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a little bit girly – a liberty patchwork quilt top

Posted on June 12, 2013

This quick little quilt top came about without any reason – mainly just because I was looking for a bit of a distraction and decided to rummage around in my fabric stash. I couldn’t resist the idea of another sweet girly quilt – something nice and lightweight for the summer.

I started with the Liberty of London prints, pulling out several on white backgrounds and a few extra pink prints to round it out. Then I added in a few light-colored text prints and some corresponding cotton couture solids and a little bit of Essex linen. I cut them all up into 4″ squares.

I really love the resulting combination – sweet, but not too sweet (thanks in part to that Cotton Couture solid in Moss, which tones down the pink), and a bit vintage-y. I plan on using the lightest weight Quilters Dream batting to keep this one nice and soft and light. The perfect patchwork quilt for a summer baby, no?

hooked hexagon collage – a quilt top

Posted on June 10, 2013

Thanks for all the nice comments about my hooked hexagons quilt top! Many of you asked for measurements, and I do hope to put together a quick tutorial/pattern for you. [I thought it would be fun out of Ellen Luckett Baker’s new Folk Modern line, but if I wait for fabric, I may never get it done, so I think I’ll probably use something I have here.]

Interestingly enough, a few of you mentioned wanting to use a layer cake with this pattern. And indeed, I had already made up this little quilt top out of Carrie Bloomston’s upcoming line, Collage, for Windham Fabrics. They had generously sent me a layer cake of that line, which I cut up for this pattern. The previous quilt I posted has larger blocks, so a layer cake wouldn’t work, but I was able to alter the dimensions a bit to make it work with a layer cake.

Speaking of my poor math skills though, you can see here how my initial calculations were a bit off! Of course I had all the blocks made and sewn into rows before I realized my error, and at that point I almost called it quits. But after walking away for a bit, I decided to solve that little problem by adding an extra strip to the center of each block. It’s not ideal, but I’m ok with it (and don’t worry, when I provide you with measurements, I’ll be sure they’re the right ones!)

I’ll try to be back soon with a tutorial for you! (Oh, and for those who asked about figuring out dimensions on your own, feel free!)

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hooked hexagons quilt top

Posted on June 5, 2013

I showed you this stack of fabrics a couple weeks ago, and now I’m pleased to show you the quilt top I sewed up using those golds, aquas and grays.

The inspiration from this one came once again from a pillow I had seen a while back (I’d love to link to it, but of course now have no idea where I saw it!) Pillows and rugs seem to be providing lots of inspiration these days!

It came together pretty quickly since the blocks are a decent size (photo with Max above to show the scale), and I like how it really shows off big pieces of fabrics.

I suppose I should clarify that it came together quickly after I finally figured out the correct math. Since I was going only on my memory of a photo, I had to do some calculations, and they proved more taxing than my pregnant brain could handle. I lost count of how many reject blocks were created before I got it right!