Saturday, January 28, 2012

On the Design Wall

Here's what's on my design wall today.


It will take a while to evolve.


It's inspired by this quilt in Gwen Marston's Liberated String Quilts book, and one by Sarah Fielke in Material Obsession Two.  I'm using the templates from the MO2 book, but not the instructions.



Remember these?  (December 8)  I had made them for this quilt, but had lost my courage and tried to find an easier way out.  Nothing satisfied me, so I went back to the original plan.





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25 comments:

  1. Tonya RicucciJanuary 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    oooh, I love your new project! are you marking the newspaper triangles in any way to know what goes where, or just winging it?

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  2. KimJanuary 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    Oh my!
    This is gonna be another beauty.
    You have such great color sense.

    Beautiful
    Happy sewing

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  3. BuffyJanuary 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    Slowly beginning to understand your suggestions to "think a little more" and "try a little harder." Sometimes takes time to evolve.

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  4. BuffyJanuary 28, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Another thought, inspired by your first photos: increase size of blocks to 150% for very dramatic, but different effect.

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  5. MariellaJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    My Goodness but this does grab my attention......Love it, Love it, Love it.....if I didn't already have a million UFO's I'd get crackin' on one of these babies, no problem.....have fun with it and I will follow....

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  6. YankeeQuilterJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    I have three rows of one of these done! Started it after I got the Material Obsession book last summer...it is on my list to finish this year!

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  7. Sujata ShahJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    LeeAnn,

    LOVE THESE! Oh continue with the first picture no matter how long it takes.. It is gorgeous! I want to start one just like this one.. right now!

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  8. Donna~~January 28, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Gorgeous! You are really tempting me to pull out my just started version of this and get going on it--good thing my design wall is already full!

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  9. Exuberantcolor/Wanda S HansonJanuary 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM

    It looks like that takes a lot of planning. I'll just enjoy your progress for now although it looks like something I'd like to do. Beautiful!

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  10. Richard HealeyJanuary 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM

    You know the easy way out is never the right way out.

    http://richardquilts.blogspot.com

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  11. RachaeldaisyJanuary 28, 2012 at 2:36 PM

    Those reference quilts are favourites of mine and Yours is looking absolutely wonderful!! Go Nifty!! I love it!! I have say the photos showing newspaper look great too.

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  12. FabricFascinationJanuary 28, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    I can tell that this quilt will be worth the effort.

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  13. Miki WillaJanuary 28, 2012 at 5:49 PM

    Wow! This is going to be incredible. I look forward to seeing it all together.

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  14. UnknownJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    OMG! I love this spiderweb!! It is going to be one fantastic quilt. I can't wait to see how it evolves!

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  15. MaryJanuary 28, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    Fantastic! I love this to pieces!

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  16. LisaJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Wow! That is quite an undertaking. I just love it! Another beauty.

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  17. MaritJanuary 29, 2012 at 1:17 AM

    Love your new project! You are off to a great start.
    ; )

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  18. antique quilterJanuary 29, 2012 at 1:24 AM

    I am so looking forward to seeing this quilt grow
    can you tell me why you precut the newspaper patterns and place them up on the wall?
    are you working on a specific section at a time?
    I love learning how others work!
    its truly beautiful.....of course now I have to go get both books out and look :)
    Kathie

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  19. Theodora quiltsJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    Wow that is just breathtaking you really have a knack for putting the most fabulous fabric and color combinations together I am envious in a good way of course ,I also love the baby blanket on the previous post ,and thanks for sharing your process of the stars,I did something similar ,but cut out yellow fabric pyramid shaped and then did the spider web Marit has a great tutorial on it which I am sure you have seen and I made one ,it turned out great plus I used up my scrappy strips which I had plenty of,but I still have more the more I quilt the more scraps I get ,happy quilting.

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  20. Ailsa (Cape Pincushion)January 29, 2012 at 5:39 AM

    Gorgeous blocks, its going to be stunning!

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  21. ElizabethJanuary 29, 2012 at 5:43 AM

    I LOVE what you are doing and look forward to seeing more of it.
    It may inspire me to try one.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  22. smazoochieJanuary 29, 2012 at 5:51 AM

    Wow-zers!
    "string quilt" is on my to-do list for the year, Gwen's Liberated String Quilts is one of my favorite books. Love watching your progress.

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  23. fiberchickJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    Have wanted to make a string quilt for awhile so will fantasy sew vicariously through yours! Glad you stuck with the teal it looks great...

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  24. CathiFebruary 3, 2012 at 9:31 AM

    How stunning! I love the effect you're getting!

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  25. Sherry AnnApril 11, 2012 at 3:58 AM

    Nifty...just dropped by for a visit on a whim and so glad I did. All I can say is WOW!!! Loving every pic of your new Spider Web string quilt...I simply must get back to making string quilts...YOU HAVE TRULY INSPIRED ME TODAY...Can't wait to view the finished product.

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