Q49 – Quilt – Altered Logs I

Afternoon,

And have we got quilts. The newest one on the block, or should I say off the block, is Altered Logs I. This is the somewhat match to Altered Logs II at Q46. But there are differences… and this is the 6th quilt of our C&N Series. Thanks to Courtney and Neil for the inspiration. All six quilts of this Series can be seen at the C&N Series page, click on the above tab, or see them in our Quilts SB Grid at the bottom of each page.

The dimensions of Altered Logs I are: Width – 59” (150 cms); Length – 72” (183 cms). Like Altered Logs II the pattern and design to Altered Logs I is that of the tried and true Log Cabin pattern. Altered Logs I has 12 erratic log cabin blocks, while Altered Logs II has nine. Altered Logs I may be considered the size of a lap quilt. Both of the Altered Logs could be used as wall hangings.

Included are some close up images. Please note the differentiation of coloring and shading due to location and lighting.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual grid presentation at the bottom of the Blog 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, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with me at our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

The next quilts on tap to be completed are the creations of our TayTow Series.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Q48 – Quilt – A Mazed

Morning,

We’ve been busy and A Mazed our fifth addition to the C&N Series is finished. As you can see A Mazed once again includes the similar fabrics as its four predecessors; C&N, Patience, Altered Logs II, and V-Bricks. ( All quilts of this Series have been gathered together under the above tab, C&N Series.)

This is an original design inspired by the artistry and brilliance of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss. I am always amazed and in awe of Klimt’s use of color and fabric in his paintings. And in keeping to our challenge of using as many of the same fabrics in as many as possible quilts, I thank Kaffe Fassett for the spirit of his fabric designs. There are some variations in color in the images as I have taken the photographs under various lighting conditions.

This is a fairly large quilt and the dimensions are: Width – 75 ½” (192 cms) and Length – 88 ½” (245 cms). One of the above images shows A Mazed covering the top of a King-size mattress.

Here are a number of images of the back and further close ups of A Mazed. As you should see from the quilting we have incorporated a vine-leaf pattern to the body of the quilt and a small border of stippling around the perimeter.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual grid presentation at the bottom of the Blog 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, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with me at our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Enjoy and stay tuned for Altered Logs I,

Jim and Andy

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Q47 – Quilt – V-Bricks

Afternoon,

Well it’s about bloody time. All of the new quilting threads spools have arrived and we got right to work putting together one of the quilt tops waiting in the wings. With a drum roll, please let us introduce you to the new addition to the C&N Series – V-Bricks.

Following on the heels of C&N (Q40), Patience (Q42), and Altered Logs II (Q46), you can see by the images in our Quilt Grid below, that there is a consistency of fabrics in the C&N Series.

The ideas for the design of V-Bricks originate from three sources. 

• One – Some pictures of some “Utility Quilts”. The earliest example of a record that I can find of a Brick Quilt is about 1875. 
• Two – From Kaffe Fassett’s book “Museum Quilts, Designs Inspired by the Victoria & Albert Museum”, The Taunton Press, CT, 2005 and his Bricks Patchwork design. 
• Three – The horizontal quilting technique used by Sushma Patel Bould in her Bauhaus design. As you can see from the close-up images below we decided to run the horizontal quilting perpendicular to the bricks. The similar quilting in Patience runs parallel to the rectangles.

The dimensions of V-Bricks are: Length – 78” (198 cms) and Width – 75” (191 cms). The center image above presents V-Bricks spread out on the surface of a King-size top mattress.

Here are some close-up images of V-Bricks:

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual grid presentation at the bottom of my Blog 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, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blogsite does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with me at our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Quilts In Progress - Quilts SB and Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt Update

Afternoon,

It’s been a while since I provided notice of my Blog updates: Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt and Quilts SB.

Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt, soon to be replaced by A Genealogy Hunt, has now topped 4,041 visits and 8,865 page views. This March had the highest number of visitors since I began last May. Genealogy’s ranking in Top Listed.net seems to maintain regularly as one of the top 5 Sites. (I just checked and Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt is now number 2.)

I am continuing with my Transcription Project just searching as many Records for the genealogy and ancestral origins of GGG-Grandfather James Smith. Check out the newest Postings referencing property purchases.

Postings to Quilts SB are, as always, at a slower pace. Since the Blogsite’s inception last month, we’ve seen 343 visits and 843 page views. This morning we are ranked number 26 of the top 50 at Top Listed.net. We did reach a number 2 at one point. With all the quilting sites worldwide I didn’t expect to even touch the top 500.

To date we have completed six quilt designs in our C&N Series: C&N; Patience; Altered Logs I; Altered Logs II; A Mazed; and V Bricks. C&N, Patience and Altered Logs II are finished. In our TATW (pronounced tay-toe) Series we now have five designs: Provence; Café au Lait; Tango 3; and Bayberry. We began a new one yesterday inspired by a Japanese design called Kanzashi. And we are working on two other designs which, all-things-being-equal will find homes in Ashville, North Carolina and Barrie, Ontario.

I’ve upgraded my operating system to Windows 7 and have added Ubuntu which of course means that some applications and programs may or may not take too kindly to being disturbed.

And we keep ourselves occupied.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Quip – Quilts In Progress – Café au Lait, Tango 3, and Bayberry

Afternoon,

The sun is shining. The temperature is fantastic. There isn’t any smell of humidity in the air.

And we ran out of Longarm Professional quilting thread. We had to order our new supply of large spools which originates from YLI Corporation of Rock Hill, South Carolina. We sort of have a backup on the completion of our current quilts. The quilts waiting to be done include Altered Logs I, A Mazed, and V Bricks from our C&N Series; Orange Peel Indian Summer; and Provence and Café au Lait from our TATW (pronounced tay-toe) Series.

(Thank you Alison Choppick for your image Café Au Lait.)

But of course we can’t sit on our hands waiting. The next two new designs of our TATW Series began this morning. They are Tango 3 and Bayberry. All-things being equal we may be able to develop another quilt for the TATW Series of the remaining fabric. See My Quip of April 9 to check out the original fabrics that are being used in this Series.

The finished and posted quilts of our C&N Series include: C&N (Q40); Patience (Q42); and Altered Logs II (Q46).

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with me at our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Q46 - Quilt - Altered Logs II

Evening,

Our new quilt Altered Logs II is complete. It's one of the six of our C&N Series. This one is Altered Logs II. And, yes I know we haven't posted Altered Logs I yet. It's on its way.

Altered Logs II follows C&N (Q40) and Patience (Q42).

Altered Logs Quilts are a derivation on the very familiar pattern, Log Cabin. (See My Quip Posting.) There is a good article on the history of Log Cabin Quilts at Quilt Patterns Through Time. Our Altered Logs Quilts are a bit twisted, sort of Alice Pleasance meets Daniel Boone meets Kaffe Fassett.

The dimensions of Altered Logs II are: Width - 60" (152 cms.) and Length - 60" (152 cms.) All fabrics, batting, backing, and thread are of 100% cotton. Altered Logs II can be used as a wall-hanging, a decorating accent, or a lap quilt.

Here are a series of closeups.

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual grid presentation at the bottom of my Blog 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, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blogsite does to properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always working to make sure there is an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with me at our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

Jim and Andy

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