Hand Pieced Blue

I made a second set of blocks along with all the lovely people participating in the Hand Pieced QAL.  I am really loving the blue and white.

With my center pieced, I'm auditioning settings in EQ7.

The first two make use of the fabric I have on hand, the third one requires a fabric purchase!

Option 1 - set the blocks with asymmetrical borders - this is a 5" on top and right and a 2" on the left and bottom.  The quilt would finish roughly 27'' square.

This second one is my least favorite.  The quilt would finish about 24'' square - perhaps an option if I decide to make this a pillow.

My third option  (ignore the fact that the blocks are set differently) matches the on-point setting I used in my first version of the quilt.  This quilt would measure 32'' square.

While I play around with layouts, I've put my blocks up on my design wall - so fun to look at.  It is also fun to look at the back side of my project.  I love how easy it is to spin seams on hand pieced blocks!

These blocks were seriously so much fun to do.  Finished quilt top are popping up on are final grand prize link-up.  Folks have to the end of April to get their quilt tops done!


Have a wonderful day! Patty

March Temperatures

I so much enjoyed making a temperature quilt in 2018 that I've started one again for this year.  While I did hexies for 2018, I've decided to just hand piece squares for 2019.  It only takes a minute to add each square.

The first column is January 1 - 15 and the last column on the right is March 16-31.

Interesting to compare to 2018 - overall 2018 had more really, really cold days but also generally had more mild days.  I'm very interested to see how the block of orange (temps in the 80s) and red (temps in the 90s) will look this year.

There are so many temperature quilts popping up and I love them.  I wrote up a tutorial on a temperature quilt if you are interested.  In addition, Anina is running a 2019 QAL!

Here is a mapping of the colors.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Union Square block

Fat Quarter Shop is revisiting Classic and Vintage blocks and trying to look at them in all new ways.  Today, several bloggers are sharing their interpretation of the Union Square block.

Before piecing my block, I wanted to play around with fabric placement.  There are likely endless possibilities but these are my three favorites.  (EQ8 quilt design program makes playing with different color combinations on a block so fun and easy!)

I chose my favorite look from these and made a block.   I intend to make the block into a mini quilt.  It was fun to play with fabric placement before sewing up the block.   (Fabrics pictured are Painter's Palette solids.)

See more versions of this block on the Jolly Jaber.  You can download the pdf pattern here and there is a youtube video tutorial as well!  Make sure you check out the Union Square quilt kit too!

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Have a wonderful day! Patty