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Sunday Stash #23: Colorshott Cottons

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A couple of weeks back, I decided that I wanted to make this quilt design a reality.

“Neighbourhood”

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After seeing the vibrancy and depth of Oakshott cottons in Adrianne’s and Juliet’s quilts, I really wanted to do this design in Oakshott cottons.

I decided to take a chance, and it worked out. Thanks to Michael Oakshott, I have these wonderful fabrics to work with.

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Did you know that there are 57 Colourshott cottons now. Below are their two layer cakes (10″ squares) and sample books that make up the 57 fabrics.

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I am thinking of using the fabrics below, for making up the above quilt design. I am trying to decided between either Flax yarn dyed linen or a neutral Kona (like bone, oyster or snow) as a background.

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What colors interest you? Do you have a design you want to make into reality?

I will link this post up next week with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash (see button on the right).

 

 

Design to Reality

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Making something from a design is always, for me a great accomplishment. I do not take a lot of my ideas/designs all the way to making it. Today, though, I have made this mini quilt top, which I may turn into place mats and a table runner.

The design I came up with for one of the “Quilt Design A Day” was this simple wonky chevron design.

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That turned into this:
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I paper pieced the wonky chevron design which is ~6″ x 10″. I am used peppered cottons for the chevrons purchased from my LQS (who also has an online store):

The sashing fabric is Flax Yarn Dyed Essex linen which I bought at Fresh Modern Fabrics.

That is my finish for this week, and linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts.

 

QDAD: Quilt Design a Day (week 2)

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Some folks last week asked about the details for the Quilt design a day. So here there are:

  • Quilt Design a Day is hosted by Anne over @ Play Crafts (check out her designs)
  • You can join the group via Facebook.
  • I use threadbias.com for designing, others are using EQ7 or Inkscape

This week I struggled a bit. There a couple of designs I like.

18 June:
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19 June:
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“Vineyard” reminded me of rows at a vineyard. This is one of my favorites of the week.QDAD_Vineyard_19June2014

21 June:
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I revisited my Tapa Cloth design from last week and used some blues.QDAD_21JUNE2014

23 June:
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I went with a mod design with this color palette. I initially loved the color palette but when I was adding it to the design I was not overly crazy about it.QDAD_ModTumblers_23June2014

24 June:
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This was a very literal interpretation of the inspiration. My “Ruffled feathers”QDAD_RuffledFeathers_24JUNE2014A

25 June:
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This design actually started tonight as a new placemat design in shades of green. I adapted that design to a quilt and changed the color palette.QDAD_WonkyHerringboneB_25June2014

Week 1 can be found here.

Linking up with Kelly over at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s bee social (see button on the right).