This is next in line to sew. I still haven't made any more border blocks for it but I think once I get the main part sewn I will be ready to do them.
This is three of the new Philip Jacobs prints in the Spring 2018 Kaffe Fassett Collective line. There are more colors of it but these three were calling my name.
It is a large print so a strip cut across this fabric will have a fairly long length of each color.
I was pretty sure Kaffe had done this quilt that my friend and I are making in an earlier book so I started going through all of his books to find it. It was all pastels and nowhere near as striking as his newer one on the left.
The pastel one is in the book on the left and the newer one in the book on the right. I think it would be fun to choose my own fabrics and make another one.....but I need to finish this one first. We are going to work on them again on Wednesday. Meanwhile I will cut the rest of the strips.
The Kaffe Collective 16 patch quilt top is sewn and pressed with edge staystitched to prevent ends of seams popping open. There are lots of seams at the edges. The blocks are 10" so it should be about 60" x 80". I forgot to measure it last night.
The fabric are so vibrant and happy!
The large print I used is my favorite Philip Jacobs fabric.
We had a light covering of snow on the ground yesterday morning and they are predicting snow 2 more times by Monday night. I am so ready for warm weather.
I cut the rest of the borders for one quilt while I wait for the order with the next 2 fabrics that I didn't have enough of.
Next I finalized the layout of the 16 patch quilt. I found one block on the table that I intended to use so I took out the other lightest block and put that one in.
Then I took down the rows and numbered them with my cut up calendar page and binder clips to transport them upstairs for sewing while I watched TV. I have all of the seams sewn one way and 3 seams sewn the other direction. I'll finish sewing it today.
My friend and I made good progress on our quilts yesterday. We cut centers 7" longer than the size in the book. Then we cut and added 9 rounds to it. She got here at 9:30 and we worked until 5 p.m. After she left I ate my evening meal and then added three more rounds. We had to order two more fabrics to be able to finish it with all of the same fabrics as were used in the book so it will probably be about a week before I get back to it.
This is the layout I had for my 16 patch blocks after I made the last block. I didn't like the lightest block in there.
I had one more of the alternate fabric squares left so I took out the light one and moved one from the top row into that position which made room for the floral fabric. I'm much happier with it now. I will probably change a few blocks to different positions before I sew it together.
The next batch of blocks are ready to play with on the design wall. I started moving blocks around but haven't made a final decision yet.
Here are the other three. After I get them all up on the design wall I will decide if any are going to be removed and then make replacements for them.
Today my friend is coming over and we are starting our Kaffe Fassett quilts that I showed here. I spent some time last night pressing out fold lines on the first 5 fabrics that we will need to cut.
I completed two quilt tops, this one 58" x 82" in March. It is from a pattern by Springleaf Studios shown on this post. It took me awhile to get started on it and then I needed to work fast to get it off the wall before company came to use the design walls.
This top is about 42" square and includes blocks from several years ago as well as ones made this year.
Other than that I spent over 2 weeks pulling fabrics from my stash, cutting, sorting and packaging fabric for my pop-up shop (which closes midnight EST today), worked on a colorwash made with Kaffe Fassett fabric (not shown yet), cut all of the flannel scraps from church into squares and made little preemie quilts (1 all finished, 6 tops done, 9 to sew).
I also did some organizing but have much more to do in the basement studio. I really didn't want to finish any of the tops that I am taking to my guild trunk show in mid-April (more about this later) because I can take more quilts to show if they are a combination of finished quilts and quilt tops. I hope to have a finishing frenzy the last week of April and in May.
I have a white cactus bloom for Easter. There is a bud on a red one too. This is near the end of the blooming season for all of them.
Happy Easter!!!
