Octopus patchwork

Texte en français en bas de la page I just found the  blogger's quilt festival and I am amazed by all the beautiful quilts on display! As a beginner quilter, there is only on quilt I really want to show share at the festival. It is the quilt that gave its name to my blog, the octopus. I designed the octopus quilt, out of HST and 4 patches for my 5 year old nefew, who became a big brother. He is fascinated by the octopus at the aquarium and has gifted me with a drawing of it for Christmas That is how I decided to design an octopus quilt for him . There are more pictures of the finished quilt here and more on the design and process here . Thank you for visiting! Marie Je viens de trouver le festival des bloggers et je suis ravie de voir tous ces magnifiques patchworks! En tant que patchworkeuse débutante, il n'y a qu'un de mes patchworks que j'ai vraiment envie d'y exposer. C'est celui qui a donné son nom à mon blog, la pieuvre. Je l...

Texte en français en bas de la page   I had two goals for August. The first one was to finish my Octopus quilt. And it is done! read the full blog post on this. The second goal was to sew at least half the blocs for the university quilt for my daughter. I also reached that goal and even went past it, because I sewed all the blocks and am almost done assembling the lines.  This quilt is based on the haphazard pattern from Liz, at savor every stitch. I will write more about this quilt at a later stage.   Marie PS link to   One Monthly Goal J'avais deux buts Pour le mois d'août. Le premier était de finir ma pieuvre, et c'est fait ! lire le post ici Le deuxième était de finir au moins la moitié des blocs pour le patchwork que ma fille va emmener à l'université. J'ai atteint ce but là aussi, et je l'ai même dépassé, puisque j'ai fini tous les blocs et que j'ai presque fini de les coudre en l...

Texte en français en bas de la page I thought I would never see the end of this quilt. Not because I hated doing it, but because I like it too much. I delayed every step of the process, being scared of ruining it. I read somewhere that, traditionally a quilter has to introduce a mistake in every quilt because only god is perfect... Well, I don't need to make an intentional mistake, my quilt is full of errors, misaligned seams etc. I am still very proud of it. My largest quilt so far and designed myself. I hope my nephew will like it read the full story here.  I quilted the octopus' tentacles, free motion with pebbles. For the background (the sea) I made wavy lines, using my walking foot. I quilted the piano key borders with straight lines. For the back, I was ready to settle on anything remotely nautical, but the perfect fabric found me. I even got a reduction because I finished the bolt! I used this method to machine bind the quilt. I have probab...

texte en français en bas de la page I am just  back from a 3 weeks trip and the first thing I did was to pick up my sewing machine that was also on vacation at the shop for a good cleaning. We are both ready to start new sewing adventures! Unlike what I hoped, I did not finish the  octopus patchwork before leaving. I have finished the quilting, but did not square nor bind it. my goal for the month of august will be to finish this quilt.   On another hand, I am now very late for the quilt I want to give to my daughter when she leaves for university... I have the pattern and the fabric, but I have not started it yet. My second goal for August will be to sew half the blocs on  this quilt   Until now, I have regularly underestimated the time required for my sewing. In addition, the weather is so hot that I am not sure how much sewing time I can endure (my sewing room is under the roof, and of course I have no a/c!) let's hope i can make ...

Texte en français en bas de la page   When my sister announced she was expecting a second child, I decided it was time for me to start quilting. I had wanted to try since some time, but I really needed to start for this baby. So I made a few small projects (pillows) and then a baby blanket. Then I remembered how my kids felt when a new baby arrived in the family. All that attention and all the gifts were directed to the new baby. It was a difficult time for the older siblings. My nephew is 5 years old. He is home schooled and has the full attention of his parents and great parents most of the time... What a shock for him! So I decided I would make a quilt for him too. But then came the difficult decision time. To make a baby quilt is easy; you just have to please the parents. But how to please a 5 years old with a quilt? I live far away from my family and don't see them very often. My sister told me that he is an NBA fan and he likes dragon. His favourite Lakers player... ...