Woven

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Norma Hanson

At our July guild meeting, one of our members brought a quilt to show and tell that she had made from strips. Her quilt was 9 blocks in a 3 by 3 setting. I think she said she made her blocks 18″ square.

I was so inspired from the meeting that I went home and the next day I dug out my bins of cut strips and started making my own version. My blocks are 17 inches square. I made them this size because that is the width of my cutting mat and it is so easy to use it to square up the block after piecing. I decided I wanted more of a rectangular quilt so I went with 12 blocks in a 3 by 4 setting. I need to decide on what colour to use for my sashing. I am thinking of a solid grey.

The inspiration for this quilt is a quilt called Woven by Kati Spence that is in a book called Scraps Inc.

I still have plenty of strips left so I am trying to come up with a way to piece the back so that I can use more of my stash of strips.

I realize this was a deviation from working on my UFO’s but I just had to give this one a try. After all, making these blocks allowed me to work on another one of my goals which is to use up my stash of fabric.

Family of Three – Finished Flimsy

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Norma Hanson

Today was Canada Day. I was able to spend some time in the studio finishing The Family of Three to the flimsy stage.

Family of Three – finished flimsy

This top finishes as 41″ x 53″. Quilting is next!

FVQG Quilt Show – June 24, 2017 and Happy 150th Birthday Canada!

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Norma Hanson

I attended the Fraser Valley Quilters’ Guild quilt show last weekend. The name of their show was, Patchwork Nation and featured many Canadian themed quilts. Since today is Canada’s 150th birthday it seems appropriate to feature some of the quilts from that show.

Listen to Canadian Astronaut, Chris Hadfield and his brother, Dave sing a polite little song they wrote about Canada.

The decor outside of the show definitely gave you a hint as to the theme of many of the quilts inside.

The challenge quilts were fabulous! Every quilter had to use the colour red in their project and one other colour that was drawn at random from a paper bag. You can see the mandatory colours that were used in each quilt on a piece of paper next to each quilt.

The following images were of quilts that centered around the Canadian theme.

These two fabulous quilts were part of the Premie Quilt donation program that the guild supports. This guild donates on average 500 quilts to the NICU (Natal Intensive Care Unit) at Women’s Hospital.

Every time I hear the story around this quilt it makes me smile. This quilt is by Val Smith and is called, Does It Come In Other Colours?

There was also a bed turning which featured quilts from Canada over the last 150 years. This quilt was from our Centennial in 1967 and featured the symbol of Canada’s Centennial in the border. 1967 was also the year that Montreal hosted EXPO.

This vintage quilt was from 1967 and featured the crests and flowers from each province. The designs were drawn on fabric and then coloured with liquid embroidery. I remember the tubes of Artex paint that my mother used to have. 🙂 This is another Canadian Centennial quilt that was painted with Artex. This quilt won first prize at the PNE in Vancouver in 1967.