After months of a serious flickr addiction, I've decided to take the plunge into blogland. I realized recently that I'm probably one of very few crafters on flickr who's SO invovled and doesn't have a blog. Time to change that! Not sure how much I'll post - and it's certain to go in waves depending on my work schedule, but here I am! I find that the more I document my crafting, the more in detail I want to be so this definitely serves that purpose.
So for my first post, I figure I'll post pics of the quilts I've finished in the past. There's ten of 'em so prep yourself for photos! If you want to see more details there are loads of photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alissacrafts/
From looking at all of these photos together, (they are here from newest to oldest) I can clearly see the progression that my quilting taste and design has taken... I have fallen in love with loads of white in my quilts. While I realize it's not practical, I don't care! It's beautiful! Also, I have thought a lot about the balance of solids vs. patterned fabrics in my quilts. Tends to be that the solids are white, but I'm trying to consciously branch out from that a bit. We'll see how that goes!
Anyhow, all of my past quilts:
This is the first quilt that I had to make while not knowing the baby's gender. It was a new challenge for me but I really enjoyed it and think that this quilt really works for either a boy or a girl!
These quilts were made for good friends of ours who had twin boys. I love the idea of making quilts that were some how matching, but not too similar. I think that using log cabin blocks, but in different styles, and also using lots of the same blue and brown fabrics made that work. Also having the same fun junglescape on the back really tied them together!
This was a fun simple quilt that I made for my husband's cousin. Clearly for their baby girl! It was my first attempt at free motion quilting which I've since become addicted to!
This Flying Geese quilt (from the Denyse Schmidt pattern) is my one and only full sized quilt. Let me tell you, while I love the results, jamming a huge quilt through your sewing machine isn't as much fun as a lil' baby quilt! Though now that I'm doing more free motion quilting and am less concerned with straight lines, it might easier.
This quilt was also for a baby girl! The lovely Bento Box pattern. Had I known the results (and relative ease) of wonderful free motion quilting back then I would have quilted it that way, but I didn't yet dare!
I made myself this lap quilt for my couch. It's much duller in the wide photos than it actually is so I included a photos that shows its nice colors!
Next we have a small baby sized version of Denyse Schmidt's Hop, Skip & a Jump quilt. Clearly my ability to take a good photo of my quilts has improved. These photos are lousy! This quilt is really small and I wish it were a bit bigger... Also, this was when I realized just how much white fabrics make your lovely bold patterns pop!
This was my second quilt and eh... I like the back (white!) but the front isn't so exciting to me. I was learning though! The recipents really liked it and that's what matters!
And lastly - my very first quilt! Triangles (I'm much more into squares now) and no white. Not at all what I'm drawn to anymore but I will always love pink & brown together, and I think that I already had a good sense of my taste in balancing solids and patterns.
I did the binding all wrong on this as well! Oh well, I've learned a lot making these ten quilts. And this one was the beginning of my real love of sewing, and particularly quilting.
Anyhow, welcome to my blog!