wednesday wip

In the end there was no choice, I had to have a go at Katy Jones popular pattern "scrap vomit". I think scrap archives would also be a fitting name. Seeing so many and so diverse fabric come together in the same quilt. I have included some of my oldest purchases, some of my newest, some gifted to me by friends and some swapped. 

My quilt will have 1225 simple 2.5" squares. The nifty sizzix machine with the right die comes in handy, here. But my own scrap system also heavily leans towards these cute squares. A quarter of a charm square. The end of a jelly roll. Extras from a bargello block, a 16 patch and so on. Over time they do collect. For this quilt I also had a proper look and slim down of my scraps. The ones I keep in smaller boxes, sorted by color. My scrap organizing system builds on inspiration from Bonnie K Hunter, Amanda Jean and Cheryl. So far I have been making popular patterns from several designers out of the 2.5" squares and the small scrap boxes:

Bonnie K Hunters / Gwen Marston Maverick stars ( two finished lap quilts)

Emily Ciers Scrap Hoover (top)

Jolene's Granny Square (finished quilt)

Elizabet's Tokyo Subway Map (wip / top)

Amanda Jean and Cheryl's Scrappers delight (wip) and The Missing U (wip)

and now:

Katy Jones Scrap Vomit (wip becoming a top)

A few of these wips are in a state of arrested development due to a shortage in scraps! I will consider this a success. A few years of quilting does produce quite a bit of scraps. As some of you may have noticed I happen to love the scrappy kind of quilts. And now there's room for more. I think it's time to turn to the stash and cut into some yardage and FQ, soon...

This latest adventure, my scrap vomit wip has been named emerald city. I do enjoy making it. The most difficult thing, so far, has been to choose the central cross colors. In the end I went with emerald, by pantone named color of the year 2013. 

"Symbolically, Emerald brings a sense of clarity, renewal and rejuvenation, which is important in today's complex world." quote from Pantone

A bit uncharacteristic for my taste in colors, I really love how well the emerald contrasts with the colors of all the other pieces in there. 

A scrappy greeting from me. Somewhat quiet these days on the blog. But still piecing my life together, bit by bit... Happy stitching!

ensemble

Thank you so much for all the quilt love!

Just wanted to share a snapshot of these 4 quilts in different stages of completion:

• top in off white and blue
• top in blue, purple and green
• back of a quilt in the progress of being quilted
• back of a quilt in need of a binding

the small quilt in front sums it all up, I think I am spotting a blue and green trend...

; )

do you have any favorite colors lately?

* ensemble: a group of separate things that contribute to a whole

cool sixteen

a show and tell with lots of pictures and a few words:

cool sixteen : 64" * 80" on hobbs thermore batting

gifted to a young man with a big smile, a big hart and a real understanding of the value of a quilt to go with the sofa...

pictures taken on a very sunny day

p.s. a great and easy pattern to play with colors. (This one uses 2.5" strips ending of with 2 8" blocks from 2 WOF strips.)

really love the colors and fabrics in this one

; )

world book day

Just wanted to share a good read on this international book day. The author is a french man called Gregoire Delacourt and the title translated to english would be something like wishlist.  The original title is La liste de mes envies. Sometime you just stumble upon a good story. And then you want to share it with your friends...

; )

a big bag of

quilts - 16 of them to be precise, have been emptied out of it's content at the local hospital, in the children's ward last friday. The preschool teacher tells us these quilts for their kids are very much appreciated. The kids and teens each get to pick their own quilt to keep. Out of the 16 quilt they received this friday, 4 have found their new owners already. Hopefully the quilts will get a lot of use, and their owners will have some comfort using them...

This stack of colorful goodness were a joint effort from my quilt group: Byquilterne. Well done, ladies!

; )

sunny

I have been thinking about making a yellow quilt for a while. Monochromatic color quilts is a challenge. I would like a whole series. So, maybe start with the color yellow?
I decided to have a go using 2.5" strips, both long and short. Stash and scraps. Starting with a few Kaffe Fassett and adding on....

The top came together fairly quickly. You can do this in a jelly roll race technique. I used my design wall to have better control over the color (hue and value) distribution. The top is 60" by 75". And needing a infill patch in the bottom jagged line. Maybe you spotted it?

Top catching the early tuesday sun rays... Wish you a sunny day, too!

wednesday washday

Spring cleaning, quilter's version: 

I am going through my stash and picking out the unwashed pieces. Trying to reorganize the stash at the same time. Mixing most of it by color, only leaving a few collections out. The mixing them up in a new way opens up for new ideas...

; )

Somebody's watching me. She thinks this is soooo boring...

wish you a wonderful wednesday!