Quilting is one of those things that I've admired for a long time, but never really taken the leap on. I made a rag quilt for my son when he was a baby - the kind with the frayed edges. It was just a simple checkerboard pattern, and I tied it. So, I effectively skipped all the steps that make it "real" quilting - precise design, binding, and quilting. Around the same time I inherited a huge collection of old ties - I mean a person's 30 year career history as told through ties. Actually, I asked for it. I had this vision of making a really awesome contemporary quilt top out of all the different out-of-date tie patterns. I even coordinated colors and paired them for blocks. Three years later, my vision is finally materializing! I stumbled upon something called Liberated Quilting (or wonky quilting) and realized it is exactly what I had envisioned. I found several websites with examples and patterns, and settled on this: Wonky log-cabin block This blogger is obviously very talented, she has a ton of beautiful pieces displayed on her site. I had to laugh though, reading the instructions. She actually gives tips on adding wonkiness! (snort-laugh) I appreciate you sharing your expertise sister, but wonkiness is the only thing about this project I am sure about! Wonkiness I got in spades!
I only followed the instructions loosely, just eyeballing and cutting instead of measuring strips and then injecting wonk afterward. My wonk is au naturale! Here are the first few blocks - I am very pleased so far.
My grandmother is an amazing quilter, and so I've always wanted to learn how to do it the traditional way as well. Unfortunately, she is too far away to show me herself. So when I found out about the Craftsy.com Block of the Month class, I signed up right away! No, still haven't done my January blocks - I've been having too much fun being liberated! But I'll post pics when I do. And finally, my neighbor invited me to go to a monthly quilt block class they are doing at one of our local churches. I'm sure I can learn a lot there, too!
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