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Happy Twenty-Fungalore

I'll quilt this later

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~Big Booty Bigfoot~

Inspired by my favorite take on this iconic species of cryptid- the Tingleverse style Bigfoot. He could be a part time mummy camp counselor, the leader of a band of environmentalist pirates, or the president. Anything is possible.

I’m hoping to add more details with quilting- 2024 is my year of quilt as I go cryptids.

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I completed this in October but it was a Christmas present, and the recipient has finally opened it, so I can show it off~!

This is for @gayfanboyfred who loves frogs. It was my first actual paper piecing project after learning how to foundation paper piece. 

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No rules quilting

Incorporating english paper pieced blocks in a largely foundation paper pieced design

Some shapes are a bad fit for foundation pieced designing. The chunky shapes I wanted for my gems were better accomplished with english paper piecing in 4 of my 7 swords.

I am not experienced at hand piecing, this was my second try ever. I hope to improve my stitching in the future, I’d like it to be more consistent in size and tension.

I found it hard to know how much smaller to make the gem patten, to account for the addition of slight bulk at the seams. I finally got it right on the last gem. (Also the easiest since it had the fewest seams to account for.)

FPP shapes only have Y seams where two FPP pattern pieces are being joined. For example, in the green gem the top group of 5 triangles and the bottom group of 3 triangles were separate pattern pieces.

I don’t think mixing techniques for this project distracts from the overall image, and I got the shapes I was looking for much more easily than if I had stuck to only FPP for the entire design.

10/10 will mix techniques again.

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No rules quilting

Incorporating english paper pieced blocks in a largely foundation paper pieced design

Some shapes are a bad fit for foundation pieced designing. The chunky shapes I wanted for my gems were better accomplished with english paper piecing in 4 of my 7 swords.

I am not experienced at hand piecing, this was my second try ever. I hope to improve my stitching in the future, I’d like it to be more consistent in size and tension.

I found it hard to know how much smaller to make the gem patten, to account for the addition of slight bulk at the seams. I finally got it right on the last gem. (Also the easiest since it had the fewest seams to account for.)

FPP shapes only have Y seams where two FPP pattern pieces are being joined. For example, in the green gem the top group of 5 triangles and the bottom group of 3 triangles were separate pattern pieces.

I don’t think mixing techniques for this project distracts from the overall image, and I got the shapes I was looking for much more easily than if I had stuck to only FPP for the entire design.

10/10 will mix techniques again.

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A one time non quilt related post to celebrate:

-my birthday

-my interpretation of a biblically accurate angel yule tree topper

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"Hot Soup" Finished Quilt With great sadness I find I cannot find the original photo of this tag. I finished this one way back in 2021-before I ever thought I'd make a project of it. This tag is long gone from its original spot, but will always have a place in my heart.

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"Queer Universe" quilt by me

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What’s Going On, 2014

Cotton, felt applique

By the legendary Sylvia Hernandez

As seen at the Brooklyn Museum, in the exhibition of Spike Lee’s personal art collection- Spike Lee: Creative Sources

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DREAM PORTAL

a quilt for when u leave at night and return with the morning sun :-)

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gay fish quilt!!! made with a single 42-count Kaffe Fassett charm pack and three thrift store bedsheets. the quilt top was zig-zag stitched to the blue sheet, then sandwiched with batting and a black sheet for the backing and the simple rolled hem, which was stitched with one straight stitch and one zig-zag for very stylish corners. the fish are quilted down along the outer seams.

each fish took two patterned squares, one for the body and one for the fins and tail.

it was a fast and fun no-stress quilt that really shows off gorgeous prints to advantage, and i might try this pattern again!

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An Exploration of Large Scale Foundation Paper Piece Quilt Designing

Aka

Cozy Swords So Big

I made this quilt for a sword enthusiast, I’m sure they would clock inaccurate sword proportions right away. It was important to me that the (non magical) swords be as proportionally accurate as possible. I based each blade to hilt ratio directly on historical or famous prop references (can you spot them?) and designed them to be life sized.

A very sweet boy’s tail for scale against an early pattern draft

The most challenging part of constructing this quilt was working on the RIDICULOUSLY long blades. Typically individual pieces of an FPP pattern are small and easily maneuvered. My largest blade pattern pieces were about 45 inches long, a design decision I would never inflict on anybody but myself.

The smallest blade- the only one I took photos of because the rest were way too overwhelming to document. The largest pieces were triple the length of this.

Designing the blades to be contained in a single piece of each pattern maximized precision in the parts of the designs that I really really wanted to be smooth and sleek.

The long blades were very hard to construct, it’s easy to end up with bubbled fabric on FPP pattern pieces so large. Glue stick and spray starch were critical here.

My only totally impossible sword was designed in a more traditional fpp kind of way, broken into many small pattern pieces. There was a lot more room for error in seam matching, so this block took me much longer to complete than any of the others. I redid quite a few seams to get as close as I could to perfect.

Overall I loved how these large scale FPP designs turned out. I think the result was worth the hassle of working with my comically large pattern pieces.

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newest quilt I made as my half of an art trade with my good pal @ehnoshima

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I have the owl pellet quilt mostly basted and have started quilting.

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all 36 flower blocks for my english paper piecing quilt :)

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My first quilt! This was made as wedding present for friends. It’s not perfect and I had quite a bit of help, some of it not as helpful as a cat thinks it is, but I’m really proud of what I accomplished. And my friends loved it.

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Swords for a sword lover, finally complete ⚔️