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Monday, January 13, 2014

Mountain Heritage Challenge – CELEBRATION

On my design wall …

I’m taking on another challenge to use specific fabric to make a quilt that depicts CELEBRATION. I decided to use a technique by Marilyn Doheney that I learned in a class that I took HERE.

First I sewed together strips of the challenge fabric to make a strata.
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Then, using Marilyn’s ruler, I cut the strips into wedges.
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I took those wedges and sewed some of them together making a ‘fan’ that I’m hoping will look like fireworks.
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Another strata and more wedges produced more design possibilities.
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And Amy’s cat Clyde just happened to walk by at the most opportune time!
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11 comments:

  1. That's really cool! I am not familiar with that technique. Can you elaborate on the ruler?

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  2. That is very cool! Love the way it's looking.

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  3. I really like these! Any chance you will use black as a background? The colors really POP off the black...

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  4. Clyde's expression says it all

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  5. I love that! Very colorful. You and your sisters are so creative!

    Jo Anna

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  6. Julia, this is fantastic! I love, love, love how this is coming together! :)

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  7. Stunning! Those colors just pop off the black background...

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  8. That's great - love the idea of using strata to make the Dresden plate shapes!

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  9. This looks really really good! Love the material you used. Amy's cat is so pretty!! Love it.

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