Hexagon Quilt: Nameless

      How do those fabulous quilters we read about come up withnames for their quilts?  I have no clue what to call this thing, I guess it will come to me eventually.  Or I could just give them all numbers.
     The reason I started this project was that I wanted a project that I could work on while in technical rehearsals or on the train.  Something to do so I wouldn't have to play Tetris or stare at the wall. I also knew that I didn't want a traditional looking quilt, even though I was using a very traditional technique. I love the look of a more traditional patchwork design done with modern fabric choices, or unexpected quilting! So I stumbled around the Internet looking for some inspiration, and I got this.

 

Nama Rococo Wallpaper                    

                                           Restoration Tile Designs

      So I hopped onto AutoCAD and drew up a tiled sheet of hexagons, and just used a simple paint program to color in the little hexies.  You could also just use colored pencils or another medium of your choice.  After a couple days of playing around I had a few designs that I thought were really cool, pardon some drawing glitches, no fancy software here.

This one was somewhat inspired by the wallpaper above. I really like the positive/negative space interaction, as well as the multiple levels of geometric grids.

Its an argyle sock! I was trying to find other shapes that were possible to make with hexagons. Turns out diamonds, triangles, and six pointed stars all work out pretty well.

This one is definitely pretty strange, but I love the sort of medieval or wrought iron feeling it has... Yet it could also be a stylized thistle or something.  Tune in next time when I will show off some fabric choices and reveal which design I am working on!

Sew, What is this?

This my friends, is a blog.  Or so they tell me.  You may ask: Who is this person? Why are they writing about sewing for all the world to see?  I understand that many of you have probably fallen asleep by now but there will be pictures! I decided to start blogging so that I could share the progress of an English paper pieced quilt that I am making (first time!) and to stir up some good treadle sewing PR.  And probably kvetch about the Theatre.

So, Here's my sewing machine.  It's a Singer 15-89 which was made in Newfoundland.  It is made of what our ancestors called metal.  Metal is good. Please scroll down.

This is the strange and wondrous device which makes the whole thing work.  It is called a treadle, not a peddle.  To operate it you must have feet, preferably two, but one will do.

Tomorrow (or sometime soon, I promise)  I'll blather on about what my quilt is going to look like and how it's going so far.  Or maybe I'll lecture on the benefits of treadle sewing.  Hope someone out there is listening...