Color my world — your finish here

[Rita]

Trying to send photo

[Sally W.]

Well…. It’s done. 12 months plus of work. I customized a lot of it to be Los Angeles centric with vignettes of the LA City Hall, Watts Towers, Bullocks Wilshire, the Fox Theater in Westwood, UCLA Royce Hall, the Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign and our own home in Westwood Hills. Mostly Cherrywood solid fabric and the background is a Riley Blake map design. Waiting for an order for backing fabric to arrive before getting down to quilting. Heaving a great sigh of relief, but it was fun and a challenge. Thank you Barbara Black for the excellent instruction!

[Helen W.]

Sally, Love your finished results. It shows how much personal work you put into it. Love your background fabric. I would be tempted to put a dark brown or black outline stitch around the left
top and bottom towers. It might just be the photo, but them seem to blend into the background
fabric, a little more contrast might make them more evenly colored to the rest of the buildings.
Just an idea. I think you did an incredible job. HelenW

Incredible customizations! How did you do that?!

[EvaCW]

I finished my top today. I changed up the Australian tower to the Calgary tower to make it a little more personal. I added a black zinger around the center before add into the borders.

[Helen W.]

Eva, Your black zinger was a great idea for finishing it off. HelenW

[Kris B.]

Finally, I have finished my quilt top! It's been a fun and challenging ride. I know my quilting skills won't do this project justice. So I need to be patient until April, when my longarm quilter will work her magic.

Many thanks to Barbara for your excellent teaching during these past 12 months!!

[susanrfuller]

[susanrfuller]

My top is finally finished. I used my own hand dyes for the houses, etc. The landmarks are all from the (San Francisco) East Bay Area: Golden Gate Bridge, UC Berkeley Campanile, Bay Bridge, Claremont Hotel.

Love the whole thing including California tribute buildings and the bridges!

[Lynnanne]

My Color My World top is finally finished. I needed be able to make do with the fabric scraps I had because the stores were often closing due to the pandemic so by taking someone’s suggestion on the forum and with helpful instructions from Helen I was able to reduce the pattern to 60%. Working with the tiny pieces was tedious! I changed two of the skyscapers to make the Mole Antonelliana which is symbol of the city of Torino, Italy where I live and, since I grew up in Littleton, Colorado, I made my own Capitol of Colorado building. Reading and looking at everyone’s work on the forum helps tremendously and Barbara Black with her enthusiasm has been so inspiring!

[erika.dubler]

Thanbk you for this BOM 2021 pattern. I loved them!

[Helen W.]

My Color My World top is finally finished. I needed be able to make do with the fabric scraps I had because the stores were often closing due to the pandemic so by taking someone’s suggestion on the forum and with helpful instructions from Helen I was able to reduce the pattern to 60%. Working with the tiny pieces was tedious! I changed two of the skyscapers to make the Mole Antonelliana which is symbol of the city of Torino, Italy where I live and, since I grew up in Littleton, Colorado, I made my own Capitol of Colorado building. Reading and looking at everyone’s work on the forum helps tremendously and Barbara Black with her enthusiasm has been so inspiring!

Lynnanne, Congratulations of a fabulous finish to your Color My World at 60%. It is quite amazing to think that a bunch of little
scraps of fabric can turn into such a wonderful looking wall hanging. It is a small world. I have a friend that moved from Idaho
to Castle Rock Colorado. And she just bought a top of the line Babylock Array 6 thread embroidery machine at a shop in Littleton Colorado. Your personalize sky scraper buildings turned out great. Like me, you probably learned a lot from this BOM.
I will be a Wendy Williams fan for life. HelenW

[Jackie B.]

I had a wonderful time making this. Found this lovely fabric with birds for the background. Definitely stretched my skills. Now to quilt it! Good luck to me!!! Thank you Barbara for all you guidance and encouragement. Love seeing everyone's version.

Nice, nice fabric choices!

[Lynnanne]

My 60% is up on the wall. I used scraps from the buildings and a flange for the binding (I learned these from Ricky and Alex’s shows). Thank you Barbara and Helen for all your dedication to helping us and keeping us company throughout the year. On to the next one!

Brilliant finishing touches!

[Helen W.]

My 60% is up on the wall. I used scraps from the buildings and a flange for the binding (I learned these from Ricky and Alex’s shows). Thank you Barbara and Helen for all your dedication to helping us and keeping us company throughout the year. On to the next one!

Lynneanne, What a great way to finish off your quilt. Using a black piping or flange and then the color pieced binding really ties the colors in the building to the outside edge. And l like the plain stippling because there is already so much going on with all the buildings, trees roads etc. It has been so much fun watching your progress on it. What a wonderful accomplishment. Well done.
This retired PE teacher gives you an A+. HelenW

[Lynnanne]

Lynneanne, What a great way to finish off your quilt. Using a black piping or flange and then the color pieced binding really ties the colors in the building to the outside edge. And l like the plain stippling because there is already so much going on with all the buildings, trees roads etc. It has been so much fun watching your progress on it. What a wonderful accomplishment. Well done.
This retired PE teacher gives you an A+. HelenW

Thanks Helen. I wanted the quilting to look like clouds but it became too dense and comes off as stippling.Your support has been so appreciated and I’m taking your suggestion to try to work out a little every day too. The TQS projects are so good for learning new techniques and I would like to learn to be a more creative quilter now that I have more time. This retired violinist admires you and your quilts. Lynn

[Helen W.]

Lynn, If you want to put your own creative touch on your quilts, start gathering up pictures that are your favorite in all things. Like
you could google Violin art quilts and see what has been done. If you like a layout, take a screenshot and write a couple notes on
it about what you like about it. If you see a music quilt with music notes that were used in a creative way, sketch it or screen shots.
Same for flowers, birds, pets. Pieced blocks that you like the looks of, etc. You can just have a box where you throw all the inspiration stuff, and then when you are ready to start something, look at your stuff and see if there might we a way to work it into
what you are starting. Usually, it starts with just a few little changes to a pattern, then all of a sudden it is like you just want to put
the stuff you like into your quilts. The project might be something you are not too interested in, but just take it as a challenge to make
it into something you just love. When it comes to working out a little each day, that is wonderful, your muscles and joints are
as important as your teeth to your body. It is no different than brushing your teeth each day. There are lots of good you tubes
out there. Fitness Blenders has thousands of videos, and there is something for everyone and mostly free. Don't over do it. Just get in a habit
of a little everyday. HelenW

[Lynnanne]

Lynn, If you want to put your own creative touch on your quilts, start gathering up pictures that are your favorite in all things. Like
you could google Violin art quilts and see what has been done. If you like a layout, take a screenshot and write a couple notes on
it about what you like about it. If you see a music quilt with music notes that were used in a creative way, sketch it or screen shots.
Same for flowers, birds, pets. Pieced blocks that you like the looks of, etc. You can just have a box where you throw all the inspiration stuff, and then when you are ready to start something, look at your stuff and see if there might we a way to work it into
what you are starting. Usually, it starts with just a few little changes to a pattern, then all of a sudden it is like you just want to put
the stuff you like into your quilts. The project might be something you are not too interested in, but just take it as a challenge to make
it into something you just love. When it comes to working out a little each day, that is wonderful, your muscles and joints are
as important as your teeth to your body. It is no different than brushing your teeth each day. There are lots of good you tubes
out there. Fitness Blenders has thousands of videos, and there is something for everyone and mostly free. Don't over do it. Just get in a habit
of a little everyday. HelenW

Perfect Helen. I love the box idea because I see ideas in magazines and books but then they get lost or forgotten. And I will check out the exercise videos because it’s so easy to get taken away by other activities, especially sewing, and then run out of time and initiative to work out. Luckily we live near a park where we can go walking or jogging. I’m looking forward to watching your quilts come alive! Thanks again, Lynn

[Lizbay]

Just finished the quilt top as the pattern is written. Enough of a challenge for me!

Me too!! And I have along way to go yet.

[BarbaraByron]

2021 COLOR MY WORLD With Bridges and the Gateway Arch... and 4 homes we brought babies home to.... I sort of 'personalized' this fun fun quilt.