Thursday 26 February 2009

February JQ

I am keeping up to speed with the Journal quilts and finished my February one yesterday. This was the result of a Mystery Quilt that I signed up for in January. Having cut all the pieces and made strips for part two, part three had us sewing half square triangles - they gave us the wrong measurements! I am no longer taking part in this but decided to use some of the strip pieces for the JQ. I overdyed them all in yellow-green but it still didn't look too good so I added some bleach and then did some printing and added some Shiva paints. A few dabs of complementary colour and now I feel quite pleased with it.



I wrote at the start of the year that I was going to get to grips with Photoshop so having finished my colour lessons with Ellen Lindner I have signed up for a class with Beth Wheeler through Quilters Keep Learning. Only two lessons done so far but it is really making things so much clearer. Here is a glimpse of a Parrot tulip that I manipulated and have now started to machine quilt. It is A4 size and so I think it is likely to go to the Little Gems appeal. If any of you out there fancy supporting the Quilters Guild of the British Isles do take a look at the Little Gems project - you don't have to be a member to contribute.



That's all for now as I had better get back to sewing and I am also waiting for a chimney sweep to phone me back. I am having a new fireplace and stove fitted on April 1st - no joke- and have to get my chimney swept first. That should be fun.

Happy sewing. Maggi

5 comments:

  1. Love the colors Maggi! What wonderful stitching on the tulip!
    Just love it!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Andrea.

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  2. Maggi I love your February Journal - I love the colours and the beautiful stitching :o)
    I haven't done anything with your beautiful fabrics that I won yet - I'm saving them for something special :o)
    Angela

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  3. Love the journal quilt and the tulip design is fabulous. How do you manage to do all the classes and get the work done? I think I spend too much time blog hopping and should get my nose - or maybe fingers - to the grindstone!

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  4. beautiful :-) good luck with the chimney sweep, I think they are a dying breed these days.

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  5. Maggi,
    These look so fun - love the finished pieces in your subsequent posts.

    I am just scratching the surface of photo manipulation and can't wait to dive in!

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