Colonel/Kernel Panic Quilt
Here’s my attempt at playing along during the Waverunner Quilt Along over at BumbleBeans. V gave great instructions, including video tutorials, so it wasn’t hard to figure out, but was a good exercise in being free in cutting and piecing. (I think I felt a little too free as I made some of the strips so wavy that they struggle to lie flat.)
This quilt top is made up of primarily some of my husband’s dress shirts that had gotten put into the discard pile. There was a moment of temptation to raid his closet to incorporate one or two more, but I restrained that impulse! The orange/red ombre fabric came from my stash for the “spice” in the quilt top.
I couldn’t think of a name for this quilt, so I asked my husband to help me. He came up with the name. The Colonel part is because my husband wore these shirts to work in the defense industry and the Kernel part is because I have experienced a lot of Kernel Panics on my computer as the graphics card was failing.
Now for the hard part . . . how to quilt it?
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This one is so cool! I love the colors. The pop of orange is perfect. It could be cool to quilt lines going the opposite direction of the stripes. They could be “organic” and wavy like the rest of it… I struggle with quilting designs so I suppose you should take my thoughts with a grain of salt
Very cool!
Thank you! It was very cost effective. I even cut up the sleeves to use the fabric from them!
Fun! I think a hot steam iron and elbow grease will fix the way it lays. Is there some sort of quilt pattern that says “popcorn” to you? That would be a third kernel, wouldn’t it?
I am so loving this one… the orange is fantastic. well, it is my favorite color, but besides that, it does make this quilt dance! Super duper job anne!
love it!
Great job with the waverunner quilt!!! So love that you raided your husband’s closet.
Glad to know that the red wasn’t from you husband’s shirts as well
. Nice quilt! I am also wondering how I will quilt mine!
What a fun quilt! I love how the spicy orange just pops out from all the blues.
very beautiful quilt!!!
The blues and orange “pop” are perfect together.
I love this quilt. I’ve been following V’s waverunner quilt-along with envy (couldn’t take on a new project just now) and it’s been such fun to watch. Yours is really special. I think I’d stick with simple quilting – maybe look through some Gee’s Bend photos for inspiration – since yours is so reminiscent.
This is stunning! I love the colors you chose! Beautiful job
Great job! The orange was a perfect choice and I love that you used your husband’s shirts.
I’ve been getting kernel errors, too. I am very worried now… =]
This. Is. Awesome. And I love that you used your husbands shirts. I mostly quilt with repurposed stuff too. I have got to try this quilt.
I cannot believe the speed at which you can crank out a quilt! This one is funky and fun. I have an entire box of the hub’s dress shirts that were intended to be a baby blanket. Our child is nearing age 3 now. Whoopsie. You are a great sewing inspiration!
great job!!! i suggest a lot of quilting… it’ll help make it flat.. maybe a lot of straight dense lines…