Morning Glory

It's been a very busy summer but now that we're back from holidays and things are somewhat back to normal, I'm hoping to get a bit more blogging done.

Since I already have photos of more Journal Pages, I want to document the half dozen still from this binder. Zippered binders and plastic sheet protectors are great for keeping the “page quilts” as well as all the information together for easy reference.


Quilt # 42

Morning Glory

Challenge – To use ordinary Crayola crayons on Fusible Web

Techniques - I took a close-up of one of my morning glories and used a photo program to change it to this, then enlarged it page size.

Taped fusible web to the paper and coloured with the crayons and cut the flower outline. I traced the outline on freezer paper, added white fabric and layered the coloured fusible web on top. Placed the three layers between parchment paper and pressed lightly to make web stick to fabric.

The flower was cut out and applied to a hand painted background and the edges were free-motioned zigzagged. The centre and grey areas were thread painted before making the quilt sandwich to give some dimension to those areas.

detail

Quilting – Made the quilt sandwich and quilted blues and lightly over centre and grey areas. Stippled background.

back

Edges – Blanket stitched.

Back  - Hand painted “Background” fabric.

Date Made – February 10, 2007

Inspiration - original

Conclusions – I like the subtle look of the colour under the thead painting.

Maker – Terry Whyte

Night and Day - Advanced Sampler

Quilt #41

Night and Day - Advanced Sampler

I have taught a beginner sampler class for many years and as a result have made several sampler quilts using variations of the same blocks over and over again.

This quilt was made as a summer project, back in 2005, because I wanted to challenge myself to make more intricate blocks.

My challenges were:

To make two versions of each block, one on dark and one on light background fabric.

Garden Gate Block  (day)

Garden Gate Block (night)

One common fabric (main) and the opposite background were to be used in all the blocks.

Fabrics

I chose two patterns, The Silk Road and Victoria Station from Judy Martin's book The Block Book.

Flying Geese Ring and The Silk Road

The Garden Gate Block is by Dilys Fronks (Garden Gate Quilts).

Garden Gate Block and Mariner's Compass

I designed my own patterns for the three remaining traditional blocks – Mariner's Compass, Flying Geese Ring and Lone Star.

Lone Start and Victoria Station

The Mariner's Compass was adapted from Quilter's Newsletter Magazine article A Few Compasses Among Friends by Gerry Sweem and Susan Rossi.




The lattice and border were made from the same fabric used in the blocks.

Lattice, borders,  quilting

A blue batik for the back of the quilt complements the front and it was long arm quilted by Marnie Mascioli of Calico Cat.

The same batik was used for the binding.

Back of quilt and label

I love this quilt.


Hope you do too, 


Terry

Quilt Name: Night and Day – Advanced Sampler

Description: 12 block sampler

Pattern: Block patterns: Judy Martin's (The Block Book) The Silk Road and Victoria Station

Garden Gate Block by Dilys Fronks (Garden Gate Quilts) I designed my own

patterns from traditional blocks – Mariner's Compass, Flying Greese Ring and Lone

Star

Size: 58” x 72”

Fabrics: Batiks and 100% cotton

Predominant colours: Blue, brown, yellow, white

Construction Techniques: Intricate piecing, templates, inseams, reverse applique stitched on top of a pieced background, paper piecing, curved piecing, strip piecing.

Back: Batik

Batting: 80/20 Hobbs

Edge finish:Double fold french binding

Quilting: Long-arm machine quilted

Quilted by: Marnie Mascioli from Calico Cat

Sleeve: yes

Label: Yes

Date completed: 2006

Quilt History: Displayed at the 2007 Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters Guild Show. Used as class sample.

Maker: Terry Whyte

Life Is Good

Quilt # 40

Life is Good 

Life is Good was an exercise in writing on fabric. I really enjoyed the five different techniques I tried and am interested in seeing how many other methods can be experimented with.

I started with three pieces of hand-dyed Egyptian cotton.

The red-orange started out as this

GLUE RESIST

Glue resist was the first technique. I used Elmer's Washable, No Run School Glue Gel, writing “Life is good” over and over again. Once the glue was dried, I painted on some Procion 'H' Liquid Dye, let that dry, steamed set and washed.

Glue added 

Procion 'H' dye added

DISCHARGING

For the second technique, I turned the fabric a quarter turn, and again wrote “Life is good” this time using a Clorox Bleach Pen. Once the fabric was discharged I stopped the bleach action using Bleach-Stop (Sodium Thiosulfate Crystals). Vinegar/water can be used for this also.

Bleach Discharge (white)

At this point, I sewed the three panels together.

STAMPING

My next step was to carve a stamp, and print over the writing with acrylic paint.

Stamping

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

I then programmed my sewing machine for embroidering and stitched a curvy line so that some of the writing would travel on all three fabrics. This was done in a variegated thread in similar colours so that some of the letters disappear into the background.

Machine Embroidery - click on picture for better look

QUILTING

After sandwiching the quilt, I quilted through all three layers, again writing “Life is good” in straight lines across the quilt, first, one line on the front and turning the quilt over and writing the next line on the backside, then back to the front, and so on.

Back of Life is Good

detail of quilting

A facing and sleeve, were added using some of my hand-dyed muslin.

I make some of my labels for Art Quilts with ExtravOrganza and attach them with fusible web.

Label and facing

And yes, LIFE IS GOOD!

Have a great day,

Terry

Quilt Name: Live is good

Description: Abstract Art Quilt

Pattern: Rectangular quilt divided into three uneven sections

Size: 28½” x 36¾”

Fabrics: Hand-dyed Egyptian cotton

Predominant colours: Orange, blue, green purple, yellow

Construction Techniques: Dyeing, glue resist, bleach discharge, stamping, embroidery, machine quilting.

Back: Hand-dyed muslin

Batting: Bamboo

Edge finish: Facing

Quilting: Machine quilted on domestic sewing machine

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: Yes

Label: Yes

Date completed: 2010

Quilt History: Displayed at the Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters Guild 2011 quilt show.

Maker: Terry Whyte

Escape to the Surreal

Quilt #39

Escape to the Surreal - click on picture to enlarge

This is a whole cloth quilt that was inspired by a piece of my own dyed fabric.

The fabric was dyed by bunching and tying up one end. It was then hung up with the free end in the dye pot so that the dye would wick up the fabric. Once the golden colour was set, I did the same with the other end into black dye.

detail

Several colours and types of threads and many different quilting stitches added texture and design to the patterns on the cloth.

back

Some of the quilting designs were inspired by Linda and Laura Kemshall (The Painted Quilt) and Leah Day of Day Style Designs.

This quilt won the Award of Excellence for Abstract Wall quilt 1st Place at the 2010 Canadian Quilting Association National Juried Show in Calgary, AB

Quilt Name: Escape to the Surreal

Description: Machine quilted Wholecloth Wall hanging

Pattern: Original design

Size: 20” x 26”

Fabrics: Hand dyed muslin on front – 100% black cotton on back

Predominant colours: Golden Orange, black, brown, green

Construction Techniques: Quilted using several colours and types of threads and many different quilting stitches to add texture and design to the patterns on the cloth.

Back: 100% black cotton

Batting: Bamboo

Edge finish: Double fold French binding

Quilting: Machine quilted on domestic sewing machine

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: Yes

Label: Yes

Date completed: January, 2010

Quilt History: Award of Excellence for Abstract Wall quilt 1st Place- 2010 CQA National Juried Show in Calgary, AB. Displayed in 2011 Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters Guild Show.

Maker: Terry Whyte

Baby Elder Quilt

Quilt # 38

Baby Elder Quilt

This is the second baby quilt made using the Bent Out of Square pattern. It measures 35” X 45”.

detail

This quilt is made from all flannels.

back detail

The quilting design was inspired by Double Hearts by Heather Thomas featured in Quilting Arts magazine Issue 51 June/July 2011. Some of my hearts were echoed 2, 3 and sometimes 4 times.

Label

And here is the card I made with the left-over scraps.

6" x 8" card

Documentation

Quilt Name: Baby Elder Quilt

Description: Blocks set on point

Pattern: – Bent Out Of Square pattern by Karla Alexander

Size: 35” X 45”

Fabrics: flannel

Predominant colours: Light and dark green, yellow, pink and blue

Construction Techniques: Liberated log cabin blocks

Back: Flannel

Batting: Bamboo

Edge finish: Double fold french binding

Quilting: All over quilting in echoed heart design.

Quilted by: Terry Whyte – domestic sewing machine

Sleeve: No

Label: Yes

Date completed: 2010

Inspiration: Stack a New Deck by Karla Alexander

Maker: Terry Whyte

Rory's Baby Quilt

Quilt #37

Rory's Baby Quilt

This is the first baby quilt I made using the Bent Out of Square pattern. It measures 36” X 45”.

Rory's mom chose all the fabrics for the quilt.

partially quilted

quilting close up 

The quilting pattern is a Leah Day design called H₂O.

back

The back of Rory's quilt is cozy flannel.

label

Have a great day,

Terry

DOCUMENTATION

Quilt Name: Rory's Quilt

Description: Blocks set on point

Pattern: – Bent Out Of Square pattern by Karla Alexander

Size: 35” X 45”

Fabrics: 100% cotton

Predominant colours: Orange, turquoise, green, brown, yellow

Construction Techniques: Liberated log cabin blocks

Back: Flannel

Batting: Bamboo

Edge finish: Double fold french binding

Quilting: All over quilting – pattern H₂O

Quilted by: Terry Whyte – domestic sewing machine

Sleeve: No

Label: Yes

Date completed: 2010

Inspiration: Stack a New Deck by Karla Alexander

Maker: Terry Whyte

NOFA Fun Day - June 18, 2011

Northern Ontario Fibre Artists 

Pots of wax

Once a year, we have a Fun Day to give us a chance to try out new techniques, that take more time than our regular meetings allow.

This year, we decided to play with WAX.

Our two choices were Encaustics and Soya Wax Resist.

Marnie offered the family cottage at Ice Chest Lake for the days activities.

All lined up on the dock!  Click on picture for closer look!

For most of us, Encaustics was a brand new adventure, knowing very little about the process but raring to go.

Here a very brief and basic description in case you are not familiar with Encaustics.  It involves "painting with coloured wax".  What we made were Encaustics Collages where fabrics, paper, embellishments of all kinds are imbedded in layers of wax.  The wax is heated and moved around on the board or stiff paper.

Karen had previously taken an Encaustics workshop and volunteered to be our morning project instructor. She brought the wax and all the supplies needed to get us started.

Marie provided us with three 12” x 12” boards each, very precisely cut for us by her husband Rick. He thought he might be off by a smidgen on one or two boards. I'm sure that if he would have seen our end products, he would have seen he had no need for worry.

So after getting fortified by Kit's yummy Stickly Buns and Fresh Fruit Salad, we were off and running.

Here are some of our efforts for the day.

Jane

Kit

Marie

Marnie

Silvia

Terry

It's a bit messy!

LUNCH - Pot luck salads and Marnie's  BBQ Burgers were enjoyed sitting out on the dock. The day was perfect, bright and sunny but not too hot.

Then it was time for the Soya Wax Resist.

Soya Wax Resist

This was new to all of us, but with some instructions found online, we dove right in.

I had tried doing batik many years ago and this was so easy and much more fun by comparison.

Here are some of the work in progress and a few results.

It was a really fun day, enjoyed by all.

Have a great day,

Terry