Jenelle over at Echinops and Aster posted today about a curated collection competition going on over at Sew Lux . Putting together mosaics is the perfect thing to do during my kids' naps (and they actually napped today!) so I couldn't resist. I am normally a fan of cooler colors, but I love all of these prints and the chilly weather has definitely drawn me to these autumn colors. I am going to call my mosaic Autumn Evenings. If you haven't already checked out the competition, you can find the details and linkup here !
If you haven't already checked it out, Alyce over at Blossom Heart Quilts is hosting a blogger bundle competition with Randi at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics . I think these kinds of competitions are SO MUCH FUN. As much as I enjoy all aspects (or at least most aspects) of making a quilt, picking out fabrics is definitely the best part. I wanted to make a mosaic using some of my favorite prints right now. I knew that I wanted to use the Cosmo Cricket text print ; I love that it has all of these positive words and phrases and it is such a pretty shade of pink. I also wanted to use an Oh Deer print (because it is so cute!), this Madrona Road print (which I love but I haven't been able to justify buying), and then some coordinating prints and a solid . I am calling my mosaic Sunshine Road because I love all of the happy colors and words. I am trying to focus more on the positive things in life and this group of fabrics feels very positive to me :)
This month I used my Culcita Box fabrics to make a chevron baby quilt. Like I mentioned , these fabrics are a little outside my comfort zone. As a general rule for myself, I try not to buy fabrics that have a lot of contrast within them. They are beautiful and some people do beautiful things with them, but I tend to have a hard time using them. But despite being a little nervous about using them, I am so pleased with how the quilt turned out! I ended up omitting the pink circle fabric from the bundle because I wanted something with a little more orange to it, so I subbed in Kona Mango. I also added a black Art Gallery triangle print that I had in my stash. These are 60 degree chevrons and I quilted it with a random 60 degree grid. I was happy to find this Katarina Roccella print in my stash for the backing and I used more of the black triangle print for the binding. I stitched the binding down with Perle cotton. This quilt is now listed in my Etsy s...
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ReplyDeleteYay congrats to you! Beautiful quilt
ReplyDeleteHey, good for you Erica! The quilt is lovely. Is this a take on your triangle pillow design?
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful and I love the tutorial. Great work, Erica :)
ReplyDeleteLove it...but there's no print option on Moda Bake Shop...can you contact them? I'd like to save this pattern...unless I'm missing something!
ReplyDeleteYay for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming up with this fantastic pattern, I might just have to try it! :)
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