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| My first, Three Cone Flowers w Borders Quilt finished @ 24" square, inspired by BB1 Challenge. |
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| My second, Chairs w' Sunflowers Quilt Top, 30" x 40" inspired by BB2 Challenge. |
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| And third, my Four Tiles Medallion w Borders Quilt Top, 44" square, design inspired by BB2 Challenge. |
Hello Quilt Friends from the valley where we have cold temperatures, rain and clouds today.
Christmas lights are shining in the neighborhood and Christmas tree lots are doing fast business.
I have two quilt tops and one small finished quilt, all 3 designs inspired by Audrey's Bramble Bloom Challenge @ quiltyfolk.com . Three Cone Flowers with Borders, 24" square, inspired by BB1, is finished. My second quilt top design, Chairs w' Sunflowers was 'indirectly' inspired. I was going to use a sunflower batik for a backing to one of the tops I was piecing together for the BB Challenge and so I added some left over scrappy pieces to my sunflower batik fabric and then decided to add the 'Chairs' blocks I had been experimenting with to the batik backing and I liked it and decided it would make a great top, not just a backing. I do get side tracked often!
Then my third BB2 inspired quilt top, Four Tiles Medallion w' Borders, was directly inspired by Audrey's BB2 Challenge , to start with 'Old Italian' quilt blocks 'in the center'. And my Old Italian blocks are floating on a sea of Cherry Blossoms bordered by aqua batik and Kona Cotton Solid 'Pool'. Dreaming of spring I guess.
That is the quilt news from my sewing room where progress is being made. How are your projects coming together? Do you get sidetracked like I do?
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
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| Christmas trees for sale,, tis the season! |
Your mention of the Old Italian block reminded me I used them in a project once. Your medallion is looking good!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful progress you have made with the BB quilts. I got stuck on the second one and put it away but reading this gives me a new idea. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you Juliann! I was very stuck, then I remembered, this is a challenge, focus on the learning aspect, learn something, try it and then move on. That helped me unlock the creativity.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to work through being stuck! I think the secret is like you said, just try something and then move on! Love seeing your wonderful finishes and quilt tops! The first one is especially sweet.:)
ReplyDeleteAmazing progress on your BB quilts, very creative!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up Janie! Love your happy looking quilt top.:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection of quilts for the BB series!
ReplyDeleteLove your outcome, Janie. I too got rather sidetracked with my BB2 quilt top - I'm thinking of going back and starting the prompts again :-). This time sticking a bit more to the idea. I still have plenty of fabrics ready and waiting...
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful quilt tops. I gave up due to other demands before I got moving with BB1. Such fun to watch the rest of you!
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