The fabulous Penny Lane – Paper Piecing Monday

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When I saw the name of today’s block I could not help but smile. I know the block is named after the Beatles song, but Penny Lane reminds me so much of Kate Hudson’s character in “Almost Famous”, one of my favorite films. I think it is a fitting block for both the song and the character…

This 72 piece beauty is another fabulous block for the amazing Julie at 627handworks. You can find the free paper piecing pattern here. Her version of this pattern is darling and very different from mine.

This block was not without a hiccup or two. First there was the “not concentrating on what I am doing mistake” which resulted in this misformed section and lots of unpicking.

Then I managed to break a needle trying to go through the center bulk. I had forgotten to remove the paper bits from the middle section to make it easier to sew through. Whoops.

Despite all this I love how this block came out. It is going to fit beautifully with the other blocks. I may end up replacing my last green block which is also scrappy but which is too messy for me… if you are curious you can find it here.

22Jul2013

Paper Piecing Monday fussy cut edition

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Today’s paper piecing Monday is a little detour from the regularly scheduled sampler quilt. Over the weekend Amanda at What the Bobbin? started a fussy square block swap and I was so excited I started making blocks almost immediately. There is swap joining details and a downloadable pattern on her site.

The idea of pulling out some of my fun novelty fabrics, fussy cutting them and making them into 4 inch blocks was too much fun…. here is what I have done so far.

I have so many great novelty scraps I can see myself getting quite carried away. But for now I am going to finish making my 12 blocks, then move onto finishing up some of the quilt tops I have laying in pieces around my work space. I want to have a finish for Friday.

Have a great week.

15Jul2013

Paper Piecing Monday presents Garfunkel

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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

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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.