SOL 12- Quilts

          The hum of a sewing machine is satisfying and calming to me. For those that do not know, I quilt. Quilting is the art of sewing together a pattern with many pieces of fabric, and then tacking that to a thick cotton layer and fabric to create a blanket. This also includes pillows, hot pads, and anything of that nature. I picked up quilting a year ago when I wanted a hobby that was artistic but that was not like drawing or painting. While I enjoy both of those things, they are not really useful hobbies that make things you can keep/use around your house. I picked up the hobby thinking it would be cool to just make a few quilts, but it very quickly turned into a massive hobby and set of projects I regularly work on. I have tried everything from hand piecing to machine quilting.

My most recent project, featuring 289 1.5 inch squares.

My first hand pieced project, a hexagon pillow.

          I like the fact that the entire project is a massive endeavor, involving many skills and large amounts of time. It is not just the kind of thing you can do in a day. It all starts with the fabric store, where you follow a pattern to buy fabrics. After that, you cut up all of those fabrics, with incredibly sharp blades, into geometric shapes. You then sew those shapes together, and then cut them up again to be sewn into the final project. The next step involves a lot of crawling around on the floor. The base piece of fabric is laid out, the batting is layered on, and then the pieced top is placed on top. The three layers are basted together with safety pins, and then sewn together. The edges are bound, and the quilt is done. I hope I explained that relatively well, it is hard to sum up a massive process like that in one paragraph. Now, images of projects!

My first large scale project.

This is still in progress, but I thought I would add a picture.