Tagged - Post 5 - Liberated Letter Quilts

Large panel created for Tonya's get well quilt - 2009

Today's quilts feature some of my free pieced / liberated letters.

My free pieced adventures started when I discovered Tonya's blog.

(she doesn't blog any more, but she's active on Facebook)

Before scrolling down, 

please take time to click on the following link:

THIS POST explains SO much!

And Sometimes Y 

2007

These are my first ever free pieced letters.

Semi-finalist, AQS Nashville 2008

Published in AQS Engagement Calendar 2010

Published in Tonya's Word Play Quilts, 2010

This joyful quilt now hangs above my desk here at home.

Alpha Palooza

2011

Created during Lynne Tyler's Red Letter Challenge,

this was my first serious work with lower case letters.

You can read more about the quilt HERE.

61" x 86"

The Flying Monkeys 

2008

This was a watershed quilt for me.

It was also a major turning point for my long arm quilting friend Chris.

You can read more about it by clicking HERE.

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To see more of my liberated letter quilts,

please click the permanent link /tab at the top of the page

or CLICK HERE.

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I truly am happiest as an eclectic, scrappy, liberated quilt maker!

Quiltdivajulie

Alpha Palooza - The Quilt

I LOVE IT ! ! ! 

Alpha Palooza measures 42" x 60" 

Chris quilted this with free motion Baptist Fans 

using a variegated thread featuring raspberry and turquoise.

This project is mostly Lynne's "fault" . . . 

I was part of her Red Letter Quilt Along.

(except my letters were 25 purples & 1 turquoise)

But I can't blame it all on Lynne ~

I've wanted to make an alphabet sampler 

ever since I learned to make free-pieced letters during Tonya's First Ever Online Class

(that's when I made And Sometimes Y)

and I had a whole box of 1.5" strips left after making Dumpster Diving,

one of the many legos quilts made after Tonya shared her idea with everyone.

Photo taken with late afternoon sunshine.

(and yes, that is the toe of my rainbow shoe)

You can see more photos in the Picasa Album here.

SO happy with the way it all came together!

Quiltdivajulie

Binding Underway!

I am SO in love with this quilt!

Chris quilted free motion (!!) Baptist Fans 

using an amazing variegated thread that includes raspberry and turquoise!

Here's a sneak peek at the binding.

(see why I was so excited about the thread color?!?)

I am so happy with the way this has all come together . . . 

Thanks, Lynne for hosting the Red Letter-Along

(and thanks again (!!) to Tonya for her free pieced letters & her legoes project)

Finished photos soon!!

Quiltdivajulie

Alpha-Palooza

Remember the plain bare-bones letter a?

WOO HOO ... naked no more!

Beautiful "b"

Colorful "c"

Daring "d"

Enthusiastic "e"

In addition to enough leftover 1.5" strips to make 

thirteen more 12.5" blocks like those in Dumpster Diving (not!) . . . 

I pulled out my crumb boxes to enhance this joyfully scrappy, alpha-effort.

Crumb boxes?

Square lidded boxes from The Container Store

for the smallest precious bits of fabrics

(with room for expansion).

I've made all the filler blocks ~

now it is time to tackle the rest of the alphabet.

Only 21 more lower case letters to go!

Lynne is almost through the how-to posts for her Letter Along project ~

I really need to get busy!

Here's how the previously-chosen backing, etc.

looks with the new plan.

WOO HOO!!!

I LOVE IT!

Quiltdivajulie

Let the Lettering Begin!

I am slow to get started, 

but my letters for Lynne's Letter Along

have finally started to appear!

I've made letters before, lots of letters ~

but they've all been CAPITAL letters.

(check out my lettered quilts 

using the page link 

in my sidebar)

So my personal challenge with this sampler

is to make quasi-controlled lower case letters.

The letters themselves measure 3-1/2" tall.

With the background fabric all-around, 

the "blocks" measure just over 5-1/2"

(these will be trimmed when it comes time to piece it all together).

After working with large letters,

these smaller versions are a bit of a challenge ~

but I'm happy with the results so far.

(The colors are much more vibrant in real life

as you'll see once they're off the design wall.)

Lots of other things going on this week,

so it may be another few days before more letters appear here.

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Don't forget to stop by on Thursday for the giveaway post!

Quiltdivajulie