Thursday, March 31, 2011
Bug Lookout
I am sorry it took so long to post a picture of my "bug' words.
I am hoping they fit in with the others,I did not cut alot of the border off, as to give Tonya some room to play.Thank you for letting me play.Amy
How about a virtues quilt?
These are my first letters made with Tonya's book. A whole lot o' fun, and the book was so helpful! I'm thinking I'll make a quilt with virtue words. I figure I can come up with one a week. After a year, I'll have 52, and a whole inspirational quilt. Any one else want to play along? If you're interested, you might like to look up The Virtues Project. They've got a great list of 52 virtues, with ways to teach your family and students about each one.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Place Names
Hi! I'm Hedgehog. Some of you might know me from my blog (Life's a Quilt) or from an ealier Tonya class. I've been lurking here for a little while and am always inspired to see what other people are doing. Tonya's been bugging me to share this project here, so here I am, coming out from the shadows.
I started this quilt in 2007 - in Tonya's first online class! Then it marinated for a loooooong time in a cupboard. It's a quilt of all the places I've lived in my life (so far) - a total of 22 cities/towns in 6 US states and 7 countries. I hope to post a photo of the finished quilt here in the not-so-distant future. In the meantime, you can follow my progress on my blog!
Friday, March 25, 2011
New Player
I've been following Tonya for a while and this Unruly Quilting blog since it started. When Tonya announced the Hallowistmas House project I decided I needed to join in. So I thought I would start by briefly introducing myself. My name is Lynn and I blog over at Alamosa Quilter. I made my first quilt in 1995 and am a fairly recent convert to unruly quilting. I made this quilt earlier this year after my copy of Tonya's book arrived.
I'm off to go round up some Christmas and Halloween fabrics and then make something.
I'm off to go round up some Christmas and Halloween fabrics and then make something.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Woohoo! Lotto Style It Is
Tonya again. Wheeee, since the first three commenters all want to do this Lotto style, we're gonna do it! I'm thrilled that some of ya'all are enthusiastic too. Isn't it the great thing about the internet? Finding other goofy quilters to play with?
Okay. Size of blocks. You know I hate to put too may rules into place, such as size restrictions. If you have a fabulous idea for a really complex apartment building, I want you to play and explore and work on it. Plus, if you're using a novelty fabric you might need to fussy cut big to get whatever image you need.
Don't worry that your house is going to be too small. I happen to like small.
If you're worried about going too big, then cut 1.5" strips as the maximum width for the house fabric itself. If you need something wider than that for some reason, then go for it. Also, cut something narrow, like 7/8' or 1". Don't just use one width for the whole thing.
That will get you a smaller house. Too small for you? Then make it bigger.
If the fabric demands that you cut fabric wide, then do it and use that in one part of the house. And then compensate with narrow elsewhere.
I've found that it helps to either sketch an idea out first OR pick a house that someone else has made and then model yours after it. (Okay, door in the middle and I love how the two windows are up on the next level and look like eyes.) Take that as your starting point and run with it. Don't copy it exactly, just let it give you an idea of how to start.
We're going letter-free for this one, except for letters already printed on fabric. AKA, no UnRuly Letters. If you win blocks, you can add whatever you want.
You're not limited to houses. Cinemas, diners.... all fair game. It's a town. I'd prefer to not have any embroidery added, but email me if you have something in mind.
Can you make a block(s) and not participate in the Lotto part of this challenge? Most certainly. That's just more blocks for the rest of us.
If you make a block, is there any guarantee that it will go in Tonya's quilt specifically? No. I'll be mixing these things up and trying to get all the winners a fun quilt.
What else. Don't be discouraged if your first house is boring. That always happens to me. It's not until the 4th house that they really start getting wonky.
You don't have to decide now if you want a chance at winning the lottery. You can wait and see how fantastic all the blocks look and realize, holy cow, how could I not want this.
I think that to have a chance at the lottery you have to submit two blocks, not just one. Does that seem fair?
I'd love to have everyone post their blocks in progress, their finished blocks etc here on this blog. Include what size your block is.
Let me know if you want/need to be added to the blog. But it's not mandatory. You can keep your block(s) secret until the big reveal.
Any other questions?
Okay. Size of blocks. You know I hate to put too may rules into place, such as size restrictions. If you have a fabulous idea for a really complex apartment building, I want you to play and explore and work on it. Plus, if you're using a novelty fabric you might need to fussy cut big to get whatever image you need.
Don't worry that your house is going to be too small. I happen to like small.
If you're worried about going too big, then cut 1.5" strips as the maximum width for the house fabric itself. If you need something wider than that for some reason, then go for it. Also, cut something narrow, like 7/8' or 1". Don't just use one width for the whole thing.
That will get you a smaller house. Too small for you? Then make it bigger.
If the fabric demands that you cut fabric wide, then do it and use that in one part of the house. And then compensate with narrow elsewhere.
I've found that it helps to either sketch an idea out first OR pick a house that someone else has made and then model yours after it. (Okay, door in the middle and I love how the two windows are up on the next level and look like eyes.) Take that as your starting point and run with it. Don't copy it exactly, just let it give you an idea of how to start.
We're going letter-free for this one, except for letters already printed on fabric. AKA, no UnRuly Letters. If you win blocks, you can add whatever you want.
You're not limited to houses. Cinemas, diners.... all fair game. It's a town. I'd prefer to not have any embroidery added, but email me if you have something in mind.
Can you make a block(s) and not participate in the Lotto part of this challenge? Most certainly. That's just more blocks for the rest of us.
If you make a block, is there any guarantee that it will go in Tonya's quilt specifically? No. I'll be mixing these things up and trying to get all the winners a fun quilt.
What else. Don't be discouraged if your first house is boring. That always happens to me. It's not until the 4th house that they really start getting wonky.
You don't have to decide now if you want a chance at winning the lottery. You can wait and see how fantastic all the blocks look and realize, holy cow, how could I not want this.
I think that to have a chance at the lottery you have to submit two blocks, not just one. Does that seem fair?
I'd love to have everyone post their blocks in progress, their finished blocks etc here on this blog. Include what size your block is.
Let me know if you want/need to be added to the blog. But it's not mandatory. You can keep your block(s) secret until the big reveal.
Any other questions?
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