My First Moda Bakeshop Post!

-
Wow, it's finally here - my first Moda Bakeshop pattern!


I'm so excited - it was such fun to do!

Thanks for stopping by.  As I said, I'm not a professional blogger, but I love to share bits here and there.  I have several more finishes to get posted soon, and have a couple more in the works.  Please stop back again!  

This was really fun project to do - I do love batiks, and these are just wonderful.  The color mix of warms and cools really lent itself well to the final project - in fact I modified my original idea when I saw the great contrast.


Clara (my quilter) did a wonderful stipple in purple on the cool areas, then stitched in the ditch on the warm strip sets, and it really made the stripes just pop out.  


I finally managed to get outside for some pictures close to sunset, and the colors were so vibrant against the winter day, even with the sunshine!


The lack of leaves also let me play with some new photo locations - this is an OLD cherry tree that was growing entwined with some other tree - we had the interloper cut out in hopes of saving the pie tree.


This one is staying with me, I think - just love it!

Comments

  1. Blue MothJanuary 9, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    How lovely - well done!

    ReplyDelete
  2. SuperMomNoCapeJanuary 9, 2015 at 1:06 PM

    It's beautiful! That's a keeper for sure.

    ReplyDelete
  3. ellen stoneJanuary 9, 2015 at 4:47 PM

    Colors are right up my alley. I am at 15septemberarts.blogspot.com.
    Found you on FIUF!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. monique's messJanuary 9, 2015 at 7:54 PM

    your quilt has a little feel of woodlands and a burst of autumn. Lovely colourings and adventurous placement of stripes. what a great way to start the new year..productive you!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Gemini Jen NZJanuary 9, 2015 at 8:04 PM

    Congratulations! I can understand how thrilling it must feel to have your pattern in the Bakeshop. It looks really cool!

    ReplyDelete
  6. DeannaJanuary 11, 2015 at 7:42 PM

    I love the juxtaposition of the warm stripes next to the cool ones. The quilter did a great job setting apart the two different fabrics! It looks great!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pinwheel Charity Quilt - FINISHED!

-
Image
The amazing Jo at Jo's Country Junction  does a ton of wonderful work doing long-arm for charity quilts.  After my friend, Natalie, and I purchased our long-arm, we both wanted to help do charity work, so I reached out to Jo to see if she needed some assistance.  She sent along five quilt tops, along with backings and bindings, and Natalie and I got to work! This first finish is a wonderful, happy, bright pinwheel quilt, made by Sharon Judkins of Hatfield, Arkansas.   (And special thanks to my 11 year old for photographing - she's working on photography for her 4-H projects, and wanted to help out in her own way!) Natalie did the long-arm work on this one.  Each pinwheel got it's own spiral, and there are spirals in all the sashing and borders.  Natalie made sure to get a pinwheel in cornerstone, as well. It was bound in a lovely blue, with the ladies in our local quilt guild stepping up to do the actual binding work.  This one will ...
Read more

Kate Spain Charm Swap Finish!

-
Image
Quite a while ago, I participated in a Kate Spain Charm Swap over at Quilts from my Crayon Box .  I just loved the assortment I got back!  So colorful and bright, and so cheery to just have in a stack and pet.  But I decided to actually use them all.  I wanted a pattern that would really show off the variety of fabrics, and this one from Moda Bake Shop seemed to be a great fit.  I enlarged it to use up all the charms.  It's almost a complete charm quilt - I had to add in just a few duplicates to make enough squares.  I absolutely love the final result! The fabrics have such great variety I didn't really have to consciously do any fabric placement - they all looked good together! I used one of my favorites from terrain for the cornerstones and binding.  The quilter did a great job - outlined the stars and added a small flower to the center of each, with a moderately tight stipple throughout the rest.  I...
Read more

Scrappy Rainbows

-
Image
This quilt has had many names.  Officially, it's the Trip Around the World pattern, from Bonnie Hunter.  I started it quite a while ago, and it became my "just 10 more minutes" quilt, because if I'd wrapped something up but didn't quite feel like I was done sewing, I'd pull out the strips and sew a block before heading to bed. When it started coming together, I could never really decide if I liked it, or if it looked like a rainbow had thrown up on my design wall.  I finally decided it was a little bit of both.  I played around with a number of layouts.  I'd kept a black diagonal line through all of the squares, for some consistency, so it did give me a lot of options.  I think this one is staying with me, largely as a utility quilt.  It's made out of fat quarters of less-than-stellar fabric, so not one I'd like to sell or give away, but it should hide stains and dirt well, with the black backing and binding, so a good one for picnics a...
Read more