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Friday, July 22, 2011

Strips on Stripes Finished.....

 Where did it start? ........Where is it going?
I've been a asked, a number of times, what inspired this quilt. For me, inspiration is not always that straight forward. It started with a few fat quarters and me wanting to make a sample, for joining blocks, in a QAYG tutorial. I simply got carried away, but there were a few other things rattling around in my brain, at the time.
 The Ticker Tape thing was pretty prevalent in blog land last January and I was trying to come up with some way, of avoiding, all those little pieces and stitching around all four sides of each piece.....some laziness going on here. The first thing, that came to me, was strips....thus eliminating half the edges. I then realized, I was not all that fussy, for the raw edges, so I appliqued the strips, in order, to avoid that.

But, these were are just methods I was playing with.....part of the process, but not all that inspirational.

Right around this time  Chawne, gifted artist that she is,  knit a BLANKET.........it took my breath away. I wanted that type of texture and excitement in a quilt.......and I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, it was part of the inspiration for my quilt. Thanks Chawne, for letting me use this beautiful picture in my blog.
Syncopation: all done
The interesting thing about inspiration is that it always leads to more inspiration.......



Strips on Circles  is the next quilt in this series....if you can actually call it a series.






31 comments:

  1. I love your inspiration posts - and I love that Chawne's beautiful blanket appears in there - I always love her incredible use of colour and the same goes for you so it's interesting to see you being inspired by her work.

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  2. aw, i am glad to help inspire such amazing work! your project inspired me to buy some striped fabrics and see what i can do with them. it's symbiotic!

    also? i will actually swoon when you finish those strips on circles. so find the smelling salts!

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  3. That is magnasplendent! I'm bowing!

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  4. i've been watching you make this thing and been completely inspired the whole time. i really want to try QAYG! i just don't quite understand it.

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  5. Congrats on another fab quilt! I'm quite excited about your stripes on circles. It's very interesting how little bits and pieces inspire us, and I can see why Chawne's blanket. I would say you are working on a series, which would be great as a book. I would be first in line to buy it!

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  6. I have very much enjoyed your process here! I'm wondering what type of batting you use? It seems to me that, with all that stitching, this quilt in particular wouldn't be all that flexible. But then, maybe it's made for a purpose other than a bed?!

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  7. Great job!! Doesn't it feel good to finish quilts up. I love the texture of your quilts too!

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  8. It has turned out to be even more spectacular than I imagined. Bravo! You continue to inspire me

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  9. wow!! your quilt is gorgeous!!! I love how looks the texture!

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  10. I used Warm and Natural for my batting, and I was also concerned that the quilt might not be soft enough when I was finished......but it came out of the washing machine, soft and usable. For my next one I am using a lot of shot cottons and wovens which should make it even softer.

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  11. You quilts always make me gasp.... you have inspired me to search out and collect stripes and more shot cottons...

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  12. Another reason I continue to come visit you regularly ... there is such a uniqueness to what you create ... unique and gorgeous!!!

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  13. Thank you for sharing the inspiration and the process. The quilt looks wonderful!

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  14. I LOVE it,glad it is finished. loved your inspriration for doing this quilt. That is one of the things I love about your blog is that it inspire me. I have fabric pulled to attempt something like this of course knowing me it will take a while to finish. Thanks again for sharing your quilts with us.

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  15. Beautiful. An inspiration - I think your version of ticker tape using QAYG is next on my list! All the best - Chris

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  16. So modern, so beautiful, so inspirational, WOW!

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  17. Hi Nancy, I'll thank you here, since you are set at no-reply......so thanks so much.

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  18. Stunning! Will it be a quilt that gets used, or admired and not touched? Jxo

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  19. In case anyone else is wondering......I'm of the "Let's Use the Quilts" school of thought.....unless it's a wall hanging of course.

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  20. I've been intrigued by those circles/strips for a long time. Did you place the circle on a fabric base and then sew the strips over the new base? I can't see how you could do it otherwise. BTW, I just love your QAYG tutorials and the quilts you've made with this method. Thanks for sharing the process!

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  21. Right on! Love the strips. I do a lot of string quilts myself

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  22. Your strips on stripes is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the QAYG tutorials, I'm trying it out on my hexagons. I love visiting your blog - so much inspiration!

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  23. Thanks Sarah....I'll just thank you here as you are set at no-reply

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  24. That is stunning! Thank you for your QAYG tutorials, I've been having a lot of fun lately joining together pre-quilted scrap blocks ... it's an eye-opening technique!

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  25. I love both of these projects. The strips on stipes are so simple and so bold at the same time. It's a wonderful quilt. The strips on circles blocks just glow. It's like watching a week's worth of sunrises and sunsets through the louvres of a beach bungalo.

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  26. What an amazing work of art! Hat's off to you!

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  27. What an amazing quilt - so intricate in the use of colour it just sings!

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  28. STUNNING QUILT. Takes my breath away.

    Bravissima!

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  29. Thanks Nyima....I'll thank you here, since you are set at no reply

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  30. Gosh, I really love your quilts...all of them... Great blog, too!

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  31. Thanks Mary...I'll thank you here since you are set at no reply

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Marianne