09 March 2012

The Traveling Quilts

I've jumped into a round-robin style quilting bee with 10 crazy-talented modern quilters from all over the country.


We all started a section of a quilt this month and sent it off to another quilter in the group who gets to add to the quilt any way they choose. This will go on for a year, with only the sneakiest sneak peeks to show the development of the individual quilts. In the final round, we'll each finish, quilt and bind a project, then send it on the the person who crafted the original blocks. Each month I'll be receiving a project from Monica, and sending a project to Penny.




These are my four seed blocks. My first idea was to do similar shapes, but with a light blue patchwork instead of the white and gray solids. But I quickly decided that would be a) too busy; and b) a lot like a color blindness test. 

I made the green patchwork by sew/cut/sew/cut/sewing width-of-fabric strips. There was a fair amount left over, and I packed it up with the first four blocks, in case anyone finds it useful as they add to the composition. I can't wait to see where this ends up.




6 comments:

  1. Wow they look amazing. I am in love with the colour green! Can't wait to see the progress updates =D

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  2. I can't wait to see where these go! I love all of the different shades of green and the little peek of the humming bird.

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  3. They look great...It will be so interesting to see the finished quilts.

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  4. That sounds really interesting! Your fabric and colour choice is really good! I love those blocks - especially with the 'piece from circle'! Thank you for inspiration to sew/cut/sew/cut...
    x Teje

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  5. I can't wait to see what you all create!

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  6. Intriguing! Do you each select your own fabrics to add also?

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