I'm moving along with my first quarter goals. So far I've finished piecing together my pack patch mini blocks. This was such a fun project, designed by Chase of 1/4" Mark. Each 12 patch block had a specific theme you needed to follow. Here are some of my favorite blocks.
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| Some of my favorite blocks. |
It's funny, because they are my favorites for opposite reasons. The two on the left I love because of the way the bird and eye appear fussy cut, and the two on the right I like because the patterns in the fabric were larger scale, and are now broken down to their basic geometry. The upper left is made up of Charlie Harper birds and some trees, can you believe that!
I pieced the quilt together using some low volume charms I got from a swap through Chelsea of Patch the Giraffe. It made for the perfect scrappy selection, and the charms were also the perfect size for these mini blocks.
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| All the patches! |
I chose to place the blocks according to my own aesthetic vision, rather than chronologically based on the assignments from Chase. Up close I was nervous that the 'low volume' sashing was actually too busy, but from further away I think I like it.
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| Blocks in the snow! |
Now I just need to decide how to quilt this. I was thinking of hand quilting this in a baptist fan pattern, but now I'm not so sure. Any ideas? I might machine quilt something - just because I want it to be done! The only issue there is I'm limited to straight line quilting, because all I've got is a walking foot. Decisions, decisions!
Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday
Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday
They look great assembled together! It is possible to do gentle curves with a walking foot... but this does seem like it would look great with some straight line stitching. How big did did it finish?
ReplyDeleteI recognized those low volumes from the charm swap. So many little pieces! Looks great!!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Love the low volume addition! Have fun quilting it...it should be fun!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I think your low volume sashing turned out just fine. May I suggest spiral quilting? It's easily done with the walking foot, with just a tiny bit of FMQ at the very center.
ReplyDeleteohh that is so pretty, and so tiny!!! I think I would do some simple straight line quilting in the blocks and maybe some matchstick quilting in the sashing.
ReplyDeleteI love the one with the face looking out at your from the patches. Spiral would be fun I think!
ReplyDeleteLove your background low volumes :) What a great way to use the charms. Hand-Quilting is always beautiful, but the spiral would look good if you want a quick finish.
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