I taught the Magic Number Quilt last weekend and wanted to create a sample that had blocks with defined edges. I wished later I would have gone rectangular with the blocks, but another time. This is a perfect square baby quilt.
So welcome Berry Patch.
I now have a scrappy version (Scrappy Sunshine)
and a floating block (Smitten Kitten) example which I use to talk about adding rectangles to the equation.
I’m not quite sure how I’m going to quilt it, but I did play with the FMQing kissing flowers in Christina’s book First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting this week.
I’m a little obsessed with this Heather Ross Briar Patch line. So I picked up another yard of each of the berries from Quilt Sandwich. I noticed the others of the line are easier to come by but the berries were disappearing.
I’ve seen a lot of projects I just love with this line including Rita’s oven mitt and potholder and Anna’s pillows. It seems to translate well to a variety of projects for sure.
I’m still trying to make some time to work on my Sparkle Punch in between my Seattle MQG binary quilt which might not be done in time for the exhibit at Island Quilter in January. It would be fun to have another example of how to use stitch and flip triangles for my upcoming class. In my unfocused way I started dreaming of a Sparkle Punch Christmas quilt, those prints are a little more difficult to translate into projects.
What gifts are you crafting this year?
Happy Sunday!
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This is a very pretty quilt. Love the colors. How long did it take you to do?
No Christmas items for me although I’m working on a Swoon and the Penny Patch quilt along. My daughter may be moving to your area and if so I plan to take a class with you one day. Love your samples.
Hi Katie! Love the colors and brightness of your quilt top. 🙂 I’m making a Rhino quilt. And also a couple of quilted zip pouches.
love the colors..
Love your magic numbers quilt – I’m going to go stash-diving as soon as I finish a HST zig-zag quilt for a new baby in the family. It will be a girl, and my cousins are decorating her room in purples and greys, so I’ve had fun with fabric selection!
Wish I could finish my gifts but, alas, I broke my right wrist last Friday. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
What!?? Let me know if you need some help. xo
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:00 PM, SEW KATIE DID
ooooh. Love the purple quilt. Id love to take a crack at it. My goal is to make my daughters throw for her toddler bed. She is only 1 1/2 so I have some time to practice. Im really loving these designs
Wishing you a magical Christmas season and all the good things in 2014! 🙂
I love the bright baby quilt on top. I love bright colors. I lean toward the girly colors more why I sew, I don’t know if that is due to my having just daughters or because I love those colors. I just love it 🙂 I hope I’m as good at quilting as you are one day.
I’m sure you’ve got mad skills!