Thursday, January 15, 2015

Tricia's Modern Quilt

When I first thought of the word Modern I thought of the Flintstones but I couldn't come up with a quilt to create.  My mind then went to the Modern Quilt movement. This theme kept my mind going around in circles with ideas.  I finally decided I wanted to start with a miniature quilt square and then have the rest of the space be similar to a "Modern Quilt"

Last weekend I took a class from Kathy Loomis, learning her technique of fine line piecing.  I really enjoyed the class.  Our fine lines were 1/2" wide.  After I created my miniature log cabin with paper piecing I decided to use the fine line piecing technique to create my Modern Quilt.  I then machine quilted my piece with half inch horizontal lines.  I enjoyed the process.

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13 comments:

  1. JudyJanuary 15, 2015 at 2:30 PM

    Love the fine line piecing and the colors. I see you quilted your name into your quilt. Nice touch.

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  2. Nedra WeaverJanuary 15, 2015 at 2:43 PM

    I like the composition and the quilting in this piece. It does fit many of the criteria I found which defined quilts of the modern movement.

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  3. CarolynJanuary 15, 2015 at 2:54 PM

    Great quilt Tricia! I love that you created the miniature log cabin design as the starting point of your quilt and that you used a newly-learned technique. Very nice!

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  4. Carol A. BabineauJanuary 15, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Nice! I like the way the fine lines draw you in to look closer.

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  5. Gail BradneyJanuary 15, 2015 at 9:09 PM

    Fine line quilting is a whole lot harder than it looks. You have done a fab job. Love the quilting ,colors, and the signature.

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  6. SaraJanuary 16, 2015 at 12:37 AM

    This is a lovely composition. I really like the way the horizontal quilting plays off against the vertical lines of piecing,

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  7. Kathy HarteJanuary 16, 2015 at 1:06 AM

    Oh my gosh ! You machine pieced that little, tiny, itty-bitty log cabin block ! (I would have gone blind !) You did a great job on this quilt... all the machine piecing, the vertical strips of color, and the horizontal machine quilting work wonderfully well with each other. In a number of ways, this piece has an almost 3-D effect with the colored vertical strips against the solid white background. Super job !

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  8. Jane HartfieldJanuary 16, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    You created what I set out to do at first. I love log cabin blocks! It looks like it could be a huge modern quilt. I wonder if they have a miniature category at the modern quilt shows...

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  9. AliceJanuary 16, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    I am now in CA. Thought I had, along the way from TX to here, commented on all, but I don't see one from me here! Nedra, this is impressive on so many levels. Everyone else's comments are so apropos, I feel like saying "ditto" 10 times or so! This is one that's fun to spend a LONG time looking at--and you just have to "click to enlarge"!!!!

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  10. AndreaJanuary 16, 2015 at 8:32 PM

    This is fascinating and I'm sorry that I missed the Kathy Loomis lecture. I'm quit mesmerized by the little "blips" of color so well placed that I want to linger on every one, starting with your tiny log cabin.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 17, 2015 at 9:13 AM

    Wonderful composition, Tricia! I love that you started with the traditional and turned it into Modern.

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  12. loistheartistJanuary 17, 2015 at 11:11 AM

    This is one of my favorites of yours! Colors and workmanship are fabulous!

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