More gradations...........

Continuing on from my blog posts the last 2 days, here are some more quilts where I used smooth blend/gradation.  Four of them are made from strata (strips sewn together).  They are using the blending techniques I teach in my Colorwash 360 online class.  

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Last night I pulled out my mini collage pieces, one finished and 2 ready to quilt.

We added the mini class for this project into the Colorwash 360 class for students not wanting to make a large colorwash piece but who wanted to work with the fabrics in the same way.  The small project can be used as a practice piece before starting to design their colorwash too.

This illustration shows one of the ways it can be displayed, in a frame on a shelf.

More smooth gradations........

 I'm continuing on my seach for quilts that use the techniques and tips that I teach in my colorwash 360 online class like I did in yesterday's post.  I have always loved smooth blend/gradations since I was a young girl.

Inside the course, you will learn smooth blend/gradation that can be applied to many types of quilts like the ones in the collage above. 

Strata Gradation/Colorwash........

As I get ready to teach my online Colorwash 360 class again I start thinking about all of the ways I use smooth blend/gradation in my other quilts.  One of them is Trip Around the World which is made from strata (set of strips sewn together).

Another is the strata for Strips 'n Curves.  They both depend on a smooth blend/gradation for the resulting glow in the finished piece. Lessons learned in my class lead to stunning quilts in the future for my students.

I have been working on the 4 kinds of colorwash kits that will be offered to the students this time: Kaffe, batik, floral and African fabrics.  

Inside the course, you will learn smooth blend/gradation that can be applied to many types of quilts. 

6 more blocks............

5 more stars and one with the solid rectangles all waiting to be pressed. That is 7 new stars with the 2 from Tuesday and I have 23 blocks already sewn for a total of 30.  They are 9" blocks so what I have done would make a small quilt 45" x 54".  I'm going to make more stars though because I have lots of the solid color triangles already cut.  I might put all 30 of the blocks up on the design wall today to see how they look together.  The star blocks won't all be novelty prints.

Go here to see all 6 of the solids with prints that I am making.  Two are finished quilts, one is a sewn top, the other 3 are just blocks.  There is a link to my inspiration quilts and blogger in the link I provided.

28 blocks.........

 Most of the fabrics in this solids with prints quilt will be novelty or conversation prints.  Occasionally I will fill in with another type to pull in a color that I think is missing.  The blocks will finish at 7" so I have a lot more blocks to make.  I think maybe this one will be 6 x 9, 54 blocks and would be 42" x 63" and it would be a small throw quilt.  My other thought is maybe this one will have a border.

I will be making blocks for 2 other quilts in the series too, cutting the pieces while the fabrics are still out and pressed.

In the background I'm still working on kits for my upcoming Colorwash 360 class.  I'm cutting a variety of different types of kits so there is a lot of pressing and cutting going on.  Class enrollment period will be soon.

And 4 more blocks............

 I haven't pressed the blocks from yesterday or Sunday yet.  I know I'll have the iron on today so I'll press them and show all 28 blocks together tomorrow.  I need to cut some more solid rectangles in darker colors before I sew any more blocks.

As I'm writing this we are expecting storms to roll through all night and rain most of the day today.  Our area is predicted to get over and inch and a half of rain.  I hope we exceed that.

4 blocks..........

I cut 4 more blocks for one of my ongoing solids with prints quilts.  It was fun to sew up these prints a friend sent to me.

We finally got some rain yesterday morning, a little over 1".  The predicted rain for the evening didn't materialize by the time I went to bed.  More rain expected in the next couple days so I hope we get some of it.  Also a nice cool week predicted which means a nicer electric bill next month.