I'm still sewing stratas for the William Morris fabric Trip Around the World quilt. Normally I lay out the order of all of the strips and sew it as one huge strata instead of sections. This time since I had 4 different 'runs' of light to dark I decided to sew each separately (there is one more group to sew) and then play around with the order before they get sewn together. I can't press anything until I have the whole strata sewn together because of the pressing method I use. I'll show my play time for determining order in a couple days, maybe tomorrow if I get the one million other things done that need to be completed today.
Here is the original order of the strips as I was deciding if I had enough variety to make a nice quilt.
Someone asked if I could post today what size strips I'm using. These are 3" but I also sometimes use 2.5" or 3.5". It takes a little math, but if you choose your fabrics first (from your stash), and have around a half yard of each (or sometimes a little more), you can figure out which size strip will give you the size quilt you want to end up with. In the following week or so I'm going to explain everything as I work on this one, but first I have a busy day today to get past.
Here is a collage from several years ago showing some of the Trip Around the World quilts I have made.
7 comments:
What lovely strata you've sewn up Wanda;))) I especially like those softer greens...Your TAWs from the past are each one lovelier than the next;))). I would be hard pressed to choose a fave in this grouping!!
72 here--looks like it'll be a deck day for us. I've just come home from early weekly food shopping and hoping to do some hand quilting out there--it's so much easier in that outdoors, good light...hugs, Julierose
I really like the subtle flow of these fabrics.
Your dedication to your art of quilting is awesome… especially after seeing your MANY ‘Trips Around the World’ . They are beautiful.
From Hill Country Quilter
Oooh -- your watercolor TATWs are wonderful gradients.
Thank you - I’m really looking forward to seeing your quilt and it’s useful to know the width of the strips and that I’ll probably need half a yard of each.,
The William Morris fabric is so pretty! Love the flower on your phone! It is so beautiful! I never got out in the yard the whole weekend. It rained Saturday and Sunday. By Monday I had too many loose ends to finish up to go outside.
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