Marcelle Medallion Quilt - part 3

A picture post.

Well that was a week of my life well spent.  I have loved every moment of piecing this puzzle together, especially the fabric play.  Most of the fabric has been pulled from my scrap bin.  My scrap bin is a catalog (albeit a very disorganized one) of all of my favorite fabrics and using these itty bitty leftover pieces gives me much pleasure.

The finished size of my quilt top is 60.5 inches x 60.5 inches, slightly bigger than suggested in the pattern as my Flying Geese units in the fourth border are larger (although the ensuing borders have all neatly fitted in rather nicely as the quilt progressed).

I'll be sending my quilt top to my long arm quilter for quilting.  I will be sure to post pictures of the finished quilt as soon as it's done!

A few fabric details:

Border 1  (purple fabric)  Suzuko Koseki - Catch Letters

Border 3 - Green and White Stripe - Lecien House Designer, Atelier Akiko, Bonheur in Lime

Border 6 - Large Chevron - Riley Blake 

Border 8 - Amy Butler - Lotus - Wallflower in Cherry

Enjoy!

Rita

Relevant Links:

Marcelle Medallion Quilt is a pattern from the Book ~ Liberty Love by Alexia Marcelle Abegg

Marcelle Medallion Quilt - Part 2

Marcelle Medallion Quilt - Part 1

Marcelle Medallion Quilt - part 2

My Scrappy Marcelle Medallion Quilt is coming along nicely.

Monday was spent cutting and piecing umpteen Flying Geese units - most from fabrics scraps - only to realize on Tuesday that I in my endeavor to be productive I had misread the cutting instructions. Drat.  My mistake.  I came close to opting to turn my work in progress into a pillow cover ...

But, I don't like to quit, and with my Flying Geese units ready to go, I pushed on regardless and haven't looked back.  The following two borders are also finished.  

The quilt top is coming together really well, and I am pleased with my scrappy color/fabric arrangement.  Most of the fabrics are from my (2) over-turned scrap bins, the contents of which are now spread far and wide across the floor.  One more border to piece before that fabric mountain can be stuffed back into the bins.

RELEVANT LINKS:
The Marcelle Medallion Quilt is from the book Liberty Love by Alexia Marcelle Abegg

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And last - the winner of the Day in the Country - Fat Quarter bundle is:

Congratulations, Laurajane!  Happy Stitching!

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

Marcelle Medallion Quilt - part 1

I've jumped on board of the Marcelle Medallion Quilt-Along happening over on Instagram (see hashtags #marcellemedallion and #medallionalong).

The Marcelle Medallion Quilt is from the book:

Liberty Love by Alexia Marcelle Abegg

Making this quilt involves photocopying and cutting out templates, tracing, marking fabric and inset seams; none of which I entertain regularly.  I am taking it one border at a time.

So far so good, I am enjoying the change of pace, and re-acquainting myself with skills long not used, but never forgotten.  It's a little like riding a bike ...

Hopefully more soon.

Rita

Edges by Laura Gunn and a Flying Geese Pillow Cover

This bundle of goodies arrived in the mail late last week courtesy of Michael Miller Fabrics.  Edges is a new collection by designer Laura Gunn.   Edges is a unique range of basic designs all of which have been hand painted by Laura.  The careful brushstrokes and subtle color changes are evidence of Laura's love for hand painting and color.

I was immediately taken by the range of colors in varying shades, especially the softer colors (so pretty!).  Out came the rotary cutter and together with a wide selection of black/white (predominantly white) fabric for contrast I got busy making flying geese in a similar style to those made as part of the Marcelle Medallion Quilt.

50 Flying Geese each measuring 2 inches x 4 inches and made into a pillow cover.

As usual there was the battle of the bulky seam when quilting, but I pushed on and have quilted with a grid of lines just 1 inch apart.  

For the back of the pillow cover I have used a home decorator weight fabric - Artemis in Black by Alexander Henry.

The pillow cover is ready for shipping! I have updated my Etsy Store.  You can find the listing here:  Modern Patchwork Pillow Cover.

EDGES BY LAURA GUN IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM:

Fabric Worm

The Fat Quarter Shop

My thanks goes to Michael Miller and Laura Gunn for the sampling of the Edges collection.  I have enjoyed the fabric play and plan on adding a few of these prints to my stash - in particular the light greys, soft pinks and the neutrals.  

Rita

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