On the Line

This wall hanging is my second pattern for Oakshott fabrics, using the Impressions fat eighth bundle. (You can find the first pattern, Spring Quarter, here.)  Marmalade Fabrics has just a couple of Impressions bundles left in stock.  Choose you favorite eight colors from the bundle to create the quilt.

This 36 x 25 quilt was inspired by sheets hanging out to dry - the way the light shining through changes the colors as the sheets overlap, the layers and shapes that appear when some sheets are in front of others hanging behind them. 

 

The layers and depth in the quilt are easy to create with the lovely shimmer of Oakshott shot cottons and my detailed pattern with digital illustrations.  I'm pleased to make it a free downloadable PDF.  You can find the free pattern here.

The pattern is written so that you may choose your own colors and fabrics for each section of the quilt.  Play around with colors to create transparency by changing colors where the shapes overlap, as I did with the blue and yellow rectangles.  For those who might want to recreate the quilt as shown, here is a color guide.

As always, I would love to see your On the Line quilt.  You are welcome to add photos to the teaginny designs flickr group, or tag me on Instagram @teaginny.



And for those still reading, leave a comment for a chance to win this fabric stack which includes all the fabrics required to make your own On the Line quilt top.  I will choose a winner randomly on Friday. Giveaway now closed.

Voile Color Wheel Quilt

I am very excited to become an aunt for the second time soon.  My niece should arrive next month.  An added bonus: I get to sew for a girl!  My brother requested I keep the pink to a minimum, so I decided to create a color wheel.  It's not too pink, right?

I used my 22.5 degree wedge ruler and a self drafted template to piece the curves in quarters.  There are just sixteen wedges in this 40 x 40 quilt, as opposed to the 52 in the gorgeous color wheel quilt from, Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts, making this a pretty quick baby quilt.

The fabrics are all voile by Anna Maria Horner.  I got a quick start on the project with a fat eighth rainbow bundle of voile from Westwood Acres. Since there is no white voile, to my knowledge, I searched for a solid of a similar weight.  I'm so pleased I found Art Gallery Pure Elements in Snow at my friend Elizabeth's new Etsy shop, Cucire.  This solid has a smooth, silky hand, making it a nice match for the voile.

I kept the quilting light, and backed and bound it with more voile.  This quilt is so soft and lightweight - perfect for a summer baby.

 

Spring Quarter

I am excited to be able to share this quilt with you at last.  I made Spring Quarter using a fat eighth stack of Oakshott Impressions.  The colors are just lovely, each woven with a white thread.  The way the fabrics are woven gives them shimmer and depth.  I can't say enough about them really, and the fact that Oakshott is a family business that produces quality fabric in an ethical way makes me extra proud to work with them on a few patterns.

Spring Quarter is a beginner-friendly pattern made of quarter log cabin blocks.  You may recognize the pattern from a baby quilt I made earlier which is available here.  These colors change it so much!  I chose a spiral pattern for the quilting, which contrasts with all the sharp angles.

 

I'm happy to share the pattern for this simple quilt.  It includes instructions to make the quilt in two sizes: the 34 x 34 baby quilt/wall hanging shown here, as well as a 50 x 65 throw sized version.  The step by step instructions include digital illustrations.  You can download the free pattern here.

 

One more piece of good news is that you can now purchase Oakshott fabrics from Marmalade Fabrics.  Tammy has the Impressions fat eighth bundle as well as some other really gorgeous color ways.  The one called Water is calling to me.
As always, I would love to see what you make.  Add your own Spring Quarter photos or anything else you've made from teaginny patterns or tutorials to the Flickr group.  It's a small group now, so your work will be front and center!

Announcements

Just a few announcements on the blog today.  First, and most exciting, I'm so pleased to share that I am one of Empty Bobbin's new licenced designers.  My first pattern will be coming out very soon, and I can't wait to show it to you and hold it in my hands.  Shea's patterns are all meticulously written, tested, edited, photographed, and printed, so this will be top of the line in every way!  My pattern will have a special feature, new to Empty Bobbin, that you're going to love.  And did you see the other names on the list?  Sheesh.  I'm honored to be named one of such a talented group.

The other piece of news is my new blog header, etc by my favorite illustrator Lauren Hunt.  Thanks Aunt June!  Keep your eyes on her blog; tons of cool stuff coming out soon.

And here is a sneak peek of the quilt I made with Oakshott Impressions.  I am just working on a local source for the fabric, and I'll have the free pattern for you.

 

And speaking of my patterns, I created a teaginny designs Flickr group.  It is a place to share photos of things you have made from my patterns and tutorials.  Items inspired by things I've made are also more than welcome.  It definitely makes my day to see what you make!

Impressions

So this lovely bundle came in the mail all the way from England.  Oakshott fabrics makes this bundle, called Impressions.

The fabrics are shot cotton, meaning two different colored threads are woven together which gives the fabric a shimmer and depth of color that changes slightly depending on the angle you're look at it.

I particularly like that Oakshott bundles fabrics that have a single thread color in common.  This bundle is a lovely progression of rainbow colors,  each color woven with a white thread.  They have other bundles done with black and red.  These are just so perfect for spring!

I'm working on a project for Oakshott.  The pattern will be ready soon.  Can't wait to show you more.

Fractions

If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you've read about my friend Angela Walters several times. She is quite the superwoman: amazing machine quilter, author, teacher, and now fabric designer!  Her first line with Art Gallery is called Textures.  The line has some great basics, like this crosshatch.  It also includes a very cool panel called the Right Angles Panel.
Angela gave me the challenge to make something with just the panel and one other fabric from Art Gallery.  I knew immediately what I wanted to make.  The panel is perfect for a particular technique I have been wanting to try by Yoshiko Jinzenji from her book Quilting Line and Color.  Doesn't Angela look like she approves of my choice?  That's her ad for Handi Quilter in a quilting magazine I picked up this weekend.

This mini quilt looks complex, but it is actually just a 16 patch with one piece added to an asymmetrical border.  By fussy cutting the panel, using Jinzenji's technique, I was able to play with the way the negative space flows into and around the blocks.

I quilted the mini with straight lines about 1/4 inch apart.  I bound it in the same Art Gallery solid as the background to keep the focus on the pops of color in center.

This was such a fun challenge.  I'm really looking forward to seeing what other quilters create with the panel.  Check out Angela's blog to see the results.

Horizon

This quilt was inspired by a 1957 photolithograph of a music program designed by Josef Muller-Brockmann, a Swiss graphic designer, teacher, and author (you can spend hours browsing through MOMA's online archive of images, so be forewarned).  I was struck by the effect of distance he achieved with such a limited use of shapes and colors. 

This is a quilt I didn't have time to make, but it just sort of flowed out of me, which I think is always a good sign.  It's certainly a great experience, when it happens that way.  I decided to make the quilt quite small (30 x 42), as an experiment for a larger quilt in the future.  If I get to come back to this design, I will change the proportions and quilting somewhat, but overall I am happy with what I was able to create improvisationally.

The binding, a text print from Mama Said Sew, is a nod to Muller-Brockmann's frequent use of typography. I used half inch straight line quilting across the whole quilt, changing direction to emphasize the illusion of a horizon line.

The back is a kind of psychedelic ombre dot. I think it echoes the feeling of depth from the front.

I hope to carve out some time to experiment with a few more ideas inspired by mid century modern art.