Kay Anderson Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0078 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5264503778_86828c9990.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0078" /></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Bold Print!!!! Looks Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Love the colors and patterns you put together for this quilt. You made it elegant with just your fabric choices. This has to be one of my favoriets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 those border fabrics are perfect. they remind me of the carpet used in the bowling alleys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Great colors looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dar Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 That is one spectacular "bowling shirt quilt". Never would I have thought one could look so good. You did a great job with the fabric and colors. How many shirts did you actually use on this quilt and what size did it turn out to be? Love it. Dar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitomi Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Beautiful! I have a memory quilt with my husband's T-shirts from our surf meet (Wave Riders Against Drugs) we hold every year. I have it pieced but haven't quilted it yet. It's a Christmas present (I guess I should get it started). I will post when I finish it. Thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt. I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borderline Quilter Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 That is a lovely quilt, it looks so flat..love the colours...can I ask...do you use non stretchy quilt cottons for the borders? It looks perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Kay your memory quilts are fabulous !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestieMom Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Perfect choice of border fabrics. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Very nice! The colors are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I used regular quilting cottons for the borders. I starch the heck out of all my fabrics before I cut them. It is the only way I've found that I get a product I can live with. Most of the time it works great. I did have to learn not to set the quilt to tight on the frame. Oh, and I use the side leaders I invented with the elastic and little curtain spring clip (love them because they are small and strong). Those side leaders allow me to keep the exact same tension on the quilt all the down. Works like a charm. I had 15 shirts for two quilts. Had to design and paint the rest of the blocks. The quilts are 99 1/2" wide and 116" long. Each quilt is 3 blocks wide (14 1/2" blocks) and 4 blocks long. Any resemblence to bowling alley carpet is purely by accident. I don't bowl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0081 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5265756317_93a28a4e28.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0081" /></a> This is the first block I designed. It is a mixture of hand painting and raw edge applique. Then I added the award badges to fill in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0087 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5201/5265760589_3a80040e4e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0087" /></a> Working from a photo, I did a painting of the bowling pins on plain white cloth. Then cut that out and appliqued it to my background block. Then I cut a circle out for the bowling ball, added some accent and appliqued that to the block. I later added the award badges and the ladies name from her bowling shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0088 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5266365970_fd854bd5d3.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0088" /></a> I basicly did the same things here. Adding the shadows after doing the applique, then the fill in of badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0084 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/5265758419_41d0c6a0ec.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0084" /></a> On this block I just painted the bowling ball and then cut rays and appliqued all to the background block. Added another name from a shirt and a badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 The pins were painted and appliqued seperately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0085 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5266363748_2a891f882f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0085" /></a> I found this design in a photo, and did the basic shapes from that. Then painted it all directly on the background. Then (because I thought it looked bare) added all those badges to fill up the space. Oh, the bowling ball is from the border fabric and appliqued. He told me she used a ball that looked like that fabric and that's why I used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 <a href=" title="DSC_0089 by Kamama710, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5266359562_ea3bea3563.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_0089" /></a> This is the last block I designed for this quilt. I painted the pins from a photo and appliqued them to the block. Then appliqued the bowling ball, (it has some paint accents on it). Then I added those badges. Did I say she had a ton of badges. Only problem with useing them was how stiff they were, caused some distortion on the frame as they didn't bend very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Now with close ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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