With each new quilt I like to expand my skills at least a little. I'm wondering .... do you ever get to a point where you know and can do everything? I'd like to think that before I leave this earth I'll make one "perfect" quilt.
This picture caught my eye on pinterest and I've been going back to it repeatedly so I finally decided to make it. I don't have a pattern but I can see that it's just nine patch and snowball blocks. I'm embarrassed that I actually did two pages of math (plus a glass of spilled wine) to figure it out.
After trimming the blocks I've got a nice little pile of tiny triangles. I'm sewing and sewing in my spare moments and then anticipate trimming and trimming but hopefully will have a sweet little border someday. The tiny half square triangles are actually taking as much time as sewing the rest of the blocks all together.
In the end I'd like to showcase a simple hand quilting design in the blank white areas. I'm not a fan of hearts or swirlies but all my attempts at freehanding a design look shockingly like a pentagram. If anyone has any simple design ideas I'd appreciate a link or a picture.
Thank goodness for a snowy, snowy Sunday to have a nice excuse to stay in and sew with
Downton Abbey as my background noise. What could be better?
sounds like a perfect plan! For the quilting, what about a line that curves gently from one corner diagonally to the other then back again making a kind of leaf or oval shape, then repeated for the other corners to make a kind of X? Poor description, sorry. If it's unclear, I can draw it and email it to you - let me know!
ReplyDeleteI love the inspiration quilt too. Yours is going to be beautiful. I dont think there is a perfect quilt... but we can keep trying.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see it come together and I'm gonna have to check out your show!
ReplyDeleteI love a classic two color quilt! Looking forward to seeing the finished top.
ReplyDeleteTweeted this - Your quilt will be awesome. How about echo quilting inside the snowballs? Perfection is overrated! In my book any project I LOVE that makes me smile is perfect :) My goal is to learn something new (or practice an old technique) with each project. If I lived to be 200 I would still have things to learn :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a big undertaking! I so wish I could could get motivated to begin something like that! Can't wait to see it finished!
ReplyDeleteLove the inspiration quilt (have repinned it!) and I can't wait to see your version!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your version. I have to check out Downtown Abbey. I keep hearing good things about it!
ReplyDeletedontcha just love them little triangles??
ReplyDeleteIt would have taken more than two pages for me to figure it out. And I would have had to drink the wine, LOL. Looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.
ReplyDeleteI've just pinned that quilt on Pinterest too, I really like it. Good luck with your version - glad to see I'm not the only one who spills red wine everywhere!
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