crossroads quilt

- progress collage

- a little binding collage showing fabric detail, use & scale

And, we’re done! My ‘Crossroads’ quilt, {pattern from Treehouse Textiles} is a delightfully scrappy quilt, with a real vintage vibe. I've included some of my favourite fabrics from several years of stash building in this quilt!

For my backing I chose a wide quilt back, Ruby Star 'shell' in cotton sateen. It's so soft & silky, and makes for a super light weight quilt. 

Home quilting every quilt I make is proving tricky so I had Leeanne from quiltmekiwi machine quilt this one. I chose in an edge-to-edge pattern called 'ripples', and am very happy with the result. There's a gentle texture while still showing off the quilt design. 

The binding was a tad difficult to chose, but I ended up with an Alison Glass tone-on-tone blues. Blue seems to go with most things I sew, and with this quilt I felt it reflected the teal in my centre squares nicely and highlighted the blues in the backing fabric. My finished quilt measures approx. 70" x 58".

Linking up with Kelly for NNT here and with Cynthia over here for 'oh scrap'.

Until next time, Linda

finally... binding time

- progress collage

My Bear Paw quilt is finally done! I was really wanting this one to look vintage (as if you had pulled it from your grandmother’s closet) so I started out with a very pretty bundle of vintage blooms, "Posy" FQ's by Annabel Wrigley and I teamed them up with different neutral backgrounds. A real scrappy spin on a classic block!

I made 14.5” Bear Paw blocks set with 2.5” sashing strips & a wider border in several off white/greys. {The Fat Quarter Shop has a free pattern for the Bear Paw block}. For backing, I used the sweetest backing fabric 'head in the clouds' by Windham and my binding was a scrappy selection of leftover 'posy' fabrics.

I had it quilted by Leeanne from quiltmekiwi, and I chose an edge to edge Baptist Fan, super happy with the look. Finished quilt measures 56" x 56".

Until next time, Linda

colour on the wall

- auditioning setting triangles and binding

- most of my piecing is done with off-white or light grey thread, 

so I had to rummage around to find colourful threads to match my ric-rac trims

I've been faffing around this weekend with my "Tickety - Boo" quilt blocks up on the design wall, making a few more and reshuffling things around. I'm running out of those colourful Jennifer Paganelli fabrics now, {wink wink} so I have repeated a couple.
Such a fun quilt to make. Adding the ric-rac trim makes machine sewing those curves a breeze and adds that special touch of nostalgic whimsy. 

I just need an hour or two to get it all stitched up together, but super happy meantime having all this joyful colour up on my design wall.

Linking up with Cynthia for 'oh scrap' here and with Kelly for NTT over here - grab a coffee & pop on over to see what everyone else has been busy making too. 

a little ric-rac fun

Pieces of pretty patterned ric-rac trims arrived last week

and I decided I'd make a "Tickety-Boo" quilt! 

and here's how my design wall is looking so far …

It’s a happy fabric fest of pretty prints & spots, and I'm super happy with how the bits of ric-rac trim give that little extra pop of colour. If my post today has got you curious … pop on over to bluemountaindaisy where you can find pattern details & lots more photos. Linking up with Cynthia for 'oh scrap' here

Off now to find more spots! Linda

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weaving a melody

Dreaming up a quilt colour palette can be a bit intimidating. I've spent the past couple of days second guessing things with my pas de deux BOM. It's scrappy sampler quilt, with lots of choices, and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. 

Rachel's colourful rainbow quilt was made with the idea that each patchwork group was a separate and distinct entity.  But my version was feeling too disjointed to me, I had imagined that my ensembles would all naturally harmonize and that the edges between them would blend a little into each other.

I began wondering … what if colour was used to unify elements, rather than create distinction. And so today I decided to narrow down my palette, and redo my 'postage stamps' section, I know, I know!  

Rachel {from stitched in color} calls it "weaving a melody" throughout the whole quilt. This takes a bit 
of planning and the willingness to adjust/remake blocks as needed. Quite a challenge!
But I'm super happy that I took the time to change my large block, it's still scrap friendly but things are all flowing nicely between the blocks now and it looks much more balanced.

Next on the agenda is finishing my 'evening stars'. 

Linda