My entry for the Alliance for American Quilts contest is finished and was ready to send in, but I got an extension from Amy Milne in order to keep it for our first taping for Quilt Out Loud!. In each episode Mark and I open the show with a “What’s Up?” segment in which we both bring in something to show. So, I brought my quilt. I’m so pleased with how it turned out and hope it fetches a good sum in the auction!
~Jodie
The next step in my Crazy for Quilts! project is to add in the quilts that are spinning around in my head. For them, I headed to my computer. I design in EQ6 and Corel Draw, so I pulled images from quilts in both and printed them out. Some are quilts that have come to fruition, such as the duckie quilt which was taped for a Love of Quilting episode, and others are still wanting to be made. When I was sure the size of the quilts was right I printed them onto printable fabric. Here I’m cutting them out and placing them on the quilt.
~Jodie
The Alliance for American Quilts is having a fun contest to support their very worthy mission. In fact 100% of the proceeds of the eBay auction of the quilts will go to the Alliance. Your quilt need only be 16″ square, so why not join me in making one? The deadline in June 1, so we have plenty of time.
Crazy for Quilts! entrants are encouraged to draw inspiration from one or more aspect of the crazy quilt: design, color, fabric, surface embellishment, history or some other aspect of this style that you want to celebrate. There’s room in this contest for all kinds of crazy-from traditional approaches to art quilts.
My idea is that my head is a constant whirlwind of quilts vying to be made. “Make me!”
“No,make me first!”
This is my first rough sketch:
The next step was to draw the head to size:
Then I traced the shapes onto Steam a Seam 2, cut them out, and pressed them to fabrics, then cut along my traced lines. Now I have the beginning of my design.
As you can see, my “helper” arrived on the scene about then. It was time to take the dog for a hike and think about dinner anyway. Turned off the iPod and the light. This was such a fun hour, I can’t wait to work on it some more!
~Jodie