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Adam's wedding quilt

Submitted by domesticat on 7 February 2010 - 10:20am
Date: 
26 January 2010
Draft 1
Source: Flickr
Recipient: 
Adam and Brenda
Pattern: 
Mariner's Compass
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This is the placeholder for Adam and Brenda's wedding quilt. It has a name, though I'm strangely hesitant to say it yet. This quilt is by far the most technically difficult quilt I've ever attempted, and I anticipate I'll work on some easier, snack-food quilts on the side during its construction to help keep me sane.

See? It looks planned!

Submitted by domesticat on 30 July 2009 - 8:09pm

I haven't exactly been sewing much since I got back from the Vacation + Furlough Extravaganza. I know this shocks no one, myself included, but it's taken me longer to bounce back from this trip than the previous ones.  My urge to lie on the couch and soak in the quietness that is home is difficult to ignore. Friends can vouch; they've seen little of me.

My sewing machine has missed me, too.  It's been waiting for me to come back and finish Asai's quilt.  I'm actually pretty close; there is a nonzero possibility that I could get very close, or finish entirely, with a diligent weekend's worth of work.

See? It looks planned!
['See? It looks planned!' original photo on flickr. Full photoset here.]

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entrusted

Submitted by domesticat on 28 January 2009 - 11:09am

The quilting table is back in business, on a very different project than the one I just finished.  'Red shift' contained a very limited color spectrum (crimson fading to black) and I'd hoped that my next project would be a bit more colorful and free-form.

I've gotten my wish.

The great thing about technoquilting:  it allows me to work with my fabrics on-screen, tweaking and fiddling with the arrangement and design until it feels right to me, and only then applying blade to fabric.  I've set 2009.1 aside for now, because the design isn't right.  I know it isn't right, and it would eat at me as I assembled it.

Since I've got a short time frame for 2009.2, I've switched over to it.

Currently only a nebula
['Currently only a nebula,' on flickr]

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Smaller beds next time

Submitted by domesticat on 8 January 2009 - 8:22pm

Some of you will remember back in November when I mentioned I was working on a quilt I called 'red shift.'

I am cheating and showing pictures ahead of time, but I am aware that neither of the recipients are reading blogs right now, as the female half of the duo is recovering from serious, albeit planned, surgery. (She's doing well.)

Here's what has had me obsessed since November.  All photos from the set are now public. 

You start small, with piles of fabric cut into neat shapes...

Toy soldiers in formation

and slowly assemble, bit by bit:

Flags in the breeze (1)
Flags in the breeze (2)
Arcs to clamshells

and one by one, they become units:

All pieces created (1 of 2)

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Red shift

Submitted by domesticat on 13 November 2008 - 10:36pm

I can tell you what I'm working on.  Sort of.

Anyone who has called the house in the past week -- and for those of you who have called in the evenings this past week to keep me company while Jeff's working insane-o hours, I thank you dearly -- knows that I've been hard at work on a quilt.

Here's the problem:  technically, I shouldn't post pictures.  Why?  It's intended for someone whom I know reads this site. 

Here's the solution: the photos are friends-locked on flickr.  It means the photos won't syndicate on solecist.net, and I can control who sees them on flickr.  Problem solved.

If you're curious to see the quilt that named itself "red shift," pop over to this set on flickr. Users on my friends list will see multiple photos; those not logged in or on my friends list will only see the shot of The Unhired Help:

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Some assembly required

Submitted by domesticat on 9 September 2008 - 6:50pm

For those of you who don't keep an eye on solecist.net, here's my current obsession:

Some assembly required
[Original on flickr: 'Some assembly required', or see the full photoset]

It's been a good project; it has been at the far edge of my current skill level, and I know I didn't get everything right. Luckily, about halfway through the sewing process, I stopped caring, accepted that lines wouldn't be straight and circles would point off in random directions ... and things immediately got a lot calmer.

The quilt's going to be more idiosyncratic than perfect, but I think I can live with that.

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