During October I am participating in #peachtober22 a prompt challenge created by furry little peach to create something every day of October. I will be sewing a mini quilt each day (and when I say mini I mean mini). So far it has been a great experience and I have already found so many new techniques I am excited to try! Here are the first seven days!
I have gone through a few setting ups in my current tiny (>600sqft) apartment that I also use for my day job. Right now I have this permanent set up for cutting sewing and ironing all on a pop up Ikea table. It is worth it having everything I need within reach even if it makes my living room look more cluttered.
To create a cave I made a very wonky log cabin-type technique around a center shape. I used a gradient of colors to add depth. I love working with dark colors like these.
I am SUPER excited about what I came up for the dandelion prompt. I did a improv piecing to create a curved shape of strip pieced petals. This took basically no measuring (although did have a bit of waste) I am planning on creating a quilt block pattern for this soon because it is a super easy way to make curved looking blocks with no curves!
I have been looking for a reason to attempt a cow print so I used a raw edge applique technique to create fuzzy little blob shapes. My needle broke in the middle of this one and I could not be bothered to finish the top stitch around the edge XD
This piece was inspired by the fact that there are more tigers in captivity in the US alone than in the wild. I created very skinny bars (1/4 inch finished) which is the smallest piecing I have ever done I think. Then I appliqued the tiger eye elements of the top for a nice crisp look.
For this prompt, I was really inspired by the opportunity to do a 3D element. I am super excited by the idea I came up with. I created a finished strip and made the illusion of it going in and out of the quilt. One side of the strip is very traditional-looking fabric while the other side is wonky fun monsters. You could say this is the 2 sides of quilting, or the 2 sides of my personality. They are twisted together and permanently sewn into a quilt.
I wanted to continue the fun of 3D elements so I created these leaves that are sewn into the seams of the background block creating a 3D tree texture. This was inspired by textile artist Marzena Krzewicka who created a beautiful quilt called falling down.
The last day of the week and by far my least favorite. I wasn’t super inspired by this prompt and couldn’t come up with any ideas that really excited me. So I decided to use it as an opportunity to experiment with curves, depth, and transparancy. I think I totally failed on the transparency idea so if you have any tips for that let me know in the comments!
Sydney Kraf is a textile artist pushing the bounds of traditional quilting
