Tracy wrote:
Okay, Steve is getting a time-out while I ponder his headgear. I thought I had it figured out, then Keith wandered by and put in his two cents. As is usual, when Keith gives a color/fabric suggestion, it kicks the backside of whatever I've been messing with for the previous 30 minutes. It's the only decision (that I know of) that he makes lightning-fast, and he hasn't been wrong yet.
So, why is Steve getting a time out? Mainly because I wore myself out trying to find something that was BETTER than what Keith suggested. That didn't happen. I had to go take a nap.
Showing posts with label *week 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label *week 7. Show all posts
The Motif Search Begins
Tracy wrote:
Okay, I got out the small panel and measured it. From seam to raw edge, all 4 borders are 3". Taking away 1/4" for binding and leaving 1/4" *air* on each side of a motif gives me a width of 2.25" with which to work.
Measuring horizontally, I get 24.5", raw-to-raw.
VERTICALLY, I get 85.25". Is that right? I could have measured incorrectly (there aren't many uncluttered places that are 7' long or longer in my house).
Through some serious math-gymnastics, listening to Mr. Algebra spouting off just like HE hadn't slept through HIS classes, and a touch of pin-the-tail-on-the-fraction, I've come up with a projected motif size of 2.25 x 9.5".
Okay, true confession here: The math-nastics actually led me to 2.25 x 4.75", but when I figured out that I was going to hand-draw FORTY motifs for just ONE of the SMALL quilts, I got inventive. It was either that or a(nother) nap, and it was already 9:30 at night.
Don't bother trying to figure how my figurin' works out. It's kinda like a secret ingredient. Or magic.
Trust me.
Next up, going through 5 or 10 inspiration books for... uh... inspiration.
Do you think that we should share the quilting theme?
Okay, I got out the small panel and measured it. From seam to raw edge, all 4 borders are 3". Taking away 1/4" for binding and leaving 1/4" *air* on each side of a motif gives me a width of 2.25" with which to work.
Measuring horizontally, I get 24.5", raw-to-raw.
VERTICALLY, I get 85.25". Is that right? I could have measured incorrectly (there aren't many uncluttered places that are 7' long or longer in my house).
Through some serious math-gymnastics, listening to Mr. Algebra spouting off just like HE hadn't slept through HIS classes, and a touch of pin-the-tail-on-the-fraction, I've come up with a projected motif size of 2.25 x 9.5".Okay, true confession here: The math-nastics actually led me to 2.25 x 4.75", but when I figured out that I was going to hand-draw FORTY motifs for just ONE of the SMALL quilts, I got inventive. It was either that or a(nother) nap, and it was already 9:30 at night. Don't bother trying to figure how my figurin' works out. It's kinda like a secret ingredient. Or magic.
Next up, going through 5 or 10 inspiration books for... uh... inspiration.
Do you think that we should share the quilting theme?
Re: The Motif Search Begins
Jean wrote:
Yep - 85.25 or 85.5 depending on the amount of stretch. The pattern is right between the two, so I guess we're as close as we're going to get.
BTW, the side borders were cut at 3.25, while the top and bottom borders were cut at 2.75, so all 4 borders aren't 3" unless the top and bottom have grown. Be careful. From seam to raw edge, top and bottom should be 2.5.
Maybe share the theme of the quilting a little later. It's only the beg of Feb. Hard to believe we've just started the 2nd month. Well, okay, the first week is gone, and there's only 3 weeks in March.
Talk about tedium. I've been taping and taping and trimming and taping the rose window. Then bias taping. I just started the third wheel of bias, so for sure we're going to need at least 5. That narrow quilt takes 8 yards just going up and down the white strips.
Yep - 85.25 or 85.5 depending on the amount of stretch. The pattern is right between the two, so I guess we're as close as we're going to get.
BTW, the side borders were cut at 3.25, while the top and bottom borders were cut at 2.75, so all 4 borders aren't 3" unless the top and bottom have grown. Be careful. From seam to raw edge, top and bottom should be 2.5.
Maybe share the theme of the quilting a little later. It's only the beg of Feb. Hard to believe we've just started the 2nd month. Well, okay, the first week is gone, and there's only 3 weeks in March.
Talk about tedium. I've been taping and taping and trimming and taping the rose window. Then bias taping. I just started the third wheel of bias, so for sure we're going to need at least 5. That narrow quilt takes 8 yards just going up and down the white strips.
The Drawing Board
Tracy wrote:
Okay, I had a brilliant inspiration for the quilting pattern for quilt borders. One or two readers even got a preview of said brilliant inspiration.
Oh, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
Until I put pencil to paper. After resizing (2.25 x 9.5") and the necessary simplification (so that a human could stitch the pattern) it was, well, boring. Boring and unrecognizable as anything even remotely resembling brilliant. Back to the drawing board.
Here's my drawing board:
Included are things that measure, things to help draw shapes, tracing paper, things that mark things, a major-league eraser-on-a-stick, and the Very Important Things: Coffee and a book on tape. It took 4 Miss Marple short stories to come up with a workable border motif (or two).
Okay, I had a brilliant inspiration for the quilting pattern for quilt borders. One or two readers even got a preview of said brilliant inspiration.
Oh, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
Until I put pencil to paper. After resizing (2.25 x 9.5") and the necessary simplification (so that a human could stitch the pattern) it was, well, boring. Boring and unrecognizable as anything even remotely resembling brilliant. Back to the drawing board.
Here's my drawing board:
Included are things that measure, things to help draw shapes, tracing paper, things that mark things, a major-league eraser-on-a-stick, and the Very Important Things: Coffee and a book on tape. It took 4 Miss Marple short stories to come up with a workable border motif (or two).
Getting the Lead Out
Tracy wrote:
(It's getting harder and harder to come up with snappy titles!)
Jean wrote:
Ta dah! I got all the trimming and underneath taping done on the rose window as well as almost used up the fourth package of bias tape.
So I've started sewing down the bias radially. When all that is sewn, then I get to put the bias down in 7 circles from the center out. But I'm so happy that the pieces are not flying around anymore.
(It's getting harder and harder to come up with snappy titles!)
Jean wrote:
Ta dah! I got all the trimming and underneath taping done on the rose window as well as almost used up the fourth package of bias tape. So I've started sewing down the bias radially. When all that is sewn, then I get to put the bias down in 7 circles from the center out. But I'm so happy that the pieces are not flying around anymore.
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