Day 1, Quilt 3

This LESLIE is one I started the other day from Jessica's Friends of Annie donation fabric.  There is nothing I love more than making something work from a finite bunch of fabric.  A pieced border from 3 prints was a way to use up pieces that looked good, and it adds to the whimsy feel of the quilt fabrics.

Day 1, Quilt 2

Much on the same vein as the SPICE DROP, I did the GOLD MEDAL quilt here.  It is from just one colorway of Dowry--the Charm Bracelet.  It feels much less busy, with just one print each, and the gold squares to "calm" it down a bit.  Fast and fun as always, and I like it because it keeps all of the prints right side up--almost all of them are directional in this group.  The kit is listed.

Kitty approved--laid it down on the bed while I wrote.  Little mister came out of another room and found it--his young cat radar is working.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, Happy New Projects, Happy New Fabric!  And while we are at it--let's use up some of the old.  Time to see the fabric bundles and scraps turned into quilts and accessories--gifts and charity and some keepers, too.  New fabric is around the corner--I am working with some we just got in today, as a matter of fact.

So here we go in 2014 with RoseCard Patterns...

DAY 1, QUILT 1

SPICE DROP in Dowry by Anna Maria Horner.  It takes 14 fat quarters, so I have chosen the Charm Bracelet and Brass Locket colorways--lots of warm golds and corals with the turquoises.  Kit is listed on the website.

Fun with RJR

RJR Fabrics is launching their new pre-cuts, and we get to play with them! For starters we have 3 projects using Pixie Strips--40  2 1/2" Strips.

BLOOM CRAZY

WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?

ADVENTURES

Brilliant FOLKLORE

Some quilt picks just work better than others and this is one is brilliant, quite literally.  This gorgeous Tonga Batik group features fabric printed with 4 medallions.  Hoffman is also introducing medallions that they call Bali Tiles.  Hoffman's will feature several colors in each of the 3 packages, all to coordinate with one of their Gen 6 Bali's. 

I have more of the Tonga and Bali's to play with.  From the current collection of RoseCards, I can see ANGEL FACE or  WILD THING.  INTRIGUE is the same block as FOLKLORE here, so it would work.  Four squares in the center of a little GYPSY could work.  Use it for the 9 1/2" squares in OPENING NIGHT.  Cutting into half square triangles like TOWER BRIDGE opens some possibilities.  Do I really need to sleep tonight?

Watercolor Bali's

Finishing up some of the quilts from Hoffman's 1895 Watercolor Pre-cuts.  So we have a little show and tell here.

First is THE LADY that Dorothy made up in Breakers.  We used a soft Bali print for the background and got a nice ocean wave look here.

The pretty pinks and purples look like they are made for a little girl.  So I made up BLUEBERRY HILL without a border.

Then there was the Taffy Bali Crackers 10" squares.  I made the triangles for TOWER BRIDGE, thinking it would make a nice grassy garden.  It was a little too boring, so punted--and scored.  I took a pack of Kool-Aid Bali Snaps 5" squares.  I added them to the corners of the dark side of the blocks, magic corners as we call them, stitching on the diagonal.  And now I have a garden in bloom--and a new pattern to come!

More from Grandma Pam

Just a quick little BUSY BEE--another from the donated Moda fabric.