My Quip - TBD Update

Good Day,

TDB Update -

Panel #1(of 9) has been pieced. When finished it will be approximately 70" long.

Also, as you can see from Panel #1, Andy and I have been picking the colors. We are using Robert Kaufman Kona Solids.

Oh yeah, I was asked what the SB in Quilts SB stood for. S - Smith; B - Brunhammer. (And yes JA, it's better than bs.)

Follow our progress at Quilts SB, at both our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/ and our Quilts SB Website - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

As always, once completed I will be presenting and posting a complete write-up with details of our TBD journey.

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - A New Quilt - Owl

Good Day,

And yes Andy and I have started a new quilt - Owl.

We trying something new... again.

There are the two main fabrics, from Happy Apple Quilts in Palm Harbor, Pin Dot - Lipstick and Cotton Couture - Spa.

Design and pattern completed.

Follow our progress at Quilts SB, at both our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/ and our Quilts SB Website - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

As always, once completed I will be presenting and posting a complete write-up with details of our Owl journey.

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip – “TDB” Update

Good Day,

Andy and I have been working on our new TBD quilt. Our design has been transferred to a muslin canvas.

TBD -  JS AB - Canvas under construction

The canvas is approximately 60”wide and 70”long. We have created 9 panels.

We are working on how to piece strips. Yes, we are not appliquéing. We are going to try a piece all strips. Each strip will be, sewn; 2” wide and all strips will be of varying heights.

We have been testing colors. We have decided upon 1 color at this point, it is Robert Kaufman Kona Solid Titanium Grey.

Follow our progress at Quilts SB, at both our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/ and our Quilts SB Website - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

As always, once completed I will be presenting and posting a complete write-up with details of our TBD journey.

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - A New Quilt Project Named "TBD"

Good Day,

Andy and I have begun another new quilt project. - TBD

All our details are to be determined.  We have committed to our original design and as usual, the dining room, the living room, and the sewing rooms are beginning to look like the compartments of a new sweat shop. (No pun intended regarding the Florida weather.)

We are creating our new TBD with a purpose.

Our TBD is a new experiment. We are trying to create pieced panels, and are proposing 10 panels which eventually we hope to construct a final piece that is approximately 60" wide and 70" long.

We have chosen the brand of fabrics, Robert Kaufman Kona Solids.

Our images are of our test and sample work.

Follow our progress at Quilts SB, at both our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/ and our Quilts SB Website - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

As always, once completed I will be presenting and posting a complete write-up with details of our TBD journey.

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - A New Triptych - Wings - Next Decisions

Good Day,

Our new quilt triptych Wings is coming along like a bat, I mean, a butterfly in some belfry. (What do you expect for this early in the morning?)

Wings - In progress - JS AB

All 3 panels have been quilted and are now trimmed.

As this has been a design and a work in progress, Andy and I have created a quilt where we have applied techniques that are new and definitely different to anything we have done.  We are also experimenting as we transform our initial draft(s) on paper to fabric.

We are now at the stage where we are trying to decide whether to bind, face, and/or frame and in actually what choice of fabric and color.

Many have been following our progress at various social media sites.

We have received a good many suggestions.

As always, once completed I will be presenting and posting a complete write-up with details of our Wings journey.

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Quilters Newsletter - Cross-References to Our Quilts

Good Day,

The recent Quilters Newsletter June/July issue has a 4-page article/interview written by Lori Baker of Andy and me with a number of pictures of different types of quilts that we have designed and created.

Andy says that Barnes and Nobel has copies of the magazine.

You can use the following links in Quilts SB to show some of the associated write-ups with images to the quilts in the article.

Blumish Two - Q113 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2013/10/q113-blumish-two-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

Cosmo's Moon - Q112 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2013/04/q112-cosmos-moon-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

I Really Love Lucy - Q106 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2012/09/q106-i-really-love-lucy-quilt.html

Sleep Jezebel - Q124 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/10/q124-sleep-jezebel-quilt-and-wall.html

BW 2010 - Q116 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/02/q116-bw-2010-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

Warhol's Itch - Q117 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/04/q117-warhols-itch-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

La Vie en Rose - Q122 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/07/q122-la-vie-en-rose-quilt.html

Light Bringer - Q118 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/06/q118-light-bringer-quilt-and-wall.html

Sea and Sky - Q119 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/06/q119-sea-and-sky-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

Diamonds - Q120 - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2014/06/q120-diamonds-quilt-and-wall-hanging.html

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Quilters Newsletter, June/July Issue Is On The Shelves

Good Day,

Hell yes, Andy and I are excited.  We're both grinning ear-to-ear-to-ear-to-ear.

The 2016 June/July issue of Quilters Newsletter is now on the shelves...and in the mail; your subscription.

Checkout Lori Bakers' Meetin' Place article on pages 22 through and including 25. The interview article is about Andy and me - "Quilts SB - a Fine-Tuned Partnership"

Please make sure that you get a hold of your copy.

For your light reading here are the 4 pages:

And if you have any questions, thoughts, comments and/or ideas for Andy and me please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB - email - jsmith58@gmail.com.

Definitely enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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