I was very excited to find out that Apartment Therapy featured a quilt of mine as one of 10 Modern Quilting Inspirations.
Thank you Apartment Therapy for the honor and for sharing Modern Quilting with your readers!
**The Zakka Style book giveaway ends tonight at 11pm EST, make sure to get your name in the hat!
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I can’t believe I’m actually done with my bee blocks for May, woot!
Threadheads Bee. :: Jenny is making a Mod Mosaic Quilt for her little boy
{Modern 12} Bee. April :: Rachel is making a variation of Elizabeth Hartman’s Kitchen Windows Quilt
{Modern 12} Bee May :: Kristen requested a Wonky Square String Block
Simply Strings Bee :: Lynda requested a string pieced Kite block
I also wanted to say thank you to Lindsay at Craft Buds. She featured my Quilt Mockup Tutorial on her site yesterday. Thanks Lindsay!
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*yawn* I messed with this way too late last night!
Thank you for your opinions yesterday. I figured out what was bothering me about the sashing. It was a bit too thick.
I cut the width from 2.5 to 1 inch and I think that gives a cleaner, less busy, look. I also added the sashing to the outside, which is MUCH better!
What do you think?
New:
Old:
I also did one with solid sashing. This is Kona Berry.
And a Plain Jane, too.
Thanks again for your help. It really makes a difference having an outside opinion!
Lindsey
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Now that my challenge entry is complete, I’m ready for a lighthearted project!
A few weeks ago my Mom asked me about repairing one of my great-grandmother’s quilts. When she passed away our family inherited three of her quilts. We’ve had them since I was a little girl and I’ve always loved them. I had picnics on them, snuggled to read books and used them to build forts. Sweet memories.
Of course, I love them even more now that I can appreciate the work that went into making them. Each one is pieced, appliqued and quilted by hand. They are old-fashioned, but so beautiful to me.
I sat down that night to see the damage and eek. It’s a mess!
Its got holes, missing stitching and the batting is practically disintegrated.
Repairing is pretty much out of the question so I’ve decided to re-create and update with some modern fabric! I broke out my trusty Kona color card and they had the perfect match for the greens. I ordered from Fat Quarter Shop and the fabric arrived yesterday. I am a sucker for good presentation and packaging.
Some other fabrics may have ‘accidentally’ hopped in the cart too…. I picked up some Freebird Ovals in sky and geranium and some Innocent Crush (there are a few prints left and they’re still on sale!)
Tonight I’ll be cutting leaves. Can’t wait to update as the quilt progresses!
Lindsey
{Purchased at Hawthorne Threads}
I got this stack of goodies in the mail a few weeks ago for a quilt I’m making for my son’s bed.
I was inspired by the design and color palette of this quilt. I’m so ready to cut into them… I need to hurry and finish the other projects I have going so I can get started. Torture!
Can’t wait to share progress pics!
xo Lindsey
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I joined 3 virtual quilting bees this year and I’m having such a blast! The ladies in these groups are so talented and inspiring.
I literally stalk my mail lady at the beginning of the month, waiting on my fabric packs to arrive.
It’s hard to stay motivated sometimes to finish a quilt you’ve started, but now I get to play around with different fabrics, try out new blocks patterns AND not have to do all the work myself. Love that!
These are 2 of the 3 blocks for March:
Jeni wanted Patchwork blocks in shades of mustard/yellow, grays and teal/aqua. (P.S. how adorable is her blog?? She has the best sense of color.)
Aqua is my favorite color and yellow my least favorite, but I am totally loving these colors together. So modern and fresh. We used this tutorial by The Sometimes Crafter. This is the 2nd tutorial of hers I’ve used and they are so easy to follow and well written.
For this bee, Pam asked us to make Wonky Stars using some plaids that she purchased on vacation in Jamaica mixed with solids.
Again, not something I would have chosen myself, but I LOVE the end result. (Are you seeing a pattern here? Bees are rocking my world in terms of thinking outside the box!) Here’s her two finished blocks from me. Made using this tutorial. (Click on the photos to enlarge.)
I can’t wait to see these quilts all finished and I’m getting excited about it being my turn. I’m up next in April for the Threadheads bee so I need to figure out what design and fabrics I want to use. I guess I might want to get on that considering it will be April in about 5 seconds…
xo Lindsey
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