by Design Wall Wednesday
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in QUILTING by 2 Dogs Studio
Here is the beginning of my next quilt ‘ Gum Drops’. Aren’t the colors fabulous! Nice to work on spring like colors when the weather in Minnesota is SO COLD. This morning started off at minus 5 degrees and with the winds it felt like 25 to 30 degrees below zero. BRRRR….baby it is cold outside!
Fabrics for Gum Drops
sample blocks
The inspiration was the ‘Rendezvous’ pattern in Karla Alexander’s book ‘Stack, Shuffle, and Slide. There a some great quilts in the book and the instructions are nicely written.
What are you working on today? Check out my ‘Linky Parties’ page to find some fabulous blogs where I share my projects and get inspiration.
Have a safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Those are such gorgeous fabrics! Lovely palette. Your blocks look happy!
Lorna, thanks for stopping by and for hosting a ‘linky party’ – always fun to see what folks are doing. Happy New Year, Micki
I love your fabric choices. Being a fellow Minnesotan enjoying the current cold weather, I can appreciate the fun colors. Can’t wait to see your quilt.
Hugs
From one Minnesotan to another-I like what I see so far of this quilt! Bright colors for this dreary weather we have been having, thank goodness to see the sunshine yesterday 🙂
yeehaw! Love seeing bright cheerful colors! That looks like so much fun to make. AND you could quilt as you go as joining would be easy. I have those books and haven’t made a thing out of them yet. LeeAnna at not afraid of color
Thanks for the suggestion of doing it as QAYGO. I have made a couple quilts for charity using the method – but it has been awhile.
Oh I really like those blocks! They look fun to make too. Beautiful colors and fabrics.
Sweet gumdrops! Those fabrics are fab!!
Jessica, thanks for stopping bye. I have most of the blocks done now and trying to decide on sashing/border. Happy New Year, Micki
Spring is coming with the cheerful fabrics! You’re so right; it will be a joy to work on this through the cold months.
Yummy colors! Fun blocks, too! I can’t wait to see the finished quilt.
[…] I LOVE … LOVE … LOVE how this quilt turned out. It ended up being a bit bigger than I had originally anticipated. After I had made the blocks, I decided to go with bigger grey sashing and outer borders which made the quilt finish at 69″ x 89″. If you are new to this blog, you can read a little more about the quilt’s inspiration HERE […]