Welcome to Orbit City!

Saturday morning cartoons were a big deal when I was a kid and one of my favorites was the Jetsons. The show was released in 1962 and there were 3 seasons of flying cars, robots, and easily prepped meals. The Jetson's lived in Orbit City in the year 2062.

The quilting is a mix of walking foot and hand quilting. The background was quilted as a grid and the large center 'blob' featured straight lines going in different directions depending on the color. Then the background area around each shape - including the large center 'blob' - was hand quilted.

The Jetson's was my prompt for my year 2 @unscriptedquiltsbee bee mates - Charles Cameron, Chris Davies, E.A. Cox, Elizabeth Ray, Ellyn Zinsmeister, Emily Lang, Isabelle Selak, Jenn Burt, Sarah Goer, and Sarah Ruiz. 

Using a color palette from the series, I asked bee members to be inspired by shapes and make a simple block surrounded that shape with background fabric. (Think square-in-a-square but instead with an irregular shape.) 

Top Row: @emilylangquilts, @sarahgoerquilts, @ellynz, @eacox24, and @scarf.mama

Bottom Row:  @southbaybella, @bysarahruiz, @elizabethkray, @feltlikesweets, and @jenngeorgeburt

Painters Palette solids and Auriful thread were used. Everyone was sent a FQ of Painter's Palette Lapis for the background.

The quilt measures 60" x 60".

I entered Welcome to Orbit City! into QuiltCon into the Group/Bee category. I'm very proud of my finish. 

Read Jetsons update 1, update 2, update 3 and update 4.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Large Square in a Square Crochet Project Update

And now there are 3.

My vision for my blanket project is to make 4 large granny squares using cream and gold yarn. I purchased 6 skeins of each color from Purl Soho with a goal of using 3 skeins on each block. 

At this point, there are 3 partially completed blocks. One measures ~26" with 28 rows. And the other two measure ~18" with 22/23 rows. The next step is to get all the squares to be 28 rows and then start the final one. So far, I've not used all of the 3 skein allotment on each square because I need to make sure there is enough yarn leftover to join the blocks and add a finishing edge. 

(Previous updates: June and May) 

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Celebration of My QuiltCon 2027 Entries

With QuiltCon submission behind us (whew!), I wanted to share a sneak peak of the five quilts I submitted to the show. While each quilt brought its own set of challenges, I am very proud of my work and want to celebrate my submissions!

From left to right:

• Welcome to Orbit City! was entered into Bee/Group Quilts. My prompt to my Quilts Unscripted bee mates was based on an animation cell from the Jetson's. You can read more about the process on this post from September. So much fun to assemble - the colors brought me joy.

• 1 1 2 3 5 8 was entered but not accepted into QC2026 in the fabric challenge. It is my first quilt that was entirely hand quilted so I decided to give another try at QuiltCon. Read more about the quilt here.

• Freestyle was entered into the Scrappy Color challenge. Inspiration for the quilt comes from my daily morning lap swim.  

• Happy Dance was entered but not accepted into Improv om QC2-26 and I thought it deserved another chance. This quilt was such fun to make. The bright colors make me happy. Read more about the quilt here.

• Event Horizon was entered into the Fabric Challenge. It features a mix of walking foot quilting and hand quilting. An event horizon is the boundary marking the outer limits of a black hole and is often depicted in images in shades of oranges and reds. Anything that crosses this boundary is trapped forever inside the black hole.

I'll post more information about these quilts soon. Until then, fingers crossed that some of my quilts will hang in the show in Atlanta. Congratulations and good luck to everyone who submitted!

Have a wonderful day! Patty