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This Autumn I had the pleasure of joining Rachel of Stitched in Color for the Geesey Geesey Sew-Along. Her Geesey Quilt pattern is a brilliant exploration of colour and I spent quite a while debating what sort of look to create and what fabrics to use. Over time I have been collecting black and white prints and ultimately thought it would be an interesting choice for the pattern.
Thinking about what to pair it with, my inner 80's child was screaming PASTELS! Thankfully I had quite a few of those too. My first inclination was to use the pastel solid fabric for the 'geese' and the monochrome prints for the background. A comment on an instagram post made me reconsider, @ingesews kindly wrote about using "pastels for the seasonal colours of the skies". I made some test blocks - always a good idea! - and realised prints as geese would work so much better and the pastel colours could be used in such a way that I could create a sort of sunset effect.
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I have a few works in progress and finishes to share with you today, so settle and get comfy as this might be a rambling one. There has been a lot of sewing happening and thought I would put (nearly) everything in one blog post to show what I've been up to - there are two more finishes that will feature in separate posts coming very soon!
First up is a finished quilt top - this is the Land of Magic quilt pattern by Kid Giddy The star, crown and castle blocks I pieced sometime ago. I had started the dragon but ran out of the background fabric and ordered more - then didn't get back to it. As this quilt was destined for my niece and she is now three, it seemed like a good idea to get it finished so she could appreciate and use it.
Thankfully, although some of that background fabric was used in other projects I had more than enough to finish the block. The bright Amy Butler fabric works really well for the dragon and I love that it looks as though it has an eye due to the placement of the print.
Then I made the mermaid block, with the most perfect Carrie Bloomston fish fabric for the background. Many of the blocks contain precious fabric scraps I have hoarded, like the Pearl Bracelet print used for her top. This one contains some very small pieces, like the little crown and the waistband section but it's so worth it because that creates movement to make it appear as though she is gliding underwater. Kerry's patterns are clever like that.
Crosscut Quilt-Along
When Debbie of A Quilter's Table announced the Crosscut Quilt-Along, using her Crosscut blocks tutorial I jumped right in!
I decided to go for a scrappy look and raided my scrap stash for long strips. For some reason I was drawn to bright autumnal colours - orange, yellow, green and a bit of grey and brown. I sewed them all together, jelly roll race style, and picked out some of my favourite low volume prints to make the blocks.
This is how the original blocks looked:
When I was re-cutting I made sure to keep that piece of fabric that has 'Lucy' on it!
Every stage was really fun and it was cool putting the blocks together and coming up with something totally unique. I have plans for this little quilt top and I think I will be incorporating it into something else.
Thanks for the fun quilt-along Debbie!
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