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Happy Friday! Today I want to share a fun all solids wall quilt that I made this Summer! RJR Fabrics approached me about participating in the What Shade Are You? blog hop, and I was excited to join in! I’ll be honest though, I was a little intimidated to work with just solids. It’s definitely outside my comfort zone, but I was excited to take on the challenge.
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I have been itching lately to work with log cabin blocks, and I’ve had this particular design tucked away for a while. It’s been waiting in the wings for the perfect project. I liked the idea of changing the shape of the center of the block to a rectangle, to see how it would affect the overall look of the block. The blocks in my quilt finish as a square because of an extra log at the end, but otherwise, they’d finish rectangular. Cool!
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There were so many colors to choose from when looking through all the Cotton Supreme Solids available, at first I was overwhelmed with the possibilities. I ended up choosing a color scheme based on a piece of artwork by Susan Driscoll of The Print Tree.
Here are the solids I used for my project: 218 Pink Sapphire, 278 Just Peachy, 301 Seafoam, 319 Overcast, 332 Marvelous, 333 Bougainvillea, 335 Feeling Blue, 362 Argento, and 358 Harlequin
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For the quilting, I knew I wanted something non-geometric to break up the design a bit. I went with my tried and true wavy lines. These are done using a walking foot, and the quilt is smoothly turned to the left and right while stitching to get these organic, uneven lines. It’s a relaxing design to quilt, and it’s very forgiving!
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I used 358 Harlequin for the binding and a Cotton + Steel print, Sprinkle in Petal, for the backing.
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I’m hoping to find somewhere in our apartment to hang up this quilt, I am really happy with how it turned out. I may need to do some shuffling, there isn't much wall real estate left!
Thank you to RJR Fabrics for the opportunity to be a part of this event!
Great color choices and I like the rectangle version of the log cabin.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it was fun to play with!
DeleteBeautiful! You chose a lovely palette!
ReplyDeleteLove it, everything about it. Pretty! colors. And thanks for the Susan Driscoll link.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Her work is really wonderful!
DeleteIt looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteYour quilt is beautiful! I love the colors. Hugs,
ReplyDeleteThank you, me too!
DeleteI agree about the rectangles--Cool! Great summer colors, too.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how such a small change makes such a difference!
DeleteOh Jeni! What a refreshing, gosh a beauty palette!! Whew! My fave quilt of the day!!! Big thanks for including the names/numbers of the colors you used!
ReplyDeleteThat's very kind, thank you!
DeleteGreat new look on the blog!
ReplyDeleteThank you, it was time to shake things up a bit!
DeleteLove this one!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt. Do you think you might post a quick tutorial or pattern for it? - Christina
ReplyDeleteI don't have any immediate plans for that, but I'll keep your interest in mind!
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