Paper Piecing Monday Part 10

Wow I can not believe I am already ten posts into paper piecing Monday, and I am coming to the end of the wonderful patterns by Quilting on the Square. I have found some more patterns that I love and will be sharing in the coming weeks but for now we have another compass star.

As mentioned it is another Quilting on the Square pattern which you can download here block3wheeloffortune. If I was to do this block again I would make some different fabric choices. I love the background fabric but I think the two fabrics in the red border are not different enough (more contrast is needed). I must admit at times I have trouble envisioning how the block will come together and there have been quite a few stars that I would like to redo.

Happy quilting!

30Jan2013

Finally back in the Pink…WIP Wednesday

Posted in Quilt patterns, Scrap quilts, WIP Wednesday by wombatquilts

It has been a couple of quilts since I raided my pink fabric stash and I was having withdrawal symptoms. This was the cure…..

I am using an old pattern called “stick something in the middle” which I first used many many years ago, mainly to highlight fussy/novelty prints. When I dusted the pattern off, I saw it a little differently. I can no longer find the original link to this pattern or Mary Ann’s site unfortunately. So hopefully you can just pull the pattern off this blog directly and use it, if you want.

So this week my work space (our living room) is full of pink and yellow fabric, and gold thread is replacing grey on my husbands shirt! The space may look at little messy but there is method in the chaos.

So I am slowly adding blocks to my pile. As I have been progressing with this quilt I have been adding a few more fabrics – mainly some darker pinks and a few oranges. I felt the quilt needed a little more punch.

I will post photos of the finished quilt in the coming weeks.

28Jan2013

Paper Piecing Monday

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

Another week another pattern. This one drove me a little crazy, possibly because I was trying to finish it last night while also battling a cold. Not a good combination. Needless to say I was convinced that the block would not work and that paper piecing Monday was a stupid idea and that my sewing machine was out to get me. I was of course wrong on all fronts.

The pattern for this block can be found here block12celebration or at the Quilting on the Square site. It is another block that can be used to make a variety of very of different blocks, depending on how you interpret the pattern. Have some fun with it.

I must admit I could not have done this block, with all the drama of last night, without my newest quilting tool. My wonderful friend Lisa bought me an amazing surgical unpicker. It is one of those tools you do not realise you need until you have used it. Now I can not imagine life without out it.

It is a lethal wonder that is particularly great for paper piecing. Where standard tools struggle to deal with the close stitches you use when sewing a paper pattern, this little beauty just glides through them. The only thing you have to be careful of is accidentally cutting your fabric – I have not done this yet but imagine it will happen!

I am now off to cut some more fabric. I have decided the best way to deal with the fabric overflow is to make more quilts (and to shop less!).

21Jan2013

Paper Piecing Monday Part 8

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday, Quilt patterns by wombatquilts

Welcome to another Monday of paper piecing stars. Another week another red and aqua block for my star sampler.

This block is of course from Quilting on the Square’s collection. You can also download this pattern here block5kaleidoscope.

This is a really pretty block and I think it would be fun to play with the block pieces. What else can you do with this part of the block? I am definitely going to have to play with deconstructing this block, just for fun.

16Jan2013

Night & Day quilt – Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted in Quilt patterns, Scrap quilts, WIP Wednesday by wombatquilts

Having just finished my gretchen block quilt top I decided that I wanted to do another modern take on a traditional quilt block. I settled on making the night & day quilt block using a grey and green color palette.

I am doing another paper piecing scrap quilt. I am really enjoying paper piecing again after 4 years of not doing even one foundation block/paper pattern. You can find quiltcache’s version of the Night and Day pattern here

I am only a day into this quilt and have already made a few blocks and a lot of mess. My work station is awash with grey and green fabric and my husband is now pulling grey thread off his shirts rather than the white he usually has to contend with.

I am really excited about how this quilt looks, even at this early stage. I am going to work hard to get it finished in the next week or so and promise to post the final quilt when it is done.