Phew! After some concentrated sewing effort (aided by a long weekend), I finished my scrappy trip along quilt top. My particular version has finished at 64" square - a nice throw size, and easy to handle for quilting.
The bright colours and the design made me think of a piñata - so La Piñata she is. To be fair, given that this quilt contains 1,024 2" finished squares, it was pretty painless.
I never thought I would use metallic looking fabric in a quilt, but after I spied the Mirror Ball Dots from Michael Miller here, I had to have them. I was a little nervous about ironing this fabric, but after I did a small test piece, I ironed in my usual way (hot and lots of steam) with no ill effect. So, if you like the look but were holding off because of worries about how the fabric would behave - go for it!
Is it wrong that I kind of like the back more than the front?
How is your scrappy trip along quilt going (almost everyone in the quilt blogging world seems to have drunk this particular kool-aid)?
12 comments:
Wow, I love your one. So far I have avoided being sucked into this one....
Love your happy strip quilt!
It is gorgeous! I have 9 blocks done so far... on my list for this week to finish!
It is absolutely gorgeous ! I LOVE how bright it is !!
I didn't drink the kool-aid... for now. But I might be this summer, once the semester is done and I have too much free time and don't know what to do with myself.
Have you seen the x and + quilt along that's going on too ? I want to make so many quilts !
Love it! I want some metallic fabric too!
You have so much energy to make all these tops! I made a scrappy trip top a year ago, and it's still not basted and quilted. Your quilt looks beautiful, I imagine it must be even brighter in real life! And you're absolutely right about the back, it looks even better than the front :-)
This is just lovely. The colors are great. I like the white pieces . . . they make the other colors pop.
So so pretty!
Love your version...beautiful!
Amanda
this is beautiful, and so vibrant! out of interest, how many different fabrics did you use and what yardage of each?
Hi there - thanks for your lovely comment! I would normally reply by email, but you are a no-reply blogger, so I can't. Let me know if you would like to know how to change that.
I used about 16 different prints, plus the white solid. I used 10" cut of each print and 20" cut of the white (I actually cut a bit extra of the white fabric to make sure I had enough). My quilt finished about 64" square - it's pretty easy to figure out how much extra fabric you'll need if you want to make a bigger one.
Oh my goodness! I love your quilt!! Sincerely, Trish
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