Friday, 22 November 2024

checkered rose

These blocks began as a bit of a side project to use up my somewhat limited stash of solids. Yes, it's another 'checkered garden' quilt. I know the pattern (from Ashley @ filminthefridge) so well now that I figured I could really focus on getting a nice flow happening with my colours. 

I'm playing with multiple pretty soft colours from my stash and adding in a mix of shadowy greys for the background corners.  Oh, and despite starting out thinking this would be an all-solids project, I ended up slipping in some prints along the way. 
Super happy with the contrast of the pretty shades against the grey tones, have a peek at my 'checkered rose' quilt top so far ... 


















9 blocks done, 7 more to go
Until next time, Linda



9 comments:

Gretchen Weaver said...

I love your quilt, it's so colorful! Happy stitching!

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

it's looking good!

Janie said...

Super beautiful progress! Thanks for the link to good tutorial 'checkered garden' by Ashley. Lots of fun here.

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I like the few prints thrown into this one. Such pretty colors.

betty prins said...

So colorfull, love your quilts

Bonnie said...

These blocks look lovely. You've done a great job with the colors.

FlourishingPalms said...

Oh yes! Such a pretty combination. I've always thought solids and prints go well together. I'm thinking of my scrappy postage stamp quilt, where every other patch in each block was a solid. Solids make prints pop. Lovely work!

Quilting Babcia said...

A soft and sweet start, I love the pale blues and gray together with the pastels.

Rebecca Grace said...

I really love the proportions of prints to solids that you’re working with here. Somehow the end result is both fresh modern AND timeless vintage, all at once!