My Quip - BW 1950 and BW 2010 - Tops Completed - Front and Back

Good Day,

Andy and I are just about completed with both our BW 1950 and BW 2010. All that is left to complete are the borders, the binding, the labels, and the final inspections.

Here are the front views of the tops. BW 1950 on the left and BW 2010 on the right.

Each of our BWs is now 24" square and constructed of 900 0.8-inch squares. Some of the squares are made with triangles.

And from the backs or underneaths. BW 1950 on the left and BW 2010 on the right.

Please feel free to comment, ask questions, and pass any thought and idea.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Quilts and Wall Hangings In Progress

Good Day,

Andy and I have planned and are working a number of projects so far this year. And 2014 has just started. All-things-being-equal we now have 23 quilt and wall hanging projects scheduled.



This is our adventure. Andy at the Janome 6300, Jim at the PC.

Our current project list is in order of our priorities. "C" means that that area is completed, and a percentage is the degree of completion. A blank space translates to "We haven't got there yet." A red "C" means that the quilt or wall hanging has been completed.

Quilt	Design	Fabric Chosen	Top	Border	Back	Quilting Design
Betty White 2010 -	C	C	C		C	50%
Tampa Kaleidoscope -	C	C	C	C	C	75%
Astro Physics -	C	C	C	C		25%
The Amulet -	C	C	C	C	C	25%
Blumish One -	C	C	C
Equality -	C	C	C	C
Warhol's Marilyn -	50%
An Unnamed Classic -	C	C	C
Joseph's Coat -	C	C	C	C
Joseph's Pants -	50%
The Party's Over -	75%
Orange Peel Indian Summer -	C	C	C
Batique OM -		75%
Damask -		50%
Hummingbird -	C	C	C
Native American -		50%
Rán -	50%
The Bird Cage -	75%
The Eagle -	C	50%
Trees -	50%	50%
Mauk II -	C	C
Civil War Re-Enactment II -	25%	C
GPS -	25%
Betty White 1950 - C -	C	C	C	C	C	C
Blumish Two - C -	C	C	C	C	C	C
K&J 2013 - C -	C	C	C	C	C	C

Please feel free to contact us at Quilts SB. We welcome your questions, thoughts, and ideas.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip – BW 1950 Quilt and Wall Hanging – Happy 92nd Betty White

Good Day and our best wishes to Betty White on her 92nd birthday.

What a wonderful life and celebration.

And what an ideal way for Andy and I to celebrate. We are now working the quilting to our BW 1950.

We have decided that the best way to quilt and showcase our BW 1950 is to quilt it as if were the mosaic that we intended it to be. I kept thinking and dreaming of Frank McRae when he is lovingly putting the mosaic tiles back in place in the 1987 film *batteries not included. And we are trying to create that similar type of presentation with our quilt and wall hanging.

Happy Birthday Betty White.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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My Quip – BW 2010 and BW 1950 – Quilts and Wall Hangings – Tops Completed

Good Day,

The top of our BW 2010 is now completed.

The construction of 900 0.8-inch squares, made of a combination of squares and triangles, has been completed. Our BW 2010 was created using 18 fabrics.

BW 2010 is an abstract mosaic that we have attempted to construct using a photograph taken by David Shankbone in 2010.

The photograph is of Betty White. We just hope that our construction and quilt and wall hanging is a credit both to his work and especially to Betty White.

BW 2010 is a companion piece to our BW 1950. BW 1950 is also our abstract mosaic interpretation of a 1950 photograph of Betty White. It is also a construction of 900 0.8-inch squares, an arrangement of squares and triangles. BW 1950 was made using 16 fabrics in an attempt to keep the essence of the black and white portrait.

The photograph is of the Hutton Archive / Getty Images collection. The two photographs and our two quilts and wall hangings span 60 years of an incredible life. BW 1950 represents Betty White when she was 28 years old. BW 2010 is her at 88. An amazing woman.

Now comes the critical point where we have to decide and finalize how we are going to quilt our BW 2010 and its companion BW 1950. The next stage of the project will be the quilting, and we have to choose a quilting pattern that will both enhance and compliment the two pieces.

Oh and by the way the names of our pieces will change. Follow our progress and detailed updates at Quilts SB…

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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My Quip – BW 2010 – Quilt and Wall Hanging – Almost There

Good Day,

I think that a tremendous thrill occurs when one can see and envision the almost completion of a project. Our BW 2010 is just about at that point.

The last part of the first third should be completed today. And then the first third will be added to the other two-thirds of the top.

But that now becomes the critical point where we have to decide and finalize how we are going to quilt our BW 2010 and its companion BW 1950. The next stage of the project will be the quilting, and we have to choose a quilting pattern that will both enhance and compliment the two pieces.

I believe that some of the guesses have been on the mark as to who BW 1950 and BW 2010 represents. The two mosaic abstracts represent the same person at different points in that person’s life. But I am not going to say just yet.

Follow our progress and detailed updates at Quilts SB…

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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My Quip – BW 2010 – Quilt and Wall Hanging – Top 66% Complete

Good Day,

The top of our BW 2010 is now 66% complete.

The last third to go.

And now we have to get serious about our design and pattern for the quilting of the two companion pieces BW 1950 and BW 2010.

Here is another image of our BW 2010 taken with different lighting.

And from underneath.

Guesses of our abstract portrait have been hitting the correct one. Follow our progress and detailed updates at Quilts SB…

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy.

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My Quip – Cosmo’s Moon on Exhibit – MANifestations – Golden, Colorado

Good Day,

Our Cosmo’s Moon will be on exhibit at MANifestations.

This is the 12th biennial exhibition of quilts made by men, January 31 through April 29, 2014.

MANifestations will be held at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Make a date,

Jim and Andy

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