TRADITIONAL OR MODERN ?

Hearing friends who are quilters It seems to me that often people like sewing traditional quilts or modern quilts, hardly ever both of them. 

What sort of quilter are you ?

I sewed a lot of traditional quilts.

Since 2 or 3 years I sewed more modern quilts. 

Modern quilts give you freedom, let your imagination run wild and none technic or method can stop you.

Yesterday, I started a traditional quilt (a pattern from Jinny Beyer). I needed to find again the neatness of the rotary cut fabric, the clearness of the seams, the geometry of the pieces put together to become blocks. 

I can't wait to sew the first block of this quilt. I'll talk you about it in another post 😀.

Any idea can become a quilt !

Some time ago   I decided with a friend to take the City and Guilds course.

We made our first tests of dye. The photograph shows the buckets with the fabrics in the dye bath, placed on black plastic bags, which were used to protect the floor.

I took the photo with my phone to keep a souvenir of the day. 

However, when printing the photo, I discovered that the buckets rounded shapes  onto the geometric folds of plastic and the shading colors of fabrics formed a harmonious and aesthetic group.

Watching the photo, I thought that the composition could be transformed into a modern panel.







The folds of the plastic on which the buckets are placed have naturally geometrical shapes: horizontal stripes, with diagonals due to the glare of the light. By representing these strips by light colors, the light is increased and is used to structure the background.
The round shapes are raised above and unify the first and second level.

The overall shape of an elongated rectangle put the quilt away from traditional shapes.

The initial idea being buckets of dye, it made sense to work with fabrics dyed at home. Given the difficulty in getting a "real" black, background fabric was purchased, as the fabric back. All other fabrics were dyed by hand.

Christmas Gifts Showcase and...Happy New year!!!!

Hello and...HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!!!!
Well...Holydays are almost ended...a New Year is starting and we are here again to think to new projects and new and fun things to to and to learn this year...

But...before to start all...I would love to show you what I did this year as Christmas gifts...
I made 2 angels for 2 special Lady...one is Nat and one is my sister...
I've had so much fun making the angels and I think I will make soon one for me too...
Who doesn't need an angel??? 

Then I made a fun pillow for another friend...she loves owls so...I made this:

I made a little gift for some neighbours too...

My gift is similar (well...the idea is similar) to Nat's gift...the SOS cookies jar...

I put in my Jar all what you need to prepare hot chocolate...yummy!!!

You just need to add  milk...

Then I decorate the jar with a piece of Xmas fabric, added a label explaining how to make the chocolate and made cute hot pads too...

And...last but not least...I made the quilt for a very special person in my life... 

These are all the gifts I made during Holyday Season...

And...I'm very Happy to have sewed so much...

What about you all?

Which gifts you made?

Again...Happy New Year!!!

Dany