Bear's Paw Quilt

Bear's Paw Quilt

New beginnings. The Hexathon quilt is basted and it's waiting for cooler weather to be quilted.

I've been taught that you need 3 projects in different stages: thinking a quilt, piecing another one, and quilting a 3rd. 

So, I went to my list of « quilts I want to make », and I decided to go for the Bear's Paw pattern.

How to make it without buying fabrics? (I have enough in my shelves) Going out of my 'blue' comfort zone, I've chosen 'green'. I have no green quilts, so 'why not'. 

Springtime, lockdown is over (here), and bears are going outside.

1st quart of the first block.

templates

fabrics

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Woven Coffee Filters

I have been gathering coffee filters for a while (from a friend because I'm not a coffee drinker). It doesn't work like the teabags I was working with, so I didn't know what to do with them. 

I dyed some of them with indigo and I kept them with my dyed papers.

And then, I discovered Sarah C. Swett's blog (https://www.afieldguidetoneedlework.com/blog/coffee-filter-yarn ) I love her work and her way to work. So, I took my coffee filters and I tried making this little weaving. 

Eco-dyeing with Logwood - Éco-teinture avec Campêche

Eco-dyeing on paper: logwood on eco-printed watercolor paper.
The last picture shows the paper before dyeing with logwood.

 

eco-printed

On fibers: different kinds of cotton, linen, wool (fleece and hand-spun), and hemp.

 

 

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Working with Nettles from the garden - Travailler avec des orties du jardin

All with Nettles: dyeing on cotton, linen, wool (fleece and hand-spun), and hemp. Nettles from my garden: hand-spun, plied, and braided. Waiting for nettles to be a little taller, there is a lot to learn about nettle spinning, getting the fiber, making paper, and weaving fabric. I have to continue practicing.

Aluminum pan, A-soy milk; B- symplocos

Nettles, Left- copper pan, R- Aluminum pan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Postage Stamps Quilt

Postage Stamps Quilt: I tried quilting and it worked, but I found it had too much information (so many fabrics, colors, and printing). So I finally decided to tie it (DMC #8 thread, 2 strands).

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Double Wedding Ring Quilt (2)- Quilt Double Anneaux de Mariage (2)

I finished the top of the Double Wedding Ring quilt (for the 1st part of the story, see the post on January 16.) All by hand.

Finished top

adding a border

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