Scattered has been finished for a bit, but the Seattle spring weather is rather temperamental, so photos haven’t really been an option. The times between the hail, rain and sunshine I’ve snapped some photos, but they’ve provided this quilt no justice when it comes to showcasing its true colors. The yarn dyed denim in person makes the crimson bits appear extremely saturated.
Nice of them to build that blue building in front of my view of downtown Seattle eh?
Yarn dyed Essex linen eats thread, and by that I mean you really can’t see it, but creates the best quilted texture! I started with an off-centered rectangle in lavender thread and went round and round.
As I got further from the center the rectangle naturally became more curved. I love the effect. I got the idea from this amazing quilt by Karen. I gravitate towards any quilting design that is continuous or runs off the edge, I’m not a stay-stitch or burying threads kinda quilter.
I’ve certainly dug through the stash on this one. Really old Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, Erin McMorris Park Slope (one of my favorite lines ever), Echino, and Denyse Schmidt.
I self bound it in the same linen. I thought an addition of bits into the binding would have been a great effect, but got lazy. Backing by Echino polishes off this quilt nicely. The drape is amazing combined with the linen.
And it matches my lilacs.
Scattered is a remake of my Split Decision quilt that I use as a class sample for teaching Slice and Insert. I wanted to create another layout using the slice and insert technique to showcase the design potential of this technique. Jacquie and I will be teaching Slice and Insert on Monday, May 20th at Island Quilter and I will hold another workshop on Saturday, June 29th at the Quilting Loft under the name Split Decision.
Happy Monday and first day of Spring Break for use public school people in Seattle.
They both look great but I especially love the colors on the scattered quilt! Did you have that crazy hail yesterday? Our PNW weather has been pretty weird lately.
We had two inches in our yard! My poor new sprouts are likely toast. xo
your blog won’t let me comment. Love the mine craft post!
lovely quilt! so nice against the lilac! that sucks about your view! i hate it when that happens.
Another beauty! Love that Essex linen for background, and of course your quilting….. 🙂 Thanks for linking!!
Another winner! And I really like your quilting philosophy. 😀
Thanks D!
I love everything about Shattered. The fabrics, the layout, the quilting itself.. All wonderful!
So gorgeous! The linen is great, and I’m with you on quilting patterns. Is this for your house? (My house??)
Had that happen too eh?
The texture of the linen combined with the quilting is just so gorgeous… I love the rhythm of the coloured bits as they curve.
Wow, I LOVE your scattered quilt! Everything about it just speaks to me! Such awesome colors, pattern and then the perfect choice of quilting, love it!
Absolutely love the quilt and the effect it has on the yarn dyed linen. I think I will have to use one of those as a background on a quilt soon.
another beauty…..once again wish i was closer to take the classes but that atlantic is pretty wide
Stunning. I quilted when I was a child, but haven’t tried since then. I’ve been procrastinating sewing my wedding quilt – we had each of our guests write messages on individual squares at our wedding nearly a year ago….now I’m thinking it will make an excellent winter project. I’ll definitely be back here!
Love the scattered quilt pattern idea and the colours you chose too. I’m enjoying your blog and discovered it recently. And just 1 minute ago I realized that you are the Katie from the book I already have for a while;)
Groetjes
Annemieke ( from The Netherlands)
Thanks Annemieke!
This might be one of my most favourite quilts of yours I’ve ever seen. I love everything about it, especially the quilting!!
so fun to see your photos of your house. Looks dreamy!
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:55 PM, SEW KATIE DID
p.s. what time works for you to have breakfast at market? we have a great restaurant called Gracie’s at our hotel The Deluxe: http://www.hoteldeluxeportland.com/hotel-deluxe-restaurant-bar/
We could eat there if you are down with it.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Katie Purfeerst-Pedersen wrote:
> so fun to see your photos of your house. Looks dreamy! > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:55 PM, SEW KATIE DID <