Lovely piles of squares and scraps:
I even got to practice a little chain piecing:
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
February Vice Versa Blocks
I finished up this month's vice versa blocks in short order this morning- I like the half-square triangles so this one was a breeze. I'm really liking all the colors together! What a great way to finish up the weekend.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
New Year, New Projects: Bandwagon Edition
As January winds to a close, this is the last installment of "all the projects I'm starting this year." Who knows when I'll actually finish, but man, I'm good at starting! There are a few things that are all the rage on the quilting blogosphere, and I've totally fallen victim to the excitement.
First up is my single girl quilt, which I've been wanting to start for a long time (I know I'm very late to this party, people have been quilting-along to this one for a few years now). It's based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern, but Im cheating a little and using plexi templates that I bought on Etsy. I wasn't sure about the colors, because I originally envisioned something more vibrant, but the first piece looks very springy, and I already love the softness of the fabrics I picked. So this will be my Spring quilt! Well, one of them at least :) Check out everyone else's gorgeous Single Gal Quilts on the Single Girl Support Group flickr page.
Next up is my other "spring quilt" which I haven't touched in a while, but I'm looking forward to digging back into, my Cuzco scrappy trip-around-the-world. Well, it's not really scrappy if it's one fabric line, but I'm reconsidering using only Cuzco. I'm just crazy for scrappy quilts right now, so I don't know! At any rate, these are the two blocks I did last year, and I LOVE the colors but the uniformity is starting to bother me. I may have to ponder this one a while before I finally pick it up again. This one may just end up being my "summer quilt."
Here is the tutorial that really helped me figure out the process.
Onward! Last year I caved to the pressure and bought the gorgeous Tula Pink City Sampler book. I also bought the Saltwater collection and decided to make my sampler quilt a sort of beachy one. I made it about a third of the way through the book before the holidays last year, but it's definitely another one I'm eager to pick up again. Since I'm still a pretty new quilter, I learned all kinds of new techniques (flying geese, the importance of starch, etc) and I think the next two thirds will go a little faster. Here's how it looks so far:
I'm thinking about bordering it in grey between the blocks, and quilting each one separately before I put them all together, sort of a "quilt as you go" technique. I would like to try some free-motion quilting, but I'm not even sure I can do it on the little blocks, much less a whole quilt, so the smaller chunks may be a good way to start.
And finally, I have jumped feet first into the latest craze: the Economy Block Quilt! I am using the tutorial from Red Pepper Quilts, who makes some of the most beautiful quilts I've ever seen (I just love her simple blocks and vibrant colors). Mine is going to be very scrappy, I'm taking a "kitchen sink" approach and just throwing in random fabrics to see how they all look together in the end. I love the fussy cutting in the center, so I'm trying to put something interesting in the middle for the other fabrics to frame. Starting with the hipster glasses, of course :) I have a bunch of fabric pieces cut out, so the next step will be putting them all together into a loud, random quilt.
Oh yeah, and I almost forgot! I'm trying my hand at paper piecing hexies. With all the quilts in progress, I need something to do with all the scraps!
First up is my single girl quilt, which I've been wanting to start for a long time (I know I'm very late to this party, people have been quilting-along to this one for a few years now). It's based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern, but Im cheating a little and using plexi templates that I bought on Etsy. I wasn't sure about the colors, because I originally envisioned something more vibrant, but the first piece looks very springy, and I already love the softness of the fabrics I picked. So this will be my Spring quilt! Well, one of them at least :) Check out everyone else's gorgeous Single Gal Quilts on the Single Girl Support Group flickr page.
Next up is my other "spring quilt" which I haven't touched in a while, but I'm looking forward to digging back into, my Cuzco scrappy trip-around-the-world. Well, it's not really scrappy if it's one fabric line, but I'm reconsidering using only Cuzco. I'm just crazy for scrappy quilts right now, so I don't know! At any rate, these are the two blocks I did last year, and I LOVE the colors but the uniformity is starting to bother me. I may have to ponder this one a while before I finally pick it up again. This one may just end up being my "summer quilt."
Here is the tutorial that really helped me figure out the process.
Onward! Last year I caved to the pressure and bought the gorgeous Tula Pink City Sampler book. I also bought the Saltwater collection and decided to make my sampler quilt a sort of beachy one. I made it about a third of the way through the book before the holidays last year, but it's definitely another one I'm eager to pick up again. Since I'm still a pretty new quilter, I learned all kinds of new techniques (flying geese, the importance of starch, etc) and I think the next two thirds will go a little faster. Here's how it looks so far:
I'm thinking about bordering it in grey between the blocks, and quilting each one separately before I put them all together, sort of a "quilt as you go" technique. I would like to try some free-motion quilting, but I'm not even sure I can do it on the little blocks, much less a whole quilt, so the smaller chunks may be a good way to start.
And finally, I have jumped feet first into the latest craze: the Economy Block Quilt! I am using the tutorial from Red Pepper Quilts, who makes some of the most beautiful quilts I've ever seen (I just love her simple blocks and vibrant colors). Mine is going to be very scrappy, I'm taking a "kitchen sink" approach and just throwing in random fabrics to see how they all look together in the end. I love the fussy cutting in the center, so I'm trying to put something interesting in the middle for the other fabrics to frame. Starting with the hipster glasses, of course :) I have a bunch of fabric pieces cut out, so the next step will be putting them all together into a loud, random quilt.
Oh yeah, and I almost forgot! I'm trying my hand at paper piecing hexies. With all the quilts in progress, I need something to do with all the scraps!
Happy Saturday everyone!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)