Scavenger Hunt Quilt

Last blog I had started a scavenger hunt quilt designed by Heidi Parkes. Did you work out what my step 3 items were? - headphones, brush, phone and Peter's hand and mine.

I was stuck on Step 4 - chronology. I needed to make a calendar like grid of fabrics in chronological order that mean something to me. I simply couldn't find that many swatches, so left if and moved onto step 5. While doing that I managed to find a number of fabrics in my 2" box and completed the grid. I went from 10 pieces of fabric to 22.

Step 5 was called 'orbit'. Find the largest bowl in the house and trace part or all of it to indicate if I am a day person or a night person. I'm definitely a night person. I love to stay up late and sew or watch Netflix. Easy to do in the warmer months, in Winter I snuggle in bed with my head phones and binge watch Netflix. I have a piece of fabric that I like, but can't remember why I bought it. It reminds me of fireworks.

The bowl I used was given to me by a good friend as it has a rooster on it. My favourite footie team is the Sydney Roosters - or as I call them Easts.

The next step - 6, is nature. I had to think about a plant or animal that reflects my personality or nature. My first thoughts were ivy, that travels up walls and along paths and that's me. I like to travel, and once this covid is under control we will travel again. My second thought was a spider web as many spiders many beautiful patterned webs. I decided on the ivy, but might add the spider web at a latter date.

 I am really enjoying this quilt. I wasn't sure at the start with it all being hand sewn, but I love relaxing while I do it. It will make a lovely wall hanging in my sewing room.

Can't Have Too Many Projects - right?

I'm on Instagram, one of the creative people I follow posted a pic of a 'scavenger hunt' quilt by Heidi Parkes. It looked very interesting and so I went to the # and had a look at others interpretations of the quilt. I was hooked. I loved the idea and loved the concept. I started more than half way through, (- yes, late to the party again!) and went back to step one on Heidi's Youtube to start. 

Step 1 - ME. I needed to choose two main fabrics - see left. Being 'Safe at Home' I have been using my stash, so really a perfect time to start this quilt. Step one is to trace the left side of body from armpit and to applique onto background. I chose pink as it is my favourite colour, and left overs from a backing of the quilt that lives on our bed in summer time. 

The quilt is 40"x40", but my fabric total is once appliqued was 30"x 42". As a quilt, I think this personal, individual themed quilt will be better as a wall hanging in my new craft room, so that's what is in my mind. I laid the tape measure against my left side and then carefully cut the piece.

Actually worked very well. The blue and white stripes remind me of cruising. This is me.

 The pattern for this improvisation quilt by Heidi Parkes is also in Quilting Daily magazine, and each step is explained there. Step two is about my BIRTHDAY. Width is the month I was born and length is the day. The colour of the fabric is the birthstone of the month born - ruby. I used some fabric from the LQS that sadly closed down two years ago.

Step 3 is TOUCH. Trace 4-5 items that I touch each day, and applique them to the top right hand side of the quilt. I wanted to use my Renyolds freezer paper but someone has used it and not put it back - a search is still in progress - so I used normal paper to trace around the items and then carefully appliqued them onto the backing.

Can you guess what the five items are? See next post.

Step 4 is chronology. I was going well with the steps until this one. I need to roughly cut fabric that means something to me and place them in a grid in chronological order. Harder than one thinks! I have 9 fabric swatches, but really want a minimum of 12, so I'm still looking and thinking.