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QDAD: Quilt Design a Day (mid-Jan)

January has been a little spotty, with regards to participating in Quilt Design a Day. It was super hard to go back to work after the Christmas break, and still keep a balance with everything else. Things are now back to normal and back on track with participating.

Please note the palettes for the following designs are on the groups Facebook page.

08 January: Guava (fruit)

11 January: Crazy Geese

19 January: City of Gold

Alternative colorway with grey as the background.

25 January: Hexagons or Trapezium (Trapezoid)??

26 January: Skyscrapers in Night lights

Please Note: If you would like to make or use one of my designs, please email me (ml_wilkie(at)hotmail(dot)com) or leave a comment below. I am happy to talk with you on options and provide the relevant measurements etc. or have you test out a pattern. Also, if you use one of my designs, please use the following text to credit me the design: “Designed by Michelle Wilkie @ Factotum of Arts”.

Sunday Stash: New small Projects

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I am so easily swayed with the possibility of nice things….over on Instagram Knotted Thread (knotted_thread) posted these amazing Infinity Scarfs made from the Cotton and Steel Double Gauze. It was definitely prints I had not purchased over the Christmas specials. Ok, ok I caved and I bought some.

The fabric is so soft and the colors so nice and bright. As it is getting cold here, I am sure myself and friends will appreciate a new scarf.

While looking through the new releases at Hawthorne Threads, I picked up these Etno prints as well:

In my attempt of being good, I kept it to just these three.

Lastly, I have a quilt design I have wanted to do for a while, and I purchased the Neutral Bundle of Umbrella Prints last year that I think will be perfect. The Bundle came with a free FQ which was the Burgundy Ume print. So, I finally unpacked it, so I can start picking out some solids to go with it.

Linking up with Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash (see button in right menu).

Lines Drawn

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Ok, so really I do not have a name yet for this quilt. Lines Drawn just popped into my head as I was writing this…so let’s see. I will say, this is probably one of my favorite quilt tops.

This quilt top came together fairly quickly while on our mountain vacation this week, a big woohoo for vacations. I love the lines, minimalism and complementary nature of the fabrics I choose (love the squares and colors in each).

Fabric Selection Process:
I have been stashing Karen Lewis Textiles fabric and trying to find the right project and decided I just need to do a design specifically for some of my pieces. This was it. I did play with the colored fabrics I had for a bit and decided on using Allotment in Silver, Oyster and Nautical and Kona Torch (orange stripe).

I also knew, once I finished this design that a plain white, or even a white on white fabric was not going to be enough for the background. I wanted something with some interest but not something that took away from the focus of the two lines. I immediately played around with my Yoshiko Jinzenji fabric and decided none of them worked…but there was one I had been looking at that would be perfect…I bought it and thankfully the vision was right on (that does not always happen when I buy fabric for a specific project).

Here’s a close-up of the fabrics in the quilt:

I think, I have already found a spot to hang the quilt in the house. It is in my son’s room, that is, if I can convince him to let me hang it…it doesn’t have pink it and does have one of his favorite colors orange…so there is a chance 😉

If you can think of a better name, I am open to suggestions. Linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.

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