Her quilt has more recently been featured on the cover of Making Australian Quilt by Annette Gero & Katie Some, a lovely book of Australian historic quilts.
I remembered too, seeing a version of this quilt when Jodi from talesofcloth posted her one back in 2015, see below pic, upper R)hand corner.
And, I had also downloaded 'sidewalkchalkquilt' pattern by Meghan from thencamejune sometime ago, so I decided to combine all these ideas.
I played with the measurements, and my half-rectangle triangle blocks ended up at 5.5" x 7", slightly different to both the sidewalkchalk pattern and Jodi's measurements. It was the first time I had made these HRT's, so I did a bit of research, and thanks to Susan from patchworknplay I found a video by Melanie from southerncharmquilts - excellent & easy to follow.
I also found another resource here @swimbikequilt well worth reading.
As I was deciding on fabrics, I worked on a rough ratio of 70% assorted peaches & cream, and the rest blues & black with a tiny bright hit of gold. And, like the vintage quilt I wanted the colours scattered randomly over the quilt. I opted for four rows of those HRT's and the other rows were a combo of ideas from Meghan's pattern.
I shall no doubt play with the orientation of the rectangles for a day or so, before I sew things all together. Here's a peek at how it's looking so far down on my 'design floor' . . .
Linking up with Cyndy for 'oh scrap' here
Until next time, Linda
13 comments:
Oh, you’ve jumped straight in! It’s gorgeous Linda! Your colour palette is spot on! Thanks for the back story of Lillian Mitchell’s quilt. That book is full a historical details and I must go back and re-visit them.
Oh now this is different Linda and I'm liking it very much!
It is lovely, I like it very much.
Love the simplicity of this - beautiful.
Enjoyed your post. I had to back and check out all the links you provided. It was a fun journey. I love your quilt, the colors, the placement, the whimsy.
Looks like a fun pattern!!
Such an interesting history lesson (gulp... eight kids... two bedrooms!) but it just goes to show the resourcefulness of quilters. I think your version is doing justice to the original,the Sidewalk chalk pattern (which I also love) and your own stash and style.
Love your calming color choices on this one. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
Love the way you have combined all the ideas you enjoyed. Looking good so far!
Such a different design that I have not seen before....like the way it pulls your eye all over! It looks like a ton of fun to make!!
It's such a treat to read about historical quilts. I love the way you've pulled three different variations together to make your own. Thanks for sharing the tips, too. This will be fun to see you finish.
I like that you've gone your own way with this quilt, changing things up a little, always exciting to see the results.
Makes me think of our July 4th - not garish - very muted. Very nice!
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