Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt ~ Work in Progress

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

I am revisiting a favorite block ~ the traditional Kansas Dugout Quilt block ~ fearlessly machine pieced with lots of in-set seams (Y-seams); a somewhat time consuming task that involves cutting fabric pieces with templates, marking seam lines with a pencil, and sewing one short seam at a time. It is fiddly - but not difficult - to accomplish and so worth the effort so as to keep the background fabric (the squares) as a whole piece of fabric, especially so for the lines of the black gingham fabric.

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

The fabrics - other than the black/white gingham print - are all from the highly anticipated and long awaited Gardenvale collection by Jen Kingwell. Jenny's design style and eye for color is unique, and although working with this collection was a step outside of my comfort zone (the tiniest side step!), I did love watching the colors and the quilt top come together and sing.

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

I really am loving the color purple, my least often used and stashed (fabric) color, and the stripes are amazing, adding movement and zing to this already colorful quilt top.

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt
100 Kansas Dugout Blocks.
617 patchwork pieces.
Quilt measures 55 inches x 55 inches.

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Stay tuned for an update and photos of the finished quilt.

Have a great week,
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
Sunday Stash - Gardenvale by Jen Kingwell
Kansas Dugout - Tutorial and Templates
Kansas Dugout - A Finished Quilt April 2014

Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt in Progress | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

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13 comments:

  1. Awesome!! Such pretty fabrics, and a fun pattern choice :)

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  2. What a fun quilt! Looks time consuming to piece, though?

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  3. I love every single thing about this quilt!!

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  4. You are absolutely right - seams across those squares would not look as good. Lovely pattern.

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  5. You are absolutely right - seams across those squares would not look as good. Lovely pattern.

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  6. It's so charming! Love it!

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  7. The gingham squares as the underpinning to the scrappiness is brilliant!

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  8. This is amazing!!! Is it sold already?
    Ellie
    elliefpw@sbcglobal.net

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  9. Love the top and the colors and I think going the extra mile with the fussy piecing is worth it!

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  10. Oh goodness Rita....you lined up the mitered stripes! Ack! This looks so good!

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  11. I have got to try this block! This is such an interesting quilt - lots to look at and the overall effect is gorgeous.

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  12. Your fabrics are so fun! I love the ginghams. And this block! What a fun quilt for the brights.

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