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Thursday, 10 February 2022

crossroads

Super excited to be making a start on the ‘Crossroads’ quilt from Treehouse Textiles this week.
It's simple ✔️
and it's fabric driven ✔️











Over the past month as I've been working on other things, I've been cutting out rectangles too. Today I thought I'd sew a few up and make sure if I was in fact still keen to make enough blocks for a quilt top. 
I've increased the size of my blocks a smidgeon and swopped out the centre red squares for a teal - it seems to suit my stash better I think. 

It’s a lovely scrappy quilt, with a real vintage vibe. I've included some of my favourite fabrics from several years of stash building! I love them so much but now l'm thinking l need to stop {unintentionally} hoarding and start cutting it up! Super fun pairing up prints, and the simple piecing is perfect for letting those fabrics shine.

Here's the next batch all ready to sew …



There's something delightful about this wild mix of prints and colours … what's not to love! So yes, I'm continuing the road trip and looking forward to seeing where all these crossroads take me.

Linda
p.s we are off on a real road trip next week, so looking forward to some time away.


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9 comments:

  1. Dorothy10 February 2022 at 22:44

    Here comes another beautiful quilt.
    Enjoy your road trip, fabric wise and vehicle wise

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  2. Julierose11 February 2022 at 01:41

    That is such a beautiful pattern--I like your turquoise sqs in the middels..nice work hugs, Julierose

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  3. Karen - Quilts...etc.11 February 2022 at 02:49

    have a fun trip

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  4. audrey11 February 2022 at 12:01

    Yes! Love the vintage vibe going on here.:) Enjoy your road trip!

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  5. O'Quilts11 February 2022 at 13:00

    very nice..yup..me too cutting away fabric I have had for a life time and loving it xo

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  6. pandchintz11 February 2022 at 19:34

    Loving your version - it’s on my to-do list. Hope you have a lovely time on the real road trip and looking forward to seeing where you go. Safe travels

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  7. Karen S12 February 2022 at 20:34

    Crossroads looks like a great design. Yes, simple, but very effective in the way you can use the fabric. Have fun!

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  8. FlourishingPalms14 February 2022 at 04:45

    That looks like a nice scrap pattern. Good for "anything goes." I don't hoard fabrics, and in fact feel like I've done a good job of using, reusing, and re-reusing prints in my stash since many of my print quilts include the same fabrics. Now I've gravitated to solids, and that's a whole different sort of stash. Hope you have a nice getaway. I'm heading to QuiltCon next week, and couldn't be more excited!

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  9. Linda14 February 2022 at 16:27

    Great blocks, super variety of fabrics. Hope you enjoyed cutting into some of stash. The teal centre looks great with your fabrics.

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