Linking up today with Freshly Pieced
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I have all of these different solid fat quarters that are calling my name. “Play with me! Touch me! I’m so preetttty,” they say. Initially I set out to make my oldest daughter a purple and peachy orange pencil pouch because she is starting kindergarten (le sob!). But then I got distracted and just started to play with my purple and peach solids.
So I sat down with a girly movie (Circle of Friends, it was on some random channel) and my AccuQuilt cutter and cut out a bunch of 2.5 inch squares. Then I played with different arrangements until I found one I liked. Forgive these photos, they are from my phone (I was watchin’ a movie ya’ll.)
After my movie was over, I sewed them all together. But then a giant tree roach cornered me in my sewing room. Luckily my hubby saved me (swoon!). That was enough sewing for me that night.
::shudder::
So during nap times and other stolen moments I was able to finish today. And? I was successfully able to keep chocolate pudding covered fingers away from my fabrics. The bathroom was not so lucky. At least I hope those smudgies were pudding. I’m 99% sure they were.
Moving on!
Here is the result:
I can’t decide which picture I like better. I do know that I don’t like the dates on my pictures! How did that get on there. Rrrrr.
While, I intended to make a mini-quilt it was so much fun that I’m considering making another version with different colors. So I think I’ll wait on finishing it and see what happens next.
I can see it as a mini, with a frame of hand quilting in a spectrum of orange and purple perles. Or I can see it with friends: other quilt blocks with different colors. (Maybe purple and green? Orange and Aqua? The possibilities are endless.)
What do you think?
super cute! i see this and i know i need to start my solid hexagon quilt. . .
I think it is so pretty!
Now I would never have thought of purple and peach, but look at how well they go together! You have a great eye for color.
Do you like your AccuQuilt cutter?
And what the heck is a tree roach? Sounds dreadful!
Thanks!
Jerimi – The AccuQuilt has its place for circles and hexagons and whatever else you need to cut. I find I don't use it as much as I thought, because usually I want pieces that don't fit the die. I like it. But it is great for those odd shaped pieces (hexies n circles). It was also nice I could take it with me to watch a movie instead of being confined to my cutting table. I have the standard home size one. But I might have invested in the baby one. I will be looking for the baby sized die instead of the die that are supposed to go with mine.
And a tree roach is a horrid thing: they are roaches that can reach 4 inches long and can FLY. ::shudder:: This guy was just a medium sized one and he didn't appear to be able to fly. ::shudder::
🙂
Becca
This is a beautiful study in color and balance. It is nice on the eyes
Mom
Beautiful!
I am in LOVE with those colors. I think it makes a great mini just the way it is! But I'm sure it would look fab with other blocks too. It's an amazing start, at any rate. Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday. : )