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Progress with the bits of purple
Sunny wrote:
Louise, Wow. That's just about all I can think of to say. I'm so impressed with your hand work and with the whole idea of sewing perfectly fitting pieces with such precision. It makes my head spin to think of it. So, I won't. LOL. I will just look at your gorgeous work and sigh. Sunny Have you thought about trying EPP? Precision and the ability to use hand piecing fudge factor :-) Works for any shape! -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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Progress with the bits of purple
Louise wrote:
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:53 -0800, "steve" wrote: All of them use the two-different-diamonds kind of tiling. There are templates for the diamonds here. http://www.quiltpox.davisfamilycreat...ose%20Tile.pdf Thanks for this I've been thrying to figure out how to draw templates either by hand or PC and do so accurately. With this I should be able to scale the templates to the size I want :-) -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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Progress with the bits of purple
I'm very impressed with this, looks wonderful! These things do tend to grow.
You could simply applique the final piece to a large piece of purple (and trim out the back so it remains one layer if you like). I've used circular pieces for center medallions. One became a table mat for a small round table. To hang, you could add a "sleeve" in the form of a pocket that covers the top half of the quilt, and cut a piece if thick cardboard to fit. Then add appropriate hangers depending on how you plan to attach it to the wall. Roberta in D "Louise" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... So I've spent most of the summer away from my sewing machine, first living in a university residence with teenagers for a summer program and then on vacation. I've been using my crafting time cutting and hand-piecing bits of purple (including some wonderful fabrics I got in the mail from some of you!) into a Penrose-tiling pattern. The trick of this pattern is that it has five-fold symmetry outwards from the centre star, but it doesn't repeat at all. I'm enjoying the hand piecing a lot more than I expected to. Once I got into the rhythm of how long it takes, it's fun and relaxing. And it's handy to be able to squeeze and fudge a bit when coming up to a point where five, six, or seven pieces meet. I can do it at a campground picnic table, on a bus, or when riding in the car. The first photos at this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturesfromlouise/ show my progress so far. I took most of them while I was camping, and it hadn't been pressed yet. It looks better pressed. One interesting thing - I made a mistake in the pattern, and documented it before ripping part out and fixing it. For the pattern to work mathematically, there can't be two "parallel" identical pieces touching each other. Can you see the mistake in the close-up shot? Also, those of you who sent me purple squishy packages, can you recognize the fabrics you sent me? I'm not sure how much farther I'll continue, or what I'll do with it afterwards. I'll probably finish with a set of pattern pieces all in one dark purple fabric, then trim them. But after all that five-fold symmetry, I kind of hate to make it square on the outside. Maybe I could make a five-sided wall hanging, with some kind of stiffeners on three sides? Or maybe make it circular, with bias binding and no borders and one of those springy rods that people use for curtain rods in a semicircular window? Any suggestions? Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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That is certainly something to be proud of, I really like it. I don't have
any ideas about the finishing though. Just that I agree, you wouldn't want it to be square. Karen, Queen of Squishies So I've spent most of the summer away from my sewing machine, first living in a university residence with teenagers for a summer program and then on vacation. I've been using my crafting time cutting and hand-piecing bits of purple (including some wonderful fabrics I got in the mail from some of you!) into a Penrose-tiling pattern. The trick of this pattern is that it has five-fold symmetry outwards from the centre star, but it doesn't repeat at all. I'm enjoying the hand piecing a lot more than I expected to. Once I got into the rhythm of how long it takes, it's fun and relaxing. And it's handy to be able to squeeze and fudge a bit when coming up to a point where five, six, or seven pieces meet. I can do it at a campground picnic table, on a bus, or when riding in the car. The first photos at this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturesfromlouise/ show my progress so far. I took most of them while I was camping, and it hadn't been pressed yet. It looks better pressed. One interesting thing - I made a mistake in the pattern, and documented it before ripping part out and fixing it. For the pattern to work mathematically, there can't be two "parallel" identical pieces touching each other. Can you see the mistake in the close-up shot? Also, those of you who sent me purple squishy packages, can you recognize the fabrics you sent me? I'm not sure how much farther I'll continue, or what I'll do with it afterwards. I'll probably finish with a set of pattern pieces all in one dark purple fabric, then trim them. But after all that five-fold symmetry, I kind of hate to make it square on the outside. Maybe I could make a five-sided wall hanging, with some kind of stiffeners on three sides? Or maybe make it circular, with bias binding and no borders and one of those springy rods that people use for curtain rods in a semicircular window? Any suggestions? Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:24:06 -0700, "Pati C."
wrote: Lovely. Isn't piecing by hand fun? BG Actually if you use a fairly "stiff" batting, like Warm and Natural/White, a multi sided wall hanging will hang fine with a sleeve across the top. If you go to the Hoffman Challenge and look at my quilt ( second place, pieced) you can see what I mean. That's so neat! I love the concept, stretching blocks into a diamond shape. No additional whatever, just a sleeve across one of the straight sides. (I don't have a picture of the quilt of my own. Forgot to take one before I mailed it in, so the only picture I "have" is on the Challenge site. sigh. It will be coming home in a couple of months, then I will get a pic up on my webshots.BG) So, go ahead and make a five sided quilt of it. If you don't mind hanging it from one side. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Thanks! Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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On 21 Aug 2007 04:32:48 GMT, melinda wrote:
Louise wrote: On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:53 -0800, "steve" wrote: All of them use the two-different-diamonds kind of tiling. There are templates for the diamonds here. http://www.quiltpox.davisfamilycreat...ose%20Tile.pdf Thanks for this I've been thrying to figure out how to draw templates either by hand or PC and do so accurately. With this I should be able to scale the templates to the size I want :-) I actually just drew them, using a protractor and drawing tools and a mechanical pencil. I hate tracing things. I experimented first with drawing and cutting out cardstock, to see if I was precise enough to have them fit together and to figure out what size I wanted. Then (after some very valuable consultation on the newsgroup) I ended up using an old rotary cutter to cut the templates out of plastic. Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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Progress with the bits of purple
Louise wrote: On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:24:06 -0700, "Pati C." wrote: Lovely. Isn't piecing by hand fun? BG Actually if you use a fairly "stiff" batting, like Warm and Natural/White, a multi sided wall hanging will hang fine with a sleeve across the top. If you go to the Hoffman Challenge and look at my quilt ( second place, pieced) you can see what I mean. That's so neat! I love the concept, stretching blocks into a diamond shape. Thank you..... I have fun with the diamonds. Still working on my quilted diamonds from Linda Franz's books. G Pati,in Phx http://community.webshots.com/user/PatiCooks No additional whatever, just a sleeve across one of the straight sides. (I don't have a picture of the quilt of my own. Forgot to take one before I mailed it in, so the only picture I "have" is on the Challenge site. sigh. It will be coming home in a couple of months, then I will get a pic up on my webshots.BG) So, go ahead and make a five sided quilt of it. If you don't mind hanging it from one side. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Thanks! Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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The colors are lovely and I like the way my eyes go 'in and out' with the
values !! Are you following a quilt pattern?...I was wondering how you will finish it off . Very interesting quilt . Mary in VT "Louise" wrote in message ... So I've spent most of the summer away from my sewing machine, first living in a university residence with teenagers for a summer program and then on vacation. I've been using my crafting time cutting and hand-piecing bits of purple (including some wonderful fabrics I got in the mail from some of you!) into a Penrose-tiling pattern. The trick of this pattern is that it has five-fold symmetry outwards from the centre star, but it doesn't repeat at all. I'm enjoying the hand piecing a lot more than I expected to. Once I got into the rhythm of how long it takes, it's fun and relaxing. And it's handy to be able to squeeze and fudge a bit when coming up to a point where five, six, or seven pieces meet. I can do it at a campground picnic table, on a bus, or when riding in the car. The first photos at this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturesfromlouise/ show my progress so far. I took most of them while I was camping, and it hadn't been pressed yet. It looks better pressed. One interesting thing - I made a mistake in the pattern, and documented it before ripping part out and fixing it. For the pattern to work mathematically, there can't be two "parallel" identical pieces touching each other. Can you see the mistake in the close-up shot? Also, those of you who sent me purple squishy packages, can you recognize the fabrics you sent me? I'm not sure how much farther I'll continue, or what I'll do with it afterwards. I'll probably finish with a set of pattern pieces all in one dark purple fabric, then trim them. But after all that five-fold symmetry, I kind of hate to make it square on the outside. Maybe I could make a five-sided wall hanging, with some kind of stiffeners on three sides? Or maybe make it circular, with bias binding and no borders and one of those springy rods that people use for curtain rods in a semicircular window? Any suggestions? Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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On Aug 20, 4:30 pm, Louise wrote:
So I've spent most of the summer away from my sewing machine, first living in a university residence with teenagers for a summer program and then on vacation. I've been using my crafting time cutting and hand-piecing bits of purple (including some wonderful fabrics I got in the mail from some of you!) into a Penrose-tiling pattern. The trick of this pattern is that it has five-fold symmetry outwards from the centre star, but it doesn't repeat at all. I'm enjoying the hand piecing a lot more than I expected to. Once I got into the rhythm of how long it takes, it's fun and relaxing. And it's handy to be able to squeeze and fudge a bit when coming up to a point where five, six, or seven pieces meet. I can do it at a campground picnic table, on a bus, or when riding in the car. The first photos at this linkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/picturesfromlouise/ show my progress so far. I took most of them while I was camping, and it hadn't been pressed yet. It looks better pressed. One interesting thing - I made a mistake in the pattern, and documented it before ripping part out and fixing it. For the pattern to work mathematically, there can't be two "parallel" identical pieces touching each other. Can you see the mistake in the close-up shot? http://patchpieces.com/penrosetile.html Check this out how to draw in EQ5!!! there are severalideas you have to look around..... mauvice in central WI Also, those of you who sent me purple squishy packages, can you recognize the fabrics you sent me? I'm not sure how much farther I'll continue, or what I'll do with it afterwards. I'll probably finish with a set of pattern pieces all in one dark purple fabric, then trim them. But after all that five-fold symmetry, I kind of hate to make it square on the outside. Maybe I could make a five-sided wall hanging, with some kind of stiffeners on three sides? Or maybe make it circular, with bias binding and no borders and one of those springy rods that people use for curtain rods in a semicircular window? Any suggestions? Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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