tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post3844301533052441498..comments2024-03-27T19:27:38.759-07:00Comments on Gefilte Quilt: Do the Wave - Cutting Improvisational Curves for a Denim Jeans QuiltCathy Perlmutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-36664882125793256852014-04-01T17:07:06.604-07:002014-04-01T17:07:06.604-07:00Send a link when you're done, Gail, and thanks...Send a link when you're done, Gail, and thanks for stopping by! Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-2293277714973328832014-04-01T16:47:47.996-07:002014-04-01T16:47:47.996-07:00I will be doing this soon. Was wondering what I co...I will be doing this soon. Was wondering what I could do with my hubby's old, worn out over-alls other than making purses. Thanks for the tute and information.Gail Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501794223576835116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-58659288011316422532014-02-24T18:38:15.770-08:002014-02-24T18:38:15.770-08:00Hi- I couldn't resist replying to this post. I...Hi- I couldn't resist replying to this post. I was fortunate to have grown up across the street from Marilyn Stothers! And I took some classes with her too! She did eventually publish a book about curved piecing. Here is a link to her website where she talks about the piecing and how Nancy Crow encouraged her to write the book:<br />http://www.marilynstewartstothers.ca/about.php<br />marshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787039590298256103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-18802453672981384432014-02-24T13:49:47.217-08:002014-02-24T13:49:47.217-08:00Thanks for the admission, Lyric!!!Thanks for the admission, Lyric!!!Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-63284322009832241872014-02-24T11:49:04.901-08:002014-02-24T11:49:04.901-08:00gotta admit - I love it!gotta admit - I love it!Lyrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341146111158826868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-11158564658810595652014-02-24T10:44:06.537-08:002014-02-24T10:44:06.537-08:00Go for it, KickyC! You'll have fun, if you avo...Go for it, KickyC! You'll have fun, if you avoid thick seams! Thanks for stopping by. <br />Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-47978579716667932432014-02-24T10:39:53.614-08:002014-02-24T10:39:53.614-08:00Thanks for posting this tutorial. This just looks...Thanks for posting this tutorial. This just looks like so much fun. I am going to attack that pile of jeans one day soon. Every time you post another denim piece, I just want to pounce on it.KickyChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516182962588253125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-33556360651462454782014-02-24T10:38:19.123-08:002014-02-24T10:38:19.123-08:00I just love the way you use denim. One of these d...I just love the way you use denim. One of these days I really am going to attach that pile of jeans I have been saving. At least for now, I have something I can plan.<br />Thanks for the tutorial.<br />KickyChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516182962588253125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-65184004012362134702014-02-23T18:47:24.658-08:002014-02-23T18:47:24.658-08:00Thanks, Jackie, I'm glad you liked it!Thanks, Jackie, I'm glad you liked it! Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-85998066538771003052014-02-23T16:16:34.890-08:002014-02-23T16:16:34.890-08:00That is awesome! And your pics to illustrate are ...That is awesome! And your pics to illustrate are well, just amazing! Thank youJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265544278773925286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-72254578601462296592014-02-23T12:28:00.463-08:002014-02-23T12:28:00.463-08:00Hi Cathy - I read your post and have a couple of c...Hi Cathy - I read your post and have a couple of comments - <br />•the method goes back well before Ricky Tims et al - and was devised in fact by Canadian Marilyn Stothers, in the late '80's and who, despite repeated urgings by Nancy Crow to publish, by her own admission never got round to it. At first Nancy always used to accredit Marilyn, and always used to call MS into her classes at Houston to show how it was done, but as time went by and still MS didn't publish, in the end she just ploughed on teaching the basics herself in all her workshops, and it became known as Nancy Crow's improvisational piecing. I learned it in a NC class in Denver 1992 and yes, we were told in no uncertain terms to put our rulers and pins right away. Many who learned this fast way to freehand piece totally embraced it, even to the point of 'you musn't use pins' which of course is twaddle, and I suspect I'm not the only one who when I went home gradually devised my own particular way I work this style of piecing, and it includes pins if I want the extra help pins give through a tight spot. Actually, I believe I have taken the technique's principles as far as anyone has, maybe further - I have done some pretty extreme curved piecing this way and many of my 1993-2005 quilts feature a wandering strips signature in their design - see the Colour Memory gallery on my website http://www.alisonschwabe.com where many photos of quilts, with details can be found eg 'Afterglow', 'New Directions' Taking it and other further on, in my Ebb & Flow quilts, I have found it wonderful, suiting my ideas perfectly. I'd say over the past 15 -20 years it has become something of a contemporary tradition, and you can find basic instructions in many places, along with some good and not so good magazine articles, YouTube demos, etc.<br />•I'm sure your instructions will encourage several people to make a jeans quilt as per your tutorial. I wondered why you chose the belt loops adaptation for hanging though - why not put a normal sleeve on the back? And then you could even put a belt through the lops to just hang off each end a little - having no actual hanging function, just a visual effect linking the quilt to the kind of garment from which it was repurposed.<br /><br />Readers of Cathy's blog and my comments here can email me for a free 2 page set of basic instructions and tips to get started with improvisational piecing. Freehand, template-free, curved piecing is not hard, just different - long live irregular shapes!Alison Schwabehttp://www.alisonschwabe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-73329455110385808502014-02-23T11:33:39.460-08:002014-02-23T11:33:39.460-08:00Whether improvisational or not, curves are hard, A...Whether improvisational or not, curves are hard, Ann - I avoided them for years! This technique feels like a hot mess as you learn it, and sometimes even when you're doing it right.When it comes out right, it feels like a miracle! Good luck with your project!Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-47012832225688252232014-02-23T11:08:02.581-08:002014-02-23T11:08:02.581-08:00Thanks Cathy. When I get caught up, I want to try...Thanks Cathy. When I get caught up, I want to try this technique. I am attempting some curved piecing at then moment. It is HARD! It is necessary for the quilt I am making.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10641784755031491045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-70614545953892998462014-02-23T10:45:37.077-08:002014-02-23T10:45:37.077-08:00Not as difficult as you might think, if you aren&#...Not as difficult as you might think, if you aren't after precision (my seam allowances do waver). But if there's a preexisting seam in the way, fuggetaboutit!Cathy Perlmutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366874497046582056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144625015076186871.post-88504169468957280042014-02-23T10:17:26.499-08:002014-02-23T10:17:26.499-08:00This is just adorable. I loved your French transla...This is just adorable. I loved your French translation. It really cracked me up. Is it tough to do the curves with such thick fabric?Cheryl Lynch Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131391501006954258noreply@blogger.com