June 11, 2014

WIP Wednesday

Working away on my biggest WIP of the week . . . my Colorful Colorado challenge quilt. I'm happy to finally see light at the end of tunnel. It will be done in time for the Berthoud Outdoor Quilt Show. Quilts must be delivered by June 13-14 (ack . . . 3 more days!!!) The show is June 21st from 10:00 - 4:00 in Fickel Park Berthoud, Colorado. If you live anywhere nearby come see all the quilts. Four modern quilt guilds in Colorado are participating in the challenge so there should be a good representation of modern quilting. I'll post more about the process and the show in the next couple of weeks.



I also needed to get my May Mid Century Modern Bee block for Carla of Grace and Favour done. She requested either arrow blocks from a great tutorial she did or feather blocks from Anna Marie Horner's pattern. Since most people were doing arrows, I thought I'd throw a feather into the mix. I love the look of these feathers once done but not the process of making a single one. I think the method of making multiples from strip piecing would be quicker in the long run. Still, it was fun to do and I love the result. Hope it works with all the rest. Thanks for your patience Carla.



As long as I was in the bee mood I decided to jump on June's bee block for Linda of Flourishing Palms. Linda is trying to wrap up an older UFO made of scrappy diamonds and asked us all to contribute some mid value blocks with a touch of orange thrown in. Now that Linda is "retired" she's uber busy teaching quilting, writing about quilting, and talking about quilting. Good luck getting fitting this UFO into your schedule Linda.   : )



Still one more June bee block to do for Denise and the Boulder Modern Quilt Guild Bee. A scrappy X block will be in the works soon.

And for all of you who have asked about a pattern for my Blogger's Quilt Festival winning quilt . . . it's coming along. As soon as the challenge quilt is done, I'll be wrapping up the final details. Thanks for all the interest and encouragement.



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10 comments:

  1. I love the vibrant colors you're using in each of these projects. Good luck with the Colorful Colorado challenge--it looks great!

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  2. Love the feathers and the link to the arrow tutorial is very helpful.

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  3. Cheery colors and great color play in your feather block! Makes me want to try .... 10? if I listen to your suggestion.

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  4. So many awesome projects going! I love your colors!

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  5. I'd wait all year for that feather! Gorgeous

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  6. I'm in love with your Colarado challenge quilt....sooo lovely!!!

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  7. Oh Anne. The diamonds you sewed are wonderful! And you made FOUR of them?! Wow! I expected only one, so thank you very much! You're right about wondering when I'll work on this UFO. I have just three quilts ahead of it. Ha! I really like your Colorado quilt. Such a simple, yet very effective, design. All the colors in this post are gorgeous - everything is smashing!

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  8. Wow! Just wow! All your quilts are so bright and colourful! I've made a version of the feather quilt (you can see if on my blog if so inclined :) ) and I agree - it's a horrible technique, but the end result is lovely. Love your version of it. I love the winning quilt and can't wait to see the pattern. Here via WIP Wednesday.

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  9. Yes- I love your color choices too and they've lead me to make similar juicy color selections in jewelry. I know I got that from you ;) I'm very excited to see you have more and more patterns for sale

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  10. Yes- I love your color choices too and they've lead me to make similar juicy color selections in jewelry. I know I got that from you ;) I'm very excited to see you have more and more patterns for sale

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