Although I'm new to blogging, I've been inspired by many of the blogs I've read over the last months. Those of you who surf Lazy Gal Tonya's blog might have seen me on the Winter Class with my Deep and Crisp and Even quilt. I had so much fun learning how to do letters that I've been making more.
For the last two weeks, I've been working on a quilt representing a biblical genealogy for a university course in the Old Testament I'm taking. It's supposed to represent the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1, but I've been having far too much fun with this to consider it as an assignment. Five women are named in this genealogy (for various reasons that scholars argue about) but the point is how I've chosen to portray them. I've made their names in bright hand dyes and batiks, using Tonya's letter tutorial. Each of the three dozen men are represented in 2 inch strips in various blacks, greys and browns.
Here's the whole quilt -- it measure about 32 by 48. Right now it's a flimsy, but I intend to layer it with warm and natural, quilt around the names, and maybe quilt in freehand fans on the rest of it with a variegated thread.
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Oh, way cool! And I'm glad you started a blog. I'll visit, and I'll put a link to yours on mine!
looks fantastic, Brenda. Sounds like a great way to quilt it too. Just one word of caution. have you tried handquilting on Warm and Natural? Try it first before committing to it. I absolutely hate it(the 100% cotton version) for hand quilting, but that was admittedly many years ago and maybe the formula for it has changed.
love the quilt! glad you joined the blogworld.
Kathie
Welcome to blogland!
Re warm and natural: this is all I've been using lately -- I think I've got the 50/50 stuff, and it seems fine. I used it in my winter quilt too. I like the low loft for wall hangings, plus it was what I had at home. but what other brands would you suggest?
Welcome to blogland ..... and what a start! Great job so far!
it's great to see you with a blog! Looking forward to many more treasures of eye candy :-)
that sounds like a different warm and natural than I was using, which was 100% cotton.
I like the Hobbs Heirloom 80% cotton blend and have recently switched to Quilter's Dream REQUEST all cotton batting. It makes quilts look so lovely.
Welcome to Blogland. Lovely quilt.
ooh, brenda I love the strip piecers' lobster quilt. but there's no place to leave comments on those posts - eek. check your template.
Love, love, love your biblical quilt! What a clever idea. I love the strip-piecers' lobster quilt, too. I have been collecting phone books and I think I will have a go at piecing a row of strips on the pages.
How clever to combine the project with your new love of piecing letters! Glad you started a blog, I'll drop by again.
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