Sunday 13 January 2019

dipping my toes in















I'm following along with Sujata from therootconnection and the #UANDUQAL with great interest. For my first venture into the quirkiness of these delightful scrappy quilts, I've chosen to make a flying geese quilt. It's inspired by one from Roderick Kiracofe's book, Unconventional and Unexpected pg.60 a cotton 'flying geese' quilt. 

I decided to revisit an earlier WiP and started out with a bunch of already made flying geese blocks, half the work done already! Of course I sifted and sorted a bit, rejected quite a few blocks, and made up a few more to fit in with my colour palette.
Made completely from my stash, lots of Denyse Schmidt  fabrics which seemed to work really well and I added in a few solids to help get 'the look'. Improv is a wee challenge for me, and working without a pattern, but hopefully working around these blocks gives me confidence to branch out more and maybe try Sujata's 'overlapping octagons' later on. All ready now for basting & quilting. 



18 comments:

Julie said...

This is looking good Linda. What is that lovely pale blue gray floral fabric in the long middle strip?

Mystic Quilter said...

I left a message over on the QAL site but forgot to ask the size!

Kleine Vingers said...

Lovely quilt, i like the colours and placement of fabrics

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

love your flying geese!

Preeti said...

With so many flying geese, I would not say that you are dipping your toes. You are diving in, giving it your all. Like it should be. I am sure this will be a gorgeous finish!!!

Kathy said...

Not joining the QAL but I've been thinking about Flying Geese again. You have inspired me to get busy!

Kaja said...

Wow that was quick! I like the close-ups; it's fun to have a good look at all the fabrics you have included.

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Thank you :)

Janie said...

Great work on your flying geese!
I like the 'pale blue gray floral' too.

Leeanne said...

Another interesting quilt, I like the mix of floral and checks.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I really like your idea of pulling out a WIP and using it for the QAL. I'm doing that with fabric pulls previously intended for less interesting projects -- so happy the QAL is happening. And as I commented over on the Scraps blog, I LOVE THIS QUILT.

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I love a quilt full of flying geese, and yours is beautiful! I borrowed that book from the library and have enjoyed reading along and looking at the quilts.

Raewyn said...

Looking good Linda!! It seems that you are enjoying the process too!

audrey said...

This went together so quickly! I am such a fan of flying geese. Great job on a wonderful quilt top! Love the pic where it's laying diagonal especially.:)

Nifty Quilts said...

Wonderful quilt! I love the eclectic mix of fabrics and the antique look.

Ann said...

I love that you are using some of your old blocks. It fits so well with the spirit of U&U. Besides, they are lovely here. So worthwhile.

Linda said...

Really lovely, Linda. Good use of your already-made flying geese blocks. You have chosen fabrics for the strips in pretty colours, they come together beautifully with the blocks.

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Thanks so much Linda. I’m happy to be using up these blocks too, and enjoyed making this all work together. Improv is a bit tricky for me, lots of 2nd guessing, etc. So glad Sujata worked out an easy way to make the ‘overlapping octagons’ quilt, I might tackle that one soon-ish 

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