Friday 24 October 2014

'Round the Bend' is coming together - part 3

I keep changing my mind about the name of this piece. Am I 'Going round the Bend' or is one driven 'Round the Bend'? Which ever, the next of the 12 squares are done.

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

This is 'Crossing Over to the other Side'. The cross over part is lovely to quilt. It has a nice swing and gives some gorgeous shapes.

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

The 'scale tool' of choice this week is a thimble.

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

I call this motif Queen Katherine's Headdress (as in Katherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII). Although that was not on my mind when I created the motif, every time I see it I am reminded of Tudor headdress fashion in the early 1500s. The 'hood' to give it it's proper title, was a wonderful excuse to flaunt wealth and status with an incrustation of pearls and jewels - see below. Early pictures of Anne Boleyn, second wife, show the same headdress, but then the angles softened to horseshoe shaped curves set further back on the head. Still plenty of room for those jewels though!


                                         

I digress. Back to the motif, alas not studied with pearls and precious stones, just a plain old thimble not even made out of silver!

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

And now to the really fun bit - joining the squares together and watching the overall pattern emerge. Here are the 2 that you saw in week 1 of this project, Sticks and Stones with Fly Away Home.

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

The 12 Squares will be arranged 3 wide by 4 deep, so Crossing Over to the Other Side completes the top row.

Hilary Florence quiltingworkshop111@gmail.com, Round the Bend in 12 Squares, Art Quilt, free motion quilting, hand dyed fabric, original design

The joining can be a bit tricky, because no matter how accurate you are with measuring and marking the squares, they are distorted by the quilting. You can't trim them without loosing the pattern so it is down to stretch and steam. If that doesn't quite do it, the fall back is my grandmother's favourite phrase on such occasions 'Nothing that a blind man on a galloping horse would notice'!!!

This week is the start of the Blogger's Quilt Festival. I'll be entering 2 quilts this year, in the scrappy quilt category and it goes without saying, in the FMQ on a domestic machine. If you are new to this and want to see what it's all about click here

I'll be adding 2 more posts today or tomorrow with my entries. Please do visit, join in the fun and go and vote for your favourite.

Thanks for visiting...

Hilary Florence


Please find below a list of linky parties. I may not link with all of the every week, but with some of them most weeks. Please go and have a look at some of the other wonderful quilts and quilters there.

Linky Tuesday at Free motion by  the river­­­­ @ http://www.conniekresin.com/
WIP Wednesday at freshly pieced   @   http://www.freshlypieced.com/
WIP Wednesday at TN + TN  @  http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/
I Quilt Thursdays @ http://prettybobbins.com/
Off the wall Fridays @ http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.co.uk/



9 comments:

  1. Hilary, I love your stitching and can't wait to see how the whole group will look together.

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  2. Gosh Hilary, I didn't realise they were all going to join up. Fantastic job!

    Thank you for linking up with Free Motion Mavericks.

    Love, Muv

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  3. what fun to be inspired by midievil art! Love that
    leeanna at not afraid of color

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  4. you rally have created some amazing quilted blocks here so much to see and admire in them

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  5. Personally I am usually Driven Round the Bend! The way you are joining these panels is so clever - adds a whole new dimension to the piece.

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  6. Golly Hilary, but you can Free Motion Stitch!!

    And my Grandma used that phrase. It's been handed down to me. I believe her mother in law used it too and was lead to believe it originated in the East Riding of Yorkshire!

    I'm another Hi,art too, btw, but hide behind LTW which is a bit of a blog identity for me.

    Lovely stuff.

    Hilary

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  7. I love the way one block flows into the other and I know what you mean by saying the quilting distorts the block I have certainly done my share of wetting, tugging, pinning, blocking.

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  8. Beautiful work Hilary, love the way they flow!

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  9. Waiting to see the whole group with your beautiful stitching.

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