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TRISPECTIVE: The items on this web page will provide practice and additional information for those using this book. For larger views of the quilts shown below and for more details about each of them,
ssee the web section titled "Flora's Art Quilts." You may get this book: (1) From your local quilt shop, (2) From AQS web site, or (3) From Amazon.com
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A NEW TIP (to supplement Trispective):
An alternative way to PLEAT
Click HERE to see an easier method--OR do the following:
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As people have contacted me about making these 3-N-1 quilts, they have asked about alternate ways to PLEAT the columns.
HERE IS ONE WAY:
After you have FINISHED all of the decorative stitching in the columns, FOLD the TOP and BOTTOM (to the back side) at the approximate positions of the red lines in the photo at the left. CAREFULLY PRESS THESE TWO FOLDS so they are very FLAT. It will now look like this: |
After you do the above, your piece will look similar to the picture shown at the right. [It will also look like Figure 11o on page 64 in Trispective--but without the outside "edges" still showing. Those will already be tucked under with this method.] Because these 1/2, 3/4, or one-inch TOPS and BOTTOMS of the columns are now UNstitched (because of using THIS method instead of the one described in the book), you will now blind-stitch (by hand) the open ENDS of each column. You can be as meticulous in this blind-stitching as you WISH to be--giving it as much time as needed for the "look" you want. Fold the left and right edges under, and you can now blind-stitch this entire pleated piece onto a solid (no cut-out insert) prepared frame or your choice of fabric foundation. Some people feel this method gives more control when attaching the pleated section to a separate binding/border/frame. Feel free to experiment with either method until YOU are satisfied. [For ME, I typically choose the method described in the book if I'm stitching a SHOW quilt; also, I'm not crazy about hand sewing (nor are my blind-stitches the world's greatest).] Either way, have FUN in the process. |
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Prepared fabrics for the 3-N-1 Quilt Magical Toys:
To practice making the fabric file for the quilt Magical Toys (shown above) with ONE-INCH columns, there are complimentary photos already prepared and available for you to use. Click HERE to download the LEFT PHOTO, click HERE for the CENTER PHOTO, and click HERE for the RIGHT PHOTO. If you follow the steps outlined on pages 20-27 in the book Trispective, then your fabric on your computer screen should be similar to the one shown in Figure 4k on page 27 in that book.
To practice making THREE-FOURTHS-INCH columns with the Magical Toys images, click HERE to download the LEFT PHOTO, click HERE for the CENTER PHOTO, and click HERE for the RIGHT PHOTO. If you follow the steps outlined on page 29 in the book Trispective, then your fabric image on your computer screen should be similar to the one shown in Figure 4p on page 29.
To practice with the complimentary prepared photos used in the quilt Sleep, Pray, Scream (shown above with ONE-INCH columns), click HERE to download the already tweaked LEFT PHOTO, click HERE for the CENTER PHOTO, and click HERE for the RIGHT PHOTO. Refer to page 28 in the book Trispective for details and an example of what your computer screen should look like.
If you would like to order ALREADY-PREPARED fabric to make this 3-N-1 Sleep, Pray, Scream quilt, you may order it from Spoonflower.
Stitch a 3-N-1 Quilt of your PETS!
Below are three complimentary photos you may use for PRACTICE if you are considering making a 3-N-1 quilt of your pets. Refer to the book Trispective for instructions, and feel free to use the images below for your practice. They have already been tweaked for the correct size to make one-inch columns (13"x13" for the cat and dog, and 12"x13" for the center owl). Click HERE to download the cat photo, HERE for the owl, and HERE for the dog.
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This is how your computer screen will look if you followed the instructions on pages 20-27 in the book Trispective to prepare this image file:
For practice with HUMAN FACES:
Three complimentary photographs are provided that may be used to practice making ONE-HALF-INCH COLUMNS in 3-N-1 Quilts. Click HERE to download the LEFT PHOTO, click HERE for the CENTER PHOTO, and click HERE for the RIGHT PHOTO. (The left and right images are 7"x10", and the center image is 6 1/2"x10".) If you follow the steps outlined on page 30 in the book Trispective, then your fabric image on your computer screen should be similar to the one shown in Figure 4s on page 31.
Sample Customer Quilts:
The above was made by ELVA FARRELL.
The above was made by RICH BUCKLER (Arthur, Illinois)
For a beautiful video of the above in its finished state, click on:
https://www.facebook.com/rich.buckler.1/videos/10219059924395689/?t=2
Rich has just won his THIRD BLUE RIBBON FOR THIS QUILT!!! Congrats!!!
