Friday, August 10, 2012

Guild Block of the Month - August


This is the block I turned in for my Guild's August block of the month.
To my surprise my name was drawn and I got to take home all the blocks!!

I started sewing them together like a regular string quilt, but then I thought some black sashing would bring out the black novelty fabrics in the center of each one. So I got my stitch ripper out, took apart the six I had sewn together, and came up with this.

I made an extra wide border with the intention of doing something spiffy in there, either with quilting or applique.  After staring at it a bit an idea hit me, so I cut up some green fabric strips and proceeded to make some vines.

I ended up making a lot of vine, way more than I think I will need, but I was having a good time with my new bias tape maker.


I glue basted the center vine on last night and laid out a few scrap triangles to get a feel for what it will look like. I think triangle flower petals will match perfect with the triangle sting blocks.

I have six mini triangles ready for hand applique, only 138 to go.  


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4 comments:

  1. Oh I love the quilt. The border is going to be stunning! What a great idea to use the triangle shaped flowers. Can't wait to see it finished! K-

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  2. I love your quilt, and agree, the triangle flowers are darling..glad you put the black to make it pop, it almost looks 3 dimensional.great job.

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  3. I really like this. Nice use of color and triangle strips! Cool.

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  4. Adding the black sashing and the green onto the boarder has added life to the quilt.
    Will return to see the quilt finished.

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