement and highlight the elements of the design.

Thank you for all the thoughts and comments expressed regarding our effort... I really did appreciate "Looks like the moon is made out of the abalone/mother-of-pearl shells."

Stay tuned for our progress and updates.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip – Test 40 – Finalist – Headed For NEQF, Manchester, New Hampshire

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We just received the news that our quilt, Test 40 has been accepted as a finalist at the New England Quilt Festival in Manchester, New Hampshire. NEQF will be held April 10 – 13 at The Center of New Hampshire / Radisson Hotel.

Links to all our design and construction process and steps regarding Test 40 are available at Q110 – Test 40 – Quilt. Be sure to check them out.

And yes we are still busy. Continue to check back to read and see our progress.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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