Haven't the skies been incredible lately?
I can't believe the weather we have had either.
Sure makes the winter a lot shorter...
But so does going to Arizona for a few months!! lol
I recently made a quilt using this wideback
by
Westrade called Moonscapes
I used it as background for the front
as
a wide back(108"x108") will yield 9 yards of fabric!
You might this it is too mottled
but
it really adds an interesting element to it.
I used Eclectic Elements by Tim Holts
The pattern is called Brilliant by Taralee Quiltery in Manitoba.
It was a pattern I tested for her last year.
You can find that pattern HERE
My next project with that backing was this one!
I am loving this new line of fabric
called
Forest Fables by Esther Fallon Lau for FIGO Fabrics.
I love the tweedy look of the prints
AND
you guessed it....
It's BLUES AND BROWNS!
My aunt was working on a quilt called the Framed Inverted Star Quilt.
That free pattern can be found HERE
I thought the combination of this wideback
and
this FQ bundle would be perfect together!
I also really enjoyed using my new Blocloc Rulers
for
squaring up my HST's
I have sold them for awhile now but never got myself a set.
So many new quilters were purchasing them,
I decided I deserved a set!
They were right!
Made quick work of that task!
I quilted it myself.
Nothing crazy....
I put a scrappy piano key border on the outside to just shake it up a bit!
This was a fun quilt to make!
Love how it turned out!
You can find these fabrics and rulers
on
my website if you would like some for yourself!
www.secondstoryquilting.ca
Thanks for reading!
Christa
Your quilts are beautiful. I have always been a blues person but I am old school so these new faded look blues and browns are new to me. (I'm 70 and set in my ways). But seeing your blues and browns together is changing my mind. Thanks for sharing.
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