Finished: Computer Music Quilt

My first finish of the year - mind you, I have about six projects on the go right now and of those three are about 10% away from completion.

This particular one was a thank you gift to my cousin and his wife on the occasion of their fiftieth birthday and silver wedding anniversary. She's a professor of music and he's a card carrying computer geek.

I'm pleased with the outcome, especially considering the time frame available to me, about two weeks for the actual making.

Spoonflower printed the fabric on the back and their first shipment when AWOL, the second got stuck in customs for days. Oh my ... but all's well that ends well! And I finished my oeuvre the day of the party.

Detail of musical notes

I'm making excellent progress on this project which is a good thing, given that it needs to be finished on Saturday - four days to go until we leave!

Just a few more lines of quilting before I bind it and tie up the loose ends!

Making music

Again, how well do I follow directions? Not at all! The tutorial called for used, preferrably washed dryer sheets ... mine come straight from the box. Fortunately, they do not melt while being ironed. I checked!

So I'm guessing I will remove them from the spots before machining them onto the musical sheet ...

Click on image for more!

Who needs Ashtanga Yoga ...

when there's basting to be done?

Work on the Computer Music Quilt is well under way

The above line is from an old German folg song. Click on the above image for lyrics and music. Coincidentally, this is the opening song from my wedding video as well.

I need to measure the spacing for my quilt lines and the size of the keys for my applications ... and that thang is due in less than three weeks' time. Madness, I know!

Spoonflower delivers!

The orange is somewhat off but that may have to do with uncalibrated TFTs. I think I will have to tweak the b/w photo somewhat because it seems pretty dingey and dark but then we're "all systems go"!

My first experiment in Spoonflower

I spent my Friday evening fiddling on Spoonflower and am now excited to receive two fat quarters of circuit board prints.

Help needed: looking for computer themed fabric

I am planning a quilt for my cousin and his wife. She's a concert pianist and music professor, he's a computer geek and programmer for tax advisors.

My idea is a double-sided piece, one representing her, one representing him. Because I'm always strapped for time, it'll be a very simple design and what I need is "computer" themed fabric: something along the lines of 0-1-0 or keyboards or motherboards etc.

Does anybody have any recommendations? Ideas? Links to shops?