A new week and a new color palette; from last week's warm color palette to this week a cool color palette. Cool, calm and restful. Blue, grey, pink with a touch of yellow and green. Peaceful.
It has been a week of easy and reflective patchwork and stitching. More than 200 different fabrics were pulled from stash to make this quilt! This alone is a time consuming task, but I don't mind. The fabric and color play has to be my favorite part of quilt making, which is usually followed by long sewing session. And that too I enjoy!
QUILT STATS
A selection of more than 200 different quilting cottons make up this quilt.
I made 63 16-patch blocks ~ a total of 1008 patches of fabric.
(I have again followed the same piecing method as per the
to piece this quilt top
(although I have cut my fabric strips wider and longer - 11" x 2.5").
(although I have cut my fabric strips wider and longer - 11" x 2.5").
Each finished square measures 2" x 2".
Quilt top measures 56 inches x 72 inches.
There is much to see, from birds, cats, and dogs, to fruits and flowers. And animals, lots of animals. From farm animals to zoo animals. It looks like I have a thing for fabric with elephants for there are more than three different elephant designs, in multiple colorways that have been used in this quilt. And of course, text fabric!
New fabric, old fabric, some hard to find fabrics. All from stash. I love these scrappy projects and I love that I've pulled this quilt top together from stash. Now all I have to do is fold and return these fabrics - in an orderly manner - to stash, a much less enjoyable task. That, and basting a quilt ...
Rita
RELEVANT LINKS:
The Fall Quilt - A Finished Quilt
Checkerboard Quilt Strip Piecing Tutorial
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So pretty and peaceful. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at all the wonderful fussy cuts you take the time to make when dealing with soooo many pieces! Another feast for my eyes :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous, and such a labour of love! You're totally my style...Ali @arabesque-scissors.com
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful fabric pull!
ReplyDeleteI know you strip piece these, but I swear it's like a find Waldo game to find any repeated fabrics. You pull such a variety of colors together and it's always beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt is so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteYep, I just write a comment now every once in a while because I didn't want to be tedious, but the truth is I still love your quilts as much as when I first found your blog. You just have a distinctive, unique flair for putting your fabrics together that always makes me love them. You are also very generous in your tutorials and I hope to follow your economy block tutorial next year and make one. Thank you for being a constant inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing again!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors...
Very pretty, like the colors.
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed at the variety of your neutrals. I am trying to gather mine together so I can make more of these quilts, they are kind of addictive. I love this cool blue one.
ReplyDeleteRita! I love this quilt top. Very cool and calm feeling, and as always I love the little pictures in each piece.
ReplyDeleteDo you arrange the pieces for each block on a wall before to piece? I would imagine so even though your piecing seems so random, it does need attention to the detail and placement
I hope you are having nice days with the weather so you can get up and run a few laps around the house for a stretch LOLOLOL yeah, right.
This quilt looks like a joy to sew!
agree with you, Rita.. so peaceful I love that yellow pot fabric.. Have a wonderful Friday ..
ReplyDeleteThat teal elephant!!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteLaughing at your comment about returning fabrics to stash--- I put it off for as long as possible, myself.
ReplyDeleteAnother 'smorgasbord ' of fabrics! ,over this scrappy goodness
ReplyDeleteman, sure wish I could play in your scrap bins! I just love all the variety of fabrics you have.
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