April 2006 Challenge: Front and Back! (Page 2)

Quilt 33

Quilt 34

Quilt 35

Quilt 36

Beth Polvino
Seashore Memories

Beth Polvino
Seashore Memories (BACK)

Claudia Chang
Seaside House (Front)

Claudia Chang
Beach Fun (Back)

North Cape May, NJ

North Cape May, NJ

Taiwan

Taiwan

Quilt 37

Quilt 38

Quilt 39

Quilt 40

Denise Smart
Colorwashed Seashore Longings (Front)

Denise Smart
Colorwashed Seashore Longings (Back)

Donna Fisher
Seashore and Ocean Quilt - Front

Donna Fisher
Seashore and Ocean Quilt - Back

I just purchased EQ on 4-22 and rushed thru the lessons so I could enter this months challange. I am having a ball. I am thrilled at how easy this software is to use. My previous design wall seems so inadequate now. Hurrah for technology.

I used the same layout on the front and the back so the quilting patterns will look good on both sides. If not hand quilted you will probably want to add a border to keep both sides reasonably square.

Plano, TX

I have been quilting for 13 months. I consider myself a confident beginner.

Plano, TX

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida

Quilt 41

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Quilt 43

Quilt 44

Elaine Grasher
Exotic Patio Tiles

Elaine Grasher
Exotic Patio Tile Backing

Helena Norberg
Captain´s Compass

Helena Norberg
Sailor´s Knot

I used the "Byzantium" for this setting. I love tile used for floors and this would be beautiful to have in my kitchen or on a patio.

Texas

Just going for an ocean setting to sooth me as I sit on a beautiful tiled patio relaxing. Ah, what a dream!

Texas

This is my "summerfront" of the quilt. For me summer is water and the sea, a lot of cool colors. I don´t know if the fussycutting shows?

Kiruna, Sweden

I´m not so fond of heavy patterned fabric so this was really a challenge! This is my "winterside" of the quilt with warmer colors and a "sandy" edge so you can remember the warm, sandy feeling in your feet even in the middle of the winter.

Kiruna, Sweden

Quilt 45

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Quilt 48

Ingrid Akkersdijk
Seaflowers (front)

Ingrid Akkersdijk
Seaflowers (back)

Jo Moury
Wandering Ships

Jo Moury
One Lost Ship

the Netherlands

the Netherlands

Original table topper for April Challenge.
This project, indeed, proved to be challenging. Initially I tried setting the Lost Ships variation on point, but I couldn't get the fabric to rotate 45 degree without a "square" background... so this was Plan "B".

I took one of the fabrics into Paint and saved it as a bitmap; opened Irfanview and rotated the fabric swatch 45 degrees. I then went back into Paint and cropped the fabric to "fussy cut" the sailboats. Since I couldn't set the pieced blocks on point and have the sail boats not fall over, I set this as a table topper to justify why all the little boats are headed off in different directions. :)
This was a very good exercise in using Paint & Irfanview as well as sticking with a specific palette (that had a lot of busy prints).

Haymarket, VA

I used the Log Cabin block from the topper front and appliqued one little boat as a surprise.

Haymarket, VA

Quilt 49

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Quilt 51

Quilt 52

Janet Tannahill
Cabin at the Seashore

Janet Tannahill
Back of Cabin at the Seashore

Judith Best
Lighthouse

Judith Best
Lighthouse back

I didn't get very creative with this, but the idea just kept going around in my mind so I gave it a try.

Mission, KS

These are blocks just like those on the front only bigger!

Mission, KS

Stormy weather is on the way.

Ontario, Canada

On the reverse, a sunny day at the beach.

Ontario, Canada

Quilt 53

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Quilt 55

Quilt 56

Julia Malone
At the Seashore - front

Julia Malone
At the Seashore - back

D. Kathy Willis
Beach Star

D. Kathy Willis
Beach at Night

 

A quasi-original block design served as the layout for the front of this quilt.

Houston, Texas, USA

Irregular Grid 1 served as the layout for the pieced back of this quilt.

Houston, Texas, USA

Quilt 57

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Quilt 59

Quilt 60

Dorothy Atkinson
Down The Shore

Dorothy Atkinson
Out For A Stroll With The Babies

Jacquelyn Jacobi
Midnight Sand Front

Jacquelyn Jacobi
Midnight Sand Back

I used the Custom Set Quilt so that I could place a strip the full width of the quilt. I would sew the blocks to the middle strip. I used EQ5 Blocks for the Swan, Water Lilies and Fish and I traced the loons. I did a lot of resizing. I would make one strip showing the fish and I would join the first and third row blocks to the
centre strip of fish.
Thank you Barb for another Challenge and to the EQ staff for making this possible for us to do plus making available all of the fabrics we are able to download.

Georgian Bay, Lafontaine, ON, Canada
Where the daffodils are finally peeking up to say hi to spring.

I used one of my blocks for the centre. I had to do some fiddling to place the
centre piece. I would have to do some more math to get the back of the quilt
just right. It can be done.

Happy Quilting

Georgian Bay, Lafontaine, ON, Canada

 

 

Victoria British Columbia

Victoria British Columbia

Quilt 61

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Quilt 64

Jeanette
Sandles on Ocean Waves

Jeanette
Back of Sandles

Joan
Seascape

Joan
Rockpool

Sandles set into Ocean Waves on a pebble beach.

Single Log Cabin block.

I have only just started quilting. I have completed only two quilts. More recently I purchased EQ5. So I still have my Learner plates on when trying to drive EQ5. This is the front of my quilt - I tried to capture a landscape by the sea.

Adelaide
South Australia
Australia

For the back of my quilt, I have tried to give the impression of rock pools on a rock platform by the sea.

Adelaide
South Australia
Australia