Never Been to New York
June 24, 2008
Oh boy. Last line of "Magic Burns" by Ilona AndrewsWell, maybe I have. Does LaGuardia airport count?
Okay, so I've been waiting to post these pictures. I participated in a challenge on
one of my Yahoo! groups. The challenge was to make four New York Beauty blocks from a specific set of patterns, using the fugliest fabric in your stash.
For many, the challenge began at choosing the ugly fabric. I began pulling out random nasty fabs from different places in my color-wheel-separated stash (realizing it was pretty much organized -
unintentionally - by the color wheel was quite a shock, lemme tell ya). After pulling four fabrics from different stacks, I turned to look at them on the table.
It seems that birds of a feather flock together. The four fabrics coordinated. As in, right there I had the makings of a (coordinated) Quilt O'Fug.
After NOT supressing a shudder, I put them all back and found yet ANOTHER fabric to play with.
![NYB Challenge Entry](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uIEcGKTnyyDvS5Xqas0dLxu8m17SP5bImqqGrYjvPgxUSFXakSAU2-GDgro0hlFM8bqIX9ecAt5SX99og3M3yvKYJ3pRoQ3DWdeDA0MA6jHf4DdDobSXNBR8a9TifRx7Ry0-upbSdQ0UAqv1PqL2T29FunGg=s0-d)
Here's the finished product (yes, the quilt is square, it's either poor photography or optical illusion that may make it look otherwise).
![NYB During quilting](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s66TF5LH1-MJyHIj_uwFYYDGhhRKGjDJgaZ3oJkQKKB1rp37nrcW_aO6TBIf3hnPeVlIcreCNMKOvwToHzzIqi3U5zL61aYZrNoIRqLt1gGE_xUznhu62Va1fMYvU2rgUkzmI0YCBKWRvq5kmr=s0-d)
And here it is again, during machine quilting...
Taking pictures at night without setting up any special lighting equipment makes the pics really yellow-y.
![quilted and bound](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uu-xxSMzJCeaAWcwey5F5UALi8TI5pzy_zU8PjJbGUTd0hDH9J1_Oo3lJUlEGgpS1KgOsnmkvYysLF1EdMraFmktAe623J9hZEb71F6NnY3M63Vq0QNo6VK0LTlsN-N2LnVnVSrNuVUr__ghhDpgN5mE3iG8ic=s0-d)
Fully quilted and bound...(click to big, of course)
And just to show that I really
do go overboard on quilting motifs...
![quilting close up](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s0c884ejkZ45vsuvalVn80reW1xv_OpHwg4W1jB9uDSLsm5p2K8j5hdko54Byos-kszReJlOEZF0Yl_ad2T9N54tbaygvBVPa33p61A9xdVwNPv-V2pCbLng2M9gnJSJ1DkOEcbla9sR8GMvx5u48XpsTP=s0-d)
No reference for perspective? Let's try again:
![quilting close up](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uJxQCKTo895kzN7TXZQS8eW-ohzJMMr-uk9Fq49k6VRGYQclUCd_nsRIFBTaYMXoTlRl-gFX4NV3dMO3RKdcHVH0x-X73JTvYRNwL6pgsA2_Cij3dLhb6iIMnrjdEkoByZJa2zIEDuw86-BnQdk9QNcw=s0-d)
I didn't "Win" the viewer's choice in the competition, that rightly went to
Bobbie's stunning quilt. That's okay. I'm just thrilled that the darned thing came out looking like the design I had in mind.
Now, I wonder if I should give this one away, too?
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5 Comments:
At 6/24/2008 2:44 PM, Aileen Babbled Back:
Wow, your quilting is amazing! Really good work.
At 6/24/2008 3:36 PM, Babbled Back:
I LOVE the quilting on your New York Beauty! OK..so the challenge was to use "ugly" fabrics? Hmm..? I think yours looks pretty good..except that your fabrics aren't ugly. ;)
At 6/24/2008 7:12 PM, Bobbie Bentneedle Babbled Back:
Wow Tracy - after looking up close at your quilting, I'm afraid to think what I'll do to mine, quilting it. As it was, I barely finished piecing mine in time to take the picture, send it to Val, and head over to Dad's to watch the Celtics game. Maybe I should name mine "New York goes to Boston" or something goofy like that.
I really regret that I had only one vote because every one was a winner!
At 6/25/2008 7:57 AM, Donna Babbled Back:
Thanks for the comment on my blog. Those fabrics are from Nancy Halverson and I didn't like them when I received the stack as a gift. I only opened the stack recently (after 5 or 6 years of sitting on my shelf) and realized how pretty they are!. I'll be sure to post when the quilt is done.
By the way, I love your ugly quilt!
At 7/02/2008 8:35 PM, Brenda Babbled Back:
when I learn how to quilt, I want to quilt like you!
..big sigh...
Want to ?
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