My Quip - A New Quilt, She's Here - Prairie Points

Good Day,

The progress of getting our new quilts done and worked on seems to be speeding up. She’s Here, our version of a Deirdre Amsden design is well on the way to being completed.

Amsden’s design results in a quilt with the dimensions – Width-24” (61 cms) and Length-32” (81 cms). I have increased the specifications to an approximate – Width-37” (94 cms) and Length-48” (122 cms). It’s like adding just a bit more than a foot (30.5 cms) in each direction.

The border is of folded-squares reconstructed into triangles. These are also called Prairie Points. They are added after the quilting is completed.

Dierdre Amsden’s 1994 book is Colourwash Quilts: A Personal Approach to Design & Technique. It can be found available on the Internet via Amazon.com and on Etsy.

Stay-tuned for progress updates. Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy. Also scroll down any page in our Quilts SB Blog to our Grid. You will see a portfolio of all our finished quilts and wall hangings. 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 – Urban Oasis – Coral Steps Progress

Afternoon,

Have to make my Friday trip to the farm, Urban Oasis... They are a hydroponic farm that we joined just down the way from the house. Once a week for a season, this being the winter season, I have to head on over and pick up our share of the week’s harvest. This week: mixed lettuce, butterhead lettuce, baby arugula, bok choy, tatsoi, turnips with greens, collard greens, cabbage, scallions, and oregano… Guess what color this coming week’s meals will include?

And I thought I would provide you with a quick update of one of the five quilts we have in process. This one is Coral Steps.

Our adaptation will approximate – Width: 68” (173 cms), Length: 92” (234 cms). It is based on a design by Yoshiko Jinzenji. The two fabrics, as you can see in the image, are somewhat flowery… but I really like the way they have complemented our adaptation of Jinzenji’s original design.

You can see Yoshiko Jinzenji’s new book, Quilting Line + Color that was just published this year, 2011 in the United States. I have been a very big fan of hers and of her work for some years now. Explore her website, The Quilt World of Yoshiko Jinzenji, Message from Grass House.

Stay-tuned for progress updates. Check out our current available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy. Also scroll down any page in our Quilts SB Blog to our Grid. You will see a portfolio of all our finished quilts and wall hangings. 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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