Identical blocks + different quilters = stitchy madness!
Throughout the past few days, we’ve been sharing more of the Quilt As Desired pieces created as part of a feature in our Sept-Oct 2014 issue. And today, we’ve got more!
Background: We created identical 15-inch paper-pieced wonky star blocks and asked some of our dearest friends (and a few staff members) to quilt a block however they wished. All we asked for were a few particulars on thread, batting, motifs, adult beverages consumed during quilting…you know, the usual 4-1-1.
Results were amazing! You can see many of the finished pieces in our September-October 2014 issue, currently on sale. Visit the links at the end of this post to see even more. Each block was quilted with different tools (standard sewing machine, varied longarms and by-hand). And each quilter used different threads, batting, layers of batting and thought processes. The results are blocks that are as unique as their quilters, which means we have a lot of learning to do from them! (Some of our quilters even braved the video camera to tell us about their approach, so it really is like a mini-class.)
Up today: Leah Day. Most of us know Leah from her work on the Free Motion Quilting Project. Not only did she quilt a QAD piece, but she also made a video. Generation Q Leah Day
BTW, congratulations to Leah on her recent Viewers Choice win at MQX Springfield!
Bonus: We have a few ”behind the scenes” pics from Leah’s work.
Two layers of batting
A swath of swirls to start
Note that Leah uses Flowerhead pins and Pinmoors to baste the layers.
Leah's finished piece.
Check out our first Quilt as Desired Posts:
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The video & still shots are great! I love that she doesn’t worry so much about the little oopsies & turns them into a change to add more definition & beauty.
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