I had a lot of fun seeing this quilt come together. Most importantly, I'm happy to have that binding tutorial out of the way, hehe!
I knew that since I had already made a Warm Cool Quilt, that I wanted this one to be a little different. When I choose fabrics, I tried to keep with a more specific value group. I wanted really saturated prints for my Warm colors and somewhat lighter prints for my Cool colors. In addition, I was more careful about choosing prints with compatible accents and such!
When I saw this layout pop up in the flickr group, I knew I had to use it for my quilt. It was just the right amount of different! That is the beauty of half-square triangles, there is so much possibility!
For the backing, I used two Denyse Schmidt dots from her Picnic/Fairgrounds line. I made giant half-square triangles, which after trimming kind of look like a giant snowball block. That wasn't exactly the plan, but I think it's cute!
It took me forever to choose a binding. On my previous warm cool quilt I used a white solid, which I like, but knew I didn't want for this quilt. I auditioned a lot of grays, whites and even a few browns. In the end this dot by Basic Grey won out. It was mostly white, but had a good amount of pattern going on. I think it frames it quite nicely!
This was a fun journey for me! It has been (and will continue to be) so cool to see your quilts and progress! I hope you'll continue to add your photos to the flickr group! I also created a dedicated page for this quilt along.
Thank you for making this a great quilt along and sewing with me, I hope you had fun and learned something new. Please continue to ask questions either here or in the flickr group.
Happy Sewing!
It's great! I love it so much. So bright and cheery.
ReplyDeleteThe binding you chose is absolutely perfect! Good job!
ReplyDeleteYours came out so beautiful...very crisp and bright! I love it!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is a true warm cool quilt. I love it.I have been a fan of jewel tones and need to make an effort to find medium tones in order to accomplish a look that is not so in your face! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this valuable learning experience. It was fun too!
ReplyDeleteGreat setting, great binding choice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love all the fabrics you chose!
ReplyDeleteI have 3 projects in the works right now, but will definitely add this to my list! So many possibilities!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for such a wonderful QAL!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.... Is George Ok? I'm missing his picture at the end of your posts.... :-)
ReplyDeleteI love it... beautiful
ReplyDeleteChristine
xoxo
Thank you so much Jeni! This has been great fun!
ReplyDeleteI love the backing! Great fabric combo!
ReplyDeleteTori