In an previous blog post, I talked about my attempt to make quilts for six nieces and a nephew in time for Christmas. While I didn't succeed at my lofty goal, I did make two of the seven planned quilts, and I'm happy how they turned out!
Pictured is one I made for my Nephew, using two Cotton + Steel Mesa Charm Packs and around a yard and a half of Moda Bella Solids Off White. Nevermind the little goof in the background, that's the little "Dinkydoo".
I swore up and down that I wasn’t going to make another Half Square Triangle quilt for a long time. But really, you can’t help it! They are so gorgeous and you can do soooooo many things with them!
Back in October, I went to my first ever Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild retreat and brought my sewn together HST’s. I finished squaring them up (Yay square it up ruler!) and ironed them all.
Not having my little children wake me up in the middle of the night, I had all the uninterrupted time I needed to really get busy! I started laying out my design at 11:45pm on that Saturday evening.
I had a great, big floor space that I could try different designs with. I knew that I wanted to do the offset diamond but I started with a random colour pattern, which I didn’t like. I felt the geometric pattern was lost, and it was too busy in the eyes.
I changed it up a bit.
I separated the HST’s into general colour stories and went to town! I really like the end result and it magically worked out that I had just enough pieces for each band of colour. Score!
Unfortunately the weekend ended and I had to go home to real life. (I really do love my kids, but the little moments you can get away are so nice too!)
I decided on a quilting pattern that echoed the HST’s and I think it accentuated the feel of the design and the fabric collection. I was super happy with it. Even the binding made me happy! Anything green will do that; it’s not too hard to please me sometimes. ~Alicia
