Q63 – Christmas Wall Hanging and Quilt – Noël Diptych

Afternoon,

As promised we have completed our first quilt of our OP Noël Series – Noël Diptych.

Not Noël Dipstick – Noël Diptych! The OP is my reference to OP Art and the Noël to Christmas. Hence, OP Noël Series.

Noël Diptych is a result of my workings on a first draft for a commission that may be headed to North Carolina. I liked what I had designed and thought that I could do the same with some Christmas fabric. The two fabrics: Peace Love Faith in cream designed for MMFab, Inc. and Rustic Christmas Twinkle in red were both acquired from Fabrics.com.

Thinking that it may be a nice idea to create a Christmas Wall Hanging instead of a quilt, I worked on a simple checkerboard idea with the two fabrics. And not satisfied with only one hanging I then decided to recreate a mirror image of the first. And Noël Diptych was generated.

Noël Diptych is a set of two panels. Each individual panel is 72” (182.9 cms) in length and 25 ¾” (65.4 cms) in width. Andy hand-stitched the binding of each panel and completed each with four loops at the top on the back to allow many different means of hanging. And if one would like to join the two panels together we have created three sets of ribbon-ties which all can be paired up and tied together from panel-to-panel. Together the two panels are 72” (182.9 cms) in length and 51 ½” (130.8 cms) wide.

The following are images of Noël Diptych.

And next, images of close ups and the backing.

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Noël Diptych is being presented at the Cypress Creek Quilter’s Guild Bi-Annual Quilt Show, As Our Garden Grows, this coming November 6th at the University of South Florida’s Botanical Gardens. We will also be displaying a few others of our quilts in the show. The show is Saturday, November 6th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The USF Botanical Gardens is located at 12210 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, Florida.

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.

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Enjoy,

Andy and Jim

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Q62 – Christmas Quilt – Moon Racer

Evening,

Moon Racer is our final and fifth quilt of our PJs and Packages Series.

This quilt incorporates all of the fabrics I introduced in My Quip – Christmas is Coming – PJs & Packages on August 2. A further discussion of the initiation and development of this original quilt is posted in My Quip – Fuyudori and Moon Racer on August 3. And here is the final product.

The dimensions of Moon Racer are – Length – 73” (185.4 cms) by Width – 62” (157.5 cms). We used everyone of the fabrics in this quilt that we used in all of the previous four PJs and Packages quilts. The backing is a golden-beige variegated fabric and the quilting is a star pattern.

And is there a story to Moon Racer? Sort of. As Fuyudori is a Japanese word used for describing migratory birds, I was also thinking of Christmas and Santa Claus and Rudolf and flight patterns… all on a Christmas Eve. I heard, what I thought was “King Moon Racer” in the song “The Island of Misfit Toys”… and I pictured Santa Claus in his sleigh silhouetted in front of the moon racing to get all his deliveries completed. You know where I’m going. Actually King Moon Racer is a winged lion who travels the globe each night searching for unwanted toys.

The following are images of close ups and the backing.

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Je tu remercie Madame Marie, pour l'utilisation de ton boudoir.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Q61 – Christmas Quilt – Christmas Packages II

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Morning,

Number four quilt is Christmas Packages II. Christmas Packages II is the exact same original design as Christmas Packages I.

And the difference is? The fabrics. Christmas Packages II is constructed with the green PJ toy fabric, a deep red plaid material, and a café-au-lait backing. Again it is a geometric design using 6- and 3-inch squares. The quilting is done in a scalloped pattern with off-white thread.

The dimensions of Christmas Packages II are – Width – 59 ½” (151.1 cms) by Length – 70 ½” (179.1 cms).

The following are images of close ups and the backing.

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Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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Q60 – Christmas Quilt – Christmas Packages I

Afternoon,

Number three quilt, Christmas Packages I of our PJs & Packages Series is completed. My apologies for taking some time getting back online. A number of our readers have been asking if we had given up making quilts. My PC was just returned from the shop, and by-the-by there is far too much fabric in this house that all needs to be made into quilts.

The idea of Christmas Packages I, as well as Christmas Packages II, is based on playing with and manipulating 3-inch and 6-inch squares. The intent was to use the PJs and Packages fabric as mentioned in My Quip.

Using my Corel X5 software I just started moving the two size squares around until graphically I came up with something that I thought may work. It does and it did. So began the construction of Christmas Packages I. And then the “Aha!” moment… The concept for Christmas Packages II came into focus. I describe Christmas Packages II more fully in my next Posting.

As you can see from the images there are only three fabrics used in Christmas Packages I; the blue PJ toy material, the beige-y Christmas plaid fabric and a sort–of cream-mottled backing. The dimensions of Christmas Packages I are: Length – 70 1/2” (179.1 cms) and Width – 58 ½” (148.6 cms). Our quilting is a simple criss-cross design of a cream/beige colored thread. The colors are of a subtle Christmas.

Here are some images of close ups and the backing. Thanks to Marie for allowing us to use her studio for the photos.

Stay tuned for Christmas Packages II and Moon Racer. Check out earlier My Quips for additional information. All fabric used in the PJs and Packages Series was obtained from Fabric.com.

Just a quick note – we’ve begun our new series, OP Noel.

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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,

Jim and Andy

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Q59 – Christmas Quilt – Isle of The Misfit Toys

Evening,

Here’s the second quilt, Isle of The Misfit Toys, of our PJs & Packages Series. (Photo: © Classic Media)

Once again this is an original design, sort-of. It is based, and a variation on the tried and true quilt block, Whirlwind.

And why, Isle of The Misfit Toys? Obviously, Rudolph, but when cutting the squares of the PJ fabric some of the toys suffered a wee bit of incidental amputations. (See my July 27 Quip.) The composition of the overall quilt provides that instance of completion and satisfaction.

Our Isle of The Misfit Toys, second in the PJs & Packages Series has the dimensions: Length – 79” (200.7 cms); Width – 71 ½” (181.6 cms).

And here are some close-ups and images of the backing.

Stay tuned for Christmas Packages I, Christmas Packages II, and Moon Racer. Check out earlier My Quips for additional information. All fabric used in the PJs and Packages Series was obtained from Fabric.com.

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, 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,

Jim

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