It's already the 21st May here in eastern Australia, and that means the
Bloggers Quilt Festival has begun! Our host is the lovely Amy from
Amy's Creative Side. I'm showing a work in progress, with a little commentary on the steps to this point. So without further ado- my next quilt!
To me, what makes this quilt special is the beautiful fabrics. It's a mix of intensely coloured shot cottons from
Reece Scannell and some eco-friendly hand-printed fabric by Tegan Rose of
Ink And Spindle in Melbourne, Australia. The shot cottons have a vitality and an understated shimmer. There are five different colours, but I've changed the direction of the grain in some blocks, giving a different impression, as you can see in this picture.
Tegan's fabric has Australian blue wrens printed in an inky blue on an off-white hemp blend basecloth. I've mixed in some plain pieces of basecloth too, which seems to make the whole effect more relaxing.
The quilt is for Mister Bell to snooze under on the living room couch. I wanted something quite masculine, and not too bedroomy.For the quilt, that is! My colour inspiration came from the artwork in the room.
I took the fabrics to my crafting group
Perle8s and asked the quilters for simple pattern ideas for a new quilter.
Patch Andi said "blocky", so I whipped out a free pattern from Spotlight. I drew it up before cutting into my fabrics in case the measurements were incorrect, which they were. Take precautions with free patterns, folks! "Measure twice, cut once", as Mister Bell says.
Visit
Amy's Creative Side: Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2010 to see a host of wonderful quilts and the stories behind them.
**UPDATE: I've finished the piecing,
see this post.
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I bet this is even more beautiful in person with the way you used the shot cottons. I like that you are letting the wren fabric stand out with your use of solids.
Shot cottons for extra depth and variation--love it! I'll be interested to see how you quilt this. :-)
Thanks for sharing your initial thought process. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
This is going to be a great quilt! I love seeing the inspiration and the sketch.
It's going to be a vibrant quilt. I know Mr. Bell will be very pleased. :-)
Very creative! This quilt really makes a statement. I hope Mister Bell is enjoying it.
My daughter has a friend in Australia and she loves the Ink and Spindle fabric, I do too and have been to the web site. You use that fabric and you can't go wrong. your quilt will be so nice for Mr.Bell to sleep under.
This is going to be a fabulous quilt! Love the colors.
I love how you have achieved a masculine quilt. The blend of the solids with peeps of the wren print is excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Love it! No offense to those who make really girly quilts, but it is really refreshing to see something modern and gender neutral or masculine. It looks great!
This is a very nice, "manly" quilt!
Pretty colors! I love the "blocky" pattern :) Thanks for sharing
Love the blocks & your planning!
Cute quilt.
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what a simple yet graphically strong quilt. Love the bird fabric.
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It will surely be a wonderful and artistic quilt. I like seeing your sketch and photos of your work in progress.
very nice!, I am sure he will be snuggled just fine under the quilt.Thanks for sharing,Amy
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