FOQ 7

PP Forum Friends: Our rotund Romany Wife
A reworking of Jen Kingwell's "Gypsy Wife" using curves.

Claire Tinsley: Forever flowers

Teresa Summerfield: Mad Cow
Love the expressiveness of this; so successful

Moira Neal: Baatik Beauties
As in the title Moira's quilt have lots of funny details,

Snack Baa - get it?

Pascale Micalski:
Exquisite Corpse No.1
Pascale gave a talk at
the QG Region 2
Open Day. See 
my post for May 24th this year.

More from Moira

I'm afraid I don't 
know who made
this very graphic quilt

Elinor Beaven: Blue Arches 2 I like the
oblongness of this as well as the subtle colours

Pauline Cullimore: Ceska and the pomegranates

Picking up

Hanging up to dry

In my current mode of seeing things through to a finish, I added dark charcoal fabric to bring the back of my "map" quilt up to size. (Map quilt because the Westminster fabric used  looks like contours.) Then I sandwiched it and then just got on with walking foot quilting. I had considered having it longarmed but this is one to sell or give away so the added expense is not justified
As I had spray basted it  I washed it after quilting and before trimming. I zigzagged round the outer edge first.

The back - I used up all the extra pieces and
showcased the original fabric in the centre.

FOQ 6

I have lots more pictures from FOQ which I'll post intermittently from now on. In September I'm going to the Alsace show based in St Marie des Mines and neighbouring villages so that will be more visual stimulation.

PhD Quilt from Kent University
A future Oast tutor, Laura Thomas-Jenkins, was
involved in the making of this group quilt. She will teach us animal mosaics so I think her block must be top right.

Grey Line #1 by Sara Cook
Sara studies bojagi and is making work inspired by them. She
gave a very interesting talk on the subject at Oast last year.

This year she curated a
gallery exploring
contemporary approaches.

Janet Bottomley: Sleep beneath
the Stars. Since Janet came to
Oast I shall follow her progress
with interest

FOQ 5 and one or two more from the Modern Section

Marina Kontsevaya: Hashtag quilt
This won third in this section and was my personal favourite.
I liked the large scale graphic design, the choice of fabric
and the dense quilting worked here to create a
pleasing texture.

Detail

Kim Moran-Jones: Friends and Lovers
At first glance this looks very traditional and I like
the tactic of applying the hexagons rather than piecing them.
The contrast between florals and the improvised denim
background brings it into the modern/contemporary genre though and hand stitching is a feature of many modern quilts. There's even a whole section for handwork  at QuiltCon.
The title refers to the original owners of the jeans used!

Nicholas Ball: Triangle Study 3
Super quilt. I think it was second in the modern section.
This could equally be contemporary but many makers
like to associate themselves with the modern zeitgeist.

Mary Mayne: My day is complete
I always check out Mary Mayne's quilts. She can turn her hand to anything. Text is a big thing for modern quilters though usually more stridently political or feminist not contented as here. The use of negative/positive letters isn't obvious at first.

Tip Top

Yesterday there was a very fierce wind so we  didn't go for a walk. Instead I had a very productive day in my sewing room adding the last three borders to my Milky Way quilt top. I feel a real sense of accomplishment having started working on it and continuing without distractions till done. 

First the sea green

Then the wider white . . . 

And a final sea green

Today I'll seek out white wadding and the back I bought long ago.
It's on the bed because I've lost my usual spare room laying out floor as we've had to move out furniture after a radiator leak. New carpet needed too which is annoying.

FOQ 4: from the modern section

Hilary Jackson: Birthday blues
This could equally be in the contemporary section - there is quite
a overlap between the two genres. I am a sucker for such great effects from simple piecing coupled with thoughtful use of colour
and placement.

Tatyana Duffie: Bauble 2
I hand pieced a single star rose block and enjoyed
it. I like the thought of one big piece like this. I've
 bought templates for both units, single and double. 

Eunsoo Kang: Hibiscus

Hibiscus detail
I am drawn to these large scale
shapes

Heulwen Price:Twinkling stars
This would be a super baby quilt.
Inspired, I now plan to use
a few of my "Hever" stars from
Judi Kirk's workshop to make
a quilt with plenty of blue
background. 

Jean Twycross: Haphazard
hexagons
Appliqued hexagons
 commonly appear now.

Progress

As of yesterday I have now got all the pieced borders attached. Just three plain ones to go. If this were my quilt I should be tempted to mitre them but as it is for a donated raffle prize I'll follow the pattern. And the pieces were cut at the outset - not long enogh to mitre.

FOQ 3 Mostly traditional

Ann Davison: Wardrobe liberation  quilted by Kay Bell
I took this to remind me I have lots of saved clothes from which to make a quilt. Also I have the Susan Briscoe book of Japanese inspired block designs used in this quilt.

Anne Lilholm Jorgensen:
Twist of flowers
I have this Kim McLean 
applique pattern -
another reminder though
I have different plans
 for the flower blocks.

I was impressed by the
quilting.

l always look out for Pippa Moss's latest Hawaiian
quilt at FOQ and this one is a masterpiece. I first
encountered her on social media and have heard her
speak and met her at a TGQ group weekend retreat.

Gill Nichols:
I believe this is based on a Lucy Boston quilt.
I have noted the wide star sashing and the use of that particular star.

Jan Randall: The Boroughbridge quilt
I think this quilt should have been my visitor's choice - I couldn't think at the time. I love the the way the the straight furrows are distinct but not sharply defined as medium shades creep into the lighter setting. The use of colour is superb, the texture of the folded log cabin and soft fabrics used. A  quilt to have and to hold.

Detail

Ela Zieman: Gypsy Wife 1
This is a Jen Kingwell pattern I have long intended to make.

FOQ 2

I took pictures of quilts from which I could learn something for my own making or by people I had an interest in for whatever reason.  The following are all in the two person section mostly because long arm quilted.

"My supersized small world"
This is Jen Kingwell's Small World satisfyingly
enlarged to double bed size
by Katy Cameron and Cath Brough.

"The Male Perspective" by Janet Bottomley and Lynne Barker. Janet was our Oast speaker in May and this is so different from her usual modern or improv, approach. 

Impressive quilting

I always like scrappy
strippies.

Dorothy Hill
I like the block

Susan Watters
"Litchfield"

Mary Elizabeth Kinch
Fine Feathers
I like the idea of such large
scale applique.

This is what drew me to "Litchfield" - the use of the cross block
to form a wide border.

Festival of Quilts 01

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Jenny Doan is here doing a daily two hour trunk show. She is a great and witty speaker. Huge fun.
My quilt is looking good as are those of my friends. Super friends. Super quilts.

Tracy's

Another one of Tracy's: complex construction

Belinda's  " I am not a farmer's daughter"

My Stepping Stones

Rolling along

Just before setting off for FOQ I sewed down the last of the facing of my Rolling Along quilt, just two layers no wadding. I guess that makes it a coverlet intended for warmer days. It won't set the world on fire but will be a very nice restful cover. 
I stopped in Rochester on the way to the NEC  and there was a textile exhibition in the local information centre and gallery.

Through the doors