Tag Archives: kaleidoscope

Kaleido Collaboration

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Cast of characters: Me = P Schnap = S P: I’m going to lay this quilt top out now on the lawn so I can take a picture.  Stay off of it, okay? S: Why? I just want to be … Continue reading →

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Color Decisions

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction*.  The multi-color Kaleidoscopes which started as a reaction to the monochromatic Kaleidoscope have been pieced. There was enough stuff on the design wall that Schnap, the Co-Quilter got her first … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Color

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Schnap is annoyed that she cannot move fabric around now that pieces are mostly on the design wall.  She sees her feedback being an important part of the design process, and I mostly agree, but what with the shards of … Continue reading →

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Project Modern Challenge #2

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

The results of the Project Modern Monochromatic Challenge are in.  My Kaleido/Snowflake quilt didn’t win any prizes but I’m neither surprised nor sad.  Had I been ‘in it to win it’,  maybe I could’ve played more to the aesthetic of … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Entry

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

I ended up with this one being my favorite shot of the whole quilt.  It’s sort of a mix between spaceship/snowflakes and a good shot of the interesting stuff going on. March 31st, was the entry deadline for the Project … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Photography

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

The binding is on and loose threads are tied off and nipped away. I’ve decided I like the quilting on this after all. The meandering fits the snowflake theme I think. It’s a gentle snowfall with flakes drifting down vs. … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Quilted

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

I’m not sure if this was mistake or not, but I decided on an all over meander pattern to quilt this.  Things I thought of doing, but didn’t: Straight-ish lines A grid Swirly circle things More snowflakes Some combination of … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Advancement

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

I don’t know where she gets these ideas.  The snowman toy was dragged out. Mauling and wrestling commenced on the other end of the quilt top while I was sewing.  It’s raining and wet outside, so in addition to the … Continue reading →

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Theory and Practice

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

As we got into making more snowflakes to piece into the Kaleidoscope quilt,  we became anxious that maybe we didn’t know how to inset them in. Ideally, the way to inset them would be to cut a round circle in … Continue reading →

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Kaleido Setting

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

My thoughts turned today to the Kaleidoscope quilt.  It’s been hanging on my design wall for a number of days now… taunting me. I got around to deciding to set the Kaleido-snowflake things into a white ground, off-setting some of … Continue reading →

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