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Friday, 6 March 2020

florals & plaids


I haven't felt like sewing lately, lots of other things happening. But today I wandered into the sewing room and had a little play. The 'flea dash market' pattern {see here} by Jen at Amitie has been in my folders for years. I decided to take this traditional block and give it a touch of something new! 

Here's how my design wall is looking . . .







I’m eeking out every last bit of my #annamariehorner fabrics, lots of different ones, little leftovers from other projects, and mixing them up with 'Harriot' woven plaids by carolynfriedlander for the backgrounds! When going all-out scrappy, I find having a 'receipe' helps control some of the chaos!


And look what happens when I add a little scrappy sashing & corner stones, 
sew scrapilicious . . .


Linking up with Cynthia for 'oh scrap' here
until next time, Linda

17 comments:

  1. Wonderful pattern. I have admired many of the quilts made in it! Yours already has your special stamp on it. It's lovely to be able to dive right back into quilting on occasion.:)

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  2. So pretty. You do scrappy so well!!!!

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  3. I absolutely love what you are doing with these Linda. I have been inspired by you to buy more plaids and checks. Soon I will have enough to start playing wth.

    Thanks for linking up with Oh Scrap!

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  4. I love Churn Dash/Monkey Wrench and all it's variations!! Yours will be gorgeous!

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  5. Great modern look to the Churn Dash block. Will you be setting it on point?

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  6. Flea Market Dash looks like a fun design! Your pretty fabrics are perfect for it!

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    1. Thanks so much Diann. Yes, each simple 10 ½” block is an adventure with AMH colour and playing with the values = lots of interest!
      There are so many fab fabrics out there for backgrounds too, it’s nice to break away from white and use these plaids!
      Have a great week, Linda

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  7. Beautiful fabrics in those blocks Linda. I love the pattern, it's in Jen's book Quilt Lovely along with about three others I've marked!

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  8. That Jen Kingwell pattern has been on my radar for some time. It’s one of the few in her Quilt Lovely book I HAVEN'T made! As Karen, a previous commenter said, you do scrappy so well.

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  9. What a great quilt you are building!!

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  10. You chose the fabrics for your Churn Dash blocks so well and the sashing fabrics update this classic beautifully. Such fun you are having.

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  11. That is a lovely variation on the churn dash block. Lots of interest in those lovely fabrics.

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  12. YUM! Absolutely love the light blue floral that you show with your blocks is so beautiful - it's hard to take my eyes away.

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  13. Oh I love how these are looking Linda - the sashings idea is just brilliant and looks fantastic :-)

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  14. This certainly qualifies as a Scrap Happy Day project. I love all the prints and colors. Just so happens that block pattern is also one of my favorites. :-)

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  15. Scrappy quilts are my favourites and yours is looking very pretty.

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