What Plans Have You Got

I am wondering what people plan to do with their 12 inch challenge pieces. It would be nice if our group some time in the future could show some of them. I wonder would any of the English shows be interested in them as a unit.

June theme

The random number generator picked Light and Dark for our June theme. Good luck to you all with your interpretations of this theme. And I better start working on my May quilt :-)

Tenerife Ride

For 'Turn about'  I went back to an adventure on holiday in Tenerife, where we were taken with cycles up to the top of Mount Teide.  The organisers were a bit concerned about the age of John and I, but we soon showed we knew how to ride a bike.  This time we cycled back to sea level,  quite hard on the brakes,  but very enjoyable.

Blue Sky thinking

This is Hilary's piece for the challenge. 

Twirling Circles

I was puzzling over how to interpret the title. I kept coming up with ideas but discarding them. Then I suddenly thought an idea I had had for about a year might suit. I had put off trying the technique as I could not work out quite how to do it. I like to work out techniques and construction ideas in my head, it saves me hours of frustrating sampling. Once I actually got down to trying to work out how to do it I made 2 quick samples and I was off.

I planned to have spotty  twirling circles in four different plain coloured 6 inch squares to make the top but then found some lovely spotty black fabrics in my spot pile, I have a stripe pile and a spot pile; both very precious. I am putting up a number of views of the piece so you can see how it works.

I did a bit of free machine quilting in multcoloured threads. This made a fairly stiff piece, as it needs to hang away from the wall,  it can be hung from 2 corners or from just one corner. 

Now for the back view. It has less good fabric on the back.

Now to think whether I will build on this idea. Thanks for the challenge - about turn- I think that was it or else it was - turn about.

Meta

Meta is cutting down on her commitments. That means that she is leaving this group.

Breaking through.

My apologies for being late with this one.

A rather facetious image. The thought behind the design was a fervent wish that we could have some sunshine. This dates from the dark and windy days of early April when Spring seemed a very distant prospect. As I write this, we have a beautifully sunny and warm day here in Cheshire.

The image is a collection of dyecatchers, cut through to reveal plain blue fabric with a sheer fabric sun with bondawebbed features. Free machine embroidery added to highlight features.