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About mlwilkie

Software Developer, Mother, Wife with keen interest in art, design and crafts of all kinds.

Design to Reality

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Making something from a design is always, for me a great accomplishment. I do not take a lot of my ideas/designs all the way to making it. Today, though, I have made this mini quilt top, which I may turn into place mats and a table runner.

The design I came up with for one of the “Quilt Design A Day” was this simple wonky chevron design.

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That turned into this:
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I paper pieced the wonky chevron design which is ~6″ x 10″. I am used peppered cottons for the chevrons purchased from my LQS (who also has an online store):

The sashing fabric is Flax Yarn Dyed Essex linen which I bought at Fresh Modern Fabrics.

That is my finish for this week, and linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts.

 

QDAD: Quilt Design a Day (week 2)

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Some folks last week asked about the details for the Quilt design a day. So here there are:

  • Quilt Design a Day is hosted by Anne over @ Play Crafts (check out her designs)
  • You can join the group via Facebook.
  • I use threadbias.com for designing, others are using EQ7 or Inkscape

This week I struggled a bit. There a couple of designs I like.

18 June:
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19 June:
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“Vineyard” reminded me of rows at a vineyard. This is one of my favorites of the week.QDAD_Vineyard_19June2014

21 June:
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I revisited my Tapa Cloth design from last week and used some blues.QDAD_21JUNE2014

23 June:
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I went with a mod design with this color palette. I initially loved the color palette but when I was adding it to the design I was not overly crazy about it.QDAD_ModTumblers_23June2014

24 June:
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This was a very literal interpretation of the inspiration. My “Ruffled feathers”QDAD_RuffledFeathers_24JUNE2014A

25 June:
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This design actually started tonight as a new placemat design in shades of green. I adapted that design to a quilt and changed the color palette.QDAD_WonkyHerringboneB_25June2014

Week 1 can be found here.

Linking up with Kelly over at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s bee social (see button on the right).

It’s Alive…

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…well at least a project that continues to grow. Last week, I had to fly to Las Vegas for a 3 hour meeting. It meant that I had at least 14 hours on a plane/in an airport….

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and one night in a hotel with a great view….
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and to keep me company my travel project….yes, it was my hexie quilt. Some details/reminders on this WiP:

  • It has been just over 1 year of sewing these hexies together.
  • I only really work on it at bees and traveling.
  • All the prints are unique (except for one or two where I accidentally reused).
  • It shows a great history of prints I have used for other projects as I always try to use the scraps
  • I am aiming for a lap quilt (~60″) and right now at the widest its 42″

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Do you have a travel project? What project do you take with you when you are away from your sewing machine.HexagonQuilt_fromTopLinking up with Lee over @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday (button on the right).