This week we are swapping Purple 8″ squares in our NOCCCD classes. These swaps are always fun and the fabric variety wonderful. And each swap brings a new quilt design (or two!) AND all the swap quilt patterns work with all the 2012 swaps!
So far for this Spring Medallion Quilt, we have looked at Appliqué, multiple ways of making Flying Geese, the intricate piecing of the Twisted Ribbon border and some strip piecing for the Pieced Scallop border. Now we look at Seminole Piecing.
I was at a local antique store recently and came across this collection of aged irons. The iron is an iconic symbol, for better or worse, closely linked to women’s work. Quilters, too, are closely linked to our irons. They perk up our seams, fuse our appliqué and steam our blocks til they lie flat.
Last week we made 36 Pieced Scallop blocks. Now it is time to add these blocks as the next border of our Spring Medallion quilt.
Isn’t this FUN? I’m really enjoying these blocks! Imagine when the quilt is finished. Images of each iconic letter of the alphabet and their interesting interpretations as part of our Quilting World! Ingenious!
WOW! This quilt was made by Sue in the Friday class from the green swap we did in March. The pattern is called Nuclei and this version is fabulous. Look at the border fabric and how it has many shades of green. It is the perfect border for a swap quilt with lots of green […]
Quite often, lovely quilts have beautiful appliquéd Scallop borders… Which got me thinking… Could a scallop border be pieced?
I have been going round and round on what our H block should be… Half hexagons? But we just did Gramdmas Glorious Garden with lots of hexes. I got some wonderful suggestions from the comments on last weeks post but then it came to me! Hawaiian Hibiscus Appliqué! Heavenly!
Yellow can be a difficult color to work with. It can take over the whole design but this quilt incorporates lots of yellow and is going to really shine!
I suppose it is the hubbub leading up to the commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of sinking of RMS Titanic that brought about this fun little quilt design.
