Meandering Minds

Cathi made this miniature Drunkard's Trail quilt that finishes at 8" x 10" using the 2" Drunkard's Trail collection.
The quilt is destined for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.

Miniature Lucy Boston

Shirley has been making these tiny wonders ! Using (to some extent) the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses collection (and book).
Here's what she writes :

I have always adored miniatures !  They just fascinate me.  Well.... at long last...... I DID figure out a way to make my POTC Name Tag  block.  I started with the line drawing on p.29, Lucy Boston, Patchwork of the Crosses. 

 The hardest part was dealing with fraying of the "1/4" connectors while sewing the y-seams but not so much so that I would give up....   To simplify, I just did a fold over binding from back to front and SID around all the hexagons. 

 INKLINGO ROCK

This mini is made from the same fabrics I made her Big Sister in (April 2011 entry in the Inklingo Projects Blog)    I learned from this 'Big Sis'  how to fussy cut better and .  The 12-piece crosses presented a problem with bulkier seams than I liked so I cut it in one piece; the same difficulty with the edge shapes as well - so I hand stitched a facing, scalloped the border and embellished with Inklingo Circles in the open spaces.  Size is 14" x 18" and 754 pcs.  if I counted right !  If Linda ever comes out with a smaller version of the POTC block pieces with those wonderful accurate crosshair markings, I will be VERY tempted to be one of "those" that make a 'big' miniature quilt.  Marking around templates that small by hand is just not as accurate as I like in comparison to printing in Inklingo fashion.  

Well, I loved your Big POTC-quilt, but this small one has me scraping my jaw from the floor. Just awesome, Shirley !!!

General Sunflowers!

Ruth is a busy bee :-) and has finished this gorgeous project.
She writes

Just wanted to send you a pic of my latest INklingo project.

It's a mix of double and single  sunflowers.

It was a joy to piece by hand.

Made completely of my favorite French General fabrics.

Again I so love Inklingo!

The centre is a medalion I added to calm down my choice of fabrics (thought it was a little busy with all the sunflower pieces)

It looks absolutely gorgeous, Ruth!

PS Ruth is the redhead!

Drunkard's Trail

Ruth is using (one of) the Drunkard's Trail collections to make this bright and wonderful quilt.
Look forward to seeing it finished Ruth !
Looks like so much fun :-)

Miniature Feathered Star

Nancy in Alabama made this beauty.

She writes :

A couple of weeks ago I took a wonderful class taught by Marsha McCloskey sponsored by my quilt guild.  During the class we learned how to draft a feathered star.  I kept thinking I wanted to do a miniature version.  When the class ended I drafted a half inch feathered star.  

I found appropriate shapes in the 0.5" Log Cabin, 9" Storm at Sea, 6.75" Storm at Sea, and HST 00B collections.  Using Inklingo made piecing the little star easy and gave me the accuracy I needed.  The little quilt is 11.5" square.

Pies and Tarts

Fussy-printed Pies and Tarts wedges.

And a finished top !

Jeannette from Oz has been busy (again!) and made this beauty for all of us to make a fuss about.
Click on the small pictures on the left to get a larger one. They are worth it.

Jeannette writes :
I'm sending pictures of my Pie and Tarts quilt. It's all hand pieced except for the border, I sewed that on by machine.
The half Tarts around the edge ar all pieced in the same fabric as the border to give a scalloped look. I'm also showing a few fussy-cut blocks and a closeup of the border.
The quilt measures 82 x 96".
... now all I have to do is quilt the thing LOL.


Wishing you luck on the quilting, Jeannette, while the rest of us are quietly drooling over your top.

Feathered Star

Charlsey made this Feathered Star quilt using the 20-inch Feathered Star collection.

She writes:
I used the 20" Feathered Star collection from Inklingo for the stars. The 6" center block of each square is different. I used Inklingo every time there was a shape available that I needed.
Also, for this quilt, I machine pieced most of the feathered stars, which is a very difficult task without Inklingo.
Inklingo enables me to attempt quilts I normally would dismiss as too cumbersome, time-consuiming or difficult. I enjoy the fact that I can be challenged in my quilt-making and at the same time know that I can be successful by using Inklingo as a tool.

You can see close-ups of some of Charley's Stars here.

Sherman's March

Charlsey made this beautiful quilt designed by Bonnie Blue Quilts using squares, rectangles and HSTs printed with Inklingo.
She writes:

"The pieces are flying geese, "rooftops", rectangles and squares.  The pattern is Inklingo friendly. I used Inklingo for most of the quilt."

Hexagon Bag / Tote

Jeannette from Down Under has made this gorgeous bag.
She writes :
I used 1" hexes and half hexes from collection 1 (editor's note : The same shapes are in the downloadable 1" Hexagon collection). The outside of the bag is hand pieced and the lining and pocket is machined. I hand quilted around the centre hexes and I used no 5 Perle black cotton at all intersections of the half hexes to put a large stitch along each seam with a black bead in the centre.
I hand stitched the handles on.
The bag measures 10 x 12"

And it is looking great, Jeannette

Addy's Quilt - more Insanity

Lorraine in MI is working on an Insanity version with her sister-in-law. They are using the 0.75" hexagons (rather than the 0.50" ones the original pattern calls for). She writes :

We have more borders to add, but had to share our progress. This is for my SiLaw's granddaughter who loves red, stars and hearts.

There are not words to describe what a pleasure this project has been! Inklingo has made it a breeze to print and send and share in the stitching!

There are 3 more children needing heirloom quilts and we already have plans for those...all using Inklingo!

Dotty Pies and Tarts

Ruth has finished her first (!) Inklingo top.
She writes :

Here's a picture of the quilt and closeup of the border . My "Dotty Pies and Tarts" was my first full size inklingo project completely hand pieced, What fun and so exact with Inklingo.

I've already started on my next Inklingo project, a Pickled Clamshells.

Collection used : Pies and Tarts
Size 70 x 82"

Sunflowers

Tilde is enjoying the Sunflower-collections too, and are making hers in really bright colours, all with green outer triangles.

Hexagon Baby-quilt

Emily has made this wonderful baby-quilt, using the xxx size shapes from Inklingo Collection # 3

She has used some of the Hexagon block patterns found on the Inklingo Sampler blog and made this little beauty with inspiration from the Candied Hexagon-quilt which several Inklingoists are doing

Size of project is approximately 36" square

Seven Friends

Simone from Australia has finished this little beauty.
It is made with the 0.5" diamond collection and is all of 10.5 x 13.5"
Cute, cute, cute.

Red and White Houses

Jeannette from Australia is making houses.
She writes :
I'm sending a picture of some of the Little Red School House blocks that I have made into 10" blocks using 1"x10" logs from the Log Cabin Collection.
I printed 2 logs for each house block. One log separates the roof from the walls, the other log is cut as follows:
3.5" to separate the side wall from the front of the house and the rest of the log needs to be reduced to 1.25" wide by cutting on the dotted line on 1 side only otherwise when sewn between the gable and the rest of the roof on the angle it is too wide.
After sewing in place I trimmed it to size. The sky piece is cut 2.5"x10.5". I used 2 chimneys on the roof and the sizes for the sky pieces in between are 1 each as follows; 2.5" x 2.75", 2.5" x 3.5", 2.5" x 3.75".
I have pieced them using my machine and I have made 21 houses so far for a Quilt pattern on the cover of the Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine volume 8 number 7.
The blocks in the book are 12".
I am very happy with the way they are turning out and I thought may be someone else might be interested in this size as well.

Regards Jeannette Down Under.

Red and White Log Cabin

Nancy in Alabama finished another project.
She writes :
I finished another small red and cream wall-hanging using Inklingo.
The little off set logs quilt is 22" square and uses 0.5" logs from the Log Cabin collection.

THE Hexagon Quilt - Insanity FINISHED !!!

YEA. Linda D. has FINISHED her Insanity quilt.
She writes :
"My "Insanity" quilt is finished. I added two extra rows to the top and bottom and another row to each side so now there are 11,127 hexagons. My quilt is called "THE Hexagon Quilt". It was of course hand pieced and hand quilted. This quilt has been a real labor of love and got me through a very difficult period in my life. Thank goodness for Inklingo."

... and just in case you have forgotten. This is made with hexagons that are 0.5" to the side. That's right. At their widest, from point to point, these hexagons are just 1", and the side of each hexagon is 0.5".

Awesome, Linda. Just awesome.

Yin, Yang and Log Cabins

Mary has been having a ball with the Yin Yang collection, and some Log Cabin blocks.
She writes :

For the log cabin blocks, I used 1.5” cut logs which I had already precut several years ago when I cut different sizes of “all” my Orientals.

Quilt is 66”x 75”

Now, Mary, you might have used strips you had already, but just so the readers of this blog knows : You can make the same kind of Log Cabin blocks using the 1" Log Cabin collection.
And I think it is a gorgeous quilt !

Stars on the table

Sue in Western New York state has finished a table-cloth using Inklingo. She writes :

The fabrics were in a package that I purchased at Quilt Market last fall.
The fabric is from Darlene Zimmermans Clothesline Club by Robert Kaufman. The kit is called Blue Ribbon Winner it is 60" square. I pieced the flying geese with Inklingo collection #2 - making the flying geese come perfect!
The instructions for the flying geese/star points is on page 66 of the Inklingo Handbook.

And a note : Collection # 2 is sold out, but you can make equally precise and easy Flying Geese with the 00B HST collection, which is downloadable and available :-)

Pink Ice

Cathi of Quilt Obsession recently completed her Pink Ice top, made using shapes from the Free Collection.

Tea Roses

Tilde has finished a hexagon top, using the 0.75" shapes from Collection 3.
Size of top : 48 x 66"

It was a fun quilt to make, and making hexagon flowers as rectangular blocks made the joining of them very easy.

Yin Yang Blocks

Cathi of Quilt Obsession is working on two quilts using the YinYang shape collection.

The Yin Yang block is a very addictive one to stitch and it presses absolutely perfectly every time, thanks to the precision of the matching points.

Batik Hexagons

Carol in Panama made this DDG batik quilt.
You can read all about it on her own blog (follow the link that is embedded in her name) and see close-ups of the quilting, and of the design-choices she has made.

Carol writes :
I began this project because I wanted a small portable block that I could stitch by hand on airplanes, in waiting rooms and while watching TV. After laboriously stitching forty two English Paper Pieced hexagons I finally admitted to myself that I hated EPP. Then I discovered Inklingo. No paper templates, no basting, a running stitch instead of a whip stitch, far more accurate than EPP and the stitches never show on the front. The pressing is a dream and the quilt lies perfectly flat.

I couldn't use Linda's English Paper Piecing Rescue instructions because I used a glue stick instead of basting the papers onto the fabric. I put the forty two EPP hexagons away and started over with Inklingo. I has been quite a journey, but I am glad I didn't give up!

Wedding Signature Quilt

Pat B from NY also made this wonderful Wedding Sinature quilt.

She writes :
I used Collection 2 to print all the triangles on the signature-quilt. The block patterns came from two different patterns in McCall's Quilting.

Editor's Note : "Collection 2" is a sold-out collection on CD. Most of the shapes, however, are found in the HST and QST 00B collections, which are downloadable.

Joseph's Coat

Cathy in TN has been persuaded to show her Joseph's Coat WIP to us all.
Remember that this collection was issued on June 18th ! so Cathy has been a busy bee :-)

Cathy writes
I am making a queen-size quilt, about 90 x 110". So far I have 4 rows, which makes the current piece about 90 x 24". I am enjoying it so much. This pattern is just a delight to piece.
On the Inklingo Yahoo-group, she told us that she is using the "Summer Breeze" collection by Sentimental Studios for Moda

Feathered Star

Pat B in NY is fussy-cutting her Feathered Star as well ... but no owls.

She writes :

The Feathered Star is 20" and I used Stack and Whack methods to get the centre and kites.

Looks amazing, Pat

Chinz Circles / Orange Peel de Luxe

Carole has bought Cathi's new pattern for Chinz Circles, and has made a few test-runs.
So now we're all looking forward to seeing where she goes with this.

Uses the Orange Peel de Luxe collection

Feathered Stars with Owls.

Kathy has finished her owly Feathered Star top, and it is, frankly, gorgeous.
She has used the 15" Feathered Star Collection, and some non-Inklingo bits to finish it. You can see the individual Feathered Stars here, and here.

Feathered Star

Carole is making Feathered Stars too, and her version has a lacy (with a c, not a z !), elegant feel to it that I don't think I have seen before. I look forward to seeing more of this project !

More of Kathy's Owls

Another batch of Kathy's wonderful Owls.
This time, I recognize some of the non-owly fabrics, and remember them as being pretty ugly when I tried to use them. Amazing how the right person can make fabrics sing ! because after seeing them being used here, I'm (almost) sad that I didn't get more than a charm-pack of them. Cute blocks with gorgeous fussy-printing.