Pieces Collage

    Kathy    Andrea     Carolyn

Karen     Sara     Judy

  Nedra      Alice      Tricia

Here is my first attempt at making a collage of our posts.  I haven't figured out how to add names to the collage yet.  With more practice, maybe I can approach Randy's creative talents at this.  The background of the picture came out white and couldn't be changed.  There is not much rhyme or reason to the arrangement.  For some reason, the image of Sarah's quilt was not the same as the others and I could not make it larger without distortion so I put it in the middle and the others just fell into place.

 

Judy's "Pieces of my Heart"

 

A heart came to my mind right away when we received this challenge word, but I struggled with the heart, pieces, colors, etc. I pondered pieces of some special dish I would feed my family and the pieces I use to make it. Jigsaw puzzles came into the picture and of course quilts, but I still couldn’t get the heart out of my mind. 

I was never keen on the anatomical heart, but with the Covid-19 time we have been in, I thought of all the times my heart physically hurt, rejoiced, yearned, and many other feelings.

I mostly see the good in life and others, so the colors had to be bright. I used this one piece of ombre fabric from Jenny Bryer Fallert collection.

At first I was going to write words in each section of the heart, but the cloud background was a better fit for all the words I wanted to quilt.

I had black and gold bias tape that has fusible web on it already, yet they were too heavy for this heart. The gold rick-rack told the story better and was easy to apply with glue then stitching it down.

Sitting down and quilting all the words took a lot longer than I thought. They needed to fit in the space. Many words were thought of and I have a whole list that I will be adding to. It’s a good feeling to write down those words and bring back memories. Since it is in my journal I’ll be able to look at all the extra words that wouldn’t fit on the little quilt.

KATHY'S "PIECES"

KATHY'S  "PIECES"  

      

I think this Little  Quilt truly meets the definition of "Pieces" ! !

The Central Motif for this quilt was a 9" x 7" piece of fabric I picked up at a Garage Sale, or perhaps I'd already had "stashed away"  in my Studio ! 

The Green borders are pieces of  fabric that had been used in different projects, and they seemed to coordinate well with the colors of all the fruits and vegetables.  A different coordinating green fabric was used on the back of the quilt.

Using Monofilament Thread, I "Free-Motion" Quilted around each of the Fruits and Veggies, and then Free-Motioned through the background.

Each of the borders was stitched down using a "Walking Foot"  to keep the stitches straight, and to help the fabrics "Behave"  while they were being quilted  :-D

I think this "Little Quilt"  is going to become one of our "Standard Thanksgiving Day"  Quilts !

Peace and blessings to all....  Kathy Harte