Featured on Modern Day Quilts

Today my quilt, Liberated Habitat, is featured on Modern Day Quilts. Watch out Picasso here comes Adrianne.  : )

This is so exciting! I've followed Modern Day Quilts from the beginning and I just love it. You know how you have a blog or two that are must read? This is one of mine. In fact, it's in my google reader so I don't miss a post. If you have never been over there you must check it out. Maybe get a snack first because you're going to be clicking, next, next, next.

If you're visiting my blog for the first time, welcome. I'm so glad you're here!! Have a look around and let me know what you think.

-Adrianne

Introducing, Liberated Habitat

The BIG REVEAL...

Introducing, Liberated Habitat

Finished with less than 12 hours to spare before my guild meeting.  Phew.  Let's just say as President of the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild I had extra motivation to get this done by Saturday's meeting.  ; )  As I hand stitched the binding late Friday night, I was very thankful this wasn't a big quilt.  It only measures 30"x45".  The name was inspired by a comment that Jodi left in an earlier blog post.  Thanks Jodi, I think I did manage to liberate the Habitat.  LOL.  It all started with fat eighths of Habitat by Jay McCarrol and a handful of Kona solids.

I used one of Gwen Marston's designs from her book, Liberated Quiltmaking II.  For the quilting, I sewed crazy, criss-cross quilting lines all over to echo the lines on two of the prints.  While I was quilting it, I laughed and asked, "how will I know when I'm done?"  Hmmm... very free flowing.  It was fun!

Tom said it looked like a Picasso.  Not necessarily in a supportive tone.  More of a goading, sassy one.  So my reply was to sign it and frame it like a painting.  So there.  : P

It was a challenge pushing through with my original vision.  I had my doubts.  I had lots of support to "embrace the crazy" from my friends.  It's not that I don't like it, it's just so different than what I usually do.  Looking at it now, it's hard to believe I made it.  For that very reason I love it.  Thank you friends for encouraging me to finish, thank you BAMQG for working along side me with your own challenges, thank you Tom for inspiring a cheeky finish and thank you Free Spirit for supplying our guild with fabric to play with!!

Habitat, It's All Happening

Here's a quick snap of my design wall today.  My project is coming along for the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Habitat challenge.  I'm using a block idea from the book Liberated Quilt Making II by Gwen Marston.  I've been wanting to try out this block for a long time.  They're a lot of fun to put together.  You start with a square and a rectangle and then piece them at whatever angle you like.  Each one is a little different from the next.  I cut all my fabric into pieces and then just sat at the sewing machine and went for it.  Today is the persnickety part, fitting all the pieces together like a puzzle.  I think once it's all put together it will have a cool kaleidoscope effect.  Switching the focus back and forth between the pattern of the Habitat fabrics and the solids.

You may have noticed that one piece up there doesn't look like the others.  That's my daughter's contribution.  She made that block at make and take booth at Quilting In The Garden.  Eye brows were raised when she chose tropical fish for the background for her poinsettia.  I secretly admired her determination when they tried to steer her towards the Christmas background, but she knew what she liked and wouldn't be swayed.  Fish it is.  She is so proud of her quilt, she showed it off to anyone who would listen.  She added it to the wall and said I could give it to a baby that needs to stay warm.  My heart swelled with pride.  I love that girl!!