Ruby Shadow, Make It Challenge |
The next phase of the challenge was to Make It!
The Make It! Challenge is all about making your own red and white quilt! You can use your own design, a purchased design, or a free pattern of your choice. And, of course, make your quilt in any size, using fabrics from any fabric manufacturer. You may even have enough red/white fabrics (includes reds of any shades and whites/tans/creams commonly thought of as neutrals). And you have until September 30th to enter.
You are also entered in a drawing for great prizes every time you participate in the challenge. You have until Sept. 30, 2014 to enter the Make It Challenge. You still have time to make your own gorgeous red and white quilt.
There is a lot of white background, so I decided on a white solid instead of a tone on tone...I wanted it to be really white! So I started making it back in April on a retreat sewing day with friends. Then life caught up with me and I didn't work on it again until almost summer. I had to figure out what I had done and what still needed to be done. When I begin making a new design, I figure out what pieces I need to cut, write down everything as I make a quilt, then write the pattern from those notes. So they are important. Skipping a few months in the process means going back and figuring out what I had already cut, sewed...you get the idea. I don't like to make new designs like this, but I guess I was so excited to see it coming to life, that I started it even though I knew I wouldn't be able to work on it much because of my work and teaching schedule.
I quilted it in June on my APQS EZQ...it's an industrial machine with a smaller throat (no stitch regulator either) than many of the newest models but it gets the job done. I like to take lots of pictures as it comes off of the quilting machine. Since many of mine get hung on display for the classes I teach, it's easy to forget to take pictures of the finished quilt. I used the Drift panto by Keryn Emmerson. Here's the red print I used on the back.
I will be teaching Ruby Shadow on Sat. Oct. 4 at Cut Up and Quilt. I'm glad I took this challenge as it's been fun and hopefully I will be encouraged to use red more often in future quilts. Thanks SewCalGal for the inspiration!
6 comments:
I needed shades of red for the Twist and Shout quilt (not started yet). It was hard to find 2 contrasting shades. I love red, but, I don't use it much either, partly because I can't seem to cut into my red stash.
What an awesome quilt
I love it!!! I too don't use red much... hardly at all in fact. I think your red and white quilt is stunning, what a fabulous design Jean.
As always Jean, beautiful work.
That is beautiful.
What an interesting, and graphic, design!
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