Summer has well and truly arrived in Portland and I have been making the most of the sunshine… and not posting as much as I usually do. Sorry about that.
This of course does not mean I have not been quilting… I have still been sewing away, just a little more sporadically than usual. For the last week or so the only thing that has been up on my design wall has been my Starry Night quilt.
As you can see the jigsaw is slowly coming together. I have finished with the star blocks and I am now just making sky. Random weird bits of sky.
This week I went through my EQ7 quilting program and found a pile of paper pieced patterns and printed them out (my sky pieces are currently all 6 inch square or 3 x 6 inches). With EQ I have been able to find a pattern I think is interesting and print it out at both sizes.
Now as stand alone blocks they look a little weird but once you add them to the quilt they just blend into the background in weird and wonderful ways….
No matter how hard I tried to hide it you have probably realised by now that I did not have a grand plan when I started making these blocks, and that I am really making it up as I go along. The blocks are not being placed in any sort of grid and I am just going with the flow, piecing bits and pieces together and seeing what works.
It is a crazy way to work…but really fun. If you are interested in exploring the individual star blocks I have used, you can find links to them under the “Paper Piecing Monday” tab and/or under the “Free Paper Piecing Patterns” tab.
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Wow!
Love it, Cath! It’s looking soooo good!
This is spectacular!
I love these blocks and I know I’m going to love this quilt.
This is going to be a fantastic quilt when finished! I love the randomness of the star placement.
Oh wow, it looks brilliant! I can’t wait to see it finished.
Ohhh, I love that sky! It all looks really fabulous together.
I love the colours and look, it looks very well thought out to me 🙂
Hurray, the stars are out again! I do love that your crazy non-plan is making lots of dark blue sky so the stars aren’t all crowded together. You do realise that the randomness of the blue blocks makes your paper piecing look even more impressive, because people will go “how on earth did she put that together…?”.
I had not thought of that at all. I may be cleverer than I thought…lol. Hope the house hunt is going okay.
On tenterhooks, waiting for a response to our offer. It’s a bit on the low side for what they’re asking, but it’s what we can afford. On the other side of the coin, the house has been on the market for half a year and has already had two price reductions. We’re told it’s a buyer’s market…
Oh, the colors are wonderful. The stars are shinning and sparkling on the night blue sky. Looking forward to see the quilt top!! Barbora
I really love this so much – I can’t wait to see it once it’s done.
Can’t wait to see it all together! My kind of quilt.
I love the ‘craziness’ of the sky. The blue going every which way makes me think of a windy night. Great job; I can’t wait to see it all put together!
I love the idea of a windy night… I am going to use that to inspire me when I get bored of sewing just blues.
beautiful!
It’s wonderful. If you saw the moon tonight, you’d want to put that in the quilt, too. I guess it’s the closest to the earth that the moon has been or will be for quite some time.
The moon has been so beautiful the last couple of days…but I think that a moon quilt is a whole other project.
WoooHoooo these are really fabulous! All of those stars are magical!
Esther
Thanks Esther.
I am loving how this is turning out, the stars just pop against the scrappy dark blue background!
wow! this is so beautiful, truly a work of art. I enjoy your blog so very much. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Cath, I love that quilt, too 🙂 And I think it’s getting better every time I see it. Really exquisite!
Oh, my! That is gorgeous! I cannot wait to see you post the finish! I’m always afraid to mix patterns and such and this is a huge inspiration! LOVE it!
Looooving it SO much.
This is amazing. I really love where you are taking this quilt! I think your process is great too. Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Beautiful! Can’t wait to see the finished product!
This quilt is just going to be spectacular when you are finished!
This is going to be amazing! Totally loving the randomness and colour scheme, just gorgeous!
So gorgeous, as always. I look forward to all of your posts!
The making-it-up-as-you-go-lack-of-a-plan plan seems to be working!