February 19, 2009

New project

Lilypad I had a lot of fabric piles fighting for my attention after finishing my batik quilt.  Do I start something with my Swanky fat quarters, or with the Sweet jelly roll?  I had all but decided to start the Swanky quilt, but remembered a quilt I cut out in November to take to my retreat that I didn't end up working on.


I'm using Atkinson's Designs book Time Out Quilts and this quilt, Lilypads, is on the cover.  We had a sample hanging in our shop made out of batiks and I just loved the design of it.  I decided to make mine using some fat quarters of Sandy Henderson's Farmer's Market fabrics in the pink and orange colorways (with a few blues and purples thrown in for fun) and a big cream paisley from Moda's Roman Holiday collection.


I really like Terry Atkinson's patterns - they are usually made with fat quarters and have a variety of sizes so you can make it as large or as small as you need.  I'm making mine a twin size with 20 blocks.  Her patterns are also very well written with very clear instructions.  Although I must say, I really wasn't enjoying this quilt the first couple of days I worked on it.  I am very much a product person, and due to the diagonal layout of the quilt, you can't see the actual "blocks" until you've got them all laid out and start to sew the rows together.  But Nicole convinced me to press on, and I put the first few blocks up on my design wall and fell immediately in love.


Now I can't put this one down and I'm really enjoying the fun, fresh, spring-like fabrics.


Val Speaking of fun fabrics, I won a Valentine's fabric drawing on Monday from Pink Chalk Studios and look at the fun fat quarters that made their way into my mailbox - thanks Kathy!  I am thinking of adding more pinks and reds and making the cute Xs and Os quilt I saw on a blog (but first I have to find it again!)



10 comments:

  1. I love your new quilt...it's just yummy!

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  2. Wow, you are on a winning streak! Congrats on the cute pink fabrics. I love your new project. I'm especially partial to the pretty orange block in the upper left corner. Gorgeous!

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  3. well your orange batik quilt really isn't finished, now is it? *wink*

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  4. Where have I been? I have never seen the "Farmer's Market" fabric. I couldn't believe it when I saw this. Each one is better than the last! Nancy in WI

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  5. I love the little bitty red heart fabric! Lucky girl!

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  6. How exciting to have found your site through Pat Sloan's OP Retreat. I will be back!

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  7. Love the new quilt your making. Congrats on the fabric win too.

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  8. Regarding the Xs and Os quilt....was it from the "Charm Pack Tutorial" on the Bitty Bits and Pieces site? I have that project in my mind to do also....

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  9. I love your new quilt your working on.And great pinks. Cant have too many pinks can we?

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