These three are quilts that I call "for watching TV", the typical ones you keep around the house and keep you warm on the sofa. They are not bed quilts, which are longer and wider, and made according to the size of the bed (single or double, queen, etc...).
Nº 12 triángulos de retales
Para Isabel, que me regalo muchas telas y retales, y me sigue regalando...
Diseño muy simple y básico: se hace un cuadrado de dos colores, uno claro y el otro oscuro. Después solo hay que dedicarle un rato a buscar y encontrar la combinación que más te guste. y cuando estás satisfecho, tomas nota y tratas de no equivocarte y unirlas de manera distinta de la que te propusiste...
#12 scrappy triangles
For Isabel, who gave me lots of big and small pieces of fabric, and keeps supplying me with scraps... It is a very simple, basic design: two colour squares, half light colour, half dark. And then you have to dedicate some time to move the pieces around until you find the combination that pleases you most.
Está descentrado adrede, hecho con colores neutros y otros más oscuros. Off centered, neutrals and darker hues |
Quilting is quite simple, along the diagonal lines, and the binding is made with the same fabric as the back.
La foto de la etiqueta está borrosa pero es la única que tengo... The photo of the label is a bit blurred, but it is the only one I have. |
Nº 4. Para Rosemary
#4 For Rosemary
Very simple, in the ditch, quilting |
This was my first "challenge": to make a patchwork quilt for somebody who lives in the USA, as people in the USA do know about quilts. they are used to them. Everybody has at least one at, or has had one, sometime. Quilts are seen everywhere because they are a tradition...
Todavía no sabia "casar" las esquinas y las puntas, y las lineas diagonales no quedaron muy diagonales, pero... ¡Cuánto se aprende y se progresa cuando se cometen todos estos errores! Por esa época ni me acercaba a la idea de iniciar un curso...
At this time I did not yet know how to match corners and points, and the diagonal lines are not all quite diagonal. But then... Oh! how much you can learn and progress on making these mistakes!! At this stage I did not even consider the idea of taking up a course...
Bordes redondeados. Rounded corners |
Nº 11 Retalitos naranjas para Maria Eugenia
#11 Maria Eugenia's Scrappy orange
Por la mitad se me averió la máquina de coser. Como tenía prisa por dársela, una amiga me prestó la suya, y así la terminé... Pero no me sentía cómoda con una máquina que no es la mía...
In the middle of the making, the sewing maxchine broke down! As I needed to finish it and give it to her, a friend lent me hers, and so I was able to finish it... but I wasn't comfortable, working on a machine that is not mine...
Más tarde, aprendí que la guata de poliester no es lo mejor para el acolchado si lo haces en tu máquina de coser casera. Es preferible utilizar un relleno de algodón y poliester, mezcla. Que es igualmente abrigado, a la vez que facilita el acolchado, y permite un mejor acabado.
I later learnt that polyester batting is not the best for quilting, especially if you quilt on your domestic sewing machine. A cotton/polyester mix is preferable and equally warm, as it makes quilting easier and the finishing looks better.
Nº 11. El acolchado es muy simple, con líneas rectas. El relleno es de guata de poliester. #11. Quilting is very simple, straight, in the ditch lines. Polyester batting. |
Most of the diagonal lines follow the same direction but there are a few squares where the diagonals go in the other direction. Have you detected them?
Los cuadrados y los cuadrados formados por dos triángulos admiten múltiples combinaciones y dan dinamismo al diseño. Cuál de las tres te gusta más?
Squares and half square triangles admit numerous combinations and make the design quite dynamic. Which of the three do you like best?
a todos tus trabajos les pones el nº? es una buena idea
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solo a las mantas, Cris.
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