Last year I joined SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates. SAQA’s mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation, and publications. I’m working on my first entry to a juried SAQA exhibit – Text Messages. The unifying theme will be text on quilts.
I have a lot of ideas for quilts relating to text, but due to time constraints – the entry deadline is February 28th – I settled on just one idea. I decided to focus on the most colorful, creative kind of text I could think of – graffiti. I’ve had great fun with this one! Here’s a sneak peak, before fusing.
My other text-related ideas won’t go to waste though, because Quilting Arts magazine has a reader challenge titled Text Me! The deadline is not until March 29th, and the size is 8 x 8 inches, so I won’t have a problem getting one or more done.
Scrap Management – I have a huge collection of scraps, and I like to sort them by color in clear plastic freezer bags, preferably with the slide closer – so they stay closed and don’t spill everywhere when I pick them up! The problem has been that my scrap collection keeps growing until the bags overflow. I was thrilled to find some Jumbo freezer bags recently – 14 x 16 inches – with sliders. Last night I grabbed the 25-30 bags of various sizes that have been housing my scraps, and sorted them all into the jumbo bags (except the yellow scraps, which had to go in a smaller bag, because I only have 10 jumbo bags). I sorted them as follows: yellow, orange/rust, red/pink, purple/burgundy, blue, green, beige/brown, black/white/gray, solids, fused scraps. How do you sort your scraps?
Worldwide Quilting Day – Check out the button I added on the right, with a link to a website with lots of information about Worldwide Quilting Day – March 16, 2013.
As always, I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday. Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.
I keep my scraps organized the same way! then I keep all the small bags in on GIGANTIC zip lock bag, by gigantic I mean suitcase sized. Someone gave that to me though, not sure they even still sell them
Your graffiti project looks fabulous! Can’t wait to see it finished!
I love the graffiti letters that you have done. Wonder what will be the background for this piece?
Also your butterflies came out beautiful. Unfortunately all my scraps are in one big container. I have yet to organize!!
Sweet Graffiti. I don’t have a scrap play yet. But I like your idea.
Hi Terry, I’m planning to try a confetti style quilt some day so I’ve been saving my scraps for about 6 months. I use the same method as you and faithfully keep every little piece of fabric. I went to Quilting in the Desert in Scottsdale in January and one of the teachers thought it was hilarious when she found me rummaging for scraps of fabric in the classroom’s garbage can. I came home with lots of new ideas and a great stash of scraps! I’ve been enjoying your blog.
Linda, a confetti quilt is still on my to-do list. What a great way to use up tiny scraps! I love your story abot rummaging through the class trash can – what’s that saying – ‘one quilter’s garbage is is another quilter’s treasure’?
It’s true. Some of the “scraps” were quite big, which made me happy. See you at Tagor on Tuesday evening.
Your graffity looks very interesting, I am curious to see it finished. Using bags to keep scraps is a great idea – I have a giant box for pieces too small to be folded as well as an assortment of jars and boxes and bins ….
Terry, your work is wonderful LOVE the brollies.LOVE the graffitti! Good luck with Tex Messages, I recently joined SAQA too and have just mailed my auction donation in. Lovely work. Keep it up!