I've made a bit more progress on my latest selvage quilt. This is the center section. I would say it's currently about 45 inches square. I am slowly working along on it. As much as I enjoy the challenge and creativity involved in selvage quilting, there is definitely some tedium involved. As in, the tedious sewing of all those lattice strips. I LOVE the result, but it took a little while for sure.
Here's a close up of some of the latticing. That Amy Butler Love selvage is perfect. I am fortunate to have several more to use. (They were sent to me)-
I decided to put the lattice sections on to make it look like an old-fashioned Valentine.
For a laugh, I thought I'd show the back of the lattice section. As you can see I'm not keeping up on trimming all my threads like I am supposed to be doing. Also, I want to point out a little bit of poor planning (or I guess, creative afterthought?) on my part. See the seams under the latticing? I put the lattice on after I had pieced together the whole heart. It would have been better to just make the lattice on plain fabric then piece it in after. Oh well, such is the peril/fun of making the design up as I go.-
Speaking of design, I have decided that this is going to be a quilt for our local quilt show in the fall. I really want to be sure to participate as I am a member of the guild now. Well, this year's theme is Serendipity. It is a very wide-open challenging theme. But anyway, I am thinking Love-Serendipity-Family as my interpretation and that is the direction I am going in with this quilt. It will still take a while to make, and I will still be going on it after Valentine's Day, but at least when it's done I will have a show quilt. I am very early on this, but I am expecting a wonderful, exciting year that will get busier and busier as it goes on, so it will be good to get this done to quilt top form. Then of course quilting ... ????
Here are some little 3 inch squares I have ready for elsewhere in the quilt.
Here's a long shot. Thanks so much to everyone who suggested I put up a design wall. Mine is just a piece of fabric that a friend gave me (I'm not even sure what it is, it seems like some sort of jersey knit stuff). It's cool though, as long as the quilting fabric isn't too big or heavy it just clings to the "wall" without even pinning.
And finally, the other night a friend and I had a little SNIC (Sewing Night in Canada, ha!). She wanted to make a pillowcase so I made one too. I made this little Valentine's one for my daughter's bed. -
Happy Weekend!
