Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Quilt Reveal: Thirties Boro

May I introduce you to my mini quilt of the month for the month of August?


Last year, I was working with my thirties yo-yo quilt.  It is still a work in progress, but in the meantime, I had some precious scraps that will not work for that quilt.  There are so many wonderful ways to use the scraps, but I decided to make a boro quilt.

Here's the video that I used. I even pressed the quilted quilt, which I don't normally do.



Collages have a tendency to look awful until they are finished. It is a fine balance to take the time to make a pleasing arrangement, but avoid the overthinking that would make it look predictable and boring.




Once it was stitched down, it probably would have looked fine with a binding, but I decided it needed something more. Collage quilts are quite popular right now. I see quilts designed by Laura Heine everywhere right now in my internet surfing. I decided to add a focal point. I probably should have chosen a more interesting focal point, but I had the big piece of green fabric and I thought of circles.  It was late at night when the circles turned into a tree.


The tree applique and some other stitching form the quilting stitches.

The circles puff a little bit to make it look dimensional.


The threads are leftover pieces from the quote quilt. I added some stitching that goes a different direction just to secure more of the long edges.  I like how the tree makes you look at the other shapes again to try to figure out what they are. Is that a mailbox? A sign? Or another tree?


In true Shasta style, here is the back.


It is approximately 9" x 12".

Linked with:
DrEAMi

13 comments:

Quilting Babcia said...

This looks like fun, fun, fun to create! A super stress reliever too, and a great way to use all those odd shaped tiny pieces that most quilters would just toss into the trash.

Kim said...

So, my visit here today has caused me to go down 'that' rabbit hole. Thank you for the link to Boro and Laura Heine....how fabulous. Love your Boro collage quilt. All those smidgens of sweet fabric are fabulous. LOVE the tree!

Robin said...

I bet you had fun making this colorful sweet little quilt. I've been wanting to make a mini this month but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Glad you were able to get one together, learn something new, and share your creative process - that always makes it more interesting.

Joyful Quilter said...

How fun! Thanks for providing the link the tutorial. I think I'm going to give it a try.

Cynthia@wabi-sabi-quilts said...

It's such a sweet collage and I love the focal point of the large tree - thanks for sharing that nice video tutorial too. I love how she mentions that her grandma taught her to quilt.

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

This is wonderful- a creative expression at its best. I love it. “Boro” is a new word for me, thanks for sharing your work and the process.

Kyle said...

Thank you for sharing a new technique. I enjoyed watching the video. It was interesting watching the designer play with the fabrics and being willing to move the pieces around multiple times. Your quilt is very freeing and spontaneous.

Wendy Caton Reed said...

Oh wow! I absolutely love this little mini. I will definitely give this method a try. I certainly love your result. Thanks for another great mini!

laughing gas quilts said...

What a fun mini! That tree is perfect on the happy background; you must smile every time. you see it.

O'Quilts said...

Adorable, fun and inspiring...!!

Sandy said...

Shasta, I got so distracted with the Boro demo I got forgot to leave a comment! I’m definitely going to try this. Your little quilt is so sweet, and I can see the possibilities are endless with this technique. Thanks for posting this.

Sandra Walker said...

I was surprised that you added the tree after as a focal point; I was thinking you knew that would be there and made the background for it! Thanks for linking up with DrEAMi!

Tanya said...

Great use of scraps!