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Los Angeles II: A Modern City Quilt from Gefilte Quilt

I'm on a roll with city quilts! I've made two New York quilts, a Chicago quilt, and now, a second Los Angeles quilt. (Photos of earlier quilts and an instructional booklet are here.) Below is the second Los Angeles quilt:

It's a wedding present (a scant year-and-a-half late!) for my dear friend Elizabeth and her groom Rick, who whisked her away to the East Coast, leaving her family and friends happy for them, but sorry for ourselves.

In my first LA quilt, I recreated significant buildings that would be fun to translate into fabric. For this quilt ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 5 years, 3 months ago. under building , city quilts , cityscape quilts , gifts , improvisation , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , novelty fabric , redbubble , solid fabric , spoonflower

A "No Apologies" Tutorial for Improv Paper Pieced Log Cabin Triangle Quilts from Gefilte Quilt

When I started this quilt, the idea was to make a rainbow-colored 6-pointed star. I hoped to create a pattern people might use to make a wedding canopy, among other things. The most relaxing way to do that, I figured, would be to start with log cabin triangles.

So what you see in the central area of this quilt are a whole lot of log cabin pieced triangles - each center piece is light, and the three "logs" around it are darker. You're also seeing blocks I call "water lilies" - from left to right, the oddball orange, pink and purple ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 5 years, 4 months ago. under chuppah , gifts , improvisation , jewish , judaica , log cabin , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , quilt pattern , solid fabric , wedding quilt

Going Around with Modern Improv Paper-Pieced Log Cabin Triangle Quilts from Gefilte Quilt

Here are the projects that have consumed me in recent weeks. The first started out as this pyramid of 11 hexagon-shaped formations that I call kaleidoscopes:

I finished it just like that, with the pyramid shape and a dark grey binding. I hoped it was done, right up to the moment that it occurred to me that if I turned the thing upside down, and added another kaleidoscopic formation to the bottom.....

...it would become an exclamation point!

I love punctuation, so I stitched that "dot" to the bottom. The dot has quilted 60 degree triangles popping out from the ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 5 years, 4 months ago. under gifts , improvisation , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , quilt pattern , solid fabric

Why I Love Leftovers, When to English Paper Piece Squares (Rarely), and Why I Still Like Facebook from Gefilte Quilt

If I bake a cake, I know there won't be any leftovers. My DH and I, unfortunately, share a sweet tooth - we'll eat the whole thing in 1-2 sittings. So I don't bake.

That gives me more time to quilt. And one of the great joys of quilting is knowing that there are going to be lots of yummy, color-coordinated, high-fiber, calorie-free leftovers, with a shelf life much longer than anything involving butter!

Here's my newest leftover quilt - a trifle about 22" square.

It's the direct descendant of this large (about 70" high) English Paper ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 5 years, 5 months ago. under applique , buttons , embellishment , english paper piecing , gifts , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , solid fabric

Baby Talk Quilts: Brain Exercise for Quilter & Kid from Gefilte Quilt

My friends' kids are in their 20's and 30's, and starting to make babies; thus I am making more baby quilts! Here's my latest. The squares were cut 4"; quilt's total size is about 40" x 50".

I call this an "Everything in the World" or "Baby Conversation" quilt. They're always a joy to make and no two are identical.

They start as a huge stack of 4" squares cut from my encyclopedic collection of novelty fabrics. Once I have a bunch - 108 squares to be exact - I start placing them on my design wall ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 5 years, 5 months ago. under baby quilt , gifts , novelty fabric , solid fabric

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