Another one bites the dust.

Ok, all you lucky people, here is the latest offering from the infertile mind of me. I had a bunch of solids that I have been collecting, and I was planning to do a fan quilt. When I started laying out the colors for the fans I had an inspiration. Well maybe it was a perspiration. Anyway., this is the result. I call it: "The Sun Never Sets On The Amish Empire". With obvious apologies to my Amish neighbors and distand Cousins, across the pond. The particulars are 65" tall x 62" wide. A lap quilt size and as close to square as the design would allow. The stitching along the outside panel, includes a fan in each corner and crossing x's within boxes thruout the rest of the border. This will be my last quilt for awhile, as I have to do some outside painting of the house, and that is going to involve the moving of ladders and setting of painting planks and operating up at second story level and working without a net. My wife contends, cruel woman that she is, that she could envision a more usefull application of the net, if needed. I also have a plan for a new type of aparatus for the basting of the quilting sandwitch that involves a series of square poles and 4 support stands. I will let you know if it is workable and post some pics if it looks like it is something that might be usefull. It should be fairly easy for anybody to build with a minimum of tools and would break down for storage. Anyway here is the link. Hope you like it. It is funny how you start out trying one thing and end up with a variation that might be better than the original. I do plan on doing the fan when I get back behind the machine and after the paint had dried and the new apparatus is made.

John

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It's beautiful John. You are getting a lovely collection now - varied, but perhaps you are developing a style? I wish I had one! I keep dotting around from one thing to something very different. Perhaps it's to do with our star signs >gg< (No, I don't really believe in them). Stay safe while painting. Keep thinking and designing while slapping on the paint >g< .

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Lovely quilt. I could live with that quite easily. Shirley

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Shirley Shone

What a wonderful quilt. Dancing in the moonlight for ya, John!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

Oh! John! Maybe ya should save yer hands for the quilting & I could come over & do the nasty ole paintin' fer ye!! I don't take up much room for sleepin' & I don't eat too very much. But some of them beautiful qulits might find their way into me cases

Nana ......drowuling all over the quilts

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nana wilson

I'm still amazed at how quickly you get done with your quilts...... such focus! Such dedication! And this one is just as delightful as the others. You should have the beginnings of quite the quilt collection, yes? Very nice..... good for you!

Patti in Seattle

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That is really nice John. You don't mess around when you start a project do you? I am looking forward to seeing photos of the new apparatus when it is completed.

Dee in Oz

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Dee in Oz

The block does look like a sunset!! The quilt name is PERfect!

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Kay Ahr

That is way cool! Are the fans paper-pieced? The dark red stripe in the border is just perfect! Roberta in D

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I made the templates for the wedge shapes and 1/2 circle out of some thin plexiglas I had laying around. I cut them out on a scroll saw and then sanded the edges to make them straight or round as needed. The only thing that was a difficult variation was sewing the round edge of the sun circle. I had to fold under the round edge and decorative stitch with a feather stitch of matching color thread, rather than the usual sewn seam I have done. I couldn't get a good seam when I tried to sew the round edge together with the fan pieces. The design of the sunrise comes from the "English Sunrise" which some of our friends back in Blighty will recognize as one of their great contributions to the design world. It is, and was very popular in architectural and other applications. it probably became so when the phrase "The sun never sets on the British Empire", was in vogue. Hence: the rather coy use of that phrase as the basis for the name I gave it. I have a strong affinity with the "Amish Quilts" that are produced by the singular group of folks, and as I happen to live among them, I thought I would pay homage to that discipline. I am going to do the fan pattern in the same style so it should provide an interesting set of quilts to view in tandem.

Hohn

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John

As usual, another beautiful quilt, John!!

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Donna in NE La.

That's really pretty, John! Hmmm ... maybe "pretty" isn't the right word

-- it's striking, and I like it a lot! :)

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Sandy

I love it! The name, the style, the colours, everything. My birthday is coming up you know.......

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson

Oh my heavens!!! John that is just gorgeous - so simple, so straightforward, yet so so very beautiful. Oh I just adore it. Can I have it? Please?.....Pretty please? {VBEG}

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Sharon Harper

I LOVE the colors in your fan quilt. Just beautiful!

Happy painting! Do something else will make the quilting all the better after doing something else for awhile.

Michelle in NV

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