when Aunty Cookie (aka Shannon Lamden) asked if I fancied having a play with her choice cuts, well, that really was too good an offer to refuse!
& so it was that a fun pack of red, white & black landed in my mailbox this week and a quilty plan quickly took shape.
I grabbed a few more snippets from my stash & the scrap bucket that wanted to come out & play too…
& then I got a bit wordy…
It’s no secret I’m a lover of scraps & the letters were pieced entirely from the scrap bucket with odd reds & whites. They are so much fun to make though the m’s & w made me think a bit!
I’m off to get this basted & quilted over the weekend.
Have a great weekend whatever you’re up to, stitchy or not ;)
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notes ::
* grab yourself some choice cuts quick sticks, I don’t think they will last long! The fabric weight is really lovely, it’s a linen cotton blend hand printed with environmentally friendly inks. I reckon these packs are fab, in fact they are the fabric pack that keeps on giving - I have leftovers which I have an idea or 2 for too! Yay!
* letters improv pieced & inspired by the queen of unruly quilting! You can find Tonya’s tutorials for unruly piecing here & her asterisks here. Check out her book too!
* other fabrics used:: kona black, chinese red (I did use other solid reds but no idea what they are!) & snow, various scraps of whites & off whites & calico, cosmo cricket tape measure, pippijoe birds on washing line, a Saffron Craig owl, some umbrella prints raindrops, a sliver of echino & another bit of umbrella prints with white petals plus some bliss polka dots. Not sure what the black & red check is, probably something from Spotty?
* approx size of quilt top 44″ x 70″ . The letters are approx 9″ x 7″ & the borders are 9″ x width of quilt.
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Looks FAB! Shaz will be chuffed with the way you have used her prints – lovely!
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fantastic!!!! Love how you scrappy pieced the letters and hey, I think that’s an easier way to make the M and W than how I do it! cute, cute, cute. Thanks for the shout-out!
This is SUCH a cute quilt. I’m normally not a huge fan of wordy quilts, but this one is somehow adorable and modern at the same time.
I love your pieced letters. Thanks for putting links to the book and tutorials.
Wow. I’m sitting here marveling about what you made out of the fabric. I like the step by step way of the pictures and suddenly there’s something surprising. I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.
This is really cool! I. too, am a sucker for red. Love your blog.
Absolutely gorgeous – been meaning to buy that book!!
I love the little owl sitting on the ‘T’! Such a sweet touch :-D
I love Shannon’s prints and what you’ve done with them. As always, I’m looking forward to seeing it all quilted.
Wow! A very individual and eye-catching quilt.
My weekend? Making QAYG string blocks with DD on Friday, tutoring “no sew grafting” at Knitters group on Saturday, and more stitching goodness (alone) on Sunday!
Love the design and the colours
Awesome! love it….
I love this! The variety of projects you come up with is very inspiring. And you always seem so positive that I feel I would enjoy a cuppa and a catchup! Thank you.
this is beautiful Nova – I especially love the little owl sitting on top of the “T” :)
adorable fabrics…love the owl!!!