I have been designing my originals for 25 years now. But then I started to work as a sample quiltmaker for a fabric importer and needed to be able to publish my own original patterns. I general piece and appliqué by machine, however also enjoy hand piecing.ĭid your distinctive style happen over time or was it immediate when you started stitching? When I first started making quilts, I simply made quilts from other people’s patterns. I love starting with a traditional design, but updating the technique or layout to create something new. How would you describe your particular craft style? Traditional patchwork with a twist. A great project for intermediate-level quilters looking for a quilt pattern using precut fabrics and requiring organisation and detailed planning.Instructions include Michelle’s quilt layout diagrams, as well as blank diagrams for you to colour with your fabric selection’s colour range.Detailed step-by-step instructions take you through making the quilt, from cutting your fabrics through to completion.
#OCEAN WAVES QUILT TUTORIAL HOW TO#
After you’ve sorted and cut your fabrics, you’ll learn how to cut your fabrics into triangles, squares and rectangles, piecing them into their units and blocks, and finally, Michelle takes you through assembling the quilt layout and border.Michelle shares her advice and tips on selecting a precut fabric strip set, such as a jelly roll, to use for your quilt, and how to separate the different prints into colour groupings.
#OCEAN WAVES QUILT TUTORIAL FULL#
HowAcquired: Purchased by the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum from Beverly Simmons. The quilt was documented by both the Colorado Quilting Council and the Florida Quilt Heritage project. Quilting is a fine 12 per inch by hand, very small machine. Construction is good wih few missed points. Machine pieced and hand quilted and machine quilted. Predominant colors are red, white and tan (probably originally green). Ocean Waves or Lady of the Lake quilt, circa 1880. Quilting Designs Used: tear drop, outlineĭescribe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field: Other Binding: hand/machine, quilter-made, straight, front to back, cotton gingham, tan (formerly green) Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:įeatures or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction: Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1: What kind of filling is used in the quilt? Machine sewn Hand sewn Front turned to back Straight grain Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum accession number: Where are the records for this quilt housed?
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