I've been very busy this week flying to L.A. on quilting business, making a presentation closer to home and teaching a class all day Saturday so I haven't started anything new. That doesn't mean I'm not quilting.Yes, I'm still working on the "word" quilt! I'm telling you, Tonya Ricucci's "Word Play Quilts" book (see here) is such a fun way to put fabric together! If you think about it, quilting is usually very precise: measure this, cut that, sew this, all VERY exacting. But making letters by this method and turning them into words of totally freeing and I'm loving it!
I'm up to 16 words now with only 2 to go (poem and screenplay). I'll put them them on my design wall and get them arranged the way I want them then I plan to put 'frames' around each word and somehow construct a quilt top. I'll show you the process the whole way!
Come back week to Judy's Design Wall Monday and you'll see my next step.
8 comments:
I see a few new ones!! Looks great, I can't wait to see it put together.
Ok, just looked at DWM and how did you get ahead of me on the list??? I thought I was the early riser?? HAHAHA
They look really cool. I will watch for the next installment :)
Tonya's liberated letters ARE fun aren't they? I used the technique in the border around a Halloween quilt.
How fun! I've made a few word panels and they were very liberating. I'll have to get back to it.
Great job with your free piecing! Tonya does make it easier to play with letters. I have a word in Tonya's book --I made SOAR that is on the cover! :)
This looks interesting....must think on this.
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