I saw your Boho quilt yesterday and ordered material for the top first thing this morning. I also absolutely adore what you did with the Posy line. I like the fact that you aren't afraid of triangles. Keep those fabulous recipes coming, please.
I have just finished all the blocks for the Boho honeycomb quilt, but I am not sure how to start putting it together - are the rows done diagonally, or up, or down? And should I be using a block with 2 triangles, or just 1? If I can get a lead on that, I will be fine. I absolutely loved making the blocks. Thanks for the tutorial.
I have been doing a little sewing lately, but I would like to be doing a lot of sewing. There are so many fabrics, notions, books, etc. so I am thinking about adding a weekly (monthly, bi-weekly?) feature of things that I would love to add to my own personal stash. This will include products from my sponsors, but also products out there that I would just really love to have. To be honest, I think this idea kind of evolved from conversations I have had with my husband about what we would do if we won the Powerball. Clearly I would buy a lot of fabric ;) The #1 print I would love to add to my stash right now is . . . Buck Forest Twilight by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics. I loved this print in the original colorways and now it is available in navy. NAVY. Love it. Speaking of amazing blue fabrics . . . Grid Diamond Navy from Carkai by Carolyn Friedlander. Can you tell I am really loving blues? This is my favorite print from Carka...
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...
It's gorgeous! i love the swirly loop-de-loop quilting.
ReplyDeleteYou had me at Boho! I love it!
ReplyDeleteYour tutorial is fabulous!! :0)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt! Your tutorial is super too. I may very well make this one - so clever!
ReplyDeleteNice! I just mentioned those honeycombs in my random post today - hope you don't mind I shared it on my AQT fb page ...
ReplyDeleteReally cool! Pre-cut hexagons? What will they think of next!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! Very nice line of fabric
ReplyDeleteI saw your Boho quilt yesterday and ordered material for the top first thing this morning. I also absolutely adore what you did with the Posy line. I like the fact that you aren't afraid of triangles. Keep those fabulous recipes coming, please.
ReplyDeleteI tend to always use white backgrounds but I LOVE the brown in this quilt. It's so lovely!
ReplyDeleteSo excited! My Boho top materials came today! Maybe the top will be together by the time yardage becomes available.
ReplyDeleteI have just finished all the blocks for the Boho honeycomb quilt, but I am not sure how to start putting it together - are the rows done diagonally, or up, or down? And should I be using a block with 2 triangles, or just 1? If I can get a lead on that, I will be fine. I absolutely loved making the blocks. Thanks for the tutorial.
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