Wednesday, October 23, 2013

WIP Wednesday and a Giveaway!

First up, if you look up I actually have a logo!  It was designed by Inkblot and I love it.

Today I would like to show you a quilt I am making for a friend for use on her dining room table.  I made a granny square quilt using the red and greens of the Nature's Christmas collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda and added a sashing and border of one of the cream prints.  I love how the different arrangements of light and dark fabrics produces such different looking blocks.

The plan is to back this quilt with a simple ivory fabric, quilt it using a meandering stitch (I love how it gives quilts that crinkly vintage look) and bind with my favorite print from the line, a bias plaid in red and white.  The quilt is 75" x 75" which makes it a little difficult to get a good picture of it.



 


I actually made the same quilt design for the same friend earlier this year using Boho Girl by Insights (shown below).  She liked the granny squares so much she choose the same pattern for her Christmas quilt.  I usually do not make the same quilt design twice, but it is really kind of cool to see the same design in multiple colorways.


I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced's WIP Wednesday!

And now for the giveaway!!!!

My super quilty friend Katy from Lethargic Lass was kind enough to test my Arrows All Around and blogged about it here.  She made the most wonderful pillow using the pattern (is below).  She is giving away a copy of the pattern so hop on over and say hi to her for me :)

 





11 comments:

  1. Love your Granny Squares! It is amazing how different the same pattern can look in alternate colour ways!

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  2. I'm working on a aqua and red granny square quilt too. Yours are very nice.

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  3. Oh I love your granny quilts! I have squares cut out for one, but haven't had time to think about it in over 6 months. =( boohoo.

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  4. ooooh... I like being super quilty :) I should put that on my résumé LOL!

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  5. I love granny squares in any fabrics, large or small...but YOURS!!! Gorgeous!!! Your red and green one makes me want to make one in the Winters Lane fabrics!!!

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  6. I love those granny squares quilts. Especially the red one. The pillow (and quilt) from that pattern are really cute!

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  7. I love both your granny squares quilt! I finished one last month and it was so much fun to make. It's on my lap as I type this! :-)

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  8. Wow, I really love the granny squares quilt, it is really great how using the different shades of fabric can create such a different look in each block. Really cool!

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  9. Both granny square quilts are lovely! Beautifully done, Cheryl.

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  10. The granny squares look good. I like them in both colour ways. The quilts look quite different too.

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