Lets get Wonky

This Saturday id National Quilting Day and I will be manning the Habitat for Humanity table for the Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. We make wall hangings with a house theme to give to each family when they move into their new house. I was put in charge of wonky houses...I have never made a wonky house.

A member of my guild, Kris Jarchow of Sew Sunshine made a really fun wonky house quilt and I thought..I can do that! HAHA

I tried with prints...huge fail. Then I tried with solids. Much better results. This is South Beach since I made it with soft pastels, it reminded me of Miami.

Then I did one with very limited palette and some prints and am fairly happy with it.

I will be sewing on site during the event, and had started a couple of small houses with print doors and a contrasting roof and added them to another house I wasn't super pleased with but paired with the smaller houses it worked well. Of course it needs quilted, but that comes later.

So, all in all I am pretty comfortable now with making wonky houses. Just had to find my way to make them.

Left Turns

Left Turn and Urbanite

I don't quilt my work generally. I need to change that especially on the smaller items. I quilted 2 items that have been sitting for a year on one, and almost 2 years on the other. Finally got off my duff and went for it. While the quilting is very simple, I am still not completely comfortable working on my domestic. I always feel like I need just one more arm but know that the more I do, the better I will get.

Left turn - Derived from an image of a modern rug. It just screamed, I am a quilt, not a rug.

I found an image while searching for mid century art or images or some such and came across a picture that I liked in both shape and color. 

Then, on the QDAD FB group, a challenge was put forth based on an image of architecture with a specific palette I really liked. 

Took me over a year to put the two together, the shape I liked and the palette I loved. The result is Urbanite.

I participated in the MQG Mini Swap and was paired with another Julie in Australia. We got to chat a bit via messenger so got to learn each other tastes a bit more. Julie liked oranges and teals, and i said, "Like the patina of aged copper?", she looked it up and said yes, exactly that so I knew precisely what palette I would use.

Patina for Julie Haywood, my MQG Mini Swap Partner down under.