Sunday, January 10, 2016

Nummer 1, 2 and 3 - Complete!

One more project out of my head and onto fabric. My Quilty Sister, who lives in Qatar, has been keeping my supplied with Ikea's "Britten Nummers" fabric for a while now.  It is no longer available in Canada or the US so, everytime she comes home to NS to visit, she brings me a few metres.  I still have a good supply on hand but I wanted to make something to commemorate the end of an amazing run.  So, from the scraps from the quilt below, "I Love Chai", that I made using a fat quarter bundle of Alison Glass "Handcrafted" and "Nummers" as the backing......






.....I made this.....A triptych called

                     "Nummers One, Two and Three" 

 I plan on hanging all three in a group on my living room wall.                   


"Nummer One" measures 32" x 41"   Quilted in freemotion .in the border areas used Aurifil #50 in white 2024 on my Pfaff GrandQuilter 16.0 which uses a Topstitch size 100 titanium needle and in the pieced centre area Wonderfil Konfetti 50# dark gold KT401

close-up yumminess

"Nummer Two" measures 26" x 28"  spiral quilted using walking foot. Quilted on my Pfaff QE 4.0 using Aurifil 50# in white 2024 top and bottom and a Superior Titanium Topstitch needle size 80/12 
spiral quilting is such fun!

"Nummer Three" measures 18" x 26"   freemotioned quilted.  Had to add the selvedge! Quilted on my Pfaff GrandQuilter 16.0 using Aurifil #50wt in white 2024 


On "Nummer Three", I tried my hand at using an acrylic quilting ruler.  I used "Fine Line" Quilter's Ruler made by Accents in Design, Inc.  I like having the ruler to guide my stitching and it works well once you get the feel for it.  I found that going right to left is better for me.  You will notice in the photo below that the left hand side of the arcs are quite wobbly. I find it a lot easier and smoother if I stitch right to left. Lots of practice required.  




Backing fabric on all three is another Ikea fabric.  



For the binding, the same on all three...My favourite from "Handcrafted" by Alison Glass  A lovely dark teal.  I bound #One and #Two completely by machine but on #Three, I handstitched it to the back.  

I love fabric so much, but it's the scraps, the leftovers,  that really inspire me and spur me on just to see if  I can make my mind come to life! 

I am linking up with Cynthia @Quilting is more than Housework. 
 for Oh Scrap!  Stop by and check out all the the other scrappy projects there are to see.  

Hope you had time today to get something done and maybe off your to-do list.                                                                              

22 comments:

  1. Wow! How clever to make three to hang together! I'm truly inspired by scraps, too, and love to see what I can come up with. After all, I paid just as much for the scraps as I did for the large pieces!

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  2. Your quilts are fantastic and what a great idea! They'll look great in their own grouping on your wall. Looks like you have mastered that ruler. Yay you!

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  3. Linda these turned out so lovely. I do love what comes out of your brain! Beautiful.

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  4. Linda these turned out so lovely. I do love what comes out of your brain! Beautiful.

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  5. Well done, as per usual, Linda! I love that you love scraps more than yardage. I find myself wondering "What would Linda say?" whenever I toss a scrap into the trash bin. :)

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  6. Oh scrap! These turned out fabulously well...I am swooning over the spiral quilting of Nummer Two...gotta put that higher on my list of must-try-things, along with trying rulers. You are such an inspiring little friend.
    Well done!

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  7. These are amazing. What a great idea. I'm still hoarding my little bit of Nummers.

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  8. What a beautiful trio , they will look fantastic on you wall !

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  9. I love them! Such a fun group to hang up and remember your quilty adventures and your friend. I love how different they are, yet they are cohesive and work well as a team. Awesome finishes! :)

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  10. I love your spiral quilting on Number 2--that is on my to try doing list! Great finishes!

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  11. These are all going to look great together on your wall. Great use of those fabric bits. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  12. Oh, Linda, these are so stunning. And the quilting... the perfect spiral... I love what you've done with these precious scraps!

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  13. I have one word......gorgeeeeeoussss.

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  14. Wow! You are on a roll! They look awesome -great use of scraps.

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  15. Beautiful set of quilts...love your numbers fabric! The quilting is amazing!!

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  16. How wonderful! None of these look like "leftover scrap" quilts - they are pieces of art! Well done :)

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  17. They don't look like scrap quilts. Beautiful.

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  18. Oh, Linda, they came out beautifully! I can't wait until my next visit so I can see them in person, not that I'm wishing time away! It already goes by too quickly! XO

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  19. Three lovely pieces Linda - great finishes. xx

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  20. I got a ruler foot before Christmas and I just give it a quick try. My ruler doesn't have any handles. How do you like them, do you feel they give you some stability ?

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