This weekend is Gay Pride! So I decided to post a quilt top I made a few months ago for marriage equality!
I do consider myself rather apolitical, but I was very excited about DOMA being repealed, and that did put a smile on my face in time for gay pride! I really don;t go to the parade or anything like that, because I really don’t consider it that much fun, but for those who do, this quilt op is for you! Cheers mates!
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As everyone knows, I love Mad Men! I think it is one of the best shows on television, and I love the outfits! In fact, I would even call the outfits on the show inspirational, and here is why.
Joan Holloway
Joan is a secretary that climbs the corporate ladder, and becomes one of the essential team members at the firm. Her outfits, are AMAZING! The likes of which I don’t think could ever be outdone! In fact, the picture I chose is the inspiration for a new quilt project! I love the blue dominance, with the hints of purple and green undertones as seen in her blouse. After seeing this, I decided that it will be the color scheme for an upcoming quilt. I know I have a list of upcoming quilts and none of them really fit this color scheme, but I think I will have to add one strictly for Mad Men. I think I even have some light weight upholstery fabric that would match the texture of her dress, as well as some that would match the blouse! I am very excited, and as soon as this episode I’m currently watching is over, I might just have to dig it out!
PS. Everyone should be watching!
Okay, so as I sit here at home watching more Mad Men, I’m struck with inspiration! Luckily I had my legal pad and a pen nearby to write down these things. I have come up with my next 5 projects. Now, these are not set in stone, and they may change based on any whim, or any commission project that may come up. So, as I’m being spirited away by the amazing serial Mad Men, which is about an advertising agency set in the 1960’s, I had an idea. I need to make quilts that speak to me more, not just ones that look pretty. It was the theme of the episode I was watching. So, my next few projects are close to home as they are for people, mostly, that I care a great deal about.
The List:
1) A quilt for my nephew Damien, who was born a few months ago is in dire need of an Eric The Quilter quilt! I was thinking his would be Red and Green, with hints of Purple, and Yellow to round out the color scheme.
2) A quilt for a dear friend of mine who used to baby sit me growing up. She was a neighbor for 8 years, and recently we reconnected, so I’m really excited, and I already started work on her quilt! Follow the jump for a picture of the progress so far! It’s aquatic themed, so lots of blues, purples, greens, and browns.
3) A quilt for TJ, my best friend. He and I have been friends and we are pushing up on our two decade anniversary! His Quilt is a Legend of Zelda themed Triforce Quilt! His 24th birthday is coming up in August and I really want to give it to him for his birthday.
4) A baby quilt for my roommate’s daughter. Not sure about the details on this, but for sure pink and purple. Maybe I’ll throw in some electric blue and lime green to really make the colors pop!
5) A quilt for my living room. I’ll have to stare at the thing all day every day, so I do consider it very close to me! It’s matching my living room motif! The colors are Burgundy, Blue, Forest Green, and Gold. I’m very excited for it!
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My Esthetician’s Quilt!
I made this quilt top about 8 months ago, and I’m going to lie, it took me a while to get around to quilting it. Honestly, I have no idea what the name of this block is, but this is the second quilt top that it has been implemented in. I love this pattern! The first one that was made with this pattern is still in my closet. Some day I’ll finish that one too.
I quilted it on my machine which is a brother. I would have preferred to long arm this one, but time constraints and all made that one difficult. I waited 8 months, and I didn’t want to take any longer finishing the quilt. I think it ended up beautiful, so I cannot complain! For this piece, I just stitched in the ditch. I was not the easiest thing, but I did okay. I would like a juki so I could quilt better, but I’ll have to do with my lightweight brother for now.
I know what everyone is going to say. Wow! This is PINK! And yes, yes it is very Pink! The color choice was not mine, but I didn’t mind it terribly. I affectionately refer to it as my pepto bismol quilt. I do think it is a thing of beauty, but I may have a biased opinion. I was the one who made it. I remember when it was a stack of fat quarters sitting on my ironing board. Now it is a 65″ by 65″ quilt and it looks marvelous! I am going to miss it, but it will have a good home with my favorite facialist!
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I’ve decided to take a break from the first half of the day by dying my hair. I started bleaching out the current color last night, and now I have the second part of the dye job at hand. I’n not exactly sure what color it is going to be, but I hope it turns out nice! But anywho, back to the subject of this blog. Quilting!
So as I sit here watching Mad Men, and having dye burn my scalp, it made me think of all of the colors my hair has been dyed over the years. Black, Red, Teal, Blonde, Pink, Purple, Dark Brown, and it made me think of the fabric stash I have in my closet of the fabric I hand dyed. The color selection is very similar to the hues my hair has been over the years. I’ve decided my next projects will run side by side. Because while I love art quilts I have been doing lately, also have a baby quilt to make that I am a few months behind on.
Now that everyone knows my next two projects, a fun art quilt made with hand dyed fabrics, and a baby quilt in jewel tones. I’m really excited to work on these two projects, and I’m really excited to fill everyone in on them as soon as I have them done. Heck, I’ll make sure to post constant status updates on my quilting projects. I also have a quilt I finally finished, and I have to put in the mail, so I will take some gorgeous pictures before it gets packed up to ship.
I also got my business cards in the mail along with my magnets! I’m super excited! I will be mailing out a bunch of them on Monday. If anyone wants one, just email me and I’ll gladly send you a few!
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We hit one thousand hits earlier today! I just wanted to let everyone know, and I wanted to thank everyone for reading my stories and looking at the pictures of my gorgeous quilts!
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Here it is with the border on! I decided to go with uneven borders. On two of the adjacent sides the border is 2and 3/4 inches, and on the other two sides the border is 5 inches. I really wanted to go for uneven borders after someone mentioned it on my facebook post, that it would add depth. And She was right! I love the way it looks! I was going to go for angled sides, but I decided I liked it the way it was, and I like the squareness of it contrasting with the entropy of the the rest of the top.
I have decided to give this quilt to Quilts of Valor, and I’m not going to lie. It will be hard to part with, because I love it quite a bit. Since I know it is going to a good cause, I can accept with it. I hope whoever receives it will love it as much as I do!
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I’ve been working on this thing all morning! Well, I dyed my hair at some point too, but for the most part I have been working on this quilt top. It’s taken a lot of effort, but I’m pretty happy with the result. I still have to add a few more strips of the sandstone colored fabric, but once I do that it will be completely done. The sandstone color is also going to be the border, so I’m really excited for it!
I would be lying if I said it was easy. Working with no plan is quite a step away from my comfort zone, but I really like the way it made me think. It made me work on my spontaneity and how to lose control creatively. I really liked it! It’s not my favorite project I’ve done, but it hits the top 10 for sure!
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Everyone remembers the nameless quilt, right? Well, as of right now it is no longer nameless. I have decided to call it “Shattered Glass”
Now everyone can see where it started out at, and how it ended up. It was quite a transformation and it did take some thinking, but I made this quilt look darn sexy! The real reason I changed it was because the person it was for didn’t seem too enthused when I showed it to her. She liked it and all, but there was no WOW factor and I could see she was hoping for one. It took some time, but I decided I couldn’t give her a boring quilt. It had to be WOW! I took time thinking about all of the things I could do to it, and then it hit me to take the border inside the quilt top and make it part of the quilt, and so that is exactly what I did. It took some time to figure out how I was going to do that, and I just decided to go for Random and fun, and sure enough it worked out! I sure am glad it worked out, I had quite a bit of anxiety about cutting into a quilt top I had made, but now everything is the better for it!
Right now, at 2:30am I have decided that I really need to work on my gallery and organizing all of my pictures, so here goes nothing!
I’ve decided I will start with “Frozen Star” and I’ll make a gallery for each quilting project, so you can see the transformation from a pile of fabric into an amazing work of art. Well, most of them are works of art. Everyone has an off day! 🙂
Eric The Quilter 