Mostly Mondrian Quilt Picture

Here is the picture of the Mostly Mondrian Quilt. It should be laid out with the large blue square on the bottom right, but it is late and I will change it tomorrow. 66"tall x68"wide. Interestingy enough, the markings came out without any washing. Just the handling and work of making the sandwitch seemed to remove almost all the marking lines. I just rubbed the rest out. Saved me from having to wash the quilt for now. the next thing is to make a hanging arrangement for the final placement area.

John

Stupid John, next time place the link in the posting.

Here is the correct view of the quilt. It did not get rotated in the above pictures but is now in it's correct perspective.

Finally,

John

Yeah, been stupid here lots of times too! I've gotten to the point where I put the link in first at the top of the message.

Your work constantly amazes me, the speed the accuracy wow. I want one of those quilts, I really like it, though it may take me to the next millenium to quilt all those perfect little squares. And I must take a moment to admit this... I prefer hand quilting (gasps of shock and horror from me cause I HATE hand sewing anything lol and that was really hard to admit btw) But anyhow back to you... it is beautiful.

Carissa

very nice! did you use black bias -- or skinny strips of fabric for the black? I love the quilting... perfect!

The seperating strips are 1-1/2" skinny strips, which finish off to

John

Of course, why didn't I think of that. It shall be my chosen style from here on out.

John

Ooooohhhhh!! Gorgeous!! I've always been a Mondrian fan! And your quilt sure does do his work justice!! :)

Don't trust that ... same thing happened to me and the @#$% lines came back two YEARS later ... assumin' of course, that you're talkin' 'bout the disappearin' markers? I only use chalk nowadays ...

In any case, I would still wash it just to be on the safe side!! I'd hate to see a gorgeous quilt like yours (or, really, any quilt!!) be marred by reappearin' marks!!

Hugs!! Connie :)

I think these pencils are chalk type. They definately are not ink. The lines they make are quite faint no matter how hard you press. The lead will break off before they make a dark line. The only thing they say is washable marker. on them. I have had them so long that I don't have the pkging, and I don't remember where I bought them. Maybe Joanne's.

John

It looks so wonderfully warm, and so cheerful. What batting was used in this? I have been having an awful time with my machine-quilting getting bunchy, but this is wonderful. Well done!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

I used Mountain Mist low loft Poly Bbatting because I didn't want it to be too puffy and it is going to be a wall hanging so warmth is not an issue. Normally I use ccotton/wool batting for warmth on user quilts. The other thing I did is use my new Bernina 430 for quilting the sandwitch. I usually use a Janome 1600 for that but I wanted to see if the Bernina could handle that amount of fabric and it was fine. I like the Bernina walking foot better than the Janome, also, but if you are pushing large amounts of fabric through the machine then there is no substitute for a larger harp area.

John

Cool quilt, John (is that an oxymoron? ;) )! I think the quilting in straight lines is great -- in emphasizes the graphic theme of the piece. :)