Happy Tuesday! I'm here to share another quilt with you! Now before you start thinking that I'm crazy productive or something, let's note that I made this particular quilt in the summer of 2012! I have been having a pretty productive month, but not quite that productive! This is another one of the unshared projects that I'm trying to get posted before the end of the month!
Clearly I took these photos quite a while ago too! We haven't seen the grass here in ages. I think we've had snow on the ground constantly since the end of November. Anyways, onto the quilt!
This quilt is the result of a virtual quilting bee turned book! It's called Stacked Windmills and can be found in Modern Bee Book - 13 Quilts to Make with Friends, published in October 2013!
When I designed this quilt I was in the middle of the Half-Square Triangle Block of the Month and so I had half-square triangles on the brain. As a result, these blocks feature them too. I was on quite a kick! I really still am, I think they're great.
I used a favorite sheet for the back. It isn't vintage, but it was thrifted!
I think this quilt would make a great scrap buster! I'd love to make another someday, if only there were more than 24 hours in a day! If you'd like to learn more about this book, the other quilters, and the other quilts, I recommend checking out the website dedicated to it, here! You can find the book in bookstores, quilt shops and of course, on Amazon.
Happy Sewing!
Modern Bee Book - Stacked Windmills Quilt
Monday, January 27, 2014
Happy Monday! Hope you are all keeping warm in your part of the world.
It's brutally cold here again this week, so we're sticking pretty close
to home. I have some very long overdue new patterns to share today!
Embarrassingly enough, these patterns debuted at Fall Quilt Market and
I'm only just now chatting about them. Whoops!
Last Fall, as I was thinking about new patterns, I decided to try doing something a little different. That's how these idea for these mini patterns was born. The printed copies are the size of a postcard. the PDF version can be printed on a single sheet of letter paper. They're simple, straightforward patterns. Quick to cut and quick to put together.
Along with being mini in size, they're also mini in price at half the cost of my regular patterns. Let's check them out!
The first pattern is called Honeydew, and features my Color Me Retro collection. This sawtooth quilt design has been hanging around for a while waiting to be made. I made up a baby version in Nordika early last year. It finishes at 64"x74".
I quilted this one with a meandering loop with a few swirls, stars, and some words too! I had a bit of fun with this one! It's backed in a vintage sheet and bound up in Lemonade Pure Element!
The second pattern is called Stellar, and features my Nordika collection. It plays with patchwork to use up every bit of 20 fat quarters. I revisited this design after pulling out the first bed quilt I made a few months back. It would be perfect for a beginner just getting into quilting! It finishes at 64"x80".
I just finished quilting this quilt over the weekend. I used a delicious mint 50wt Aurifil thread, #2835. I went with my signature loop quilting, extra big! It's backed in another vintage sheet and bound up in the Flowerfall Jade print.
The final pattern is called Lazy Daisy, and features my Dreamin' Vintage collection. It takes advantage of my very favorite method of piecing, random grab bag chain piecing. Very technical terminology I use around here, huh? You get a different design every time! It finishes at 58"x72".
This quilt hung in my Fall Quilt Market Booth. It was my first time quilting spirals and it took forever! I also backed this one in a vintage sheet and bound it with Sweet Pea Oval Element.
All of these patterns are available as PDFs and paper copies. They're all 25% off now through Sunday in my shop.
If you're a shop that would like to carry these patterns, send me an email or use the form under the Wholesale tab!
Happy Sewing!
Last Fall, as I was thinking about new patterns, I decided to try doing something a little different. That's how these idea for these mini patterns was born. The printed copies are the size of a postcard. the PDF version can be printed on a single sheet of letter paper. They're simple, straightforward patterns. Quick to cut and quick to put together.
Along with being mini in size, they're also mini in price at half the cost of my regular patterns. Let's check them out!
The first pattern is called Honeydew, and features my Color Me Retro collection. This sawtooth quilt design has been hanging around for a while waiting to be made. I made up a baby version in Nordika early last year. It finishes at 64"x74".
I quilted this one with a meandering loop with a few swirls, stars, and some words too! I had a bit of fun with this one! It's backed in a vintage sheet and bound up in Lemonade Pure Element!
The second pattern is called Stellar, and features my Nordika collection. It plays with patchwork to use up every bit of 20 fat quarters. I revisited this design after pulling out the first bed quilt I made a few months back. It would be perfect for a beginner just getting into quilting! It finishes at 64"x80".
I just finished quilting this quilt over the weekend. I used a delicious mint 50wt Aurifil thread, #2835. I went with my signature loop quilting, extra big! It's backed in another vintage sheet and bound up in the Flowerfall Jade print.
The final pattern is called Lazy Daisy, and features my Dreamin' Vintage collection. It takes advantage of my very favorite method of piecing, random grab bag chain piecing. Very technical terminology I use around here, huh? You get a different design every time! It finishes at 58"x72".
This quilt hung in my Fall Quilt Market Booth. It was my first time quilting spirals and it took forever! I also backed this one in a vintage sheet and bound it with Sweet Pea Oval Element.
All of these patterns are available as PDFs and paper copies. They're all 25% off now through Sunday in my shop.
If you're a shop that would like to carry these patterns, send me an email or use the form under the Wholesale tab!
Happy Sewing!
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Happy Sunday! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend! I've been trying to relax a bit more than usual after a long week behind me and another coming up. I'm here today to share with you a new quilt along starting up next month!
I met Sharon McConnell in December 2012 at the very first Camp Stitchalot put on by Pink Castle Fabrics! We sat across from each other in the sewing room all weekend. While I went back and forth between a multitude of different projects Sharon plugged away on a single quilt. Let me tell you, I was so blown away by it the entire weekend. You couldn't help but be distracted by the bright and cheerful colors, prints, and design. Lucky for us, she has just published a pattern for her cool creation, the Polka Dot Bikini Quilt Pattern!
To kick off it's release, Sharon is holding a quilt along starting February 6th! She already has a great curved piecing tutorial up here. The schedule is nice and reasonable at about 6 blocks every two weeks, but of course you can sew at your own pace! Follow along on Sharon's blog for all the quilt along action including posts to help put your quilt together, alternative ideas, and giveaways as well!
You can pick up a copy of the pattern in Sharon's shop, here!
I feel like I could stare at that quilt forever, there is just so much to look at! I hope I can find time to start one soon, even if it's just enough blocks for a wall hanging. I've already started scheming what fabrics and combinations to use! I think the new Chromatics collection by Art Gallery Studio would be fun with maybe all shades of gray for the solids. Or maybe my Color Me Retro collection along with an array of green solids! There are so many possibilities, I don't think you could really go wrong!
Make sure to check out my Art of Choosing series from a few years back for color inspiration and fabric selection advice!
Sharon has kindly offered to give away a copy of the Polka Dot Bikini PDF pattern to two lucky In Color Order readers! Just leave a comment to enter. Tell me what fabrics/colors you'd use if you want! Giveaway will end Wednesday, January 29th at 5pm CST.
Good luck!
I met Sharon McConnell in December 2012 at the very first Camp Stitchalot put on by Pink Castle Fabrics! We sat across from each other in the sewing room all weekend. While I went back and forth between a multitude of different projects Sharon plugged away on a single quilt. Let me tell you, I was so blown away by it the entire weekend. You couldn't help but be distracted by the bright and cheerful colors, prints, and design. Lucky for us, she has just published a pattern for her cool creation, the Polka Dot Bikini Quilt Pattern!
To kick off it's release, Sharon is holding a quilt along starting February 6th! She already has a great curved piecing tutorial up here. The schedule is nice and reasonable at about 6 blocks every two weeks, but of course you can sew at your own pace! Follow along on Sharon's blog for all the quilt along action including posts to help put your quilt together, alternative ideas, and giveaways as well!
You can pick up a copy of the pattern in Sharon's shop, here!
I feel like I could stare at that quilt forever, there is just so much to look at! I hope I can find time to start one soon, even if it's just enough blocks for a wall hanging. I've already started scheming what fabrics and combinations to use! I think the new Chromatics collection by Art Gallery Studio would be fun with maybe all shades of gray for the solids. Or maybe my Color Me Retro collection along with an array of green solids! There are so many possibilities, I don't think you could really go wrong!
Make sure to check out my Art of Choosing series from a few years back for color inspiration and fabric selection advice!
Sharon has kindly offered to give away a copy of the Polka Dot Bikini PDF pattern to two lucky In Color Order readers! Just leave a comment to enter. Tell me what fabrics/colors you'd use if you want! Giveaway will end Wednesday, January 29th at 5pm CST.
Good luck!
Friday, January 24, 2014
1. Chicopee Hopscotch in the snow!, 2. 20:365, 3. Shivaun Place Quilt, 4. essex linen cross quilt., 5. Flying Geese Quilt Top, 6. dgs dec 2, 7. LondonCalling4 by Kaufman Quilt, 8. Not-so-Lonestar quilt finished, 9. Garden District Cushion - Pillow Pop
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
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