Having reviewed my faves from 2023, I’m looking at plans for 2024.
First: My MQG is having one of those UFO challenges where you pick one each month, so I’ve made a list and started that. The current project is cutting up some of the orphan blocks, shown here…
…and making them into different blocks. Some are on the design wall here:
Who knows where that will go!
Second, having enjoyed the Bloem pattern by Libs Elliott, I’m making her pattern La Fin Du Monde.
Next up will be some map quilts. I took Timna Tarr’s map class via Creative Spark in 2022 and have been enjoying my experiments since.
It’s time to actually finish some of those map quilts…
And speaking of map quilts, I’ve been facing these and hanging them as usual, but the Chief Consultant (AKA husband) thinks they need to be framed. I’m considering adding borders to frame them, or mounting them over stretched canvas (still without a frame). Or maybe a poster frame? Or maybe just stay with the facing. Anybody have an opinion?
One more thing I’d like your help with: I’m on the program committee for one of my guilds. Has your guild had any outstanding programs you can recommend? We are in Greensboro, NC, and we need either someone nearby or someone who presents via Zoom in order to stay within our budget. I’d appreciate any ideas.
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I love the idea of cutting and reassembling orphan blocks. Adding it to my list of possibilities.
I love your modern, bright, quilts. Lately, I have been thinking of changing direction in my choice of quilting style. I always learn something when reading your posts. As for the map quilt, I think mounting it on canvas might showcase map.
Thanks, Chela! I’ve been reading up on mounting quilts on canvas and think I’ll try it on the next one.
I would suggest a Zoom presentation from Deborah Boschert. https://www.deborahsstudio.com/programsandworkshops
Thank you, Bea! I’ll check it out.
I recommend Irene Roderick and David Owen Hastings. Both are excellent teachers and their work is really interesting.
I recommend Irene Roderick and David Owen Hastings. Both are excellent teachers and their work is very interesting!
Thanks! I like both of them, too 😀
I vote for the map being mounted on canvas. Looks like there’s lots of fun in store for you this first part of 2024!
Thanks, Laura. Yes, I think I’ll mount the next one on canvas 😀
That is so cool what you are doing with the orphan blocks!
Thanks. May be good, may be a hot mess…stay tuned!
Love your orphan block project!
Thanks…to be determined whether I love it when it’s finished 😀
I really like what you’re creating with your orphan blocks and other parts. I think it would be very difficult to cut them up, but you’re sure making that work! I’ll think about that next time I need a quilt back. And your map quilt is looking good! I really want to take that Timna Tarr workshop, and I’m #1 on a waitlist for it on January 20. I’m hoping someone backs out at the last minute… is that wrong of me? Wish I could give you guidance on either of your two concerns. I know nothing about framing a quilt, though I know quite a few modern quilters are now doing that with their smaller improv art pieces. I’m sure you’ve Googled to see what methods are out there. The most recent virtual I took I can highly recommend. It was Amy Friend’s foundation paper piecing workshop. She doesn’t use the FPP method I learned from Carol Doak decades ago, so I learned a lot of new things from Amy.
Hi Linda! I just found your comment in Spam–who knows what’s up with that! Thanks for visiting and commenting–I appreciate it even if my filter isn’t always as discerning as I would like!
One of my guilds recently had a Zoom lecture by Krista Moser. It was well done and interesting. I like her blog, too, with its useful information.
Good idea–I follow her blog, too. Thanks!
I like how you cut your orphans to make a large modern Quilt. As for your maps, I vote for no borders and to mount it/them on the canvas or canvas like material.
Thanks! The next one surely will be mounted on canvas!
Your brave cutting up of the orphan blocks has resulted in a completely new design. I couldn’t spot them all, so maybe you have a few more quilts from that set of orphan blocks up your sleeve?
I also think you are brave to tackle that complicated Libs Elliot design.
Because you asked about the framing of your map quilts, I would either go for the stretched over a frame method, or mounted on card
Making a quilt to use up orphan blocks was about as successful as making one to use up scraps: I can see a decrease in the orphan block supply, but there were MANY left over! So no, they weren’t all used. Thanks for your input on display of map quilts!