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A little trip to the stars

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I have a new project.  It’s taken awhile for me to get going on it, but the pieces are cut and they are coming together.

Here is the project:

My current project, only I think mine is going to end up rather bright…

Here are a few photos of some of the blocks I’m working on for this.  They were taken on my phone, so they’re a bit small, but I hope they give you an idea of what’s getting sewn.  I’m a little worried about this all being a little too colorful, but we’ll see what happens.

Comic Book Covers

Blue Yellow Ships

Black White and Red

Layered Blocks

Modified Wiggly Whimsy = Linked Chain

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A few weeks ago, I was looking at my latest precuts purchase, a jelly roll (set of 2 1/2 inch strips) and a charm pack (set of 5 inch blocks), wondering what to do with them.  I came across the Wiggly Whimsy pattern and figured I would invert the pattern.  Where it called for white, I would use the prints I had, and where it called for prints, I would use white.  
From Moda Bake Shop.
In my mind, the result would be a quit that looked like it had a scattering of white blocks instead of a scattering of colors.  As I was finishing the quilt top, I decided to keep the white sashing between columns.  The result was a linked chain effect.  (Sidenote: I didn’t see the linked chain pattern until showing this quilt top to family.  I had the original pattern of scattered small blocks still stuck in my mind.)

Finished quilt top.

Closer view of the finished quilt top.

In person, the green fabric doesn’t seem to be as strong as it does in the photos.  It seemed a little stronger than the other fabrics when I was piecing the quilt, but the photos make it stand out a lot more.  

I’m excited to quilt this!  I have no idea what design I’ll use, but I’m thinking I might do flowers in the sashing to echo the floral prints.  I hope to have this quilted in a few days!

Tri-Cities Quilt Show

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My mother-in-law invited me along to the Tri-Cities Quilt Show this year.  I’ve been to a quilt show once before, but I wasn’t sewing then nearly as much as I am now.  My appreciation for design, piecing, and quilting is far, FAR higher than it was when I went to the quilt show a few years ago.  

After spending the past year learning more about piecing quilts, reading blogs like Simplify, Sew4Home, Stitched in Color, and Film in the Fridge, my take on quilts and quilting is immensely changed.  My mother-in-law is a long-arm quilter, as well, and so visits to family now usually involve me working on a quilt machine myself.  And with quilters like Angela Walters on the scene, I think piecing and quilting is starting to regain traction among a younger crowd.  
Anyway, before I get all philosophical on differences between generations of quilters, here are some photos of quilts that really caught my eye at the show.