Quilts Built by Imagination

The quilted table runner represents tall buildings with lots of windows.  When I traveled to San Francisco, a couple years ago, I got to see the colorful narrow houses.  They are pretty cool!

The place mat was made by cutting my leftover fabric scraps into squares of different sizes to represent the colorful buildings in Italy.

You can see the photos for my inspiration on Tuesday's post - Build With Your Imagination and the beginning of my quilted project.  Saturday's post shares more of the work in progress. I called it Building Your Vivid Imagination.

 The wavy lines are the roads in between the houses.

Combining the elements in both photos, I used my imagination to create the quilts - "Quilts Built by Imagination".

Thanks you Kim at Kim's Crafty Apple for inspiring me to create!  Kim is hosting Project Quilting. Hop over and check it out!

Enjoy your day!
Marcia




Are you doing the Scrappy Challenge Jan. 17th to Jan. 23rd?

******Oct. 10, 2013 Update****** 
Shared on Quilting Gallery --

Hop over and check out all the Geometric Quilts!

The smaller quilt is listed on Etsy for sale. click here.

I gave the long table runner to my sister-in-law, because she hosts all the family meals! Thanks Julie!

Linked with:
Pieceful Life: Little Quilts Monday - Jan. 16, 2012
Sew Chatty: Made with Love - Jan. 16, 2012
Sew Happy Geek: Manic Monday - Jan. 16, 2012
Chef in Training: Tuesday Talent Show - Jan. 17, 2012
Quilt Story: Fabric Tuesday - Jan. 17, 2012
The Thrifty Groove: Thrifty Things Friday - Jan. 20, 2012
At Picket Fence: Inspirational Friday - Jan. 20, 2012
2805: Potpourri Friday - Jan. 20, 2012
Stuff and Nonsense: Fridays Unfolded - Jan. 20, 2012
Six Sisters' Stuff: Strut Your Stuff - Jan. 20, 2012

Work in Progress - Project Quilting - Building with a Vivid Imagination

As I got my super long table runner ready to quilt, I realized there was some more space to quilt a small quilt.  A place mat would be great to go with the table runner.  I had a few fabric scraps left.  I cut all the pieces into squares - not perfect squares.  Overlapped them like the ocean side houses in the photo of Italy. See Tuesday's post for the photos of the architectural elements. I used a purple quilter's blender fabric for the background.

 84 inches - that's long table runner!

Choosing the threads..

I quilted the table runner with wiggle lines spiraling into the shapes and then weaving in and out on the yellow background.

 I really had fun just spiraling in and out!

I quilted the place mat on each individual square - the houses of the city. 

The waving lines thru' the background represent the curvy streets in between the houses.

Both quilted and ready to trim, block, and add the binding.

The back side of the place mat.

 The back and the front of the table runner.

Purple binding for the table runner. I used a little tiny stretch stitch to machine sew the binding onto the quilt.

Black binding for the place mat. This photo was taken in the bright sun.  The sun really washes out the colors.

A couple macro shots.  First photos of the place mat.

And a close up of the table runner. Remember these macro shots - photos make the fabric and stitches look larger than life.

Added my name and year as I always do on my own quilts.

Use your vivid imagination to create...build with your imagination.

Tomorrow, I will share photos of my completed Project Quilting. Click here!

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

 

What's Project Quilting?<-- Click here.

 

and a link to My Scrappy Quilt Challenge (Tuesday - January 17th to the 23rd)<-- Click here

Linked with:
Love Affair with My Brother: This Week - Jan. 14, 2012
Six Sisters' Stuff: Strut Your Stuff - Jan. 14, 2012
Lisa's Chaos: Heart Macro Monday - Jan. 15, 2012
Freshly Pieced: Work In Progress - Jan. 18, 2012
The Shady Porch: Rock'NShare - Jan. 18, 2012
Faith, Grace, and Crafts: Pearls and Lace Thursday - Jan. 19, 2012
Somewhat Simple: Strut Your Stuff - Jan. 19, 2012