Early Thursday morning
I headed north to my first Quilt Retreat
and I have a lot of blocks to show for it!
(I'll tell you about the retreat and the retreat center tomorrow.)
Before going, I took some time to cut all of the pieces for
a quilt I have been wanting to make for quite some time.
I had collected all kinds of "text" fabrics
and added some Kaffe fabrics to the pile.
At the retreat, I just pieced blocks...
all 36 blocks for this quilt.
I found this pattern online about 4 months ago and knew
my collection of text fabrics would work well with the design.
It's been a lot of fun collecting the text fabrics and now using them
for this quilt!
I'll continue to play with the placement and then start
sewing the blocks together.
While I was stitching these blocks together,
I used the "Leader/Ender" idea for the first time.
I jumped on the "tumbler" train and used my
Go! cutter to cut the shapes out of the text and Kaffe fabrics
before leaving.
A nice pile of tumbler pairs was made while assembling the other blocks.
Now that I am home and have the blocks on the
Design Wall,
I can begin sewing the top together.
I'd say it was a very successful retreat!
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Happy Quilting!
15 comments:
I'll say it was successful. I am in LOVE with the print quilt. I really want to make one after seeing the color pop on yours plus I just love words on quilts. LEeAnna
OMGoodness! What a fun and bright, cheery quilt!
How much fun did you have at retreat? I can't wait for ours next month!
I love leaders and enders. A whole new quilt being worked on and the progress is amazing.
What fun blocks. I am in love with the text prints. They work so well with the Kaffe prints and the blocks look wonderful.
I look forward to hearing more about your retreat.
Helen
Oh it is a total success!!! I really like the colors and the text!! Nice job!
That's a GREAT quilt! Love the idea of text prints and bright blocks. Thanks for sharing the pattern link too - when I have a day free, I'm going to have to pull out some fabrics for it... like I don't already have 7 quilts cut and waiting to be stitched!
Congrats on your first, very successful retreat! What a great quilt this is gonna be!! Love your fabrics. Thanks for all the info about the quilt. I just went to the site and pinned it!
Happy quilting!
What a fun quilt - love the use of text fabrics! I've never attended an overnight retreat, but did attend a 2-day "drive in" retreat last winter. It was held right here in town, so everyone stayed in their own homes overnight. But I think going away for a retreat would be wonderful.
Wow, you got a lot done! Hope you had a good time, too.
I love the text blocks!! I've been wanting to get my hands on some myself, but I need to cull down my current stash to make room for them first!
I love your quilt top! The colors just sing with those low volume prints.
You did a great job of accomplishing so much. I always enjoy going on retreat. It seems like I can get so much more done when I can focus. Can't wait to see your retreat photos. I really like your combo of B&W and Kaffe fabrics.
Your blocks are awesome! I love the text and Kaffe prints together. I am headed out to a retreat Wednesday, can't wait! I'm desperately trying to pack after my crazy month so far.
Love your scrappy blocks. Those colors just pop next to the text fabric.
A gorgeous, scrappy quilt!
That looks wonderful! I love the splashes of color.
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