I love orange and purple, but can’t say the rest of Pantone’s spring colors appealed to me.
I have a hard time working with colors I don’t like…or doing anything I don’t like or want to do for that matter, so I stacked some bolts on the counter at the Quilting Loft and kept changing them out until I found a color story that worked for me.
Seattle is not kind on light this time of year. So I want you to know that the dark purple is a bit lighter than pictured.
I love it when I look at my design wall and like what’s there. I even generally will smile to myself. Who wouldn’t?
The half-square quilt design is not new (and certainly not original to me), but simply a redo of my HST Love. It is pretty fun to mess about with different colorways. I love the punch that this colorway creates.
The fabrics are:
granite ( I think this is the name), prune and tangerine shot cottons ( I love these shot cottons, but think they are a pain in the ass to iron after they have been washed)
the pomegranate color is Moda cross weave # 38
Kona solids in baby blue, white and petunia
This Amy Butler print would never have caught my eye, but when I started pulling fabrics for backing it spoke to me. P-E-R-F-E-C-T.
After its time as a class sample for my Seeing Value class it will be a long overdue wedding gift to some dear friends of mine.
Hoping you are all having a good week. From the media hype, Seattle is suppose to be blanketed in snow by 3am. But I might eat this quilt before I believe it.
Bring it on, I’d be happy enough to be snowed in for two weeks or more provided I have power to my sewing machine.
Anjie says
Beautiful and very unique colors….love it! Enjoy the snow! We got our first snow yesterday….kind of silly to be without it here in new england in jan. I know you will create wonders while the white stuff comes down
Thrifty Household says
Very, very beautiful…
Alison says
Wow. Great colour combinations.
Marit says
It’s beautiful with a strong personality. I think it’s an equal partner to the one in your header. One is masculine to me, one feminine. Fascinating to see what the change in color scheme does to a pattern. I am in love with both of these!
Tara says
I love this, great job!
beth lehman says
I LOVE it! What a beauty. I would love to learn how to be more precise and match up my points like you do. Hope you get snow. Unfortunately – we are in no danger of any here in VA!
Deb says
What great color choices! Anxious to see how you quilt this top. And from what I can see in the photo, the kleenex box seems to be good quilt inspiration too! LOL
Debbie-Esch House Quilts says
Gorgeous! You know I’m a sucker for a good HST quilt 🙂
Sew Katie Did says
I love them too.
ecgianiodis says
Love it, Katie. What size are those hsq’s?
Sew Katie Did says
Thanks. I start with 6.5″ squares and cut them down to 6″ when pieced.
Sew Katie Did says
6″.
Natalie Cox says
Love it, the colors are great, love the pattern too.
Debbie says
Love your palette and that the solids are in a variety of fabrics. And great backing – agreed.
bloomingpoppies says
This is phenomenally stunning! Those colors are so right on. You’ve done it again!! I definitely need to start playing around more with HSTs!!!
Diane says
beautiful! The colors are wonderful … thanks for listing the fabrics out…
ella says
my oh my… love this…..the colours really sing!
CitricSugar says
That was exactly the eye candy I needed this morning! Gorgeous and such lovely mix of traditional and modern. Love it.
anna says
oh wow!!!!! it’s just beautiful, your hst’s are perfect!!!! and that backing couldn’t be a better match. 🙂
DianeY says
Gorgeous! I really love it!
Helen says
Have you started to eat your quilt yet?
elsa says
It’s beautiful Katie! I was just looking at Marimekko fabric and this reminds me of it.
GoletaGirlWendy says
Beautiful quilt. I also love purple and orange together. I could spend all day in a fabric store playing with all the different fabric. Have a great week.
Nikki says
Oh, I love this one even more than the cooler colored version. If we weren’t snowed in, I would be at TQL right now picking up some shot cotton!!
Now, how will you quilt it? 🙂
Nancy says
I love that combination of colors too. I simply have to do a HST quilt
Eva Marie says
How do you go about arranging the layout? Do you have equal numbers of all the different color combinations? I just love this quilt and the previous one.
Alli says
That’s absolutely gorgeous! I’m curious: do you sew together a whole bunch of HSTs first and then lay it out, sketch out the colored layout beforehand, or cut a bunch of triangles out and play with them on your design wall?
Shannon says
Ok… Iove this! I thought I was done with HST’s for awhile, but now you’ve got me itching to play with some solids! Thanks for the inspiration!
Kim says
Wow it’s a beautiful combination of colors! Very nice. I’m looking at your Kleenex box too, thinking it would make a nice quilt 🙂
Maria says
Gorgeous color palette! Very original. I’m inspired to dig out my solids.
nicke says
you are killing me here! i l o v e it!
Katy says
The quilt top looks fab, but can I just say that I love that you have a patchwork style tissue box too?!
Rachel at Stitched in Color says
Wowee, that seems quick! Lovely work, Katie and great colors. That backing is totally made for this quilt. It’ll be nice to put something so organic/floral on the back of this graphic look. Enjoy the finishing!
ashley says
fabulous colors!! another gorgeous HST quilt – I have been in love with your earlier HST quilt for so long and now I have a second love! I would love to see how you lay this out – all random, or is there some thought to the layout?
marg says
Just so lovely. Is there something like this in your book? Then I have even more to look forward to when its out. Must try this after I finish the all the WIPs I’ve been trying to do.
noelle says
I love it!
Krista Withers says
how’d that quilt taste?
Siobhan says
Love it!
Hannahbelle says
I’m a baby quilter (I have only finished one simple square lap quilt and a speedy Jellyroll quilt, but I am playing around with other quilts at the moment), but this looks like something maybe I could try my hand at. I need to up my cutting accuracy, but my sewing skills are good (thank you fashion school). I am just delighted to see such an awesome quilt that I can actually maybe attain my own version of in the next year!
Michele says
Very nice indeed. I’ve never done a totally solid quilt but this just might inspire me to do one. After I get all the other projects in the works done first of course. And the backing is absolutely perfect!
Kait says
I would probably never pick that color scheme on my own but I LOVE IT! You should be proud.
felicity says
Gorgeous! I hear you on the crapola PNW light at this time of year!
Paula says
One of my favorite color combos! There’s something sinful about purple and reds together!!
antarabesque says
Congrats on being FP! This quilt turned out soooo striking. Thank you.
Teri Lucas Terificreations says
Love the quilt!
rmv says
i like mixes of blues and oranges. like a sea foam and peach. also navy and terra cotta. or, think early morning sun with a dark blue fading away and a peach/orange sky approaching.
Jbot says
Nice quilt. My own place could use that kind of style.
The Simple Life of a Country Man's Wife says
beautiful! i love handmade quilts. our neighbor makes them and has given us a few as gifts. lucky us!
natasiarose says
Gorg! The pattern looks like a work of modern art!
The Lioness says
I love color and triangles and this quilt has them both! What a day it’s going to be!
Great post.
The Lioness
The Hook says
I wish I had your skills! Nice work!
Summer Zheng says
i think purple against orange is very naturally pretty… once i saw a photo taken at the sunset… the orange light from the drowning sun was casted on a shadow-ed purple wall 🙂
Torbillonbyjoleensteel says
Truly beautiful work! My mom has been creating quilts for all of her grandchildren and children. She’s almost done and would love to see all the creative ideas on your site.
i mayfly says
lucky, lucky friends to get such a marvelous wedding present.
April says
Sharing your site with some quilting friends. Check out my home page at http://aprilhawk.wordpress.com….read That’s Our Story…..it is about the barn quilt I had made last fall.
rubiescorner says
These are absolutely beautiful. Everyone can’t sew, but your work is wonderful. Keep it up.
pnwauthor says
Hi, I left Seattle in 2007 and I don’t recall a lot of quilting or quilters in Seattle at that time. When I moved to Skagit, I wrote an article on quilting in that region and the quilt festival that takes place in Anacortes around the Skagit Tulip Festival.
I like your quilts. The lighting isn’t any better in Bellingham than Seattle this time of year–grays, whites, and greens.
3 says
I really like the boldness of your designs.
valentinedee says
Really cool colors and so beautiful to look at. Great work. You’re very talented.
val
http://valentinedefrancis.wordpress.com
Bill Abbott says
Excellent colors! Fearless, but they all rhyme.
Its curious, your quilt and my company’s logo (VMware) looks a LOT alike. The logo is greens and blues, but the same squares and triangles A very appealing pattern!
youarenotlostyouarehere says
Beautiful choice of colours – the pale blue works perfectly with the rest, great contrast! I love-love Pantone as well, they’ve got a great bunch of products – a few Pantone Christmas presents this year!
Thank you for sharing!
parwatisingari says
lovely
aprilsewingjournal says
Gorgeous, graphic quilt!
Rayme Wells @ A Clean Surface says
Love the design and the colors, plus it reminds me of my friend’s father’s paintings. She has one hanging in her apartment, and it looks like this quilt but in shades of yellow, green and blue.
My Camera, My Friend says
Nice quilts. I love the colors in the shot in your header.
millodello says
The more exotic the quilt and the more celver the quilt design the better it is to dream under. My quilt only gets used in the winter when the nights are darker and longer. I could probably quaterback the Superbowl winning team under that one. Sew on. Delighted to have seen your work.
Birthday in NYC says
Personally, I found myself pretty impressed with your quilt. It is beautiful, and obviously the work of someone who is very skilled. However, I had to write and share my girlfriend’s reaction, which after the squeal of delight then involved taking my computer from me, scrolling, asking me if the quilt was for sale, and then talking about how we could decorate our new place in a few months with a quilt like that.
So, on behalf of both of us, thanks so much for sharing, and good luck surviving the snow in Seattle. Here in New York City, we got a bit this weekend, but it is all pretty much gone now. Take care!
Sarah Harris says
Wow! Love the modern twist to quilting! You’re making them cool again! Beautiful colors!
Ryan@Sproutconfidence says
Those are great!
Fanny Mandik the Plain Steam Rice says
It’s gorgeous, Katie!
Chaks says
wow! very beautiful photographs with vivid colours.nice work
TechSmartLife
Tsinelas says
wow!
olivia says
Love the colors! I recently blogged about the new Pantone color of year – tangerine tango – so your post caught my eye!
(and did you get snowed in? I certainly got stuck on my hill in Seattle, though I also did not believe the snow was coming!!)
I Made You A Mixtape says
LOVE the colours- gives it a very modern feel! You are very talented!
septic tank oxfordshire says
Wow, beautiful. My mother in law does similar stuff but she never uses such vibrant colours 🙂 Stunning.
richannkur says
nice…
Words of Little Relevance says
Really stunning.
James
wiz says
love it cause its beautiful … hate it cause it makes me want to be at home instead of work .. lol … love the colors !!!!
MUDA says
Hy Katie,
Great work!
maybe you should come to Rio de Janeiro to make some street art with us…
check out my work and lets talk about it, ok?
cheers, João.
http://coletivoMUDA.com.br/
msloftis says
awesome! good job. My oldest daughter is learning to quilt.
mybakingempire says
Fantastic quilt! I love the purple and orange together, isn’t it nice when you’re inspired, as you say, by a color story? Also, and this probably isn’t a big deal since you seem like a professional sewer, but I cannot get over how straight your seams are! As someone who has probably 2 hours experience in sewing (made a tutu for Halloween), I appreciate your craftsmanship, can’t wait to see more of your stuff!
Anneke says
Very dynamic and graphic! And congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
Hannah Albrightson says
I was forced to start a wordpress for a college class, but I can honestly say I am glad I did, because now I have found your blog!
This quilt and your color choices are stunning1
Was it difficult to learn to quilt/sew? I am envious.
Cheryl Arkison says
I love that you added the blue. Just love that.
I’m making a purple back right now for an orange top. It just seemed right.
myschoolhouserocks says
Very nice.
findingmyworth says
Beautiful
InStitchesbyShelly says
The design roll at the top of the wall caught my eye. Can you tell me how you constructed it and what it’s made of?
Lulu Simawati says
beautiful and colourful quilt, by the way I have a posting contains colourful pictures too. Here is the link : http://priajelita.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/shes-a-rainbow/. Please check it if you have time. Thank you in advance
beccysfoodies says
It looks great! Sewing really is so relaxing and accomplishing! Just love the quilt 🙂
tilocheyenne says
This is so awesome. This is so inspirational! I am new to the blogging scene, but it would mean so much to have more followers! I craft, knit, crochet and bake and I will be posting tutorials, how to’s, and little quirks about my life there! Please check me out anyone who sees this once again, I loved your post!
Marisa says
Your quilt looks very classic and a bit Amish as well, although with a modern take. Beautiful.
liveacolorfullife says
I love love LOVE this quilt!!! Seriously. I got a stack of Kona cottons from Kathy at Pink Chalk in all purples and oranges. it is so gorgeous that I hate to un-bundle it. But it would be perfect for this quilt. So maybe I’ll just take a picture of the fabric bundle to frame (kidding…sorta…) and then cut into it!
Rai says
SEW SEW SEW SEW SEW MORE
Chara Michele says
This looks awesome Katie! 🙂
Sew Katie Did says
wanna go to Island Quilter? Maybe the 6th if I can get it off?
xo
Khristian A. Howell says
Stunning
simone says
Stunning! Are you going to write a pattern for this?
Patty says
wow, wow, wow!
gaycarboys says
Very pretty indeed. I’d love to be able to sew.