oldtisme

I guess I'm really slow in my head I just don't understand the water quilting concept at all, from what I've seen here you buy a premade kit with a grid that you iron the fabric squares to to make the quilt? What is the difference between that & just sewing the pieces together? I really want to understand this, can anyone help me with other than what I'm thinking it is? Thanks in advance to anyone with the patience to help me understand all this.
Jeri

madamekelly

We have a local company that specializes in watercolor quilts. You can find them at www.whims.com
grab a tissue before you go to that site. (To wipe up the drool! Lol!)

ILoveToQuilt

Hi Jeri,

You first iron all the small (1 1/2" usually) patches onto the grided interfacing. THEN you fold on the line, right sides facing, and sew on the lines. Supposedly, using the interfacing makes for more accurate seams. I never liked this product, nor found it that accurate. Using the grid is not an alternative to sewing them. Hope this is clear???

NewkirkGuestHouse

Hi Jeri -
I would say it is much less about sewing technique and all about color choice and blending. I didn't do my wreath quilt from a kit -- I did have a pattern, but I chose and blended all of the fabrics & colors so they 'flowed' and 'popped' in certain areas. I am far from a master, but I thoroughly enjoy picking all the fabrics and determining placement with even some fussy cutting on certain pieces.
That wreath pattern was done with strips -

NewkirkGuestHouse

Wow, the Whims site is a lot of fun -- thanks for telling me about it!

willferg

I'm no expert here, but to my way of thinking postage stamp quilts are scrappy with random placement of very small squares (2" or less), with no overall pattern. Pixel quilts have squares very precisely placed so that the overall quilt from a distance is a picture, much like you see on a computer screen. Watercolor quilts are somewhere in between. As you can see on the picture in this link, the little fabric squares are fussy cut and then sewn together precisely to make an image, but the resulting flowers in the fabric flow kind of freely and artistically:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/433190057880720910/

Cedar

Ok that makes sense. Thanks!

Back when I thought I'd never be able to sew a straight line I was angsting to a friend who worked at fabric depot about how much I wanted to be able to quilt and she mentioned that I might like watercolor quilts and showed me some picture and it never occurred to me to ask more questions about the process.

oldtisme

Thanks Anita that made it clear enough to know I wont be doing that anytime in the near or distant future

madamekelly

I did try to use it for a project, but between things not staying stuck, and the black ' shmutz' all over my brand new quilting machine, for get it.

Christine-

http://www.patchworksthatpraise.com/help.asp

The quilter on this website shows how she creates her watercolor quilts. It may give you some ideas?