Monday, April 7, 2014

BLAST FROM THE PAST

I have one down and one to go.  I finished the Vortex quilt and named it Blast from the Past as it is a take off of the VORTEX QUILT 1890-1910  which is full size and perfect considering when it was made.  When I started I had no idea how to do it, and how many wedges, what size etc.  So I bought a Creative Grids wedge ruler, which might be good for a full size quilt, but made wedges that were too wide for a miniature and made the resulting quilt bigger than I wanted.  Mine finished at 17x17"
I made 1 full vortex and 3 partial  until I got exactly what I needed.  That meant digging out a protractor and graph paper and figuring it out. I didn't know how many I needed, so I just kept cutting and sewing them together until I had enough to make the circle meet.  Actually it is probably a miracle that it even fit together AND lays flat.
Yes, it isn't perfect, and there are some things that I would change, but I don't plan on ever making another one.. so who cares?  It was fun, it's done, and I like it.

3 comments:

  1. Wow! I saw the full size version of this quilt at the Red & White exhibit back in 2011 and I couldn't imagine making that. But to do it in miniature?!? Very impressive!

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  2. I thought this looked familiar. What Juried show was it in?

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    1. Hi Mary, this red and white quilt has never been in a juried show. It actually isn't good enough to put in one. Not perfect enough. You may be thinking of this quilt
      http://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/infinite-variety-three-centuries-of-red-and-white-quilts/
      It is large and vintage made by an unknown quilter. I loved it so much I figured out how to make it in miniature

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