Saturday, September 6, 2014

Connecting from the left coast....


After agonizing over the impending move from NJ to WA for a few months now, I am finally here in Seattle, WA trying my best to settle in, feel at home and make new friends. It's been a roller coaster of emotions along with a lot of planning and hard work. Oh well change is for the better right??? 



For now, I only have the essentials for daily living with me here in Seattle and it does not include a sewing machine. No, it did not make it on my list of essentials, blasphemy!! In the meanwhile to satisfy my quilty cravings I started an EPP project. This pattern is called Spring Carnival by Katy Jones. She has templates available on her website for download. I walked over to the nearest fabric store and bought a yard each of black and white text fabric and began putting the pieces together. I love the dramatic contrast of the two fabrics.


I am planning to turn this into a pillow but can't make up my mind if I should go with a dark or light background. Please help! Which would you prefer? Or should I pick something different all together?




On another note I joined the QDAD group started by Anne Sullivan of Play-Crafts. I decided to give original quilt design a chance and see where it takes me. I am not sure if I can commit to a design a day but even if I get 1-2 a week I would be happy. Persistence is key. Here are my first two designs. I don't know how to get rid of the grid lines in EQ7 so the patterns don't look as pretty but gives a good idea of how it can be constructed because of the visible lines.




3 comments:

  1. Welcome to Seattle! There are wonderful quilt shops and guilds that will help with your transition from NJ to WA.

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  2. I actually really like both backgrounds - I think it depends on the mood you are going for. Maybe base it on that! I was excited to see you pop up in QDAD (I haven't done it yet but I watch it).

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  3. I was thinking about your question on color of backgrounds...might be interesting if you can do 1/2 in the white and the other half in the black. I really like the look of your black and white design. I don't even mind the grid work. In fact, I might be tempted to actual cut squares to get the grid in the quilt. My 2cents.

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