Paper Piecing Monday presents Garfunkel

Another Monday, another paper pieced block. Yipee. Today’s block is a little more complex than my last few, but is sooooo fabulous. May I present Garfunkel…

When Julie at 627Handworks.com posted this block a couple of weeks ago I fell in love. It took me a week or so to work out how I wanted to approach the block and what colours I wanted to use. I ended up choosing red/pink combinations, but wanted to use so many more colours. For the first time I was really really frustrated by this sampler quilt’s limited palette. The FREE paper piecing pattern can be found here.

66 fabulous pieces to make this hexagon wonder. I have already started planning how I am going to use this pattern again – it is so effective and I am a little hexagon obsessed at the moment!

Have a great Monday.

8Jul2013

Paper Piecing Monday presents Morrison

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday, Quilt patterns, Scrap quilts by wombatquilts

I can not believe I am already at block 6 of my bright sampler quilt. This week’s block is called the Morrison…

The pattern is once again from Julie’s Block Rock’n collection. You can find the free paper piecing pattern here, along with different layouts for the block. In Julie’s test block she does more with the center of the block which I really like, and which makes for a quite different pattern.

The Morrison is not to complex a pattern and uses only 40 pieces of fabric… perfect for the scrappy approach.

As I have made it to 6 blocks, I could finally lay out the blocks and see how the quilt is coming together.

I am pleased with what I have so far. I do love how the colour pops against the neutral grey background. Six down, quite a few more to go…. so see you back here next week for installment 7.

1Jul2013

Paper Piecing Monday presents Lithium

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I am a little late posting this week’s block and I am blaming Wimbledon. I have been watching the matches on my computer which meant I had to wait for Tomic (the last Aussie standing) to loose his match. Now that the tennis is over for today, my computer is free to post this weeks block. And so I present my version of Lithium….

This is another fabulous pattern from Julie’s Block Rock’n series. You can find the free paper piecing pattern at her blog 627handworks.com. Make sure you check out Julie’s version of Lithium, it shows what real variety you can get with this pattern.

I am sure I will be doing this block again, without the constraints of the my current colour palette of grey and one other colour (it seemed like such a good idea at the time!). I also may have got a little carried away with the dots this week!

Next week I will have enough blocks to start laying out this quilt to see how it is coming together, so stay tuned for some WIP shots.

Linking up with Let’s Get Acquainted which is being hosted this week by Quilts in the Queue.

24Jun2013

Paper Piecing Monday

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Welcome to this weeks installment of Paper Piecing Monday. This week I add another block to my grey/bright sampler quilt from Julie at 627handworks. May I present my version of Marley…

Now I am not sure that the scrappy approach worked with this pattern. I think if I was to do it again I would go with a single fabric for the back ground – just so the colour popped more.

I do love this block. It is different from my usual stars and I think that this take on flying geese is really quit fun. You can find the free Marley paper piecing pattern here. I am really loving Julie’s patterns and so excited to try Garfunkel.

Just for fun I am linking up with “Let’s get Acquainted” which is being hosted this week at Heart of Charnwood.

17Jun2013

Paper piecing Monday is back…

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I am pleased to say I managed to get a block done for this week’s paper piecing Monday… and here she is.

This pattern is another fabulous free paper piecing pattern from Julie at 627Handworks Block Rock’n. It is called Caldonia and you can find the PDF pattern here.