The Quilt Walk

 A bright and shiny day, just perfect for a walk. Yet, it is not really warm any more, during the nights, temperatures are just 5-6°C (41-43° F), and at daytime, they hardly go beyond 18° (64° F). The wind is pretty icy.

 "Looks like Chernobyl", said my husband. He was carrying the object I intended to photograph.

 We went to a small lake near our home.

 What is shining thru the quilderness?

 Or creeping over a quillow?

 It is a just finished object of textile art.

 

Showing its reverse down by the water.

My husband was very helpful displaying the object which is only 2 layers thick on some spots, so the sun is really shining thru and the colors are as you see them, no help of digital remastering.

The hedge is just right to display the full format. And here is the artist in full format.

Thank you for walking with us!

Binding Finished

... and I'm dashing into bed. Tomorrow is our National Day, we'll take a walk and I want to take better pictures out in nature. So expect nicer colors tomorrow!

The Binding is Still Due...

But the rest of the quilt is coming closer to being finished. I'm still pondering if I should mark all the crossings on the reverse with the 45°-angle positioned squares, as I have done on the front side. It just means that these spots will consist of up to 10 layers of fabric... I'm also thinking of a surprise binding; so there might be something coming for your pleasure. Hopefully.
The reverse color distribution is mere serendipity. I arranged the front tiles and later looked at the reverse. It was beyond control.

Sewing the bridges was a lot of work, and I pricked my fingers a few times, as I tried to stitch the bridges which were in the middle part. But sewing stripes of tiles would have meant to arrange the tiles already, and I preferred to be free in my choice till close to the end.

Just a Few Squares Missing

 

More squares are finished. Spread out beside the finished part. They still need to be quilted and connected. I'm not sure about the white square, front left; it came from another project. Will it fit in?

Cloth for the middle piece in the top left square: Ruusulampi

Five New Squares

 

After a time of heavy painting, there is a time of more intense quilting. Didn't find the time to do more prints; so I'm using the chicks that are still there instead. Sometimes I abandon the rules to the degree of making something completely different; if you look closely, you will find an 8-point star in the right top square. Guess the only rule is to have something like a square in the middle and a lot of 45° angles around. And to use the heaps of lovely squares that my quilter friends gave to me. Having started with such a tiny stash just a few years ago, I cannot properly reward your kindness.

Front crossing

Front crossing

reverse

Pumpkin, the color of the season, appeals to me a lot. But having started to compose the quilt, I have to keep the new squares in balance with what is finished already. The reverse strips are finished; I'm just uncertain if I should embellish the corners with the little 45°-squares, too, because the crossings bulge up to an enormous volume on these spots.
What do you think?

Reverse crossing

36 Squares -- that's 1.20 x 1.20 m or 1.30 x 1.30 yd

 The planned width for this quilt is 1.3 yds, about single bed size, and 2/3 of the length are reached. As I tend to procrastinating boring jobs and to preferring the creative part, I demand from myself to finish all the sashing strips on front and back before I start the next rows for which I need more road-runners. The backing squares are mere jeopardy, I arrange the front and let the reverse follow.
I'll have to do a few printing sessions which is some fun. Lacking the birds, I inserted two tiger heads, hardly to be recognized.

No System, no Patience, no Symmetry

Yet, I will go on from the 32 squares I have now to the 48 or 56 required. Size will tell.

The Discovery of the Needle

As I got caught in painting routines more or less, I turned my attention back to an almost forgotten tool that I haven't touched for more than half a year, continuing my work on the Roadrunner Quilt.I integrated (haha, misprint "integreated") the BaGua quilt and parts of the experiments from almost a year ago.
It is a quilt-as-you-go, and I find pleasure in inventing lots of bridges which puzzle the grid and don't make it look like jail bars.

A Contrast

My own prints and industrial fabrics -- a big contrast. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say by that, but something makes me follow this trail. Another roadrunner, a lime and green one. They keep running.