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Hope Valley

::Split Decision Quilt::

May 9, 2011 By Katie

I see lavender loops and I like them!  Right out of the wash and up for photos.  Only wish it was a brighter day in Seattle.

I didn’t want to remove Split Decision from my home, but I dropped it off as a class sample today.  It’s my favorite quilt to date besides a few in the book.

Wanna know a secret?

I was a free-motion quilting virgin until this quilt and now I have a new addiction. Since finishing this one I have three baby quilts under my belt.  Can’t stop.  Though my first love will be a straight line F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

Let’s back up, you don’t want to look at those loop’s stitch length too close.

The backing isn’t Alexander Henry.  So if it isn’t Alexander Henry than it must be flannel in the quilting world of Katie.

Right?

Knew the Folksy Flannel was it when I saw it on sale on Sew Mama Sew.  I loved the weight of it as I sat under it and stitched on the binding.

In fact, if anyone has a yard of the Hope Valley I used for binding I’m in the market.  I think I wanna make another just like it for my bed. Do you think my husband will repaint the bedroom walls AGAIN?

Eeekkk, I’m so excited to have this done.

Happy Monday!

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out of print destash here

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::Tumbling Blocks Pillow::

January 10, 2010 By Katie

I was madly trying to finish up Christmas presents prior to our holiday departure, and I had to resist working on this stacked block pillow idea I had that matches not a thing in our home.  None the less, I am really liking a few of Denyse Schmidt’s Hope Valley and was itching to try them out.  I also have an affinity for any fabric that is purple.  And then Sarah placed a bolt of the new Anna Maria Horner flannel next to the Purple Hope Valley at the shop and I needed some of that too.  The colors are a perfect match.  The solids are both Carolina Chambray.  It’s my favorite solid.  Deep and rich in texture, and so much easier to work with than linen.

I like to call this technique tumbling blocks in my Improv Patchwork Class.  Strip piecing at an angle.  Then do what we all like to do, cut bits of fabric that you have just sewn apart and sew them together again.

It’s a perfect blend of some free cutting and some precise piecing.  Of course you could just not line anything up, and square up later, but I’m too anal for such things.

Here it is tumbling:

I was so excited with how it turned out I didn’t even notice that I had forgotten to do the stitching I had planned.  Darn.

I’ll have to remember to post my inspiration for this, the ad has been pinned to my inspiration board for ages.  Patiently waiting for the perfect fabric I guess.

I have in my mind a whole Tumbling Blocks Quilt.  Just as soon as I finish up the other three that are floating around unfinished.

P.S. invisible zipper tutorial here.

A little note that if you would like to join The Seattle Modern Quilting Guild we would love to hear from you.  The response has been great!  To join the discussion, add yourself to the group here.

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