Sunday, January 6, 2013

A New Map

Quilting Arts has a new challenge called 'Map It Out'.  I thought it would be fun to enter and I already had a background to use.  

A while ago I had printed out map pages onto fabric and had some leftover pages that I decided to cut and sew and recut and stitch back up again.   After that was done, I added some bright 'streets' to my project.  


I wasn't quite sure what to do about binding.  I had considered turning it back, but then decided on a bright orange that was already in the quilt.   

My friend got me the coolest binding clips for Christmas and they were great to use.  I highly recommend them.  They went on fast and were easy to work with.   I wonder if it is rude to ask her for a bunch more for my birthday=)


I will show a picture of the finished quilt on my next post.

After all that work, I took a break and went back to making a couple dozen more 3D flowers!




9 comments:

Jake said...

I LOVE Clover binding clips!.

NickersMarie said...

Jackie, this is so cool! I love your map pages idea.

Kelli Fannin Quilts said...

I love this, Jackie! I love maps and maps+quilts= win/win! :) So cool!

Gene Black said...

very nice.

And I see that you have "sewing fuel" there with your flowers...you know Dark Chocolate. hehehee

Shanna said...

Great Job on that map fabric! Its a great idea, have you thought about doing a lap sized version? YOu could get spoonflower to print larger blocks of your map fabric. Any who, way to go!

Stella Nemeth said...

I like your just go for it attitude. You ended up with an interesting piece.

Nina Marie said...

ohhh this is interesting - love how the pages are coming!

Kat said...

Very clever. Great clips ol' buddy ol' pal.

Mama Pea said...

Bright orange was the right choice. It's great. I love those binding clips, too!