CQ Journal Quilts 2019

Been catching up on my CQ Journal Quilts for September to December  and then looking through  my  blog posts realised I hadn't posted any of them here ( though I did post them on the dedicated albums on Facebook page ). Bad blogger ! 

The ' rules' this year  were A4 :with different patchwork/ sewing techniques Jan - April; alternative ' fabrics' eg paper May- August; different surface design techniques: Sep - Dec. I mainly repurposed old  or part started samples  

January 'Pebbles'  ( applique )   

February 'Spiral' ( logcabin) 

March 'Woodgrain' (chenille )

April ' Choppy Seas' ( pieced offcuts and trimmings )

May ' Meanwhile 1' ( Abaca tissue and paper) 

June ' Meanwhile 2' ( Abaca tissue and paper) 

July 'Frottage 1' ( Colourcatchers) 

August 'Frottage 2' ( Colourcatchers)

September 'Monoprint' 

October 'Iranian Door' ( printed photograph and monoprint) 

November 'Limpet Stack' ( appliqued photograph on fabric ) 

December ' Limpets: interiors/exteriors' ( appliqued photograph on fabric) 

CQ Journal Quilts 2018 ( and earlier years)

 A composite  of all 12 of my CQ Journal Quilts from 2018, 7 x 9 inches ,  mainly pieced from offcuts and scraps and experiments in excavating sections of old quilts and  stitching to emphasise the holes and creases. Beauty in found marks.  Read more about January to April; May to August and September to  December.

I've been making Journal  Quilts since 2003 and over the years  they've been important to me as  experiments and samples and  a sense of achievement in squeezing  at least some stitching into  a busy life. Some have become the basis of larger works,  others not (or at least not yet). Since 2007 I've  joined in with the challenges set by the Contemporary Quilt  specialist group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles  and seeing what others do with the same theme and the variety of sizes and formats  is so inspiring.

 Here's a few groupings from previous years.

2017

2016 

2015 

2014

2013 

2012

2010

2008