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New star block design

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I have been playing around in threadbias again today. Growing up in New Zealand gave me an amazing chance to be exposed to a lot of Pacific arts. One of my favorite arts are Tapa Cloths. Here is an example of what a Tapa Cloth is. Can’t you see a quilt design in there 🙂ed875c35d028d0c57343d0792073a8c4

Tapa Cloths use a lot of basic shapes such as triangles, circles and squares. Here is my new design inspired by this art form. This view is using some Lotta Jansdotter print to highlight the simple shapes.

LottaTapaClothStar

What about how it would look as a monochromatic block (1 color)….
GreenTapaClothStar

Tapa Cloths art form fills “in between” shapes with stripes and other fillers. For example, see above, the flying geese have all those stripes in the “in between” spaces. So, I took the same monochrome view of the star block and added some stripes to get this……
GreenStripedTapaClothStar

I am thinking of making these into paper piecing patterns. What do you think…paper piecing pattern or just a block pattern?

Linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday.
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Baby boy receiving blankets

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This weekend was very productive. I managed to get all three receiving blankets finished. They are gifts for my colleagues, each has a new baby boy. I love how they turned out, the colors are fantastic. BabyQuilts_SideOn

I have decided, I am not a huge fan of the minky dimple dot – lots of vacuuming needs to be done to remove all the fluff of my floor. Each of the quilts have minimal quilting, just some simple lines to hold everything in place. The final details for each quilt:

Left Quilt + Right Quilt
Fabric: Kona Sunset Charm Pack,
Sashing: Kona White Jelly Roll
Backing: Minky Dimple Dot
Size: 23″ x 27″

Center Quilt
Fabric: Small Half Moon Modern Zig Zags, Moda Fabrics
Sashing: Kona White Skinny Jelly Roll, Ash Grey Jelly Roll
Size: 23″ x 27″

BabyQuilts_FrontOn

What did you all get done this weekend? Anything fun?

Baby blankets underway, first top complete

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This is a quick post to share the first top of 3 baby receiving blankets, I plan to make this weekend.

Fabric: Kona Sunset Charm Pack (can you use 1 charm pack for two tops, Purchased at Fat Quarter Shop)
Sashing: Kona White Jelly Roll
Size: 23″ x 27 1/2″

I love the colors in the Kona Sunset and Kona Sunrise sets. I will definitely be using more of these in the near future.

BabyQuilt_Sunset1

Backing will be minky dimple dots that I purchased from Hawthorne Threads.

Linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday. Hope you all have a good weekend, I am going back to sewing these blankets 🙂