Paper piecing Monday is proud to present block two in my new quilt adventure…
I originally designed this block for my green star quilt, but did not end up using the block… but not one to waste a good pattern, I enlarged it to 12 inches for this quilt…
You can find the PDF pattern, with numbers, here…Adventure Star block 2…
This week I managed to finish up my Cotton and Steel Economy block quilt…and I am very pleased with myself.
You see I signed this week for the 2nd Quarter of the 2016 Finish Along and I am determined to get more done than I did last quarter. I am finding having a bit of accountability in my quilting a good thing… it really is making me conscious of finishing things up instead of just adding them to the large pile of works in progress.
This quilt is such a fun one to start with. I really had a blast fussy cutting up my Cotton and Steel stash. I had been collecting bits and pieces of the C&S since the line first came out but it was not until I started this project that I realized how well it all works together.
I have used prints from just about every Cotton & Steel line (including some of their new Garland line which has just come out).
And definitely have a piece of fabric for all the Cotton & Steel designers. I must admit for a brief little bit I was thinking that I might hold onto the blocks and wait till the next line comes out and add more to the quilt, but in the spirit of getting things finished, I just put what I had together and called it good.
I kept the quilting simple… lots of straightish lines using the lines in the block as the guide for my walking foot.
For the back of the quilt I used some larger pieces of my stash…
And to finish it all off I used a navy blue scrappy binding…
So my first finish of quarter two is done and dusted…. now to get another quilt out of my WIP pile and finish it up. I am highly motivated at the moment…I just hope it lasts.
Quilt Details:
Name: A Cotton and Steel Economy
Pattern: 7 1/2 inch Economy blocks
Fabric: Cotton & Steel collections
Finished size: 45 x 60 inches
I wanted to share another one of Portland Modern Quilt Guild’s charity quilts… the blocks for this quilt were made in October 2014 and we now have a beautiful finished quilt….
I love the wonky cross block for group sewing because it is so easy to make… with lots of wiggly room and creative options for any miss-sizing issues.
I love the pink and brown colour combination… the brown tones down the pink so the finished quilt does not feel to bubblegum or over girlie…
When we were putting the quilt top together we also used some solid squares of fabric to give the eye somewhere to rest…
…which also gave our fabulous quilter, Coleen Bernhardt from the Quilted Thistle, room to play.
And Coleen really had fun and the back of the quilt shows just how much variety she put into the blocks…
For the back of the quilt I pieced together a collection of brown and pink scraps…
Add some binding and you have another wonderful quilt ready to give some comfort.
This week I am going to showcase some of the amazing quilts that the Portland Modern Quilt Guild has made as part of its Charity Program. The PMQG has a pretty active Charity arm and once a month we meet to make quilt blocks for one of our selected causes… our January get together produced this beauty…
During the Sew Day we made a pile of half log cabin blocks…using pink, orange, red, purple and black & white stripes. Each blocks started with a center square and we then sewed out until we reach 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (or trimmed down if we got a little carried away)…
At the end of the day we had enough blocks to make a big (70 x 70) and a small (48 x 48) quilt…
Bright, loud and fun were the words of the day…
The two quilts were then sent out to two of our Guild members who did a wonderful job quilting them… the small quilt has a straight line pattern that radiates out from the center of the quilt…
The back of the quilt gives you a good view of the overall pattern… I love how effective this quilting is with this block… and I extra love that I could achieve this effect with my home machine, a ruler and Frixon pen.
On the large quilt each four block section has an amazing feathering pattern on it…
Kazumi, who quilting the large top, used a ruler set to create the wonderful motifs in each section…
The quilting is so pretty and detailed… and totally beyond my skill level….
Both quilts are so bright and fun, and the light touches of black and white stop the them from being too obviously loud and garish. They will shortly go out into the world and provide some warmth, comfort and colour in some kids life. Thanks to all who donated fabric, made blocks or quilting these beauties.
I am finally back… did you miss me… This week I am sharing the pattern for a 6 inch traditional block called Birds in the Air. I made this pattern after this block was set as this months Do.good.stitches assignment…
The idea of doing that many tiny half square triangles traditionally was too daunting for me…. but this pattern makes it so easy…. you can find the free PDF pattern here…Do Good Stitches block pattern
The process was so easy that I managed to get four blocks made in no time… and I love how they look together….
I am not sure what Grace, our fearless leader this month has in mind for the layout but I am loving how the possibilities…
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