Create Landscape Quilts - Giveaway!

Want to go in a new direction with your quilting? Looking to make landscape quilts that contain people and places? Then Meri Henriques Vahl's new book, Create Landscape Quilts (affiliate link), will start you off in the right direction! 

I'll admit that early in my quilting journey, landscape quilts were on my bucket list of quilt challenges. I have several bins and a drawer or two of landscape fabrics (mostly from the early 2000's!) that are begging to be in a quilt.

Fast forward to 2022. My bucket list is now very short, with items crossed off as my quilting journey has moved in different directions. Unfortunately, and probably to hubby's disappointment, landscape quilts are off the list. That's why I'm offering Create Landscape Quilts to a fellow quilter who would enjoy the landscape journey.

Before we get to the giveaway, let's have a look at the book. I must say, the quilts that Meri has created are beautiful and detailed in design - they certainly draw one in for further inspection! Just look at her quilt, Free Tibet.

Meri has great explanations for both the design part such as depth, movement, texture, etc, and of course the nitty-gritty of putting it all together. If you're new to landscape quilts, I suggest starting with one of her simple projects such as this river scene, Grand Tetons Revisited.

From there, get more adventuresome and try more complex landscapes, buildings, and even people. Check out Meri's The Notice - absolutely wonderful!

Included in the book are also quilting ideas to add movement, texture, and shadow. For people, there's her 'Paper Doll Technique', which is like playing with paper dolls. As an independent piece, the 'doll' is first traced from a photograph and given detail with pencils, so that it can be moved around the quilt for the best placement. There's lots to learn in this book!

Interested in winning a copy of Create Landscape Quilts? Just enter the Rafflecopter drawing below, now until midnight Wednesday, December 15. Contest is open to continental US residents only - sorry, no Alaska, Hawaii, or International entries at this time.

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Good luck and Happy Quilting!

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Tic Tac Cat

Here it is - my very special kitty applique quilt, Tic Tac Cat.

Though I don't know the exact year, I think these hand stitched cat appliques were probably started back in 2012, give or take a year or two. I say that because that was my hand stitching period, and, just like Mediterranean Rose, these sat in a drawer, waiting, this time for about 10 years.

I do remember what fun it was, tracing cat silhouettes in EQ6, then playing with the positioning so that they would make an interesting ring design. Unfortunately, due to EQ upgrades, I can't find my original files. All I have are some incomplete printouts, and no notes has to how I ultimately made the ring in fabric.

From the very first few blocks, this quilt has always been called Tic Tac Cat - the arrangement of the blocks reminds me of tic tac toe. If you look at, you'll see a ring made from the four middle blocks on each edge. Each of those blocks contains cat silhouettes that make a ring or the 'O'. There are big empty spaces inside, which I filled with crosshatching.

                                                    Ring 1

                                                     Ring 2

                                                       Ring 3

                                                         Ring 4

The 'X's are the five remaining blocks, in the corners and the very center. These blocks have (not so perfect!) echo stitching in the centers.

                                                      X 1

                                                     X 2

                                                 X 3

                                                     X 4

                                                   X 5

As for the border quilting? Rather traditional, with swags, piano keys, and stippling.

And that pretty much wraps up Tic Tac Cat, a UFO now out of the drawer and hanging in my front entryway so that I can see it every day. Gotta love those kitties!!

Happy Quilting!

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Midweek Makers 309

It's another week of sharing here at Midweek Makers! 

I've got some good news - I'll be sharing my applique cat quilt this Friday, as it's now off the frame. Nothing like this orange quilt with very fun puzzle piece quilting from my client, Robin, to spur things along!

Along with orange crush, there's several great quilts to share from last week's Midweek Makers:

from Gretchen's Little Corner, this beauty, which she puts on hotel beds when she goes to quilt retreats. Definitely nicer!

Donnaleeq has gotten back to working on her flower garden quilt top,

while Quilts, etc has more butterfly blocks to show.

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