I spent a very exciting Saturday at the meeting of Eastern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society. Bought some bits and pieces form the visiting shop, Fabric Matters, including my beloved YLI variegated threads.
I also couldn't resist a layer cake of beautiful "Shibori" collection by Moda. Wendy had a sample quilt on display made of this collection's charm pack.
I'm planning a quilt for my brother, so this collection of imitation shibori prints in shades of indigo seemed a great choice.
There was a great talk by Ruth Bourke of Charly and Ben's Crafty Corner about modern quilting.
And then, in the afternoon, Ruth held a workshop for us on the Ticker Tape technique, which was very interesting and inspiring. You can see Ruth's quilt of her dog Wilbur made in this technique in her blog here.
As it was just a half-day workshop, we could only start the process, but everybody enjoyed playing with scraps and I'm looking forward to seeing (at least some) finished quilts at the next month's meeting. I made my own pattern of a dragon and had a good start on it. After some more work at home, this is where I am now:
Admittedly she looks more like a dinosaur at the moment, but there are still wings and spines to come. Anyway, you can see she's a girl and I hope she's going to be a good girl. The process is fast and fun and hope to have her finished before I get overwhelmed with my college tasks again.
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I also couldn't resist a layer cake of beautiful "Shibori" collection by Moda. Wendy had a sample quilt on display made of this collection's charm pack.
I'm planning a quilt for my brother, so this collection of imitation shibori prints in shades of indigo seemed a great choice.
There was a great talk by Ruth Bourke of Charly and Ben's Crafty Corner about modern quilting.
And then, in the afternoon, Ruth held a workshop for us on the Ticker Tape technique, which was very interesting and inspiring. You can see Ruth's quilt of her dog Wilbur made in this technique in her blog here.
As it was just a half-day workshop, we could only start the process, but everybody enjoyed playing with scraps and I'm looking forward to seeing (at least some) finished quilts at the next month's meeting. I made my own pattern of a dragon and had a good start on it. After some more work at home, this is where I am now:
Admittedly she looks more like a dinosaur at the moment, but there are still wings and spines to come. Anyway, you can see she's a girl and I hope she's going to be a good girl. The process is fast and fun and hope to have her finished before I get overwhelmed with my college tasks again.
Linking up to Sunday Stash at Molli Sparkles
Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts
Sounds like a fun day, and the ticker tape technique would be so interesting to see. I'm looking forward to seeing your piece when it's finished!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lena, it was lovely to see you again and I can't wait to see your finished dragon - the black background is looking brilliant coming through the scraps!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute dragon.... I really like the looks of this technique.
ReplyDeleteif you decide to do a ticker tape project, look up "bottled rainbows" that is what got me going on this process - it can also be done as a "quilt as you go" project.
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