Sunday, May 11, 2014

Chevron rainbow quilt


Many moons ago I bought a charm pack from Karen at Blueberry Park.

I fell in love with the bright contrasting colours and that splash of grey that Karen has used with her fabulous designs.
I did  know that I would use the charm pack (and not just sit in my stash to make it look pretty) but I would have to admit that it took me a little while to decide what I was going to make from the pack. 
I do think it was in the wee early hours of the morning that I made my decision...a chevron quilt.

I used Kona Ash and Kona white with the charm pack to make up the top, 
HST's seem to be my thing...I can't seem to get past them when I think of making a quilt top.


The quilt top didn't really take long to make but then it sat for a long long time...as a little girl arrived and took up a lot of my time.
This is where I stalled again.  I sometimes know exactly how to quilt the top before I even start a quilt and other times I ponder.  This was one of those times...I just couldn't decide if I would FMQ or just do some straight lines.  


But a few months ago somehow there seemed to be a bit of time in the day to get the machine out again and it just came to me.  I sat down at the machine and I began to to quilt.

I know it would not be to every one's taste but as it was a little quilt..( 24 "x 32") I thought I would try something different.

Again it sat on my sewing table for another few months as now I couldn't decide on the binding colour.  I knew I wanted a solid but what colour....in the end I went for Kona Navy, and I was glad I did.




Ikea print on the back...nicely priced for backing fabric.


And there you are, finally a quilt finished.  What to do with it, I do not know but happy there is another WIP finished and off my sewing table.

Thanks Karen for such a lovely inspiring charm pack, I will be retuning for another soon.

Happy Sewing,

Erin

14 comments:

  1. It's so beautiful! I love the fmq, gorgeous! Can you hang it somewhere?
    Ps do you know your word verification is on?

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  2. I love this little quilt!! The fmq is great and you really can't go wrong with HSTs. Great work, I thought it was great to get quilting again since having my little one and I hope you get to feel the same way!

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  3. Sweet quilt, all that pondering was worth it :)

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  4. Lovely wee quilt - the quilting is spot on!

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  5. That is a beautiful quilt - I really love the quilting. The texture is fantastic.

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  6. Yummy! Love the simplicity and adore the quilting...need to hone my FMQ skills so that I can do that pattern!

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  7. ooo it is just gorgeous love it !!

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  8. Erin, it's beautiful. Perfect for Karen's charms.

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  9. Its fabulous Erin, I hopd you're going to keep it

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  10. Excellent and I'm sure Karen would love it! Hope you've posted it in her blueberryparkmakes Flickr or IG site!

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  11. Your chevron quilt is gorgeous! The perfect choice for those fabrics :)

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