2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge-October-Teri Lucas

So here is my October challenge piece!! Done in the nick of time, again!!! I always start off with intentions of getting my lessons done early, but then I start designing and cannot seem to stop!!!

As you can see, there is more quilting to be done. I will quilt the 3 inch border surrounding the center piece and then quilt in between all the photos!! But the challenge part is complete! :^)

Our teacher for October was Teri Lucas and the lesson was in two parts. Part 1, we were start on paper, draw out our name and doodle different quilting designs around our name. I decided to use my other name, Nana, which my grandchildren call me. I also had my own Nana, which is the how and why I came up with this design.

My drawings for the quilt. I didn't follow what I had drawn, but I did have fun doing this!!!

My Nana's name was Bjorga, and she came to America as a 16 year old from Norway in 1907. Her picture is on the left side of the quilt. There is also a photo of me on the right side at the age of  2 or 3, taken about the same time my Nana's photo was taken. So now I am the Nana, and I love it!!!!

These are the threads that I chose to do this challenge with. Weights ranging from 30wt to 100wt. I used YLI, Aurifil, Sulky, Superior, and Mettler, and they consisted of: silk, polyster, and cotton. I ended up not using all of them. I used the Superior Masterpiece 50wt for the bobbin on the entire quilt.

Here's my plans for the quilt and all the photos ready to cut and sew. I was busy scanning, cropping and changing the photos  to a sepia tone. Then printing them on the photo fabric you can purchase. I didn't have time to prepare my own fabrics which I would have preferred.

photos cut to size and ready to sew

borders added!!

Dupioni silk center added to the borders, or visa versa :^) And my basic design added.

Now , you will notice above, the flower next to Nana. That is part of our bonus tutorial from Diane Loomis. I loved that little flower and thought it would look awesome in my quilt. So I combined the two lessons and did some Trapunto, compliments of Diane, on my October challenge!!

trimming away the excess batting for the trapunto

All pinned and ready to get the main parts quilted. I used QuiltersDream wool and cotton batting

The main parts quilted. Notice the frame on the upper left!!?? I need to put a photo back in :^) I love the N on that frame and used it on my quilt!!

Lovely :^) Thank-you for the flower Diane!!

The back of the quilt. It's nice to remove the majority of the pins. It helped to lighted up the quilt and clear the path for quilting!!

              And now the progression of the quilting for the challenge. I will finish the border quilting later!!

And done!! I went back over the name with the Sulky 30wt so it would stand out more.

So this was a great challenge for me. More like thinking outside the box, which isn't always easy. But the learning you get from doing that is priceless.

Thank-you Teri for a wonderful tutorial. I hope I succeeded in this challenge!! And thank-you to Diane for the tutorial on the trapunto and thanks to SewCalGal for hosting this amazing year of quilting challenges. The lessons and the people I have met have been amazing!! A priceless experience. I am grateful :^)

Take care everyone, Happy Quilting and keep those scissors extra sharp, especially if you are planning any trapunto in the future!! :^) Martha

Melted Crayon Workshop with Terrie Kygar

Meet Terrie Kygar and her daughter Kristy!! They were our gracious teachers yesterday during our Melted Crayon Workshop our guild hosted.

Terrie is the author of "Creative Quilts From Your Crayon Box". I highly suggest you purchase this book if you are interested in learning her art form!! I bought mine today :^) You can find it on Amazon.com and at Grandma's attic in Dallas, Oregon. http://www.grandmasatticquilting.com/

We had 8 participants from the Santiam Scrappers Quilt Guild participating today starting at 10:00am and going until 3 pm. The day went by so fast as we were having a fabulous time!!!

For more photos of this workshop, check out Megan's blog at  http://spartanbabe.blogspot.com/2012/10/melted-crayon-workshop-with-terrie-kygar.html

So this is how our day went:

We started with setting up our areas and then jumping right in designing a pear with melted crayons.

start with your basic pear shape on fused fabric

heat surface-non stick pressing sheet and pear

apply color-melted crayon

shade with more melted crayon

my pear in the works

class pears done!!

Then on to designing a leaf!!

adding color

adding shading with a pencil

Megan and Ginger busy working on their projects

                  Now I am going to show you some of Terrie's quilts that she brought for us to enjoy!!

This one is the cover for her book!!!

Now on to the flowers!! These were fun and I love all the different flowers that were created by our group!!

getting ready to apply more color

adding some shading to the center of the flower

And done!! Gorgeous!!!

                                                      This is the progression of my flower!!

and done!!

                                      And now lets see what the others were doing with their flowers :^)

Linda

Cindy

Megan

Jean had already taken the class, so she is working on another melted crayon quilt project!!

JoAnn

Peggy

Arline

            Now we are on to a hummingbird!! WOW!! I cannot believe all that we learned in one day!!

beginning with the first color

applying more color

now coloring in the beak

So this is what I started with on my hummingbird

and done!! :^)

                                                Here are the class projects done!! Amazing!!

And lastly, we learned how to make another kind of flower! Lots of potential design with this one using layered petals!!

a partial flower, but beautiful!!

and here are my results of a really fun day designing with melted crayons.

Thank-you to Terrie and Kristy!! We had such fun with your technique and I am planning on doing much more with it!!! I highly recommend this workshop and/or book to everyone who wants to learn a new and fun way to design or embellish quilts!!

Take care everyone, Happy Quilting, and keep those scissors sharp!!! Martha