a little greenfield hill in green

Posted on January 20, 2011

I’ll admit that when I first saw photos of Denyse Schmidt’s new Greenfield Hill line, I wasn’t over the moon with it. In fact, I thought that this might be a line that I passed by, mainly because these aren’t the typical colors I’m drawn to. When it came down to it though, I decided I ought to reserve judgment until I saw it in person, so I ordered a FQ stack from Fresh Squeezed Fabrics. Upon arrival, I still wasn’t sold – still darker than what I typically go for.

But to give it a fair chance, I decided to make a quilt using the green colorway (dogwood, I think?). I went to my stash to add in a few other prints, and had a little trouble (due to my love of brighter colors, my stash is filled with the same!). In the end I came up with this pile – adding in some Moda Lush (too bad this line is out of print, because I love how they look together!), a little Cake Rock Beach, a couple japanese polka dotted prints (purchased here), and a few Essex cotton/linen solids. And suddenly I was really feeling the possibilities of this little pile!

I had a design plan in mind, but at the last minute decided it just wasn’t right, so I decided to revisit an old favorite – a Denyse Schmidt inspired improv block, which seems only appropriate, right?

I made up four such blocks yesterday, and now I should be the first to admit that my opinion has definitely changed. I’m no longer iffy on this line – in fact I’m quite taken with it and can’t wait to make up some more blocks!

I hope to have a whole stack to show you in the near future!

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flea market fancy for the bed

Posted on January 18, 2011

Well, after many hours of sewing this weekend (not to mention too much time spent crawling around on the floor!), I’m pleased to say that I manged to get this quilt top (nearly) finished. Many of you wondered what color sashing I was going to use… as you can see, I went with a solid white. I absolutely love how the flea market fancy prints look with bright white!

When I started this one, I wasn’t really thinking about what size it would be – I was more interested in just getting this one made — it’s one I had wanted to recreate since using this same design with the Heather Ross Far Far Away II fabrics. After cutting all the squares though, I realized that I could add a few more and have a more significantly sized quilt. I decided to try for a queen sized quilt, though since I didn’t really feel like doing any math, I kind of guessed at the amount needed.

Needless to say, upon completing all the sashing, I found that while it does fit the bed right now, it’s a bit smaller than I would like. I suppose it just goes to show that measuring and doing some math can be quite useful! I guess I’ll be adding a bit of extra sashing around the perimeter to get it up to size.

Anyway, I’m very happy with how it looks. I love that it uses just simple squares of fabric, but fancies it up a bit by setting them on point. Of course, all that sashing is a bit tedious to sew, but certainly worth it in the end! I’m going to be thrilled to get it quilted and get it on our bed. I’m thinking that this will probably be the last big quilt I make for right now – all that bending over and crawling around on the floor was no fun at 30 weeks pregnant!

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Queensland Flood Appeal Auctions

Posted on January 17, 2011

Toni of Make It Perfect has put together a very impressive list of raffles and auctions being held around the blogosphere to aid those affected by the flooding in Australia. All of the money raised goes right to the Premier’s Auction Relief Fund for flood relief.

Take a look at the master list of auctions here and place a bid if you can – let’s all come together to help our friends in Australia.

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