Welcome to Fixed! Friday again.
I’m posting a little later today because I’m only home now after a trip into town. Some of my works are still on display in a local sewing machine shop. It’s time to welcome them home soon.
Now I’ve settled down in my corner of the couch with a cup of tea and a little cardboard tray with two wieners, a little bun and some mustard. I know what you’re thinking – Ah, she’s finally run out of Christmas goodies. – No, I haven’t. They’re made of marzipan and were a Christmas gift. On the turntable: Rage And Ruin by Jimmy Barnes.
Also on today’s menu:
LPP42-13
If you ever see one of my pieces named like this you can be sure it’s another one from my favourite book of all times: Tilings And Patterns by Grünbaum/Shephard. This is #4 in the crash fabric series.
I love the transparency effect where the hexagon ‘rings’ overlap each other which was created by using a light colour and a dark one. As soon as you think you know which one is on top the layers shift. Your eyes can wander around in this one never finding a fixed point.
This is the sketch in which I have outlined the blocks.
Made between May and December 2001, size is 82 x 82 cms. It took 66’25 hours to sew the 475 pieces in this un-quilt together and add the borders and back. I’ve used a thin polyester batting/wadding this time for a little more ‘body’.
Next week on Fixed! Friday: Kairo (Cairo)
This certainly does play games with your eyes! I love geometric quilts 🙂 Your piecing is perfect! Avis x
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Oh no, my piecing isn’t perfect, it just *looks* perfect. I do a lot of tinkering to make the pieces fit. 😳 Oops, telling my secrets. 😉 But I think a little *adjusting* is easier when hand piecing. I can easily push or pull the fabrics slightly although they are basted around a paper template.
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Dear Jule, thanks for posting this book Tilings and Patterns, I will try to get it.
I always enjoy reading your blog, so I’ve nominated you for a Liebster Award: http://e1preininger.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/liebster-award-part-2/. Feel free to join or to ignore it. Greetings from Vienna, Austria.
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I’m not sure if it’s still available, I bought it back in the 1980s. ISBN is 0-7167-1193-1. Good luck. – Thanks for the nomination. As far as awards are concerned: http://fromtheboudoir.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/liebster-blog-maths-and-chain-mail-allergy/ 😉 Nix für ungut, Jule 🙂
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Macht nix! Danke für die Antwort und für den ISBN.
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Bei amazon.com gibt’s das gebraucht zum Schnäppchenpreis, habe ich gerade gesehen. Amazon.de hat’s auch, aber das scheint eine andere/neuere Ausgabe zu sein. Gruß, Jule
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