Another Newbie

Another newbie here. Just got back into town from a crafty weekend at my aunts. I made these five over the weekend. I had a few technical difficulties this morning, so I'm not sure if I made the noon deadline. Here's the five I made though.

Couldn't resist one more

Another two roses

I've managed to make another two - making these roses is my first attempt at liberated quilting and I'm really enjoying it...

Helen

Newbie jumps in!

After about three years of 'lurking' on the lotto and admiring all the lovely blocks that you've all made I've finally plucked up the courage to join! I hope my rose block is acceptable - if not please let me know and I'll re-work it!

Thanks for letting me join!

Helen

Another Rose

 

Another one for the pool.

My August blocks...

Roses by Janet R

Here are my 9 roses.

Two more liberated roses

Two more completed

The Challenge of the Rose!

Working with this challenge this month brought back memories of when I first really started quilting--circa 1997-98.  There was a challenge of making blocks toward the quilter's desire.  I wanted to make a small quilt using some of the processes by Jean and Valori Wells in their book, "Through the Garden Gate."  I spent hours looking through that book, but being dyslexic and also a new quilter with very few scraps, I needed some help.  I could not figure out how to do those blocks.  But, I finished a small quilt and I still bring it out for the summer, pictured right.

This challenge of the rose brought back some of that frustration.  First, I didn't have many scraps as I had just last month finished over a hundred crumb blocks!  But, I had some batik strips and thought I could try.

I learned:
More than three colors works best.  
Trimming and "eyeing" the shape works better when squinting and viewing the shape.
Shades would bring out the shapes more, but as I said, I don't have many scraps that would work for this as I try to use them up for charity quilts in order to keep my space cleaned up--(anal I know!).
Pieces bigger than the 2.5 inch strips I had would work better, but if trimmed right, 2.5 inch strips can work.

Anyhow, I can donate these or I can keep them for the various donation quilts I make.  I just thought, I'd post a picture of my "try" for this challenge.  I think I may start plastic bags for single colors of scraps--and try this again sometime.  I'm now out of green, and the pale lavendar, so I can't fix what I've got.  (I just barely made it, as is)

Not so much liberated as I'd like to be,
Pattilou  :-)

log cabin Roses Aug 2010

Hi, I have finally managed to make 9 roses. It was somewhat challenging as I was trying to use up scraps. I discovered many of the scraps were not big enough to fill the space intended, but I got the job done.

There is a picture of a liberated basket quilt by Gwen Marsden in the Sept. issue of the magazine by American Quilters Association.

Roses for August from Wendy Lee

Here's my garden for August.  You know, for all the trouble that yellow one gave me, it should look better!  I couldn't seem to get a seam in the right place anywhere on that one.  I found these challenging, but in a good way.  If you haven't made any yet, here's my advice:  cut your strips about 150% as wide as you think you need them -- especially in the green!.  You can always trim.

Big D Roses

These are my 2 entries; they were fun. I started with a triangle instead of a pentagon, so I hope that's okay. Mine are blockier and pointier than I would like, but I liked playing with the variation between darker and lighter shades. If I get time, I want to see if my stash has some yellow/coral/oranges that are close enought to try the effect of one of those variegated tea roses. (yellow petals with just a hint of the orange/coral at the tips). I love those.

My daughter announced her engagement on 7/4 (wedding not for 2 years), so you'll see a little bridal print in the white rose if you look closely.

I do like the effect of putting a swirly print in the center; it may be cheating but it helps.

Linda Big D

Two more roses

Here are my two rose entries.

After a bit of a struggle with adding the green, I came across a pretty good way to do it. I used a paper bag for the template and after I had finished the rose, I laid it down on the template and traced around it. I then folded on the line where the green would go (the triangle part and it made a pattern of sorts. I placed that on a corner of the green and then cut leaving a seam allowance. Does that make sense? It worked well for me. I was planning on cutting the paper and making an actual pattern, but was too lazy to cut more templates. I had to add some sides because for some reason when I was trimming I was thinking 9" not 9.5".

Two More Roses (Orange) from San Diego

I finished up two more roses this morning - this time using orange fabric.

Liberated Roses

Another one completed.

Log Cabin Roses

Here are 2 roses for August! These were a challenge for me. Guess I'm not a very liberated quilter.

Sophie, please donate these chances.

4 Scrappy log cabin roses

Here are my roses for August. This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. If you are not careful your rose gets very boxy. I might get to the blue and purple pile of scraps before the end of the month.

Fireworks and roses

Two rose blocks completed. Have found these fascinating to make and hopefully will manage more. My first rose is a bit smaller but hopefully acceptable (maybe a rosebud).

My fireworks blocks are in the mail to Andra and Linda.

roses

Two more roses.  I think I like each one I make better than the one before.  I love it because you really don't know how they'll turn out until you're finished with it.  It's especially challenging when dealing with scraps as the size and shape of your pieces are sometimes determined by what you have.  Fun challenge.  Would be loads of fun to win this month as all the roses have been so different.  Anyway, this makes 5 chances for me.  Yea! Janet S.

First one done!

I completed my first rose block. I hope that I can get at least 1 more done. Right now I am working on some Halloween "stuff".