Once all the holiday madness passed, I indulged in some summer sewing,
a little bit here... a little bit there ... it all adds up
First, an update on my Iced Vovo progress. This sweet quilt is featured in Jen Kingwell’s new book Gathered, check the link here. I don’t have an abundance of subtle pastel small-scale pinks like all those used in the original pattern so, this is a #stashbusting project for me.
Basically, it's a play on values, and I'm trying not to overthink my choices but working mainly with a scrappy selection of bright mediums. I am trying to use as much pink as possible, a little nod to the original, along with the occasional darker print for contrast and added interest.
Not all my "lights" are white/cream LVs. To add a little more colour, I've also included a few pale solids in pink & green & blue. I'm thinking these quieter fabrics are really -ve space, they don’t disappear, but they make everything around them stronger.
#stashbusting has some very rich rewards.
I'm rediscovering a few old favourite pink fabrics🩷
You know, fabrics I bought years ago with no specific intention other than just because I loved them?
a close-up view
And an old quilt has found a new home. Just before Christmas, I spent a morning tidying my hallway cupboard. I was very ruthless, chucking out old pillowcases, sheets, towels, tablecloths, and made a pile for donating. Part of the process was refolding all the quilts too.
Enter my granddaughter Evie, she spotted all the chaos and asked if she could give a quilt to her teacher for the end of the school year. What could I say, the quilt shelf in my cupboard was overflowing! Time to redistribute one or two!
Off to its forever home now, my "bricks" quilt was initially made for a single bed in our new house back in 2016. But some of my interior design ideas changed during the moving-in process & it was never used. I had included so many of my favourite HTF fabrics.
If you want to check out more of my quilts you can always type your search into the Blogger search box in the top left-hand corner.
Just before I finish today
... a new start for a new year!
If you stop by occasionally, you will already know I always have multiple projects on the go, because I love having a choice in projects. It might take a bit longer to finish them all, but it keeps me interested and inspired.
You might have seen Jolene's latest quilt, country star medallion? Well, I downloaded the pattern over the holidays and have begun pulling a few fabrics. I'm trying to be more intentional about using what I already have here, so I started out with an old tablecloth from the hallway cupboard and am mixing & matching with fabrics from a few different collections.
after some tweaking here's where I landed ...
it's not exactly all planned out yet...
🤞things will unfold more once I start cutting & sewing.
Until next time, Linda
10 comments:
So lovely. I can see ehy it is in a book.
I think everyone has started a new quilt in January this year, I certainly did. Happy stitching, Country Star is going to be beautiful!
That new quilt is going to be lovely. So far, in this new year, I have done a lot of cleaning and sorting and purging as I wait for inspiration.
Oh, yeah, you've nailed the low volumes in Iced Vovo. I love the look!
I love that pattern and the colors that you are using
Hi Linda, I like what you are creating with the Vovo blocks, should look striking when all together. A grandmother could not say no to such a request, I sure couldn't! Oh la la Country Star Medallion is ever so tempting........Happy creating.
You're so energetic! How nice to have a cupboard clean-out (I did something similar in my sewing room), especially with a little helper. I love your great reason to part with a quilt - a teacher gift. I wish I had grandies around who would ask the same of me! Your new projects are so "you," and will keep you plenty busy. Knowing you, I'm sure you'll have them all finished in no time!
Iced Vovo is just gorgeous, Linda! I love these peeks at your stash - I wish I could find such pretties in mine!
I am very late with my catching up but it is always a delight to see what you are working on. Loving the colours you are using.
I have found that I am giving many of my older quilts away for much the same reason. Tastes change over the years. Happy to let someone else enjoy them.
Iced Vovo is looking so fun, that teacher is lucky to get the bricks quilt with so many nice fabrics in it, and I love your pull for the medallion quilt. When you said you pulled all those linens out of the cupboard to donate, I’m wondering what nice vintage pieces are in that pile that you could have quilted with! But I’m sure you thought that over, as evidenced with the tablecloth for the medallion quilt. That’s a great use for it.
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