It's a great to come back from a holiday as well as starting a new year feeling fresh and inspired. I don't have any specific quilt designs planned; I will just let that happen as things progress. Too much planning can be so overwhelming.
Pat Bravo has very kind sent me a bundle of fabrics which greeted me upon my arrival home. The fabrics are a mix of Pat's Nature, Floral and Oval Elements in a range of colors and shades.
As you can see rotary cutter has had a workout and the dust cover has been removed from the sewing machine. I so loved the graduation of the colors in the fabric bundle that I have featured this aspect in the quilt top that I've made.
This is a really simple project to help ease me back into the swing of things. The squares each measure 3 inches (including seam allowances) and the horizontal sashing which separates the rows was cut as a single strip measuring 2 inches wide. I have of course enjoyed some strip piecing by cutting 3 inch strips from the length of each of the fat quarters and matching it with a strip of white fabric, then cross cutting the strip sets at 3 inch intervals.
Whilst you are here, be also sure to enter the The Art Quilt Collection Book ~ Giveaway posted earlier this week. Entries close on Saturday 8 January 2011. You can find the Giveaway Post here.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
Whilst you are here, be also sure to enter the The Art Quilt Collection Book ~ Giveaway posted earlier this week. Entries close on Saturday 8 January 2011. You can find the Giveaway Post here.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
Lovely Rita! Welcome home x
ReplyDeleteSimple but brilliant.
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! And methinks i need some of that oh so yummy fabric
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love this! It looks great.
ReplyDeleteKaffe Fasset would be proud! I received his Simple Shapes book for Christmas and was delighted to recognise your inspiration for several of your quilts. I remembered you'd said you were drawing inspiration from one of his books but couldn't remember which one.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I love it!
ReplyDeleteAren't Pat's fabrics wonderful? She is such a talent too. Your quilt turned out beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHas the dust cover even hit the floor yet?
ReplyDeleteYou're a super speedy and very clever chick!
Welcome home.
Andi x
Wow! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteRefreshing. It's good to have you back at the sewing machine =)
ReplyDeleteWonderful graphic look. Love the colours!
ReplyDeleteIt has such a clean look! I love it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome quilt, Rita. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing and inspiring - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletePat Bravo is a genius with colors I believe! I got her catalog recently and everything is drool worthy for sure8)
ReplyDeleteThat is very stunning.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Pat's fabrics are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteRita
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt - your designs are really fantastic and make my fingers itchy to get to my rotary cutter and sewing machine.
WOW! One of my favorites ever, but I am quite partial to rainbow style designs.
ReplyDeleteA great way to start off 2011.
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so gad you are home .. I missed my regular doses of Red Pepper :)
ReplyDeleteVery striking - love it! Any possibility of a post about cutting fabric? Even with a rotary cutter, cutting board and quilting ruler, I still have trouble with straight lines!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Just a stunning way to start the new year. Wish I could swisch up a quilt top in no time like you (how do you do that?) but for me the process of five minutes here and there makes it taking ages... However. I finished my first BIG quilt just before X-mas and am now working on a new one. Thank you for sharing and for always writing tech facts. Very informative.
ReplyDeleteLove it - if this is your "easing into it" quilt I can't wait to see what you get up to for the rest of 2011! Welcome home and a happy New Year to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteRita, it's such a simple design but with a lot of impact. That's a great quilting start for the year.
ReplyDeleteI love it. So simple, so effective!
ReplyDeleteThis book is on top of my wishlist. It is zo beautyful! Thank you so much for your give-aways.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Rita!
ReplyDeleteI was looking forward for your new designs and, of course, it worth waiting :)
The oval elements are gorgeous, one of my favorites not-necessarly-modern fabrics.
Awesome - such a simple pattern and yet it looks so fresh and striking!
ReplyDeleteGreat to have you back at your machine:)
So pretty, you are so talented and such a good eye for color and placement. Beautiful! Lisa in Texas
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of the nature prints. They have a really nice colour quality.
ReplyDeletePerfection. Quilting is so often hard on my eyes. This is so... ah. Easy to look at.
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