Sunday, April 21, 2013
Super Mario Quilt
My friend Ashley White is expecting her first child, Wesley William White any time now. Since her nursery them is Super Mario Brothers, I used Angela Pingel's Super Mario Brothers QAL as inspiration. Instead of using all 1 1/2" squares, I combined squares to make larger units. I also pieced as usual, rather than using the Pellon Stick-n-Wash stabilizer. I rescaled the Mario block to be a 36" x 36" baby quilt, which meant each square of the grid ended up being 2" finished.
I quilted using a decorative serpentine stitch on my machine at its longest setting for the background. Mario was quilted by stitching in the ditch. I used matching thread colors on the front, and black on the back, since the backing is solid black. The binding was stitched to the back, then pulled around to the front. I stitched while looking at the front side to know if I was catching the binding with my line of stitching or not. The line of stitching appears on the quilt back, just off the binding. This is not very noticeable if thread that matches the backing is used.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Museum Monday - New Mexico Capitol Rotunda Gallery
After hearing word of an art quilt exhibit in Santa Fe, NM, while reading the Albuquerque Journal, I gathered the family for a field trip. We stopped for a delightful lunch at Jambo Cafe (closed Sundays) and continued on to the capitol and viewed these fabulous quilts.
Ancient Flight by Coleen Konetzni
Local Color: New Mexico by Julie Filatoff
Aspens by Gale Oppenheim-Pietrzak
Pauline's Ford by Rod Daniel
Navajo Legend by Mary Olives
Heavy Clouds No Rain by Nancy Steidle
The Jemez Mountains-Fossil Record by Holly Altman
Red Rock Morning by Patricia Gould
Jemez Majesty by Michelle Jackson
Holy Cow by Jennifer Day
Changing Seasons by Marianne R. Williamson
Ponderosa Pines by Marianne R. Williamson
Sunset Over the Jemez by Mary Olivea
Lilias Del Dia by Nancy Steidle
Spirit Markings by Susan Szajer
Tortillas by Rita Gonzales Heard
Desert Dusk by Jeri Beitel
Nasturtiums by Holly Altman
Peaceable Kingdom by Judith Roderick
Tree of Life by Judith Roderick
O'Georgia by Nora Bebee
Aloft by Betty Busby
Cosmic Collisions by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Nambe Lake by Betty Busby
Wildfire by Marianne R. Williamson
Vista Tranquilo by Vel Saddington
Sunset Over Opera by Candace Kenyon
Valley of Fire by Betty Busby
The Rio Grande Rift: An Ancient Landscape by Carolyn Castaneda Little
Chamisa Alegre by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Colcha Flowers by Rita Gonzales Heard
La Fonda by Ann Anastasio
Santa Fe Sunflowers by April Foster
Sunglory by Denise Seavey
Mariachi Melody by Rita Gonzales Heard
The Last Drop by Jennifer Day
October Aspens by Nancy Steidle
Azucena by Cindy Barfield
Sitting Pretty at the San Marcos Cafe by Rod Daniel
Moonrise, Shiprock by Patricia Gould
A Question of Balance by Particia Gould
Blue Chevy by Rod Daniel
Old Truck by Kathryn Lazier
Picnic on the Prairie- Now and Then by Vicki Conley
Stones by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Adobe Shadow Dance by Michelle Jackson
Adobe Row by Michelle Jackson
Architectural Impressions: New Mexico by Cheryl FitzGerald
Mimbres Section by Susan Szajer
Somewhere in the Land of Enchantment by Carolyn Castaneda Little
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