{"id":5069,"date":"2018-12-08T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T02:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2018-12-08T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T02:01:48","slug":"one-white-petal-how-i-made-it-2018-12-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/12\/08\/one-white-petal-how-i-made-it-2018-12-08\/","title":{"rendered":"‘One White Petal’ – how I made it – 2018.12.08"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018One White Petal<\/strong>\u2018 was made specifically for the American Patchwork & Quilting Two-Color Quilt Challenge<\/a>, one of the categories in the QuiltCon<\/a> juried quilt show featuring modern quilts by members of the Modern Quilt Guild.<\/p>\n

In August, I started noticing posts on Instagram with the hashtags #twocolorchallenge<\/a> and #twocolorquiltchallenge<\/a>\u00a0 I loved the idea, and checked my fabric stash for likely color combinations.\u00a0 Most of my stash is small pieces – fat quarters and smaller.\u00a0 I didn’t have enough of any two colors to make an entire quilt, and I didn’t want to buy more fabric.\u00a0 But I do have a LOT of black & white prints, and thought a combination of geometric and floral patterns would be interesting to work with.<\/p>\n

The entry deadline was November 30, but I was already working on another quilt<\/a> with the same deadline, so I didn’t actually start working on this one until November 20.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure I would make the deadline, but decided to go for it.\u00a0 I actually finished it and submitted my entry on the final day!<\/p>\n

I started by pulling a few of my favorite black & white prints, and pinning them on my design wall.\u00a0 I even cut a circle from on of the fabrics.\u00a0 Then I decided to go in a different direction, and I didn’t use any of these prints in the final piece.\u00a0 (But I have lots of ideas for future black & white quilts!)<\/p>\n

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Of course I considered a pattern with circles.\u00a0\u00a0 The Orange Peel quilt pattern came to mind – up-sized to show off the various prints.\u00a0 I used some of my favorite techniques – freezer paper templates, overlapped seams, trimmed and covered with bias tape (as described in this blog post<\/a>).\u00a0 These techniques are quick and easy for me, and I thought using black bias tape to outline each piece would look very cool.<\/p>\n

I have a supply of 15 inch square pieces of freezer paper, so that determined the size of the circles.\u00a0 I cut out the freezer paper pattern pieces, ironed them to back of the fabrics and arranged them on my design wall.<\/p>\n

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I sewed the pieces together from the back, with seam allowances overlapped, stitching between the pattern pieces. I squared up the quilt using Pellon 1-inch grid<\/a>.\u00a0 I was pleased that my circles were circular, and the overall pattern was square.<\/p>\n

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Then I trimmed the top seam allowances and covered the seams with black bias tape. And then I started having problems – even though I was careful not to stretch the bias tape as I applied it, it shrunk up a little and the quilt top was puckered in places.\u00a0 Then as I was pressing it into submission with steam and a press cloth, I somehow got a bit of a stain on it.\u00a0 I managed to remove the stain, but that involved washing the quilt top – which I seldom do, so that was stressful.<\/p>\n

By then it was 2 days to the deadline.\u00a0 I quilted it with white thread – horizontal straight lines about 1″ apart, as well as echo quilting around each petal shape (inspired by SewJess<\/a>‘s quilting of her Orange Peel table runner).<\/p>\n

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I got it faced and photographed on the last day, and submitted it a few hours before the deadline.\u00a0 The finished size of ‘One White Petal’ is 29 x 29 inches.<\/p>\n

My artist statement is: Are petal shapes creating the effect of interlocking circles, or are overlapping circles creating a secondary design of petals? Whichever way you look at it, the traditional Orange Peel quilt pattern is a fascinating design. I selected a variety of black & white prints from my stash, combining geometric and floral prints with wild abandon. I used my favorite techniques of freezer paper templates, and machine stitched overlapped seams covered with bias tape.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by. Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n

Nina-Marie\u2019s Off the Wall Friday<\/a>
\nCan I get a Whoop Whoop?<\/a> by Confessions of a Fabric Addict<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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