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I've mentioned before that as a youth I wanted to become an architect; and was told that girls didn't do that in the 1950s.  I wasn't particularly prone to buck the system in those days; so I said okay, I'll do something else.  No regrets here; as the observation of architecture and structures continues to be a pleasant part of my everyday life and travels, a great avocation.  I especially enjoy the juxtaposition of the old and the new, plus the regal with the mundane.  What ties it all together is usually the geometry involved.   Quiltmaking ...

I am not sure how/why the name came to me.  I guess it takes three to make a band (two is just a pair/duo), just like you need three sides to make a triangle. The colors are definitely boyish. It fits and so it sticks.  

Meet Boy Band.

Boy Band

The Island Batik challenge for May is simple - get out of your comfort zone (working with squares and rectangles) and work with triangles.

I could have used HSTs or even HRTs because there is no dearth of ideas. But staying true to the challenge, I pieced triangles. 

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Day #11: "Chandelier, Shaken"

This quilt is improv paper pieced, using batik fabrics.

Closer: 

Much closer:

A little to the left: 

Finally, from the back - I like the way the light creates a stained glass effect!

It was pure fun, with minimal measuring. The techniques I used (though not this actual pattern) are in my booklet, "Modern Paper Piece Log Cabin Triangles," in my etsy shop, CathyPstudio, here.

Day #12: A Millenium Quilt

This large quilt (74" x 93", it almost hit the ceiling) is made of 2,000 squares, cut 2.5".

A little closer:

Center: 

Backstory: In the ...