Welcome to finish it up Friday!
I'm happy to share my newest quilt top, "shady", with you today. It started with a few leftover blocks from
this quilt. (Needless to say, they have been hanging around for awhile.) More recently, I made a few low volume blocks and combined them all to make this quilt top. It was a great exploration in values. I wanted to make it HUGE, because I really love it. I refrained because this will be a class sample, so smaller is better. The blocks are 12" finished and the quilt top is 36" x 48".
I still have plenty of strings left. I organized them into rainbow order last weekend...just for fun. I really,
really want to start a new quilt! Color is so inspiring!
Thanks to all of you who purchased my
new pattern! I appreciate your support and wonderful feedback.
Also, a big thank you to the
Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild for a fun meeting last night. It was so great to meet so many of you!
Ok, now it's your turn! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thanks for joining me each week. Happy Friday to you!
I posted a low volume/high volume finish as well today. Great minds :) Love your quilt, what a great way to make the colors pop!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, love the design and contrast! You are really using up those scraps brilliantly!
ReplyDeleteLove your shady quilt top.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as usual! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou know you're a quilter when you spend your weekend organizing scraps just for fun! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this, the contrast is just great. I love your ideas.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with your leftover strip rainbow! Gosh, what an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to meet you! Thanks for sharing inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI have so many colored log cabins made waiting for a project, I need to make some low volume ones to go with them.
ReplyDeleteShady is fabulous. I love the contrast of the brights and low volume... it is scrap-fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLove it! The contrast is so nice...like just the right squares faded when you washed it. :)
ReplyDeleteYou must just be plowing thru those scraps. It's a good thing you have them so organized in your bins!
No finishes for me. Just starts. I am being really bad. I just haven't had the desire to do any sewing and then suddenly a new project hits me and all the old ones are lost in the dust. Crazy.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt top is beautiful!! I really want to start a new scrap project (or finish up some scrappy wips), but I'm in the middle of a BIG blue/turquoise quilt that's got a deadline. It will yield some pretty scraps of its own, but now I'm itching for some other colors...
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ReplyDeleteLOVE the quilt. Those love volume string blocks are awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour log cabin idea is such a good one! Love those scrap quilts!!
ReplyDeleteYou make it look so easy and therein lies the beauty of your work. Inspiring, as always, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing Shady all quilted up. I like the small size. Yes, colour is sew inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I'm working on a quilt using the same pattern (we must have the same book - ha!), but in blues, purples and greens for a friend. I'm not sure if I like it so far, but sometimes you just need to see the blocks all together.
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy you've made this! I have many scraps to use, that are just too cute to through away!
ReplyDeleteDelicious! Love the play in value and of course you know I'm always over the moon for any design that using scraps. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you do with leftover scraps from a scrap project. You always come up with the most amazing ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love this version even better than the first one. And I love scrappy! Scrap projects just make me happy.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, so excited to SE that I was the winner of your bag from the previous post however I did not recieve an email, just read it on your blog. I did check my spam folder so not sure if I was to respond to you or what! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this idea! I have an orphan block that I didn't know what to do with although I loved the colors. Would look great alternated with lower volume fabrics to make a nice table runner! Very inspirational.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed seeing this quilt top and the rest of your trunk show yesterday. Thanks for coming down to Iowa City!
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