Hexerley Swaitza
Don’t worry about the title of this post yet, it’s basically gibberish.
This is a post about this little quilt I made:
Ta da!
Okay, you know I’d rather show a quilt in progress than spring it on you when it’s all done, but I have good reason for keeping this one secret. You see, I made it in response to our little guild’s challenge with this line of fabric (Madrona Road, designed by Violet Craft, manufactured by Michael Miller.)
There was no vow of secrecy, but I do think it adds to the fun when the guild hasn’t seen the quilts ahead of time. All was revealed last week, so now I can share this quilt!
I used only one fat quarter of the fabric we were given (that is in fact all that I took on the day fabric was handed out). I’m not into making quilts from a single fabric line and I wasn’t going to do the challenge at all, but then we decided that in addition to the fabric provided, we could use as many of the Michael Miller Cotton Couture Solids as we wanted. Those are rules I can work with…those solids are gorgeous!
Here are some screenshots (from my phone, looking at Pinterest) of some of the art that inspired this quilt:
The title of this post (Hexerley Swaitza) comes from mashing up the names of the various artists/studios. .Robert Swain, Kapitza, Frederick Hammersley, and Inaluxe.
I did the quilting myself. I’m definitely improving! I actually have a pretty easy time knowing where to send the needle next even though I was trying to think up a new doodle pattern for each color of fabric. I really just have to work on getting the pacing right so that the stitches are more consistent. Also, it seems like when I have to reposition my hands, that leads to trouble!
I have been following a lot of the advice I got on my blog post in January: I bought a Free Motion Quilting Kit from Day Style Designs. It contains a super slider, bobbin washers, and quilting gloves. I haven’t bought a quilting table yet (to drop my sewing machine into).
But, I have been using these extra table-tops from Ikea ($2.50 each in the “as-is” section…holla!!!) in order to somewhat simulate a quilting table. The current set up does improve my ability to control the quilt and I can see how having a proper quilting table would work even better.
I’m pretty pleased with this little quilt! The fabric on the back is from my grandma’s stash and the binding is from Jay McCarroll’s Center City
It’s fun to whip up little quilts!
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I can totally see the cream cheese chicken in that quilt… (Yes, I am a smart @$$) neat quilt – now I want to look further into the artists & studios that you highlighted.
Thanks so much! I love the art world, always somewhere new to dig for inspiration!
There are alternatives to sewing tables. Check this out! IT's brilliant and easy to make with blue styrofoam.
by Marguerita McManus . she has 3 or 4 videos on this subject.
Wow! Thanks!
I love how this turned out and I know Violet will love it too!!!
Thanks so much!
oh I love this quilt! I would hang on my wall! Love that you used only one print from the challenge. I wasn't crazy about the fabrics so I only used a couple myself.
Your inspiration for this is very evident. i love that Inaluxe print. I think i have it on my Modern Art board on Pinterest.
Oh yeah, Inaluxe is the best!!!
Love making up smallish quilts too! Its so cool to actually see your results fairly fast. Beautiful quilt….. and hexies!
Yes, the speed is amazing. It's so fast!
Fantastic – love your composition! I also love how far you pushed the rules of the challenge. 🙂
I took Leah Day's Craftsy class (the first one – FMQ a Sampler) and found it really helpful. She definitely emphasizes STOPPING before you move your hands. It's hard, though — sometimes you get yourself into a jam and somehow the right thing to do in your brain seems to be just to KEEP GOING!
Hmmm. I'm going to have to check out that class!
Very nice! I love art like this in fabric, paint, or wooden spoons!
Thanks!
This is awesome! Go you! I am so glad you shared your art world inspiration – I am an art pinned as well and I am happy to see I am not the only one. Your quilting is great and you are just going to get better and better…
Thanks and thanks for the encouragement!
Fabulous! Nice work!!
Thanks Em!
This is cool. I've been contemplating improv hexies as well, but no where near as cool as this!
I'm contemplating some MORE improv hexies. This hex is totally inspired by the Inaluxe print. It's just so good!
I'm a big Inaluxe fan and this is gorgeous!
I love this quilt! Great inspirations, great interpretation, great quilting! Congratulations
This is badass!