I've put this off for long enough. My daughter
I faffed around for days coming up with different ideas, but it wasn't an easy decision.
I decided to go scrappy of course. What really troubled me were the proportions of a large quilt & boredom setting in while making it.
I ended up settling on the "me sew happy" quilt from these clever hands. It looks like it'll be a great pattern to use up some of my stash & scraps. The original is made up of 16 simple large blocks ... and I think repeating a few more blocks and/or sashing could work very well to bring it up to a larger size.
This idea checks lots of boxes for me:
Colourful ✅
Scrappy ✅
Low volume prints ✅
Using fabrics I already have ✅
Fast & easy ✅
Fun! ✅
Keen to begin, I headed to my fabric baskets for some afternoon sorting. I'm using mainly small to medium sized prints, lots of colourful & busy Kaffe, AMH, & Jennifer Paganelli fabrics from my stash.
After a few epic cutting out sessions, I'm now busy sewing my blocks. When making my small hourglass blocks I did start trying to be matchy-matchy - it's kinda automatic isn't it - but after cutting out, slicing, mixing up, sewing, cutting again, then pairing up to sew again, I gave up! There were heaps of them! I focused on getting 4 different prints in each little block for maximum scrappiness.
Super happy with the play of the occasional lighter, low volume spaces amongst all my mulit-coloured brights!
To sash or not to sash?
Either way, the end is in sight!
Linda
8 comments:
You've made a fabulous start Linda - and a wise pattern choice so that you don't get bored! I'm sure your daughter will be happy:-)
Looking fabulous! She’s sure to love it
It does take awhile to do a big quilt but I always like them to fit the bed too - what you are doing is good - mixing things up to keep out boredom and it is interesting and colorful
So wonderful and cheery!
You have found a fabulous pattern. This is going to be spectacular. And it uses up scraps - win win.
King size quilts do get tiring but you’ve found the perfect remedy. Lovely prints and colors.
Yes, lovely scrappiness! The blues come out to me which is I think very romantic and soothing.
I like your quilt in your previous post too, Pinwheels & Stars, and I see raspberry in that quilt.
Lovely quilts here!
Whoo-hoo! Look at you go! I'm impressed by the number of prints you have in your stash, especially so many colorful florals. Wowsa. I have a few big florals in my stash (mostly collected in fq bundles with other prints I prefer), that I find difficult to use. Guess I need to just cut them up and make a scrappy quilt! Yours is proof that it works! I am thinking to make another "Snap Scrap" quilt. Have you seen that free pattern? It was offered as a 2020 along y Quilts for the Making. I made one, but certainly have enough fabrics for another. Bet you do too! Hope you enjoy making a *large* quilt! I have done that once, so I know the "boredom" your referring to. Hang in there! It's looking fab!
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