Showing posts with label The Geese Have Landed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Geese Have Landed. Show all posts

Saturday, May 12, 2012

The Geese Have Landed!

So you remember those snaps I shared a couple of weeks ago of a new quilt I was working on? You know, before my machine decided to conk out on me? Well, now that I have my machine back, the quilt is done - woot! Wanna see?


"The Geese Have Landed" features a variety of prints from Tula Pink's Prince Charming and one from Plume, a variety of prints from Joel Dewberry including Modern Meadow and Aviary, two Patty Young prints (one from Flora & Fauna and one from Sanctuary), and four solids. Actually technically six solids if you count the background and binding fabric which is Kona Coal and the backing (which I'll get to in a sec).


This quilt was relatively simple as it features alternating lines of geese blocks (made using the no-waste method I outlined in my Geesey-McNinePatch tutorial but on a larger scale) but I think the colours and placement of the geese blocks really adds visual interest and keeps the eye moving.


Y'all know how much I adore my Tula Pink-girl and her Prince Charming collection was really the jumping off point for the selection of the fabrics for this quilt; I also love pairing her fabrics with greys (especially Coal as you've seen in Get Stacked!) as it seems to make the colours pop even more and creates a dramatic and modern effect.


The backing solid is Kona Medium Grey and I used the Champion Ribbon print from Lizzy House's Red Letter Day (which is out-of-print - so sad) to break it up and add some colour! My little label is down there too surrounded by a scrap from Prince Charming. The quilts finishes at approximately 40x40" and the batting is 100% unbleached cotton.


I used Gutermann cotton thread in a variegated green that shifts from emerald to turquoise to a mint green/white for the quilting - very pretty! I don't usually use variegated threads but I fell in love with this one at the shop and could not stop staring at it so I got it! I believe the colour is called Bahama Ocean. I did somewhat straight lines for the quilting - sort of let my walking foot do it's own thing without going crazy.

I've decided to put this little quilt up for sale in my Etsy shop! You can find the listing here: The Geese Have Landed!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Quilty Things are Happening...

Right now I'm in the middle of completing a new quilt so I thought I'd share a few progress pics from along the way - the finished quilt will more than likely make it's debut here on the blog on either Monday or Tuesday, woot!


I started pulling fabrics from my stash last week and this is what all came out originally. I based my colour choices off of the greens and blues (with some grey thrown in) in Tula Pink's Prince Charming collection but didn't want to stick with just one fabric collection and pulled from some others too. Kona Coal was my solid of choice - frankly it usually is, just love it!


Sewing, sewing, sewing, and then there was confetti - geesey fabric confetti that is! I may have thrown this around a little bit before actually cleaning it up ;)


Geese were married and heaped behind the sewing machine as the sewing continued unabated for hours on end...


And now a finished quilt sandwich reposes on the floor waiting for a quilting design to be drawn and basting to ensue! Seriously loving the colours in this one guys...I might marry it...I don't think Alex will have a problem with that.