Tag: hus ved havet

  • A Different Kind of Bargello

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    Allison Rainville

    You’d think that sewing straight lines would be easy. You’d be wrong. I started working on the College Fjord quilt today, sewing more vertical strips onto the batting and backing. I realized after I’d worked for a while that somehow, I’d gone wonky. The top of what I’ve sewn together…

  • Now that the Holidays Are Over

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    Allison Rainville

    I took the week of Christmas off, and in between wrapping gifts, celebrating with my family, and reorganizing my sewing room, I was able to get a little more of both the College Fjord and Hus Ved Havet quilts done. I decided once and for all that I wasn’t going…

  • Now That Proof of Concept Exists, Part 2

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    Allison Rainville

    The Hus Ved Havet image (see previous post) will be divided into five sections, each with its own coloring and bargello method: the land in the foreground (greens/yellow-greens), the water (gray-blues), the mountain (grays), the sky (a blue-to-yellow ombre I originally bought for the College Fjord quilt but that didn’t…