Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt

A Finished Quilt.
Scrappy Color Wheel Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.
QUICK QUILT STATS:
12 Color Wheel Blocks.
48 Foundation paper pieced arcs.
384 patchwork pieces.
Each finished Color Wheel Block measures 17" x 17".
The finished quilt measures 51 inches x 68 inches.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.
Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.
Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

Home! Sweet Home! April has been such a crazy busy month with travel, TEACHING CLASSES AT SEWTOPIA, CHICAGO! (the most amazing experience yet in my quilting journey, and I hope to have some photos to share with you soon), long haul flights and now a lingering dose of jet lag.  

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

It does feel good to be back in my "normal" work space, playing with fabric, sewing and quilting. This quilt top was ready for basting and quilting (see the work in progress blog post here), and is a variation of my Color Wheel Block Pattern. The original Color Wheel Quilt was made using only solid fabric and I really wanted to see this design made with printed fabrics, including a low volume background.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt - quilting detail | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

I have quilted this quilt with an overall 2 inch grid of edge to edge intersecting straight lines; first by ditch stitching the vertical and horizontal seam lines, then stitching evenly spaced lines in between using a quilting guide attached to the walking foot.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

For the back of the quilt I have used a single fabric from the Cookie Book collection by Kim Kight for Cotton + Steel. This small scale floral print on a pink background is one of my favorite prints from the latest Cotton + Steel fabric release. Needless to say I have yardage on hand and was a perfect match for this quilt top.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt - backing fabric | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.
Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt - backing fabric | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

Of course I couldn't resist binding the quilt with my signature black and white stripe binding fabric by Timeless Treasures.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt - binding | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

This quilt is available for purchase: Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store.

You'll find the listing details here: Scrappy Color Wheel Quilt.

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

Scrappy Color Wheel Block Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts | Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates available.

RELEVANT LINKS:
Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store
Scrappy Color Wheel Quilt - Work in Progress
Color Wheel Block - TUTORIAL  AND
Color Wheel Block Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern and Templates

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13 comments:

  1. this is fantabulous!!!!! You take the most gorgeous pictures! Always so crisp and vivid! One day, I hope to step up the proverbial paper piece block!!

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  2. As always, another gorgeous quilt! So many fun prints, I love it even more than the all solid version you did before!

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  3. Rita you pick the best fabrics!

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  4. I liked the solids colorwheel, but this one is too too awesome! I am inspired to make one, too. Love it!

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  5. Fabulous fabrics, and another fabulous quilt.

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  6. Awesome quilt. Perfect choice of fabrics. So much to look at. If I had a baby tummy time would be spent on this quilt!

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  7. Gorgeous. Just gorgeous as always! :)

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  8. A truly beautiful quilt. Welcome home, Rita!

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  9. Another beautiful finish! I love those white/black fabrics with the words.

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  10. Beautiful! You make the most gorgeous quilts!

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  11. Just stunning. You are a real inspiration to the quilting world. x

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  12. Another stunner! Beautiful

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  13. Rita, I am so glad you enjoyed your travel--- and am equally glad to have you back at your blog.

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