Sunday, 15 August 2004

It's time for me to get serious about commission I, now that the auction quilt is done and my houseguests are gone. Here is the sample block I did for the client based on fabrics she chose.

Very stunning quilt. I like the fabric choices. The dark burgandy looks remakably familiar. I think I may have use that in my brothers wedding quilt. :>

      Quilty comment by Wendy on 15 August 2004

I really like the colors. It looks like Autumn.

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 16 August 2004

I think it looks great and I don't think it will look as "stripey" in real life as it does in the mockup.

I love the colors and the effect. It's gorgeous.

      Quilty comment by Joni on 17 August 2004

I know I used it in a watercolor bargello quilt I am just finishing -- love the color combo -- was the original color idea yours? or the clients?

      Quilty comment by Erica on 19 August 2004

She said she wanted something that had a lot of reds in it, so I came up with a red/cream idea. Couldn't find good cream-colored fabrics, so switched to red with gold/yellow. We spent some time with a Jinny Beyer fabric palette too, and she narrowed down to the colors you see here, but then didn't like the lighter yellows in the sample block.

I hope Joni's right, that it won't look as stripey. And I'm still constantly amazed at how much better and more dramatic quilts look in real fabric in real size when finished than how the look in EQ, even when I use fabric prints instead of solid colors in EQ.

So, I'm excited to see the top of this quilt finished. I'm hoping it will be dramatic and stunning.

      Quilty comment by Lyn on 19 August 2004

On an impulse the other day I ordered a couple new fabrics from Hancock's just for fun. I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet, but I thought they were neat. This lighthouse fabric was on sale and I've been eyeballing the Christmas kitty fabric forever.

I love the Christmas Kitty fabric! One of my projects that has been put on hold is quilted Christmas gift bags. My husband hates to wrap gifts, and we can't use ribbon because one of our cats eats it, so I've decided I want reusable gift bags in various sizes to take care of our intra-household wrapping needs. People outside the household will still get giftwrap (sans ribbons).

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 16 August 2004

Oo. Excellent idea!! Do you have a pattern or will you be making it up as you go along? I can dig up the exact product number for the fabric if you want. I found it at Hancock's and I think I kept the receipt. Or search on 'christmas kitty' or something like that.

      Quilty comment by Lyn on 16 August 2004

I was planning on making up the pattern, based on the sizes of stuff we usually give each other. In my head, I was using these as a guide: drawstring bag, crazy quilt treasure-pouch and a pattern that was on Martha Stewart Living that I can't find for sewing a square envelope for CD's.

I have a stash of Christmas fabric, so I don't really want to add more, but... I might have to.

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 17 August 2004

Oh also -- my plan was to quilt some of these so that they would have a bit of padding, and to use scraps of batting for "tissue paper".

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 17 August 2004

Did you see the Chritmas Kitty Medley over at http://keepsakequilting.com?

http://www.keepsakequilting.com/KQShopping/partvmed.asp?action=lookup&partno=3924&subject=U5&catpos=5

(Oh no! I must be getting worse. It's bad enough that I go shopping with my sister-in-law and mother-in-law and get them in "trouble" buy helping them find things they like but now I'm doing it with my favorite bloggers too! :> It must be a sickness ;> I have to share the happiness. :>)

      Quilty comment by Wendy on 19 August 2004

I had seen the Christmas kitty Medley, but was trying to avoid thinking about it, since I don't think I'll get around to making any of the Christmas quilts I have in mind until late '05 or maybe even '06. If only I could win the lottery.... but I suppose I'd have to buy a ticket, first!

      Quilty comment by Lyn on 21 August 2004