Clark County Quilt Show

The Clark County Quilter's show was two weeks ago, and this was my favorite. It was made by Lynn Czaban. I looked up her previous work and found that Lynn is quite well known for her realistic quilts and you can see her interviewed about the quilt that won AQS in 2015 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko7Q4upaESc. So yeah, this is Lynn just trying improv out. Sigh.

And while we are discussing expertise, here is Buddy eating from his new dinner bowl. I call it his candy dish. On occasion, he gets a tablespoon of Molly's regular food which he would otherwise inhale.

Really Slow Stitching

This quilt was originally inspired by the Jen Kingwell Pick a Petal Quilt but I went a bit off course. One of her blocks was a glorified nine patch and I made about a quilt and a half of uneven nine patches. I was next going to appliqué the wedges but didn't like how much that would have hidden the background. So I played around with paper cutouts of curves and came up with the quarter circle arcs. The appliqué is a bit slow going because I am slow going. 

I am still making blocks for the Stonefield quilt by Susan Smith. I really like the block on top but think it may be too bright for the quilt. But I will wait and see when I put all the blocks together. This was an incredibly easy block to make...given I changed the block from having mitered corners to partial seams. 

And here are some cross blocks for the Stonefield quilt.

This morning as I was heading out on a morning walk, I noticed a nosy neighbor right on the property line daring me to say something. I didn't.

Flash Forward

 Here's the latest Stonefield block...and this is the last block for the month...whatever month. This would have a lot more meaning if I was still following the books in order. 

Meanwhile, most of my time has been spent working on this quilt. It may look very similar to the last post...however...at the point that most quilters move ahead and sew the quilt blocks together, I usually come to the realization that I want it to be bigger. In this case, I decided to add a row and a column. I then had to move the blocks around etc. and so I am back to where I was at the last post, except with a bigger quilt. 

Two More Blocks

 I think this is the most complex block in the Stonefield quilt (so far). The original has the sunflower embedded within an outer circle, but that seemed to make it more complex but not add anything. The construction called for taking the pink triangle, sew it to the diamond and then an outer wedge to complete the circle. Repeat 12 times. To make it accurate, I figured I would need to use paper piecing.

I will leave sewing small pieces to nutty quilters. I appliquéd two circles...the light pink and a dark pink circle and then appliquéd 12 green diamonds on to the pink circle. Finally, I asked the 12 cats to stop fighting and line themselves neatly on each diamond.

 And here is the last of the three hexagon flower blocks.

And here is Molly eating her breakfast at her desk as part of Buddy's diet. When Molly is hungry, she sits at the desk and waits for me to feed her. She has requested a bell to call for service, but I pretend I don't understand cat...which is true. I sit nearby distracting Buddy so he won't push her out of the way and steal her food.

Here is Buddy sitting at Molly's dining desk hoping that the world is fair and I will feed him like Molly if he does what she does. Instead he receives a hearty laugh and a disrespectful comment that he is wearing his "more than fair" share around his midsection. (The grainy, dark photo was taken from across the room). I did compliment him for being audaciously adorable.

Adjustments

 I have spent some time moving the blocks around...and needless to say as I was pulling this image up I caught some more problem areas...repeat blocks too close and areas that are too dark. I will have to go check and see if they bother me in real life.

Meanwhile, Buddy continues on working on new slimming poses. After he debuted this pose, I told him about Tripod Tommy and I suspect this will be the last time Buddy sports this pose.

Two More Blocks

 Two more blocks for the Stonefield quilt by Susan Smith. I like blocks where I spend more time picking out fabrics than sewing. The next two blocks for the month are fussier so the cats can expect to hear a few more naughty words (although Molly knows them all already).

Who?

 Here is a new block for the Stonefield quilt. The instructions call for a 2.75 inch circle, but the owl informed me it needed more space...and I am not one to argue with an owl that wears his alter ego on his chest.

And I made more glorified nine patch blocks so the underlay is finished. I am going to make some of the curved appliqué overlays so I can get a better sense of what this quilt will look like. All of the larger squares are going to lose a lot of real estate and I don't quite see it yet. Right now I am planning to use white(ish) curves, but realize that the quilt may have other plans.