Commission Complete!

I was finally able to get the commission done.  You can see a picture below – took a quick picture of it as I wanted to get it shipped out.  I am happy with how it turned out.  The colours are not quite mine, but they fit to the person who commissioned it.  I will ask for a picture of it in use in the room it was made for.

Bar and Zig Zag - Made for Candy J.

The pattern and sources I posted earlier.

Record Keeping

After the guild meeting this week, I realize I need a better system of tracking my quilts.  I have most of them photographed, but have not organized or recorded information on them.  I have tried to put them in a book, but keeping that updated seems to be a bit of a chore.  I am thinking of adding a category here and posting them here.  Will have to test a few things out, figure out what information I want to record for each quilt. 

I at minimum, I will need to record the name, date, pattern, who quilted it.  Maybe type of material used, size, who I have given it to and so on.   Might – create a drupal site to do the recording of my quilts.  Set up a content type for them and then enter the information I want to record.  Will play with some ideas this month and see what I like most.  Something online would be nice as I can then access it from anywhere when I want some information.  The hard part with any process though, is to keep it up to date.  I have starting a quilt numbering system, with quilts I have done for my business (Quilts by Scott) these include client quilts however.  I do want to document them as well, but want to keep them private unless the customer is okay with me posting information about their quilt.  There is a good recording sheet at the Lighthouse Quilt Guild - http://www.lighthousequiltguild.org/forms/LHQG-QuiltRecord.pdf.

Update: Quilt Show Challenge Fabric

I was able to play with the ScanN’Cut that Monica lent me.  I have the Torii legs, moon, and yellow cherry blossoms cut out using it.  I also have one branch cut, will need to do one more and a few cherry blossom petals to cut out. 

The ScanN’Cut is quite easy to use, just limited to 12” x 12”, thus I had to cut the roof of the Torii by hand so it did not have a seam, but it was mostly straight lines and thus quite easy to get.  Here are some pictures of the scan in cut in action. 

ScanN'Cut plus the scan sheet and cutting sheet

Torii Legs in the holder to be scanned in the ScanN'Cut

Scanning the Moon for cutting

The Moon after being cutout by the ScanN'Cut

Here is a rough (very) layout and I still need to fussy cut the owls, I should get the rest of the cutting done by the weekend.  Will have to play with layout then fuse it down, then appliqué it all and thread-paint the blossoms.  Have some done tests with this and am quite happy with how it should turn out. 

Rough Layout of the Show Fabric Challenge - Torii in the Moonlight

I am being minimal in the parts, don’t want to over complicate the image.  I am not sure how I want to quilt it, but am leaning to horizontal lines in the purple and circles in the moon. I am leaning towards no quilting on the Torii to keep a silhouette.  This is turning out to be a very romantic image, which I am happy about.  It is tranquil and a place that would be nice to visit.  

Lots of work to do before the guild show

My mood has been fluctuating between down and angry.  I need to get moving on some of my quilt projects.   I have finally gotten a commission quilted (will show it off at tonight’s guild meeting).   However, I don’t have the correct fabric to bind it, will have to get that this week.  It needs to be sent off to the client ASAP.  Once I have it done, I will get some pictures posted. 

The pattern is an antique charm quilt called “Bars and Zig Zag” published in the Special Spring 2013 edition of Quiltmania.

Quiltmania - Special Spring 2013

Bars and Zig Zag - from Quiltmainia - Special Spring 2013 issue

Art Group - design challenge

The Art Quilt group I belong to has decided to go through 5 Art Design Primer lessons that were presented in Quilting Arts Magazine, the first one was published in the Fall 2006 issue, Lesson I: Unity & Focual Point.

The exercises given in the article are:

1. Create a unified composition by repeating shape or colour.
2. Create a unified composition with mostly horizontal or vertical lines.
3. Create one composition emphasizing unity, another emphasizing variety.
4. Using five random shapes, create unity through proximity.
5. Create a focal point using contrast of colour, line, or detail.
6. Create a focal point contrasting realistic/abstract, open/complex, size, or detail.
7. Create a focal point using placement.
8. Create a focal point using isolation.

I have done three of these so far, hope to get the rest done by the next art group meeting.

Design Challenge Lesson 1 - exercise 1

Design Challenge Lesson 1 - exercise 7