tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42920988739389379592024-03-05T09:14:51.665-08:00Quilt OhanaArleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-37810673755301784572022-01-20T13:54:00.000-08:002022-01-20T13:54:47.022-08:00Chain Link<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJRhLH2aMq4XfLdP9RXxdx4K22A_0LDac-CQ-McBmqjfZeZs7imr8e8djglk197LZmhKq_5ujIaPnQvMOaDG3MD7mPYp3lVDzpyVEllbaN2gK-ZO-9lDGgo03SIviQhn0ZpIUY9qbP7_9dH_loZy3-uZJogDBgTCt7ZE0AunqaL2_jnZ8wgT4V4tOdug=s4456" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4456" data-original-width="3456" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJRhLH2aMq4XfLdP9RXxdx4K22A_0LDac-CQ-McBmqjfZeZs7imr8e8djglk197LZmhKq_5ujIaPnQvMOaDG3MD7mPYp3lVDzpyVEllbaN2gK-ZO-9lDGgo03SIviQhn0ZpIUY9qbP7_9dH_loZy3-uZJogDBgTCt7ZE0AunqaL2_jnZ8wgT4V4tOdug=w420-h542" width="420" /></span></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Chain Link is made from Kaffe Fassett stripes and Yoshiko Jisenji fabric. I was sorting my fabric stash and decided to use fabrics that made me happy and these two designers just stood out. I saw the pattern for this quilt from the 2020 Tokyo Quilt Show. Of course I didn't attend, but saw the photo from a blogger who did. The quilt was an embroidered crazy quilt made by Matsuko Sugi. Her fantastic quilt was hand embroidered with a beautiful selection of what I think are japanese silks. I named it chain link, but I'm not sure if that is the correct name of this pattern, because I haven't seen it in a book. It is a challenging piece to put together, but if you use beautiful fabric you'll be challenged to finish it. </span><p></p>Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-74452104066578540462022-01-20T13:42:00.000-08:002022-01-20T13:42:27.401-08:00Hoku Anuenue or Rainbow Stars<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCQHLzbYS-uVOyIY8fY-m-T9g7ySfpmKYQ4HYdqbSIjEF5GSp29gFqJINX1pfSpVhzBvksYc_07JiH0phGe6WXHvim3x2UTdmXGvPcFXEOGnhkU0mGZTIYn7F4TZmGPUGY4fG2-RURzI0vVKE_h-tEAX1EzgSAYjV-Fbj7x3zX8MQnSuQR0Ta1zCU2Ug=s3589" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3589" data-original-width="3456" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCQHLzbYS-uVOyIY8fY-m-T9g7ySfpmKYQ4HYdqbSIjEF5GSp29gFqJINX1pfSpVhzBvksYc_07JiH0phGe6WXHvim3x2UTdmXGvPcFXEOGnhkU0mGZTIYn7F4TZmGPUGY4fG2-RURzI0vVKE_h-tEAX1EzgSAYjV-Fbj7x3zX8MQnSuQR0Ta1zCU2Ug=w539-h560" width="539" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">The Hoffman 1895 Watercolor panel was the inspiration for Hoku Anuenue or Rainbow Stars. I had received the panel as a gift from Betsy and I wondered how I was going to use the colors on the panel. I didn't have a clue and just started cutting out the small diamond shapes. I finally made my own pattern of 5 pointed stars and used the panel color chart to mimic the layout of the colors. The stars are hand pieced and the borders are machine pieced using the leftover diamond shapes. It is machine quilted.</span><p></p>Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-7540314574505659982021-01-30T17:33:00.000-08:002021-01-30T17:33:02.078-08:00Kaffe Fassett #1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M46T9isRkR4/YBYFd8LM-mI/AAAAAAAAJrU/IFU7h4lp1OwvG2gi-obgUK3dOi2dGuAFQCPcBGAsYHg/s3210/20201013_115014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="3210" height="507" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M46T9isRkR4/YBYFd8LM-mI/AAAAAAAAJrU/IFU7h4lp1OwvG2gi-obgUK3dOi2dGuAFQCPcBGAsYHg/w546-h507/20201013_115014.jpg" width="546" /></a></div>This is the first Kaffe Fassett quilt that I made with the cut up scraps. Can you see the major design flaw? I keep telling myself that it doesn't bother me, but it does. Somewhere I got lost and couldn't figure out how to place the red and the blue fabrics. So I convinced myself that it didn't matter and to keep going. This is what happens when you don't have a big design board.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qi4ZNr2CpjA/YBYFdx_tFhI/AAAAAAAAJrU/doY5QI7W690GuGV-niUaC0ZKDUMyoN2oACPcBGAsYHg/s4608/20201013_115039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qi4ZNr2CpjA/YBYFdx_tFhI/AAAAAAAAJrU/doY5QI7W690GuGV-niUaC0ZKDUMyoN2oACPcBGAsYHg/s320/20201013_115039.jpg" /></a></div>The crysanthemum, guinea flowers and big blooms are so pretty.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-7mRmtJqzc/YBYFd8L2z8I/AAAAAAAAJrU/4g8APuqqbZIO6lfswJTMbdWBnmuWMdyLQCPcBGAsYHg/s4449/20201013_115131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4449" data-original-width="3319" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-7mRmtJqzc/YBYFd8L2z8I/AAAAAAAAJrU/4g8APuqqbZIO6lfswJTMbdWBnmuWMdyLQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/20201013_115131.jpg" /></a></div>I started from the outer edges and worked my way in alternating with red and blue fabric.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QFqlfUbTaWvIAPB7BmNz362MD18eZd7XP9BlsprhHHZenT5Mue2BBxvij26nOZ13SqUI2yQ-dVhfOOJ0qPfN7vv7zv7GaHO7_DhznohtcKLbHQKuZDTC0mke6vd4UtQMaJI4TjUUdrQ/s4608/20201013_115049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QFqlfUbTaWvIAPB7BmNz362MD18eZd7XP9BlsprhHHZenT5Mue2BBxvij26nOZ13SqUI2yQ-dVhfOOJ0qPfN7vv7zv7GaHO7_DhznohtcKLbHQKuZDTC0mke6vd4UtQMaJI4TjUUdrQ/s320/20201013_115049.jpg" /></a></div>This is the first quilt that I used this technique, so I have learned to pay attention. I should have stopped and taken it all apart until it looked right. <br /> <p></p>Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-90062645545930478612021-01-30T17:14:00.000-08:002021-01-30T17:14:04.723-08:00Kaffe Fasset #3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CekGNqiN_Qo/YBX_cY3ITeI/AAAAAAAAJrI/RvllfO4eSC0cPAG3X2wU43QVEyAkTtVLgCPcBGAsYHg/s3456/20210107_215549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3330" height="564" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CekGNqiN_Qo/YBX_cY3ITeI/AAAAAAAAJrI/RvllfO4eSC0cPAG3X2wU43QVEyAkTtVLgCPcBGAsYHg/w543-h564/20210107_215549.jpg" width="543" /></a></div>This is the third quilt made from the Kaffe Fassett and KF Collective fabrics that I cut up into usable scraps. I wanted to use a fabric that made me smile and the KF fabrics have always made me happy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uxujGbHqXXg/YBX_cXxDLSI/AAAAAAAAJrI/NA_znD2vpmsIPdEZ3fV2nBjEGy160VUkQCPcBGAsYHg/s4608/20201221_141126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uxujGbHqXXg/YBX_cXxDLSI/AAAAAAAAJrI/NA_znD2vpmsIPdEZ3fV2nBjEGy160VUkQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/20201221_141126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The fabrics were all cut into 6 inch squares and then sorted by color. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfPZj7mi_i8/YBX_cWOK6gI/AAAAAAAAJrI/kap6_Vx8ltY9QODnxlL5amfqKJEAmGAVQCPcBGAsYHg/s4608/20201221_141150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfPZj7mi_i8/YBX_cWOK6gI/AAAAAAAAJrI/kap6_Vx8ltY9QODnxlL5amfqKJEAmGAVQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/20201221_141150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was more interesting to put the squares on point and then go round and round with 10 squares on each side. I used my bed as my design board and put a sheet on it. Still it was hard to fit all the squares onto the sheet and I had to pin some down. Once the pattern looked pleasing enough, I sewed them together.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkZr3J-qI3k/YBX_caF8DkI/AAAAAAAAJrI/ICrukTO0Fec6pb67uwWpMj1vV8K7E-TpACPcBGAsYHg/s4608/20201221_141139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkZr3J-qI3k/YBX_caF8DkI/AAAAAAAAJrI/ICrukTO0Fec6pb67uwWpMj1vV8K7E-TpACPcBGAsYHg/s320/20201221_141139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Some of the fabrics are really old and some I'm not sure if they were KF but if it looked like it, I used them.<p></p><p>My friend Lily was able to fix my laptop, so I am able to write on this blog. Thank you Lily, it took a long time but it was worth it. I'll have to catch up for the whole year that I didn't post. Please bear with me.</p>Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-3768268393256744412019-07-05T16:52:00.000-07:002019-11-20T21:20:54.484-08:00Twinkle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a quilt that I finished for the Moilili Senior Community Center. Twinkle had donated the blocks made from the HGTV show sometime in 2003. It was a block swap, so the blocks were from all over the country and had the makers name and city on them in ink. What a fun swap. As you can see some of the blocks are complicated, and I'm sure they took a lot of time to make.<br />
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Luckily, I had some bright green solid fabric and a nice hawaiian red print fabric for the backing in my stash. It was perfect to simply highlight the blocks with the green fabric and use the red fabric for the binding.<br />
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I called Twinkle to ask permission to use the photos on my blog. Thank you Twinkle for donating the blocks. The ladies at Moilili were oohhing and aahhhing the quilt when I brought it to them. She said that they were going to put it in their annual Temari Trash to Treasures sale in November and put a price of $100.<br />
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That is a bargain. They asked me how long it took me to put the quilt together and I said 20 hours. I think they record how many volunteer hours are used. Now I have to fill out a form to say that I am a volunteer. Well, it keeps me busy. I have asked my mom Sue, aunty Shinno, Carol and Lea to help me. The ladies from Moilili have given me 3 more tops to complete, so I need to share the wealth with my Ohana.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-86630835190866995722019-02-14T18:25:00.000-08:002019-02-14T18:25:06.067-08:00Japanese Fabric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to start cutting my Japanese fabric and make some queen size tops for donation. This is the first one that I made. It is cuts of 9 inch fabrics sewn together. There are 10 across and 10 down for a total of 100 stash busting fabrics.<br />
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The fabrics are pretty, but this layout does not enhance the design or the fabric. The size is 85 x 85 and was donated to EBHQ quilts.<br />
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This layout is a little bit better. It is the same 100 assorted japanese fabrics. This time the fabrics were matched with dark and light. Then a diagonal line was drawn and 1/4 inch sewn on either side of the diagonal. This gave me 2 half square fabrics. Put together in this placement is much more pleasing.<br />
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Here is a closeup photo. From far away you can clearly see the dark and lights. Up close it is not as easy. This was donated to EBHQ and came out to 83 x 84.<br />
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This is the same assortment of 100 fabrics of japanese fabrics. I like this design much better. I sorted out about 20 dark fabrics and cut the 9 inch fabrics into 4 to make 2.25 x 9 inch cuts. I placed 64 fabrics on the design wall sorting them by color. I also cut about 81 brights of 2.25 x 2.25 for the cornerstones from the scraps.<br />
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This took a little longer to piece and arrange but it shows off the fabrics much better when it is surrounded by a dark fabric. I've shown this to family and friends and they all want this one to be made up. Well, I do have more japanese fabrics that I haven't cut up yet. I have to find the backing, but I won't donate this to EBHQ.<br />
<br />Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-45694174315163282322018-12-21T12:37:00.000-08:002018-12-21T12:37:12.788-08:00It started as White - 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is another quilt that I made of my hand dyed stash. Sorry the picture is missing the fabrics on the two sides. The center squares were made with Sujatas technique of freehand cutting. The dyed fabrics have retained their bright colors.<br />
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I wish I could remember how I made that green batik. I know that I had a lot of fun making these. It helped that the classes had everything prepared and all the dyes and materials there for you to use.<br />
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This is the backing fabric of a cotton childrens yukata. I think I bought the fabric at a craft fair at the JCC in Hawaii for $25. Its getting harder to find this type of fabric for a reasonable price. I quilted the quilt from the back and followed the outline of the flowers and leaves. It was a very nice quilting pattern since it started on one end to the other.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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What do you do with all those beautify hand dyed fabric that you have on your fabric shelves. All of these fabrics started out as white and were dyed in different classes. I think they came from classes I took with Ellen Oppenheimer, Lynn Koolish, Jan Meyers Newbery. I did not take enough notes during those classes. I recognize batik, low emersion dying, acid dyes, procion dyes, stamping, shibori, ???<br />
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Do you see the blue shark? There is a turtle in the design of the shark. The brown fabric uses wooden chops dipped in wax.<br /><br />
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This is a backing of cotton yukata of yellow butterflies.</div>
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I quilted the butterflies from the back. This is how the quilting looks from the front. Overall, I am very happy to finally use some of these precious fabrics. </div>
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This quilt was made from fabric remnants that I purchased at Kaimuki Dry Goods. I think there were 4 remnant packets. The packets were different sizes 9x18, 18x22, 9x44 and different prices between 7 to 10 dollars. Sorry, the picture does not include the whole quilt. There is another border of red and cream on the right side that couldn't fit in.</div>
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This is the backing fabric of a woven stripe. I really liked the way the weave of the purple and gold looks. You can see how I quilted around the bubbles in the middle motif. The triangles and surrounding strips were just quilted in the ditch. I think the size came out to about 50 x 60.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-27135466808032919532018-09-26T12:40:00.001-07:002018-09-26T12:40:56.791-07:00Blues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a 75 x 75 bed quilt made with a roll of 40 Kona cotton blue 2.5 strips and blue and white scraps that I have been saving for a long time. I found the roll of strips at Calico Cat quilt shop in Kaimuki. The strips were sewn end to end starting from the Darks to the lights. The scraps were cut into 4.5 x 8. They were sorted by lights to dark. 10 lights at the top down to 10 rows with a total of 100 scraps with the darks on the bottom. <br />
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The dark strips were paired with the lightest scraps. The lightest strips were paired with the darkest scraps. The block is a simple pattern with the strips sewn on both sides. Then the blocks were placed verticle to horizontal. I have seen this pattern in older quilts and it is a very pleasing. Some quilts have put borders around the blocks, but this one has no border. I did have to buy 1 yard of the light blue fabric to complete the last blocks. I think I bought enough to make the binding. Since this was made for Hawaii, I did not put in a batting. The backing fabric is a japanese blue with white dots. The quilting was done stitch in a ditch with dark blue aurifil thread. Most of the scraps were cut from a pack of fat quarters of Indigo. There are also some kasuri, woven ikat, batik and boro scraps. This was given to my Dad.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-32234771450213589182018-08-03T23:47:00.001-07:002018-08-03T23:47:42.121-07:00Woven 28<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a picture of woven 28. It is made with Kaffe Fassett shot cottons from strips of 2.5 inches in 28 different colors. I think the size was about 56 x 56.<br />
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The interplay of colors are wonderful. The back is from kimono fabric. It was a blue and white summer yukata fabric. I bought the kimono from the Moilili Bon dance last year for $15. There were old spots that were little brown dots here and there. I undid the hand sewn stitches and washed the fabric in oxyclean. There was just enough to make a nice backing. The cotton fabric is so nice and soft. The batting is a 80 % cotton poly bled.<br />
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I think my Mom gave this quilt to her friend Sumiko. She is a new grandmother.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-45586001819842919572018-07-09T22:40:00.000-07:002018-07-09T22:40:23.028-07:00Cotton and Steele<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This quilt was made with leftover scraps of Cotton and Steele that I purchased from the PIQF show in 2017. The scraps were sewn into strips to make blocks of 10.5 inches. </div>
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They were then alternated horizontal or vertical. I think the dimensions were 60 x 70. The fabrics were very colorful and playful. Although there were some halloween fabric that had cute skulls and ghosts.<br />
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The quilting was done from the back with Aurifil 50 wt thread. I followed the outline of the flowers with free motion quilting.</div>
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This is the Kaffe Fassett fabric that I used for the back. It makes such a pretty bright back. This was given to my Aunty Helen on my Moms side, who is 90 years old. She needed a twin size quilt for her bed. I had given her a queen size quilt earlier, but she said it was too big. This was given to her daughter Charlene who just recently retired.</div>
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I tried to keep the thimbles sorted. I added one row of Hoffman fabric and three rows of scrap thimbles. It was hard to find the right colors in the scraps.<br />
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I did not plan the border very well. The top and bottom border were originally one piece. I had to stretch the hexagons out by separating the two hexagons to have enough for the top and bottom border. The white fabric came from scraps of white on white and the leftovers from the Hoffman panels. <br />
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This was made over a two year time. I would start it and then put it away. The hexagons were hand pieced. The thimbles were machine pieced. The quilting is stitch in a ditch.<br />
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This is a triangle quilt using scraps that I have saved from bindings and scraps. It was so satisfying to use them. I started with an equilateral triangle and then added the scraps to two sides of the triangle.</div>
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This is a closeup of the quilting. I used my walking foot to quilt it diagonally. As you can see it is not so perfect. <br />
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This was given to Jessie for her Christmas present.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-40231626802892668402017-08-08T19:32:00.001-07:002017-08-08T19:32:38.771-07:00Polyester is not so bad<br />
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This is a picture of the lanai daybed that I reupholstered using polyester fabric that was stored for at least 50 years. The colors are still vibrant and the material looks and feels brand new. The blue plaid and yellow pillows really brighten up this area. <br />
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The blue throw is actually a remnant piece of wool that I just edged and included because it matched so well with the polyester. <br />
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The fabrics came from this pile of polyester fabrics that have been stored since the time Mom worked at Danneman's when we lived in Delaware from 1970 to 1974. Danneman's was a fabric store in the Blue Hen Mall. Mom told me the story of how she decided to go to work when the kids (me) started high school and she had the free time. She had taken business classes after high school and Dannemans was the first store that she went to apply for a job. I asked if she got an employee discount because I noticed some fabrics had an extra discount taken off. She said that there was no such thing as employee discounts and she usually bought fabrics when the remnants were on sale.<br />
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This is a bag the fabric was stored in. At first I was just going to throw all the polyester fabric away. But since making these pillows, I am going to put it back in the closet and see if there are other projects that I can use these.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-3723846901663986602017-07-05T12:43:00.000-07:002017-07-05T12:43:16.186-07:00Third Degree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a lap size 37 x 44 picture quilt that I made for Glenn and Debbie. The pictures were taken during their grandsons Tae Kwondo 3rd degree black belt demonstration. I took the photos on my Samsung phone and photo edited them to crop and center the 9 best shots. The photos were printed onto Office Depot transfer paper. Then ironed onto muslin fabric. The border fabrics are all fossil fern 4 inch, 2 inch and 2x4 inch squares sewn together.<br />
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The quilting pattern is called a jigsaw puzzle piece pattern. I could not iron the fabric well between the photos. Because of this there were a few places where the fabric puckered up. I machine quilted around the photos and around each fossil fern fabric. I thought about outline stitching around the figures, but decided not to. I have noticed from past projects that where there is a seam in photo transfers, that is where there is a separation if the quilt is washed or after a few years of use. It is better to use a product like Quilted Treasures which prints on fabric, Bubble Jet set which prepares fabric to be printed on, or Spoonflower which will print your custom made fabric.<br />
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This is my favorite shot. It shows Coreys hand on 3 cement blocks that he had to break with his hand. Ouch. Yes it hurts. But he did it. Now we have to call him Master Corey.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-58312019279807910422017-06-18T18:11:00.000-07:002017-06-18T18:11:12.492-07:00Ipad case<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an ipad case that I made for my brother Glenn. It measures 10 x 7 for an ipad that measures 9 x 6. It is made with thick denim and microfiber. Yes. Not the usual fabrics that I am used to.<br />
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There is a strip of black Velcro on the bottom of the case to secure the cover. This was hard to sew on since I had to scrunch the completed case onto the base of the sewing machine. I was able to sew two straight lines. The ends of the Velcro were hand stitched to secure it.<br />
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I did not put the top of the loop Velcro on the top of this because the microfiber was loopy enough to catch the bottom portion. If you notice the inside is not straight across. There is a scoop to allow for easier access to the ipad. Larry gave me this idea. He said it should be like an envelope with access from the long side instead of the wider side. Details. Details. I stitched around the top flap with black thread on top and lime green thread in the bobbin.<br />
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This was all my brothers idea to use the denim since it is such a durable material. The microfiber inside will keep the ipad clean. I was planning to make him a handmade hexagon case with the leftover Japanese fabrics from the Cranes quilt. I had already started on it when he gave me the denim and microfiber. Oh well. Maybe I'll still finish the hexagon case.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-7724418539044024902017-06-18T17:55:00.000-07:002017-06-18T17:55:12.622-07:00Cranes at Sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cranes at Sunset measures 60 x 65. It is made with fabrics from the Temari Bolts of Fabric sale, my Moms stash and Japanese fabric from Bernice. There are Ikats, Kasuri, Handwovens, indigo and other small pieces of fabrics. I think the variety of color against the dark blue background makes the color just pop.<br />
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Here is a closeup.<br />
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Yes the points do not match. Oh well. I was lucky to get the pattern from a friend of a friend who took the class from Karen Matsumoto. The pattern did not have instructions, so I just started cutting away and sewing to what I thought it should look like.<br />
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I made a template out of plastic to the size that the block should be. As you can see, I was off a little here and there. I cut all the pieces to the same size and sewed them all together.<br />
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The greens, reds and yellow pieces were sorted to look like birds in flight. The border and binding comes from a bolt of kasuri. The backing fabric is also a Japanese kasuri that used the whole bolt. The batting came from the Temari sale and was about an inch thick. I think it was a cotton polyester blend. The quilting is stitch in a ditch around all the birds and triangles. I highlighted the border fabric to show the undulating curves in the fabric pattern. This quilt was given to Bernice to thank her for the beautiful Japanese fabrics that she gave me.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-64395208663666189292017-06-18T17:28:00.000-07:002017-06-18T17:28:47.662-07:00Bon Dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry this is out of focus. This is a quilt that I made from the Temari Bolts of Fabric sale. The fabrics were in 2 plastic bags with other fabrics from I'm guessing the 70s and 80s. The feel of the fabric is of a soft polished cotton. I was able to piece the large pieces together to make this top. First I pieced the middle yellow green and peach section. Then I mitered the corners of the strips of 3 yellow green and orange colors.<br />
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I pieced the purple blue green section together. Then I mitered the corners of the strips of 3 pink green and blue colors. I love the vibrant colors.<br />
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This is the back of the Bon Dance quilt.<br />
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There was a box of Bon Dance towels with names of the different missions where Bon Dances are held in Hawaii. Soto Mission is where my Aunt Ethel dances. My Mom is from Waialua and she has family who dance in the Waipahu area, so I put those in the middle of the piece.<br />
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My mom said not to put a batting in the middle as it would make it too hot. I did put muslin in the middle to separate the colorful front from the back. This measures 67 x 55. This will be a gift to my Uncle James.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-76461188028301559302017-06-05T23:28:00.000-07:002017-06-05T23:28:19.586-07:00June Hirano<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are some of the pieces that June Hirano made using Japanese fabrics and stitching them together with sashiko stitches. She uses sashiko thread mostly white but also different colors to accent certain areas. She talked about Mottainai or the Japanese term for recycle or reusing old or things you would normally discard and repurposeing them.<br />
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I was able to attend a presentation that June gave at the Trash to Treasures sale that Temari had last month. June finds her fabrics from trips to Japan and years of searching for Treasures at Temari sales. She recently gave a workshop "Sashiko:Repair and Remake" with June Hirano at the Hawaii Japanese Center in Hilo this past weekend on June 3. Unfortunately, I didn't want to fly to Hilo. <br />
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This was a densely stitched jacket that she made. Much like the Japanese firefighters jackets.<br />
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This was a blouse that she found at a Uniqlo shop where she added a small rectangle of kasuri and some sashiko stitching. I've always found it hard to use the Japanese fabrics that I have in clothing. She makes it look so easy to make. I've heard that she offers a class about how to use Japanese fabrics in clothing. Hopefully one day, I will be able to attend it.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-82881683258660279692017-05-13T16:34:00.000-07:002017-05-13T16:34:55.499-07:00Hawaii Quilt Guild 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
These are some of the quilts that caught my eye at the Hawaii Quilt Guild 2017 show. It is free May 4-14. There is still a chance to view the show tomorrow Sunday 1-5 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. Although the quilt show was small, there were some beautiful shibori, sashiko and hawiian hand quilted applique pieces.</div>
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<br />Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-1517661699746766742017-03-26T23:04:00.000-07:002017-03-26T23:04:19.498-07:00Kaleidoscope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This quilt was made in a workshop. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the instructor. This was given to baby Audrey Johnson who is 6 months old and already standing. I was able to use some Kaffe Fassett polka dot fat quarters and strips of 2.5 inch fabrics.<br />
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The setting has a black and white thread fabric. The outer border is leftover strips of fabric sewn together.<br />
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This is a baby quilt that I gave to Kai'alohi Jolie Alohamaikalani Hollinger Arai born on April 28, 2016.<br />
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Her 1 year old birthday is coming up soon. The variety of fabrics came from fat quarters from JoAnns. The fabrics are bright and cheerful.<br />
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After I made the Lonestar sampler, I decided to use some of my silk tie fabric to see how it would look in a lonestar pattern. I added splashes of leftover kimono fabric here and there for color.<br />
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I did not foundation piece it. I did not back the silk with interfacing. I wanted to see how piecing the silk would look like. Okay but not okay. The silk was flimsy and after sewing it, I would have to check and recheck the pattern. Lonestar is not a forgiving pattern. <br />
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The points don't match, the lines are not straight. <br />
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Visually it looks striking. The feel of the silk is also very nice. This quilt was given to Lily.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292098873938937959.post-854775798609005782016-09-16T14:02:00.000-07:002016-09-16T14:02:53.362-07:00Tara Faughnan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tara Faughnan is a modern quilter who lives in the local Bay Area. She taught a Color workshop at the end of august at Sue Fox's Dream Studio in Berkeley. She asked us to bring 20-30 five inch strips of solid fabrics. I should know by now that to get the best results, you need to follow the instructions on the supply list. I did not want to buy more fabric and decided to use my collection of fossil fern fat quarters. They read as a solid from a distance.<br />
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She started off the class by asking us to choose fabrics that make us feel happy, icky and unhappy. A lot of this was using your intuition. How you liked the way two fabrics looked together. My first choice was a happy fuschia pink and bright yellow, because to me they represent happy fabrics. They are happy separately, but not so happy together. too bright. Then we went on to choosing, complementary, analogous, monochromatic, high contrast, low contrast... Starting from the top left trough the first 3 rows, are the fabric choices I used for this study.<br />
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This is a detail of the quilting. I used a Hawaiian print of heliconia flowers on the back fabric. I outlined stitched the flowers and used metallic thread in the bobbin, so it would show on the front. Tara had a great idea on her class quilt. She machine quilted straight lines from the top to the bottom and interspersed it with hand quilting. It looked wonderful.Arleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153998676037980253noreply@blogger.com0