A new week and a new color palette; from last week's warm color palette to this week a cool color palette. Cool, calm and restful. Blue, grey, pink with a touch of yellow and green. Peaceful.
It has been a week of easy and reflective patchwork and stitching. More than 200 different fabrics were pulled from stash to make this quilt! This alone is a time consuming task, but I don't mind. The fabric and color play has to be my favorite part of quilt making, which is usually followed by long sewing session. And that too I enjoy!
QUILT STATS
A selection of more than 200 different quilting cottons make up this quilt.
I made 63 16-patch blocks ~ a total of 1008 patches of fabric.
(I have again followed the same piecing method as per the
to piece this quilt top
(although I have cut my fabric strips wider and longer - 11" x 2.5").
(although I have cut my fabric strips wider and longer - 11" x 2.5").
Each finished square measures 2" x 2".
Quilt top measures 56 inches x 72 inches.
There is much to see, from birds, cats, and dogs, to fruits and flowers. And animals, lots of animals. From farm animals to zoo animals. It looks like I have a thing for fabric with elephants for there are more than three different elephant designs, in multiple colorways that have been used in this quilt. And of course, text fabric!
New fabric, old fabric, some hard to find fabrics. All from stash. I love these scrappy projects and I love that I've pulled this quilt top together from stash. Now all I have to do is fold and return these fabrics - in an orderly manner - to stash, a much less enjoyable task. That, and basting a quilt ...
Rita
RELEVANT LINKS:
The Fall Quilt - A Finished Quilt
Checkerboard Quilt Strip Piecing Tutorial
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