A New Day, a New Bag

I made a new bag today, with some upholstery fabric, of which I have loads. The only other bags I’ve made using this fabric have been backpacks so it was really good to make something that was smaller and easily finished in half a day.  I love the colours of this fabric, there is such a range to choose from.  The chunkyness of it, although it frays easily and it takes a bit of steam and stitching to sit the seams flat, it does make up really beautifully.

I want to get making some more bags of different shapes and sizes over the next week or so for a possible business proposition….wish me luck:)  More to be shared on that soon.

Thanks for coming over.

Dianna

Design Wall Monday – playing some more

I got a bit hooked on making these wonky oval shapes and now have four

They were fun to make, now I just need to figure out how to connect them and what to make…what do you think I should do?

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week:)

Linking with ‘Design Wall Monday’ with Judy @ Patchwork Times

Dianna

About Texture

A walk round Gunnersbury Park

  

    

A look in Jean Wells Book

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and I’m inspired all over again.

Dianna

Fused Art Quilts – for a good measure of procrastination

Yes, there has been quite a bit of procrastinating the week.  Taking my mind of the 150 years challenge quilt to do something quilty without the maths.  I was doing a paper collage with my daughter and it reminded me of the Bethan Ash book I reviewed here and the american version  of the same book many moons ago.

It got me thinking how fun it would be to do something entirely fused with lots of quilting.

Not sure this one works – but it was fun.  Perhaps more cohesion and overlapping with the fabric would be more effective.  This is a tiny 12″ by 12″ for practise and learning purposes.

Today I got busy with the back of the 150 years challenge quilt.  It seemed a shame after many hours spent making up the numbers 15o, not to use at least one of them somewhere.

So I did…

for the back

Next up – basting and quilting.

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Thanks for reading:)

Dianna

London Underground 150 Years Quilt Challenge

I’ve pretty much finished the body of this one and I’m happy with it:)  From what started out very differently using the numbers 150,

it’s ended up much more like how I had originally planned it, but by cutting the circle into pie shapes of different colours and hues in order to be able to sew it back together again, inspiration was drawn from colour wheels and Caryl Bryer Fallert.

Steep learning curve on those curves.

Just need to add the finishing touches then I can take it along to the next London Modern  Quilt Guild Meeting.

Looking forward to it.

Linking with Judy @ Patchwork Times – Design Wall Monday

Dianna

Related articles

• Underground Mission (travelbetweenthepages.com)

Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design – Edith Anderson Feisner – Book Review

This book was bought some few years ago now, well before I even had the notion of quilting.  I took it out whilst doing the next London Modern Quilt Guild Challenge as the theme of a colour wheel, of sorts, began to emerge from the fog of deciding what to do.

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It is a very informative book, divided into five parts each chapter within these parts have follow up exercises to try further develop understanding. Take a look inside the book following the link above.

I look forward to delving into it more regularly, learning more on colour theory and how to use colour more adeptly in future quilts.

For now my London Underground piece is close to finishing.  Will posting photo’s soon.

‘Till then, have a great weekend.

Dianna

Related articles

• The Art of making Colour!!! (artaray.wordpress.com)
• History of the colour wheel (alicereynolds14.wordpress.com)
• Research into colour wheels (alicereynolds14.wordpress.com)

Winner of Quilters Gallery Give Away on Dianna Jessie…

It has been fun reading all your colour combinations of the moment.  I’m going through a bit of a rainbow phase, just loving the full spectrum.

We do have a winner….

Janet from Caribou Crossing Chronicles who said:

‘I’m with Richard – loving orange and grey together right now.’

Congratulations Janet I shall get in touch via email to get your postal address details.

And a big thanks to all who visit, you are welcome back when ever you fancy.

Dianna

Colours of the London Underground

Of which there are many, and circles is the main theme I see when thinking about the design of the quilt I’m creating to celebrate the tube’s 150 years.  I did lots of ironing of scraps yesterday and reclaimed quite a bit of fabric.  I found it easier today to pick and choose my colours…I laid them out in sort of rainbow fashion and got on.

It is taking shape.

If you are after the give away for the quilters gallery blog hop, do click over here and comment tomorrow is the last day:)

Dianna

Related articles

• New version of London Underground map shows circles are the way forward (metro.co.uk)
• Labyrinths All Under London (guerrillalabyrinths.wordpress.com)

Design Wall Monday – maths in quilting

My brain has felt a bit like it’s going to burst trying to nut out the geometry of concentric circles cut into pie shapes, work out the quarter inch seams and colour combinations and I have found myself more confined and less free than I felt in most of the other quilts I’ve made.  Perhaps I need a break or it is just that I need to get out more;)  So this is what My Design Wall looks like today…

Like my head a bit of a muddle.  Nothing pulling together yet.  Hopefully the the light bulb will go on soon and I will find some inspiration on how to put it all together.

If you are looking for my quilting gallery ‘beat the winter blues’ give away post please scroll down to the previous post and comment away.

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Thanks for visiting,

Dianna

Sue Bleiweiss

I often find quilt artist’s use of colour is what draws me to their work.  Sue Bleiweiss certainly is someone whose work I admire.  She has a book out called ‘The Sketchbook Challenge’

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If you want to find out more about her art she writes a great blog sharing her processes.

She also has a page of  free projects where she offers her knowledge in many different quilty things.

Worth dipping into…

Enjoy.

Dianna