colour splash

As you know, I started working on a scrappy courthouse steps block quilt this month as a way to “use up” my scraps. The courthouse steps block is a real favourite one of mine, I've made a few now.  And I've been enjoying an hour here & there to work on this WiP, stitching one block a time. 

I'm using a bright & pretty scrappy mix of fabrics, ones I've had for a while. There's a combo of floral RRS, Rifle Paper Co. & Heather Ross for the main fabrics, with coordinating blenders. I love how each block gets its own moment. No overthinking it. Just a big splash of colour & contrast.

Love making something colourful & (potentially)useful out of leftovers in the stash, don't you? 

Linda

little scraps big possibilities

The past couple of weeks I've enjoyed lots of time to sew without worrying about sharing anything, so this post is a bit of a catch-up. I'm right in the middle of multi project tasking, using up lots of little scraps, which of course = a messy sewing room!

Pictured here is what I’m currently working on: a new start, a finished quilt top, and I'm collecting fabric & planning the beginnings for another quilt, and lastly, a fabric stack. 

✂️And here we I go again, many scrappy trips around the world ...

fabric collection: my stash

I’m just playing up on the design wall, as my obsession interest in the versions on the trip around the world design continues. Trying to use up a few tone-on-tones as well as my florals! It's got a sort of vintage palette I think – dusty mauve & blues, with soft pinks, toasted caramels, and green.

✂️meanwhile, from design wall to finished quilt top

This is my limingtonquilt, a modern spin on a Trip Around the World quilt ...

quilty details:
Limington quilt, pattern by seaminglykate
Fabrics: My recipe was simple - scrappy light backgrounds + a selection of similar valued prints + one accent fabric. I've downsized it a bit, going for a throw-sized quilt.

✂️ a few progress pics of a new WiP 

I need a bright, pretty quilt for a special little someone. It's getting a bit tight with some of my leftover pieces, so I am having to join a few strips to get the required length, but it's all ok. 

Anyway, one scrappy pile of fabrics & and a few trial blocks later ...

✂️and a last bit of brightness for you this week

No plans for these fabrics. Yet ...

lots of little scraps, big possibilities

until next time, Linda

mix and match

Atticus, by Jennifer Jones @penelope handmade, is a mix and match quilt pattern. I've wanted to try out the mix and match step for a while, where the blocks are simple, with lots of repetition, and you use fat quarters to create a scrappy look that feels intentional rather than chaotic.

I didn't have a complete FQ bundle though, where everything works together and looks cohesive before the sewing even starts. Still, it's all ok. 

Fabric collection: my stash. I’m really a "print person" and a mix & match pattern gives me the creativity to pick my favourite fabrics and have them in a quilt.

As most of my stash comprises of leftovers & chopped up FQs these days, using each fabric three times in three different positions didn't always work either! So, if when I ran out of one fabric, I simply substituted with a similar value & colour.

 

I'm mostly using pinks & oranges with a sprinkling of blues and just a little rogue pop of black & pink floral, demure it is not! My constants are a light 4 square inner segment and those little Anna Maria "stamped" black centre squares.  

anyways, the BIG decision now was ... to sash or not to sash?

I went back & forth all week. 

Atticus-with-sashing gives just a little breathing room, but without

... it's colourful & extra patchworky✅

until next time, Linda