Quilts. Quilts. Quilts have been on the brain lately (and on the floor).
I (Achaia) was diving through my fabric stacks the other day and came up for breath with a plan and a tall pile of lovelies in an array of colors. I haven't made a quilt for several years now, and, in my defense, I have not hand quilted one in simply ages. And, this go round I decided on following a pattern instead of our often scrappy quilts. I picked up the pattern from friend Alexia at Market in October and am loving it so far.
It's tempting to pick a particular fabric collection for a quilt top, but I've found that I absolutely love the two quilts that I've made more with a color scheme versus one specific collection. If you've read this blog for a long time you've seen one of them here. And, would you know that I've shown a glimpse of the other one on our blog and I didn't even remember it!
So, this one is going to be what you might term my signature colors --- deep, rich, and saturated. I am loving the idea of each 'wheel' being in one color family. I had so much fun putting my scraps in piles by color and cutting all the pieces this weekend.
Now I'm on a crusade to get Mom and all the other girls making quilt tops, picking fabric with colors in mind instead of an entire line. I definitely have some of them on the band wagon, so it will be exciting to see what they come up with! We'll be sure to share them along and along.
xoxo Achaia
Cannot wait to see it come together! That stack would be right at home here. :)
Sending you all hugs and happiness!
Posted by: Melissa P | February 26, 2013 at 03:32 PM
Sounds like a very fun project.....I love color.
Posted by: Beth | February 26, 2013 at 03:53 PM
Can't wait to see your progress!
Posted by: pam | February 28, 2013 at 08:27 AM
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As an active blogger myself for the past several years, I think you could draw MANY more people to this blog simply by havign more...giveaways! It's true, people love giveaways. Want more business? have regular (weekly) giveaways. Want more visitors to your blog? regular giveaways are again the key.
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Hope this little tip encourages you to have more giveaways :) Again great blog. TTYL!
Posted by: Gracie | March 02, 2013 at 10:27 AM
I agree with Gracie (above)! It would be LOVELY to have more giveaways on this blog!
~Talie
Posted by: Talie | March 02, 2013 at 10:31 AM
AGREED!!! Have more giveaways and TUTORIALS!
Thanks
Posted by: I Love To Sew | March 08, 2013 at 05:37 PM