Bug-tron

An online weekend class offering through LSMQG by Irene Roderick was very exciting to me, as I have her book, Dancing with the Wall, and really want to incorporate what I have learned from Cassandra Beaver with the ideas in Roderick's book. I am not ready to spend a week at Madeline Island, so I thought this would be a great way to get a sense of her process and artistic eye in a quick online class.

Voltron is the title of Roderick's class, but in the end, I think mine looks more like a bug, and I intend to quilt it that way. The process of making strip sets, so many strip sets, that were cut into triangles, and using a center line to mirror the pieces. The prep work of ironing and using her "recipe" for the strip sets was meditative, and the assembly of the quilt top was actually quicker than I anticipated. Blocking this quilt is a must, even after checking each piece with the opposite to be sure the sizes would match the quilt was still not exactly symmetrical. Cutting strip sets on the bias left a lot of give in the fabric, and the top is oversized on the right.

After quilting, I will share Bug-tron in her completed form.