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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Big Wheel Keep on Turnin'.....

Proud Mary keep on burnin'.....
Recently, I purchased a Kaffe Fassett book called Passionate Patchwork...
     I fell in love with a quilt on the first few pages.  I thought it was vintage, but it is not.  And unfortunately the pattern is not in this book.  I am not sure if there is a pattern for this particular quilt....


This is so me!!!  Circles..spokes....print and color!!!! 

So I have decided to try to draft one on my own....
I drafted the arcs with my trusty freezer paper....


 There are three sections of wheels within this one large wheel.  So lots of folding, sewing, pressing and cutting....

   
And this is my version of the wheel....


If I am crazy enough to continue with this, I will make the center section with less spokes....the center is very thick where all those spokes meet.
That has been my distraction for the last couple of days...
 Flanders has been distracted by a chubby little ground hog {my kids called them grass hogs} running across our yard.


     She looks serious, doesn't she?
What has been your distraction today?  Hope it hasn't kept you from sewing :)
mary

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Book Inspiration....

I love books....especially quilting books....
I have purchased a couple in the last few weeks that are stuffed full of inspiration....

These aren't new publications, but definitely a great resource for future {and current} quilting projects.


This is by Maggie Malone {gotta love the name}...the book is full - cover to cover - of quilt blocks.  It does not include patterns for the blocks, but is divided into sections based on the grid with which the block is drafted.  I think the grid helps make the blocks easier to draft on your own.

The other is a Kaffe Fassett from 2001.  I have a few of his books, but this one has vintage quilts and it is more for inspiration....how could you not be inspired by Kaffee Fassett?

      
Not much else going on....
I have been fussing with some arcs today :)


Again...another cool autumn-like day.....yippeee!!!
mary