Sunday, August 26, 2018

A Break From Our Hope Project - Sort Of

Good Day

Andy and I have been invited to submit/create a twin-size Crane Quilt Bedspread.


Some members of Florida CraftArt has seen our Hope Project work and invited us to present a Crane Quilt Bedspread for their upcoming “At Home With Craft” exhibit.

The dates are September 7 – October 27 in St. Petersburg, Florida

Our new Cranes Quilt Bedspread will be placed on the bed in the Boudoir (Bedroom).

Yes, we only have 10 days, which started August 21, to design, create, construct, quilt, and deliver a twin-size Cranes Quilt Bedspread for the “At Home with Craft” exhibit.

The exhibit opens privately to sponsor RE/MAX METRO on September 6 and publicly on September 7.

Praise be that we just had 25 Cranes already made of which we were trying to figure out what type of Cranes Quilt we should design and make.

A duplicate set of 25 colored plus additional white Cranes have been, with Marijke van Welzen, created and exquisitely constructed in a Cranes Coat. The Cranes Coat will be on display with our Hope Project.

Day 1 – Design and layout completed. Center section of the Crane Quilt Bedspread top has been sewn.

Cranes Bedspread Quilt
Jim Smith and Andy Brunhammer
2018

Day 2 - As this is a bedspread quilt the size is approximately 94" wide by 106" long, it includes the over-the-side-of-the-bed drop.

The quilt sandwich has been prepared.


We have drafted our quilting design.

Using our Janome 6600, the first part of our quilting design is to outline all 25 colored 6-inch Cranes. The Cranes were created using Kimberly Einmo’s fabric Solid…ish.

Yes, each Crane block is composed of 17 pieces of fabric. The pieces were cut with Andy’s and Jim’s designed AccuQuilt cutter die.

Day 3 – The 1st part of our quilting, outlining the 25 Cranes has been completed.


Part 2 was to stitch in the ditch in the very long sashing strips. This will help to stabilize the 3 parts of the quilt sandwich.

Next, Part 3 is to pebble the entire length, approximately 106”, of each of the six sashing strips. (Alliteration not intended.)

Day 4 – All strips have been pebbled, that’s Part 3 of our quilting design.


We now have moved on to Part 4, the quilting of the 5 6-inch spaces between the pebbled strips. We are creating a geometric motif as a part of our quilting design. The approximate area is 3,180 square inches.

Part 5 covers an additional 5,512 square inches.

And yes, there is a continuous hum of our Janome.

Day 5 – Two of the 6” spaces/strips between the pebbled strips have been quilted. This has turned out of to be an arduous task while also a labor of love. The number of starts and stops, especially around each Crane is time consuming.


An approximate time frame to complete the two spaces/strips has been about 14 hours. Yes, we are using our Janome 6600 domestic machine.

Three more spaces/strips to complete. This is our target to complete the top of the Crane Quilt Bedspread.

Keep following our status as we begin Day 6.

Thanks for your support.

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. 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 us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Friday, August 24, 2018

Andy and I are Keeping Busy

Good Day,

Yes, we're both Cranes crazy. It is our niche right now.

We're managing while creating and composing the Cranes Quilts for our "Hope Project" show, the Cranes Quilt Bedspread for the upcoming Florida CraftArt "At Home with Craft" show, and our "One (actually Two) Man Show" next year May and June at the Mirella Cimato Gallery in St. Petersburg.

And don't forget our current "Two Hallways" exhibit of 26 of our quilts at the @2902 Art Gallery at Jimmie B. Keel Library in Tampa, Florida, through September 30.

Hell, it is giving us something to do and we're definitely keeping occupied.

We've got an extremely short window to complete the Cranes Quilt Bedspread. It will be presented at the Florida CraftArt show "At Home with Craft" in St. Petersburg, Florida, September 7 through October 27. I've attached the press release.

The current tally of Cranes Quilts included in our "Hope Project" is as follows -

19 Quilts completed,

7 tops completed,

1 Coat completed with Marijke van Welzen, and

19 + 2 Quilts designed and waiting, no pun intended, in the wings.

Details of our "Hope Project" showing will follow.

Thanks for your support.

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. 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 us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Our Quilt Patience Goes To California

Good Day,

Our quilt Patience (Q42) now has a new home in California.



Patience was accepted and sold at auction at the 126th Annual American Psychological Association (APA) in San Francisco, California. Our donation was to and on behalf of the APA LGBT Division.

And now Patience has made its way to its new home in California.

You can read our notes and thoughts regarding our design and construction of Patience on Quilts SB in 2010.

PQ42 - Quilt - Patience - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2010/03/q42-quilt-patience.html

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. 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 us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Quilts SB Quilts Traveling Around

Good Day,

Andy and I have to manage and keep track of the travelings our Quilts follow.

Thought you may be interested about the ones on the road, their current and future locations.

And if you get a chance, at a venue near you, let us know. We would love for you to share any images.

We've included a link, their title, in order for you to check out our notes in our portfolio.


Apollo 1, The Beginning

Fly Me To The Moon Collection

- 8/9 -8/12 Birmingham Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England

Betwixt and Between

Fly Me To The Moon Collection

- 6/15 - 9/4 National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
- 9/20 - 9/22 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 9/27 - 9/29 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- 9/15 - 9/17 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Novi, Michigan

Cosmo's Moon 2.5

Fly Me To The Moon Collection

- 5/22 - 9/8 Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, Virginia
- 9/20 - 9/22 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 9/27 - 9/29 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- 9/15 - 9/17 Original Quilt and Sewing Expo, Novi, Michigan

Lee Miller

HERstory Collection

- 12/07 - 4/10/19 National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky

June 19th

2017 European Patchwork Collection

- TBD 24th European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France

Patience

- 08/11 American Psychological Association, LGBT Division, San Francisco, California

The Silence of Sounds

Two Hallways Collection

- To be added to Quilts SB @ 2902 Gallery, Jimmie B. Keel Library, 2902 Bearss Road
Tampa, Florida

Two Hallways, 26 Quilts

Two Hallways Collection

- Aug-Sep 2018 @ 2902 Gallery, Jimmie B. Keel Library, 2902 Bearss Road, Tampa, Florida

K&J Baby

- TBD When the Stork arrives, Tampa, Florida

Hope Project, Cranes Quilts

- 2019  TBD, UUC Octagon Arts Center, Clearwater, Florida

Another Secret Project

- May-June, 2019 Mirella Cimato Art Gallery, St. Petersburg Opera House, St. Petersburg, Florida

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. 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 us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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Friday, August 3, 2018

"Hope" - Our Cranes Project

Good Day,

Andy and I are amazed at Marijke van Welzen's work on the Cranes Hope Coat.

Cranes Hope Coat
Marijke Van Welzen, Andy Brunhammer
Jim Smith
2018

Marijke and her husband just delivered the Coat.

Andy Brunhammer and I created the Crane blocks, sent them to Marijke in the Netherlands where she created this magnificent coat.

We are enthralled with her work.

It will be included as part of our “Hope – Cranes Project” presentation and display in early 2019.

Got to find a mannequin for the Cranes Coat's display.

Here are some additional preliminary images.



The first step for our Cranes Quilt 12.40, the outline quilting has begun. The quilting design has been drafted. Something different.


Each Crane block in Cranes Quilt is a 4-inch block.

This is the 6th quilt of the Orange Set.

Check out notes on our "Cranes Obsession" at Quilts SB - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2018/04/origami-cranes-our-obsession.html

Follow and like our progress at Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/

Our “Two Hallways” will be on exhibit August 1 through and including September 30. Location – Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library at 2902 W Bearss Avenue, Tampa, Florida.

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. 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 us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy
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