Pam See Quilts
Christmas Candles
- Details:
- Dimensions: 12" x 12"
- Design, Embroidery: Joanne Grimes
- Fabric: Cotton irregular weave
- Threads: 3 Strand Embroidery
- Stitches: Stem and French Knot.
This project was originally intended for a Christmas themed exhibit, but I abhor deadlines for hobbies. If you look closely has the colors of advent in it and where the candles should be placed druring the Christmas season.
| |||
|
| |||
Day 1, Mar 2017
I pick a design.
The design sketch.
Day 2, Mar 2017
The fabric is chosen and the design is drawn on.
Day 3, Mar 2017
I pick the threads.
Sewing gets started.
Day 4, Feb 2018
Ya, I know it's been awhile. Deal with it.
Day 5, Feb 2018
Things are moving along a bit quicker now.
Day 6, Feb 2018
Two progress shots in one day. I must be motivated. I did run out of the current goldish brown thread, but I had a shade in my stash that matches it nearly perfect. See if you can figure out where I switched shades. Tee hee!
Day 7, Mar 2018
All done. Yes, I know it took year to get it done and it's definitely not in time for Christmas, but at least it got done. I view hobbies as projects with no deadlines. It makes everything so much easier. Cheers!
back to top
Winter Sun
I pick the design.
Here's the original rough sketch design. This looks like some winter suns early in the morning.
I pick the fabrics.
I match the piece numbers with the fabric numbers.
Well it certainly has been awhile since I've updated this post. I worked on the quilt through several months, but I wasn't in the mood to update the site. I did remember to take pictures of my progress. Now the quilt is done and the site needs to be updated, so here I go.The design is drawn out on freezer paper.
The first and second sections are cut out and pressed onto their corresponding fabrics.
The first section pieces are laid out.
The pieces are sewn.
The second section is laid out.
The pieces are laid out.
The pieces are sewn.
The outside section is prepared.
I changed my mind about what fabrics to use in the outside sections.
The remaining pieces are cut out.
Everything is laid out.
Sewing again.
This was the original tie quilt.
Castle Turret
- Details:
- Dimensions: 42" x 42"
- Design, Piecing, Assembly and Hand/Machine Quilting/Embroidery: Joanne Grimes
- Fabrics: Varieties from local thrift stores
- Quilting/Embroidering Threads: embroidery and light yarn
- Embroidering/Machine Stitches: basic machine stitch, embroidery running stitch and french knot
Another project gets its start. The top of the castle turret is done. There are some interesting little things hidden in this quilt. The outside plain block colors correspond the the opposite hexagons. Those colors also are supposed to make up the 6-colored flower schemes (minus any orange color)too.
| |||
|
| |||
I pick the design.
Here's the original rough sketch design. This is the squarest design I've created and it wasn't really intended to be that way. My designs just happen. I thought it looked like the top of a castle turret, so that's what I called it.
A closeup of the design showing an outer edge. The non circled numbers tell me where each piece connects. The circled numbers are the represent the pieces.
Okey dokey, here's the fun part. The numbers running down the left side (1-21) correspond to the fabric selection. The groups of numbers associated with those numbers are the piece labels.
The first round is cut out.
The layout of the hexagons.
One of the hexagons sewn together. I know it's not a perfect hexagon. It's how the design worked out.
A quick look at how I sew on the line from point to point. The alligator clip makes sure the points are exactly lined up.
All four hexagons are sewn.
Round two pieces are laid out.
Round two is all sewn up.
Round three is laid out.
Round three is all sewn.
Round four is laid out.
One side of round four is sewn.
Round four is all sewn up.
The final round is laid out.
The top is done.
The yarn, embroidery, and other threads that will be used to hand quilt the top. The washable marker lines are part of the spiral-ish top quilt design.
All done