{"id":6234,"date":"2020-02-29T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=6234"},"modified":"2020-02-29T12:33:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T20:33:38","slug":"spring-circles-and-matchstick-quilting-2020-02-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/02\/29\/spring-circles-and-matchstick-quilting-2020-02-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring, circles and matchstick quilting – 2020.02.29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s almost March, so in Vancouver our thoughts are turning to Spring flowers and Cherry Blossoms.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working on an entry for the annual textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation<\/em><\/a> which will be on display in April at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I was working on ‘Circles of Hope and Joy’ (see previous post), I started designing my piece for the Cherry Blossoms exhibit. I felt like making another circle-based quilt, tall and skinny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this design, I used Microsoft Paint to draw circles and curves. Then I printed it out on 4 pieces of legal size paper. I taped them together, then traced the design lines onto freezer paper (my favorite way to make templates for cutting fabrics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Designing and printing with Paint<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I selected a variety of fabrics that said ‘Spring’ to me – a beautiful floral and striped pink print fabric, a few pink and green solids, and coordinating bias tape. Below are the fabrics pinned to my design wall, as I audition various colors of bias tape. (I decided the dark pink tape was too dark, and swapped it for a lighter color.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design wall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I sewed the pieces together and stitched the bias tape on top of the seams. Then I quilted it with vertical matchstick quilting with light pink thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n