This week I did begin a new project, but it was for charity and I completed it very quickly! I have also been very busy with my swoon blocks. Another two are finished… I varied the pattern a…
blogged here 1. swoon #4, 2. swoon #3, 3. Swoon Block #1, 4. Swoon #8, 5. swoon block #2, 6. Swoon Block #6, 7. Swoon Block #5, 8. Swoon #7, 9. Swoon #9 Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Fabric is Joel Dewberry Heirloom and Herringbone
Candace of The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge shows how to make a Swoon block out of 5″ charm squares. Further she explains her newly discovered technique that eliminates many of the seams in …
Swoon Sixteen Block Tutorial https://www.quilt.today/2021/05/swoon-sixteen-block-tutorial.html
Fabric is Joel Dewberry's Heirloom in Citrine with Painter's Canvas by Michael Miller and white
In Spring of 2015 I cut the pieces for my first Swoon blocks. By February 2016 I had three finished blocks. Then they fell completely to the back burner. When I joined Miss Love's Finishing School for the Winter 2019 QuIP session I decided to mostly pick projects that were really old WIPs and would ...continue reading →
This is made from Kona Khaki, French General (the solid), and Athill Range, the three prints.
Well as you probably all know by now, Katy's swoon-a-long, using Camille Roskelly's wonderful pattern is becoming this year's BI...
This weeks 18″ SuperSized block is the Star of Bethlehem block. Many of you are probably familiar with this block as it recently became quite popular due to Camille Roskelley’s “Swoon” quilt pattern w
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In Spring of 2015 I cut the pieces for my first Swoon blocks. By February 2016 I had three finished blocks. Then they fell completely to the back burner. When I joined Miss Love's Finishing School for the Winter 2019 QuIP session I decided to mostly pick projects that were really old WIPs and would ...continue reading →
I finally got back into my sewing room and did some damage! I needed to get some (or all) of the rest of the blocks for my Swoon quilt...
Blocks #4 and #5 of my Bestie quilt are complete, which means I only have four more to go- whew!!! I love the green/blue combo! From my personal experience, if you're making a Swoon quilt of your own, I find that sewing the blocks in pairs is most efficient (rather than sewing one block at a time). Truth be told, this block is a bit dark for my liking. It may be a challenge to place the block within the quilt, but then again, I'm always up for a good challenge! I'll be back soon with Blocks #6 and #7! :)
It's the first of January, the Christmas decorations are put away, and there's some time! Yay, some free time! On Instagram, there are all sorts of fun ideas concerning quilting! allpeoplequilt.com published their UFO Challenge 2017. It was numbered 1 - 12, in a list format. Beside each number, you wrote what quilt project you were going to finish, for that month. On the first of every month, all people quilt would say which number had been randomly chosen. You would choose the project beside that number and finish it during the month. What a great idea! I loved all the Christmas themed posts on Instagram, and was sort of wishing I could have done a project with all my cute Cozy Christmas fabrics. I found Mel is a Swapaholic, and she was doing a Swoon quilt along, and then I saw that Camille of Thimbleblossoms was also doing a quilt along. I put two and two together and decided to ditch the UFO Challenge, and do the Swoon quilt along! Here are my Swoon blocks, I tried to make them vintage looking as much as possible, the soft pinks and greens and blues, with some red thrown in. The blocks are sewn with Cozy Christmas, but I didn't have enough, so I added some other lines. I cut all the sashing when I cut the fabric for the blocks, so I just have to assemble the blocks together and the quilt top will be done! Thanks for reading, I'll see you next week :)
In Spring of 2015 I cut the pieces for my first Swoon blocks. By February 2016 I had three finished blocks. Then they fell completely to the back burner. When I joined Miss Love's Finishing School for the Winter 2019 QuIP session I decided to mostly pick projects that were really old WIPs and would ...continue reading →
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Did a quick line drawing so I could play with different layouts for the swoon block. blogged
Photo above © Debbie Wow... What a beautiful quilting block pattern. Tune in with Camille as she breaks down how to make her perfect 16-inch block from Swoon 16.Swoon Sixteen Block Tutorial with Camil
With several Swoon “quiltalongs” going on right now, there are a ton of beautiful Swoon blocks popping up on my Instagram feed. And, lots of finished quilts even. I joined in last month…
A finish! A finish! We have another finish! Those have to be celebrated extra this year! I finished this Swoon Quilt Pattern! (This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you click a link and purchase something that I have recommended. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) This quilt is for my mama who has been living in Bolivia for 18 months and has that amount of time left to go. I was excited to deliver this one to my sisters last week- they will be visiting my mom and dad in Bolivia in February and will take it to them! My mom requested this quilt for the house they are staying in there, which is mostly black and white, glass and tile and not very colorful or cozy. So a bright cheery quilt was just the thing and I was the right gal for the job. My mom requested the Swoon pattern by Thimble Blossoms as it’s one of her favorites. I'm sending so many hugs with it! The backing is Rosa by Crystal Manning for Moda. I don't see any of the blue around anymore but you can find the same design on pink, white, or aqua, which are all just as cute! It's such a great print. I decided for the first time every to try pattern matching the backing! Meaning- when I sewed two panels of it together to make a piece large enough to cover the back of the quilt, I made sure to line up the design so it didn’t look chopped up. Not to bad! Navy Bias Stripe Binding Creamy White Background We actually picked the backing first and pulled colors from there for the front. I love this happy saturated rainbow! How much longer do you think I’ll be able to get the kids to pose on quilts? :) They knew this one was extra special, they have been excited for me to finish it for grandma. They miss her so much. It’s not a very big quilt, I did the Swoon blocks at my favorite size- 20”. Her patterns are 24” and 16”, so I just figured out a middle ground between the 2. It’s a good couch snuggle size, which is what she needs. I quilted this one at home on my trusty old longarm in loops and flowers of different sorts. Admittedly, I was rushing. I wish I had slowed down and done the design a little more densely, but I was in a mad rush to finish due to procrastinating other projects. They all got done! Maybe one day I'll learn my lesson. I am really excited that December is starting and as soon as I do alll the decorating this week, I will be back here with the promised crochet blanket (finished!) and this year's Jumping Jacks quilt (just needs binding!). See you then!
Some of the posts I’ve been writing for the blog have involved explorations of techniques (Half Square Triangles) and traditional Blocks ...
Construction continues on my Swoon quilt. I've made a couple of the 24" Swoon blocks to go with my 8" Mini Swoons. I'm having a lot of ...
At last I found a little window of time to make my first Swoon block. All the support and inspiration you could even need is in Katy's Swoon Quilt A Long group on Flickr. This project would never have started without it. I have to be very disciplined to sew a big block like this successfully. A series of assembly lines is needed, stacks of half square triangles waiting to be sewn. I used a Frixion pen for all my lines and a walking foot for sewing the slippy sliding Little Folks voile Pins are definitely needed with the voile. Along the way I must have 'lost' a square here and a piece there a 100 times. I enjoyed this a lot more than I ever imagined I would. The block design is simple but very effective and is just what I was looking for with the Little Folks- I know many of you suggested Swoon when I asked what I should make with these fabrics. Cutting does take ages but I am working only one block at a time so it is easily manageable. It is a whopper, a mini quilt in itself, 24.5" x 24.5. I am going for the full 9 blocks but slowly, slowly. Pressing the seams open is worth the extra effort and made joining a lot easier. The thiness of the voiles really helps and they have a lot of give, handy when I am trying to match up points. I am actually bursting to make another but I I have promised my sister a quilt for her birthday, end of February so more Swooning will have to wait.
In Spring of 2015 I cut the pieces for my first Swoon blocks. By February 2016 I had three finished blocks. Then they fell completely to the back burner. When I joined Miss Love's Finishing School for the Winter 2019 QuIP session I decided to mostly pick projects that were really old WIPs and would ...continue reading →
Hi Everyone! I am busy getting ready of the clearance sale. Will be marking lots of stuff down today and tomorrow so don't forget to go take a look in the sale section the next week or so. This is good stuff some of it is only been here a month or less... I have 15 new collections coming and I need to make room! As promised here are the two new Swoon blocks from Saturday's sew day: My friend Annabella is having a giveaway for her blogiversary go give her some love and you could win some of this: Have an awesome day and I will see you tomorrow for Friday Fun Day!
I am having so much fun piecing these swoon blocks! I am half way finished and can hardly wait to see them all together! Have a wonderful weekend!
twin fibers goodness I have a confession to make. It makes me ridiculously happy every single time I see a Swoon block. And to be completely honest, I swear to you I haven't seen a single one that I haven't...
It's been a while since I've last posted anything regarding the Bestie QAL! I'm picking up my Bestie quilt from my quilter's house tonight after work (eeks- I'm SO excited!!!). So, in anticipation of seeing the finished quilt, I thought I should share blocks #6 - #9 with you! :) It's my personal opinion, that you can never go wrong with the pink and gray color combo! (Have I ever mentioned that gray is my new favorite color!?!) At first glance I thought that this color combo was a bit bold, but thankfully it fit in nicely with the other eight blocks. I'm a bit obsessed with polka dots, any kind, size, and/or color!!! I think this block is one of my favorites! I love the gray and green color combo, and I especially love the green eyelet print! Speaking of Besties and quilting, I get to spend this coming Friday afternoon with Jana- woo hoo! I'm not exactly sure what we'll be doing, but I'm sure it will involve eating, laughing, fabric buying, and maybe (just maybe) a little bit of dancing!
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With a rare weekend off from work, I’ve taken the opportunity by the reins and dedicated my hours getting reacquainted with my sewing machine! Before getting back into my Quilt-Along series, there’…
This tutorial is for those of you who have joined the swoon block swap I’m hosting this summer (sorry it’s closed now)- but you can always just make your own I’m not listing fabric requirements, as you’ll make all your blocks different, but a FQ of the 3 colors is plenty. Or just cut into
I am having so much fun piecing these swoon blocks! I am half way finished and can hardly wait to see them all together! Have a wonderful weekend!
I finally got back into my sewing room and did some damage! I needed to get some (or all) of the rest of the blocks for my Swoon quilt...
I started doing the Swoon Along and discovered how to construct that block in a way that is much more simple. In a nutshell, you don't need to make the Swoon block out of so many pieces. The way I did it also allows you to not cut up some of the fabric so much. In my sample block here, you can see I fussy cut many of the pieces. This is an overview for those that have the pattern: You don't make so many half square triangles and flying geese and you will SAVE TIME—yipee! You do use more fabric, but that is a good trade off in my book.* Start with a big square—the same size as the square at the very center of the block—and sew smaller background and contrast squares off of its corners to start creating the units in step 7 and 8. Those smaller squares are the same size as the small squares used for the flying geese. You only need a 8 half square triangles and 4 flying geese for each Swoon block. Sorry that I'm not writing this out more clearly. I'm trying to share what I know in a way that doesn't basically re-publish the pattern in the exact same size. *WARNING: The big caveat is that you cannot do this block construction with only a fat quarter of the fabric I fussy cut (I'm not talking about fussy cutting—just having enough to make the block in the most efficient way possible). You have to have a half yard of that print. It would be better to have more than a fat quarter of the other print (the one in the center star) although I did the math and it can be done. I think the original pattern also cuts it pretty close, so that if you are a person that pre-washes, you might consider getting more yardage too. As an interesting aside and inspiration for colors: As I was looking around, I did find out that the block is a known under a couple different names: • variation of Carpenter's Wheel • Rolling Star • Star of Bethlehem Here are some vintage examples of similar quilts. Aren't they fun! LOVE the use of black and quirky block layout :: Well loved vintage quilt :: Gorgeous vintage version from the 50s out of solids :: Burnt Orange from the late 70's :: Worn one from the 50's :: Not sure the date on this one :: My fave: Solids from the 80's (LOVE the block on the lower left) :: The more typical Carpenter's Wheel instructions and a version Marci Girl made with the same instructions (looks just like the block on the Swoon quilt)
I picked up a couple of brighter yellows and a black to go with my other grey and yellow fabric I purchased. Now I'm trying to see which layout I like best.
Inspired by this post/quilt, I started this giant swoon block back in October. I love the idea of making an entire quilt out of one block. It has just been sitting in three rows since the day I started it. With all of this Swoon-Along motivation floating around I finally got my butt in gear and finished it up. I played around a bit with the size and ended making the block three times the original size. The quilt top measures 75 inches square with the 1.5 inch border. I had planned on just using solid grey for the boarder, but a mistake with the HSTs left me with a bunch of 2 inch strips that worked out perfectly for the job. I am in the process of trying to piece the back together out of the fabric I have left over and an additional 2 yard piece of Heirloom I have on hand. It's gonna be tight. I can't wait to get this one finished up. It will be all mine! It's not going anywhere. I love making quilts for others, but I really want one that I can admire and showoff whenever I want. And when I finish my other swoon quilt I will have two! Yay! Speaking of which, I have been thinking a lot about the finished size of my regular swoon quilt and I'm a little worried it will be too long for our bed. Making 16 blocks with 2 inch sashing will finish at 106x106, a king mattress is 80x76. Plus it only needs it to hang off the end and not the top, it needs to be wider than tall, not square. So, I'm considering alternate layouts and sashing options. I saw this quilt the other day in the Swoon-Along Flickr pool. She made the original 9 block layout and then just sashed 3 sides. I like this idea, but I kind of want the quilt to be able to stand on its own so only having 3 sides sashed kind of kills that. So I was thinking of maybe something like this: Four blocks wide by three and a half blocks long. By staggering the blocks and using some half blocks it would eliminate having one row of just half blocks. It would also be able to stand alone as just a large quilt. I love the look of the drawing without sashing, but it would finish at 96x84 and I would like it to have a 12 inch drop so it needs to finish at 104x88 (and that doesn't account for shrinkage.) So I am thinking about adding 1 inch (finished) sashing between the blocks with 2 inches on the top and bottom and 4 or 5 inches on the sides. That should make it big enough. We will see...I like to change my mind. Christine
Happy Monday friends! Hope you've all had a lovely weekend? I had a productive one cracking on with some blocks for my much neglected Farmers Wife quilt! More on that in another post ;) Today I wanted to share a new Swoon block mini I finished up recently! I have to say, I couldn't be happier with how this turned out. Honestly I think this is one of my most favourite things I've made. Really. I completely fell in love making the Swoon block (by Thimbleblossoms, you can find it here) it was such a pleasure to piece. I'm not so accurate with teeny tiny piecing, so I throughly enjoyed working with such a big block. I hadn't actually realised quite how BIG the Swoon blocks were until I finished it up and held it next to me! The fabrics are Liberty Tana Lawns, they really are so beautiful! (thoughts on stocking them for my Sew and Quilt shop?) You really get to see the fabrics with this design so I think it shows them off well. I use Kona Snow for the background, and le creme swiss dot in cream for binding, so as not to distract - I seem to favour a neutral binding in my projects, I think? I also tried a new quilting technique which I've always admired; baptist fans! Yep. Love those curves! It now hangs pride of place in our living room :) Perhaps, a full sized Liberty Swoon quilt is in order next? ...
Photo above © Karen LintonThis quilting pattern / tutorial is available for free... Full Post: Swoon Sixteen Block
I finished my last 3 blocks last night! It is going to be a couple of weeks before I can get these all put together because I have other things going on, but I am so excited to get this finished. This is my intended layout but I am very open to suggestions. Blogged
