Do you have a particular phrase that you say before you convince yourself to do something a little foolish? Mine seems to be "how bad could it be," a statement which was uttered before I flung myself backwards onto the lawn to make a snow angel.
On the positive side, icy snow (ouch!) does hold an image pretty nicely!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Grandparents' photo quilt (top)
DH said the quilt should be blue and brown, sort of a traditional Japanese color scheme, and masculine because it's intended to be used by his grandfather, and so it is. There are two special fabrics that I wanted to call out.
1) The ecru fabric (third from the left in the link) is the only fabric here that was actually made in Japan. It's part of the popular Daiwabo line which is based on antique Japanese prints. I wanted to use it for this reason and because (with pale blue and taupe leaves and amber-brown dots, it married the brown and blues in the quilt). The stripe in the narrow middle border and the backing were chosen to coordinate with this fabric so it wouldn't stick out too badly!
2) The deep brown border is a sunprint batik with little leaves and twigs on it. It's absolutely beautiful, and it had to be washed about 10 times before the wash water stopped leaking dye. There is a close-up here, only the color in the piece I have is ruddier, not so olive. You currently see the brown as 5 3/4"; after I sandwich the quilt, everything will get squared/trimmed up and the (black) binding will be added, so it'll end up 5" wide (same as the blocks in the body of the quilt).
Click the photo to see the larger version.
1) The ecru fabric (third from the left in the link) is the only fabric here that was actually made in Japan. It's part of the popular Daiwabo line which is based on antique Japanese prints. I wanted to use it for this reason and because (with pale blue and taupe leaves and amber-brown dots, it married the brown and blues in the quilt). The stripe in the narrow middle border and the backing were chosen to coordinate with this fabric so it wouldn't stick out too badly!
2) The deep brown border is a sunprint batik with little leaves and twigs on it. It's absolutely beautiful, and it had to be washed about 10 times before the wash water stopped leaking dye. There is a close-up here, only the color in the piece I have is ruddier, not so olive. You currently see the brown as 5 3/4"; after I sandwich the quilt, everything will get squared/trimmed up and the (black) binding will be added, so it'll end up 5" wide (same as the blocks in the body of the quilt).
Click the photo to see the larger version.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Photos for a photo quilt
Photos for the grandparents' photo quilt have been transferred - and our printer only munched up one sheet of the specially prepared fabric!
Now I have to let them sit for 24-48 hours to "cure."
Now I have to let them sit for 24-48 hours to "cure."
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