Back to basics this week with a simple patchwork quilt. Simple patchwork is my comfort zone and my happy space. There's nothing better than pulling out all the fabrics, taking snippets from this and that fabric collection, and putting them all together.
The color palette for this quilt developed during the fabric selection (and cutting) process. The original color palette starting point was red, white, and blue, which may well have been a 4th of July theme. However as time went on I allowed the colors to flow and the fabrics to tell the story, introducing both yellow and brown and allowing red to merge into pink.
Many of the fabrics are small scale floral prints and the remainder are stash basics (dots, checks, gingham, stripes). I wanted to mention that I stayed away from using text fabric however I see now that one text fabric did sneak into the mix. I do love my text fabrics!
QUILT STATS
For the Love of Patchwork III
Quilt top measures 50 inches x 60 inches.
150+ different fabrics.
I have made 30 16-patch blocks.
A total of 480 patches of fabric (20 rows of 24 squares).
Each finished square measures 2.5" x 2.5".
While this quilt was strip pieced I spent quite some time "randomising"
the blocks by taking strip sets apart, as well as adding individual
patchwork pieces (for example all fussy cut fabrics).
Right now I have a small mountain of fabric to fold and return to stash. I do love working from stash but I must say that my fabric stash is not the tidiest! It certainly does not have that glossy magazine picture look about it. Fabrics are pulled out all the time, they are cut into (and I am not always the most economical about how into cut it), and are refolded often with scraggly bits hanging out, before eventually being returned to stash. It is my kind of "tidy" and I generally know where everything is, which is what counts, right?
Now ready for basting and quilting.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
RELEVANT LINKS:
For the Love of Patchwork II - A Finished Quilt August 2016
For the Love of Patchwork I ~ A Finished Quilt April 2016
Checkerboard Quilt - Strip Piecing Tutorial
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Your quilt is beautiful as usual. Do you mind sharing your basting method?
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your quilts come to life :)
ReplyDeleteOnce again, such lovely work & beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteMy stash has the same odd shaped little cuts with bits hanging off, momentarily tidy until the next scrappy project!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes look at stash photos and wonder how they manage to make it all look so lovely, some people seem to have nothing less than fat quarters with everything else beautifully cut into charms and strips etc. Mine is periodically sorted through, but lack of space is a big issue. It is all tucked up in a box under my bed. I always have sewing room envy when I see the magazine photos. Lovely quilt, you must have an amazing stash. x
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful. Being able to find what you need in the stash is the most important thing.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out beautifully. It always feel good to use up stash. --Andrea
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to go through your photos and say, "Yup, I've got that fabric, and that fabric, oh, and that one too." Kind of like a treasure hunt. Thanks for continuing to inspire all of us.
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