Tuesday, 16 September 2003

I've been working on the quilt codenamed Medal. It is not quite the same design as the design named Medal, but it was inspired by that. Here are a couple of pictures of pieces of the top in progress.

most excellent! I have some of that feathery fabric myself...this design looks great...you certainly tackle more complicated and difficult blocks Lyn...great work.

      Quilty comment by Cher on 18 September 2003

Thanks, Cher - I think what's going on is that I'm too ignorant to know what's going to be complicated and what isn't. So far, I work under the assumption that if there are no set-in seams and I have templates, I can probably do it. (And I've done set-in seams in a pinch, but I don't like it.)

None of these blocks are really precise, of course, and once the edges go on the big block some of the points will be blunted a little (oops), but it wasn't so hard to put together. I didn't even have to use the stiffening spray, just some strategically placed pins.

I'm sure if I ever took a quilting class people would be horrified at how I go about this stuff (teehee), but so far the people I'm making quilts for won't be too fussy, I don't think.

      Quilty comment by Uncorked on 18 September 2003

There's no medium blue! :)

I really like it -- the color combination feels good.

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 18 September 2003

hey found the url to order the magazine with the string block quilt design I mentioned before:
www.fabrictrends.com it's issue #2. All the issues are available and you can get it from them directly...I bought my copy at my local Barnes and Noble bookshop. I think it's great to dive in and go for stuff...nice to hear it hasn't been too hard either for you-

      Quilty comment by cher on 20 September 2003

Cher -- right. I found that site. What I can't figure out is an easy way to subscribe to the magazine through the site. It's very frustrating. Maybe I should just call the main line that I found on the contact page, but I feel like I should be able to subscribe over the web!

      Quilty comment by Uncorked on 2 October 2003