Head over to the Moda Bake Shop to check out a quilt that I made with Vanessa Christenson's new fabric line Simply Style. I absolutely love this line and I cannot wait until yardage is available.
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...
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...
Fantastic pattern Erica! The method of construction is ingenious too - the quilt looks like it would be really complicated to make but it's not.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great pattern! And the fabrics look fun too!
ReplyDeleteVery clever pattern. Looks a lot more complicated than it is.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pattern!
ReplyDeleteyay, absolutely wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool design Erica!
ReplyDeletewhat a clever pattern! It's definitely on my to-do list. It's really a great optical illusion!
ReplyDelete-Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
I really love this pattern! Fantastic work! And easy to understand!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cool quilt Erica!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is too cool! great job!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is awesome! Looking forward to getting this collection too. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I can't wait to try out this project :)
ReplyDeleteThis is SO pretty!!! I love it! I will try this out for sure!!
ReplyDeletepretty!
ReplyDeleteI really love this quilt Erica!
ReplyDeleteAmanda
Well done Erica! It is superb!
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That is super cool!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this pattern! One more for the bucket list!
ReplyDeleteReally great pattern Erica and such visual depth. I love this.
ReplyDeleteLove this pattern. If I want to make it larger could I just buy more white and still use the same number of jelly rolls.
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