This little piece measures 10 by 15 inches. It is little tumblers to go with the big tumblers I used in a charm quilt.
This now has a 2 inch dark blue border all around and is ready to quilt.
I hand pieced it after kids were in bed the last couple weeks. I enjoy the hand work late in the evening - it calms me down, I guess.
I also enjoyed knitting an alpaca shawl for a friend.....an easy project and great for a chilly winter evening warm-up.
I have started a piece for the Lansing 150 Art Exhibition - an exhibit celebrating the history of Lansing. It needs to be done the end of this month.My center will be the City of Lansing pieced block as found in an old book by Barbara Bannister for Dover Publications. Pepper Cory used it when she made a quilt for a Japanese dignitary in 1982 and that appears in a book of Michigan Quilt Blocks by Betty Boyink. The first settlers built a log cabin by the shores of the Grand River -the brown and blue fabrics - and then started a lumber business - the green fabrics.
The corners of the block depict the Rose Garden at Francis Park, the City Market, Car hauling trucks and our sister city, Utsu, Japan. This block is all hand pieced and done.....
Around that block will be 150 pieces. Alexander gave me that idea. Thanks, kid.They will be in the form of 4 patches that depict things that you may see around the city. I have lots of novelty fabrics and have the piles ready to press and cut little 2 inch squares for this in this picture.
All the 4 patches are now sewn together.
Also around are these units - with multicultural kids. Lansing has a diverse population.
I am hand piecing these units - I do better on the curves with my hand piecing.
The art work cannot be larger than 26 inches in any direction, so this is a nice size project.
I work the next few days, so progress will slow down. It was good to have a day to create and sew.
9 comments:
Glad to see someone else getting into the brown and blue scene. I'm still enjoying that combo. Daisy
What a cool project! I will look through my novelties for you - I know I have some car fabrics and many others that could be Lansing-about-town-related. And, of course, it would be nice to see the library and the dog park represented among the 150 pieces.... :)
Let me know if there is anything specific you are missing (for example, do you need a state bird robin?).
That is probably the only blue/brown combination that you will ever see from me.......
Your kitchen is blue and brown, and so is your bedroom. =)
I love your Lansing 150 Celebration art piece. I am so glad you are showing that Quilts are True Art!!! As for the brown and blue, the main color in the center block is green. Someone needs their eyes checked.....
I agree, Cindy. Someone does need to have her eyes checked. I went back and looked at Linda's block and I see blue and brown in the center -- obviously, you saw the greens surrounding the center. To each her own -- we are all different and what jumps out at one person doesn't to the next one. P.S. Ashley wrote "your kitchen is brown and blue and so is your bedroom".........
OK....let's get picky - my kitchen is blue and tan and my bedroom is blue, peach and rust!!!!!!!!!
Tell me about the Lansing 150 quilt exhibit. I haven't heard anything about it.
Wow! Eight "comments" already! I spent a good part of yesterday helping to pack up part of a quilter's stash for a move --- made me think I should never, ever purchase another piece of fabric in my lifetime. Of course, not very realistic of me!! I, too, have not heard of the 150 year Lansing quilt block ---??? Very good idea --- 150 fabrics in the border!
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