Hi and welcome to week 478 of Free Motion Mavericks. I'm trying to catch up in my 2 Colour Mystery Quilt with Joanne of Canuck Quilter Designs. I keep trying to get caught up, but then every Thursday we get another clue....😉
2 Colour Mystery Quilt
Today we'll be getting the Week 8 clue. Here is what I've done so far.
Week 1 was about cutting the fabric. Since that's my least favourite part of quilt making, I only cut what I have to, as I need them. So I actually started cutting Week 2, when I knew what I needed!
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| Week 1 - cutting for week 2 |
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| Week 2 blocks |
I had quite the challenge putting the Week 2 blocks together but I did it! 😊
Week 3 was making a whole bunch of half-square triangles. That went better.
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| Week 3, large and small half-square triangles |
In Week 4, I sewed some of the half-square triangles together. That's when things start getting a little bit wonky, but generally not too bad.
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| Week 4, making a block with some of the half-square triangles |
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| Weeks 2 to 4 with a couple of Week 5 pieces |
In Week 5, I used some of those extra half-square triangles to make these blocks. I also chain pieced some of these. It sewed up really well.
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| Chain piecing the flip and stitch pieces |
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| Week 5 blocks |
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| Week 5 blocks in the other colour |
For Week 6, I've cut up most of my fabric and started putting them together. I have 2 blocks of each colour done - only 22 more to go!
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| Week 6 in first colour |
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| Week 6 in second colour |
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| These are my cut pieces for Week 6. I haven't counted them yet 😃, I just kept cutting! |
- I wasn't doing too badly until I started sewing the different parts together. That's when things tend to get pretty wonky!
- I trimmed up what I could of my Week 4 half-square triangles, but only a couple were too large. Most of them of OK or at least an ⅛" too small. That means that things are going to get wonky quickly!
- I'll be trimming the Week 5 and 6 blocks - I know that the Week 6 blocks are pretty wonky, so I'm going to be more careful when I make the 22 others (of each colour). Hopefully I'll figure it out before I'm done!
- As you saw, I used chain piecing as much as I could. I hope that the accuracy is OK.
- In Week 7, we start putting the different blocks together. It looks very cool 😎
- I think that my best bet is to use a very scant ¼" to stitch things together.
If you haven't read it yet, for the first time ever I participated in the First Quarter Check-in with Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl. I'm glad I did because I've been all over the place, so it was good to look at what I've done so far. Thanks Yvonne!
Related links
- First Quarter Check-in, April 15, 2024
- 2 Colour Mystery Quilt and Updates, March 17, 2024
- 2-Colour Mystery Quilt, March 11, 2024
- Canuck Quilter Designs
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. You may want to check them out, after you've linked up below! Put your foot down, Midweek Maker, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2024, Design Wall Monday, Sew & Tell, Needle & Thread Thursday,
Free Motion Mavericks
We've had a busy week! Thanks to everyone who linked up. Let's see what our quilters were up to!
Kat from Scrapbox Quilts linked up her very cute Dino Dinosaur quilt. She used a number of FMQ designs, from diamond crosshatch, stars, stippling to following the elements making up the dinosaurs blocks. If you want to see more, check out the picture of the back of the quilt on her blog post.
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| Kat's very cute Dino Dinosaur quilt |
I saw this wonderful quilt on Frédérique's linking party and asked the author to link up 😊. It's a two-sided quilt made by the blogger of "des tulipes et des coeurs" (tulips and hearts). To read her post, you can use Google Translate which is located in the table of contents at the top right corner of the blog.
She made this quilt for 18 month old Romy. She FMQ from the back of the quilt, after stitching-in-the-ditch the bands of colour and the name. Check out the post to see close-ups of the different FMQ designs that she used - it's worth it!
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| The back of Romy's quilt by blogger "des tulipes et des coeurs" |
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| The front of Romy's quilt - mostly Kaffe Fasset fabrics |
Frédérique of Quilting Patchwork Appliqué finished her Jardin de corail (Coral Garden) quilt. It was made as part of a QAL and required 16 animals in the piece! She mostly quilted around each tropical fish that can be found in a lagoon. It really is wonderful. It was finished using the facing method so that it looks like they are in the lagoon, as opposed to an aquarium.
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| Frédérique's Jardin de corail (Coral Garden) quilt |
Frédérique also made 2 stained glass mini quilts. Although she didn't quilt them, I want to share with you her poinsettia mini because it was attached to the backing and batting by using sequins and beads in the centre. How cool is that!
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| Frédérique's Poinsettia stained glass mini quilt, attached with sequins and beads! |
It's now your turn!
It's always frustrating when the sizes don't come out as expected. Sounds like you have a plan to address all the wonkiness. Hope it all goes together.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate - I can't believe that I'm so behind on my comments! It did work out - I used a very scant quarter inch. I've put half of my blocks together. The other half are now WIPs :-)
DeleteLes deux tissus choisis sont très beaux, couleurs douces, ça va être un beau quilt ! Super d'avoir un aperçu du montage final, ça motive !
ReplyDeleteMerci pour la mise en avant de mes quilts ;)
bonjour Frédérique - c'est incroyable comment vite le temps passe! J'ai cousu la moitié des blocs ensemble. J'espère y retourner avant qu'ils deviennent un UFO!
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