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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



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9 comments:

  1. Gretchen Weaver23 November 2024 at 03:49

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

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  2. Karen - Quilts...etc.23 November 2024 at 04:32

    it's looking good!

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  3. Janie23 November 2024 at 08:57

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

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  4. Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson23 November 2024 at 09:53

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

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  5. betty prins23 November 2024 at 22:46

    So colorfull, love your quilts

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  6. Bonnie24 November 2024 at 12:53

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

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  7. FlourishingPalms25 November 2024 at 01:55

    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!

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  8. Quilting Babcia25 November 2024 at 07:29

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

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  9. Rebecca Grace1 December 2024 at 12:05

    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!

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