My Quip – Mondrian I Progress

Evening,

This is our “Mondrian” square.

The works of Pieter Cornelis “Piet” Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, are the inspiration for my next quilt designs for our Rainbow Series. Mondrian’s compositions of lines and quadrilaterals have provided me with a concrete and simple method of inter-connecting fabrics of primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

The inserted image is Mondrian’s 1923 Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue. It is oil on canvas and is housed at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome.

Our Mondrian I quilt is a configuration of 30 14” (35.6 cms) squares. Each square is constructed with six batik fabrics.

All squares are identical in color and form. A black patterned fabric, as sashing, will border each square and will also border the perimeter of the quilt. To that affect, there is a sense of a created stained-glass window. Mondrian I will join our Rainbow Glass quilt as complementary within our Rainbow Series.

Stay-tuned for our progress.

Check out our currently available quilts at Quilts SB Etsy.

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 or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy.

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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Q79 – Quilt Wall Hanging – Born This Way

Good Day,

Our 80th Quilt has been finished… even though this is labeled Q79. The missing quilt is at home in North Carolina and we haven’t been able to get some photos, as yet. (Hint, hint, SG…)

Q79, Born This Way is a wall hanging.

Born This Way's dimensions are: Width - 31” (78.7 cms) by Length - 45” (114.3 cms) and the top is seven batique cotton fabrics. The batique colors are beige, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Born This Way is an inspiration and adaptation from the works of fabric artist Yoshiko Jinzenji. The top is constructed of 791 beige and 58 colored rectangles. Each rectangle, including seam allowance is 1 ½” (3.8 cms) by 2 ½” (6.4 cms). And yes, the title of this new wall hanging has credit to a certain Lady G…

Here are some close-up images.

We are currently working on six new quilts. Stay-tuned for She’s Arrived, Coral Steps, NCBB, Colored Windows, Mystery Jelly, and DW’s.

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.

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 or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy shop.

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 – Mystery Jelly Update – Two New Quilt Designs

Morning,

Okay, okay… Just wondering why I the first conscious thought that came into my head when I awoke this morning was Peter, Paul, and Mary… Or could it have been St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Mary. Obviously I’m not religious, but I couldn’t think of anything else but sending up some prayers to some listening Saints this morning when I went outside to walk the Pack. There is frost on the roofs and the ground.

Peter, Paul, and Mary… This is Tampa, Florida! Please send some sun. Please. Or at least some sort of hammer so I can chisel the white stuff off the windows of the car. And can you Saints, collectively weave me the sunshine so that we can get on with the true Florida warmth?

All the same this is My Quip, (QUilt In Progress), about Mystery Jelly. The top for this new quilt has been finished.

Mystery Jelly (MJ) is an adaptation of a Kimberly Einmo design. The beginnings of MJ is a nine-block square. We’ve increased it to 20 blocks and included sashing as a border around and between each block. Also a double border has been added around the perimeter. The top is now 64” (163 cms) wide and 77” (196 cms) in length. It appears that it will be about the size of a lap or twin-size quilt. See the earlier My Quip for the MJ announcement.

And here’s a flash – Two new designs of our Rainbow Series are on the drawing board: Born This Way and Colored Windows. Stay-tuned for updates.

Oh, and just a note about the frozen palm in front of our house. It is a real picture that I did take a while ago when I forgot to turn off the water sprinkler system. Sorry to say the palm didn't survive. This morning's frost has changed the color of all the roofs in the neighborhood.

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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