Crazy for Quilts! Finished!

Jodie Davis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:00 GMT

My entry for the Alliance for American Quilts contest is finished and was ready to send in, but I got an extension from Amy Milne in order to keep it for our first taping for Quilt Out Loud!. In each episode Mark and I open the show with a "What's Up?" segment in which we both bring in something to show. So, I brought my quilt. I'm so pleased with how it turned out and hope it fetches a good sum in the auction!

~Jodie

My Crazy for Quilts! Contest Quilt

Jodie Davis — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:29:00 GMT

The Alliance for American Quilts is having a fun contest to support their very worthy mission. In fact 100% of the proceeds of the eBay auction of the quilts will go to the Alliance. Your quilt need only be 16" square, so why not join me in making one? The deadline in June 1, so we have plenty of time.

Crazy for Quilts! entrants are encouraged to draw inspiration from one or more aspect of the crazy quilt: design, color, fabric, surface embellishment, history or some other aspect of this style that you want to celebrate. There's room in this contest for all kinds of crazy-from traditional approaches to art quilts.

My idea is that my head is a constant whirlwind of quilts vying to be made. "Make me!"

"No,make me first!"

This is my first rough sketch:

The next step was to draw the head to size:

Then I traced the shapes onto Steam a Seam 2, cut them out, and pressed them to fabrics, then cut along my traced lines. Now I have the beginning of my design.

As you can see, my "helper" arrived on the scene about then. It was time to take the dog for a hike and think about dinner anyway. Turned off the iPod and the light. This was such a fun hour, I can't wait to work on it some more!

~Jodie

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Crazy for Quilts! Finished!

My Crazy for Quilts! Contest Quilt