Category Archives: Improvisational piecing

Auditioning background fabrics

Posted on October 16, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I’m taking 2 classes from Jacquie Gering http://www.tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/  in a couple of weeks, through EBHQ . I’m auditioning background fabrics for both classes. The first class is called Precision Lines. I know I want to insert orange strips as the lines, on … Continue reading →

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Matching fabric

Posted on October 5, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I didn’t have enough of this light blue fabric, so I went shopping. There was only one fabric in the whole store that worked. The fabric on the left is the one I was trying to match. The one on … Continue reading →

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Wonky/traditional stars

Posted on September 28, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I decided to go with a white on white background fabric for these stars, rather than the lavender in the previous post. However, I didn’t enjoy the process of making this quilt as much as the previous quilt.  I love … Continue reading →

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A slow beginning

Posted on September 20, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I’m working on another version of the previous quilt. For the medallion format, I need 8 of these 4 pointed stars, which will surround an 8 pointed one. I’ve made two different color versions of the 4 pointed star, and … Continue reading →

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Improv star finished

Posted on September 19, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

Improv star is now quilted. Thanks for everyone’s advice on how to quilt it. I used the walking foot to quilt parallel lines, in various improvisational directions. I didn’t mark any lines on the quilt, but used the width of … Continue reading →

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Improv quilt

Posted on September 7, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I’ve been working on this quilt top for a couple of weeks. It’s an idea for a class I’d like to teach. I’m getting ready to sandwich it and quilt it. Any suggestions for how to quilt it?

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Tree Of Life Hamsa, continued

Posted on August 22, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I practiced cutting out hamsas with vines/trees in them out of paper until I was satisfied with this one. I fused the green fabric to fusible web before tracing the paper hamsa onto the paper side of the fusible web. I  cut out the … Continue reading →

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Tree Of Life hamsa, in progress

Posted on August 22, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I’m working on a different hamsa than the one I blogged about on 8/4. That other one is still a work in progress. This new one has a subtle tree in the middle, so I’m calling it a Tree Of … Continue reading →

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Hamsas

Posted on August 4, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

I’m working on some small quilts with hamsas. A hamsa is a stylized hand for protection, from the Middle East. Hamsa is the number five in Arabic. I pieced a lot of orange scraps into a piece of “made fabric” then … Continue reading →

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Library show again

Posted on May 19, 2016 by silvert@catskill.net

Here’s a not very good photo of my “quilt” in the central Berkeley Public Library’s quilt show. I say “quilt,” because it’s actually nine of my 12″ x 12″ quilts, fastened together with safety pins. It’s hanging above the reference desk, … Continue reading →

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