It has been a busy few days spent pressing and cutting fabric, trimming units, and mostly sewing. I totally underestimated how many hours would need to go into making this quilt top, and I have had some late nights for it is during those quiet small hours that I am most productive.
For this quilt top I have used a Fat Quarter Bundle of Oakshott Colourshott fabric. This particular bundle is the Aruba collection - a rainbow of 12 vibrant hues. The cotton weave is shot - with a warp and weft of different tones - which creates a beautiful luminous and iridescent hue - difficult to capture in the photographs of this quilt top but more easily seen in the fabric bundle pictured above.
The pattern is based on a traditional quilt block which as suggested by my trusty quilt block bible ~ 5,500 Quilt Block Designs by Maggie Malone ~ is known as Memories. I love this simple star block and enjoy looking for the secondary patterns that are created by joining the blocks together without sashing.
QUILT STATS
Quilt top measures 60 inches x 60 inches.
All fabrics used are Colourshott Cottons by Oakshott Fabrics:
A FQ Bundle of Colourshott - Aruba
and the background fabric is Colourshott in White Sand.
A FQ Bundle of Colourshott - Aruba
and the background fabric is Colourshott in White Sand.
25 traditional patchwork blocks.
I am keen to get get started on the quilting and see how the quilting adds to the quilt but first ... basting.
More soon,
Rita
Memories Quilt - The Finished Quilt - Pattern also available.
More RPQ ~ Oakshott Colourshott Projects:
~ Oakshott Scandinavia Half Square Triangle Quilt
~ Oakshott Kaleidoscope Quilt
~ Oakshott Bear Paw Pillow and Pattern
~ Be Squared Quilt & Quilt Pattern
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