I've always loved this quilt by Ara Jane of the blog You Know What I Love? So when it was my turn to ask for blocks from my do. Good Stitches circle members back in January, I soon thought of Ara Jane's gorgeous quilt, and asked everyone to send me an Arkansas Traveler block, using this image for color inspiration. (You can find a great tutorial for the block over here.)
I fell in love with every block that was sent, and assembled them into this baby quilt, which I quilted with an imperfect, one-inch grid. For the backing, I used a well-coordinated floral print that I picked up from the $2.97/yard table at the fabric store I worked at a few years ago. The binding is scrappy and bright.
The quilt washed up crinkly and soft, and will be donated to Project Linus this Saturday during the Make a Blanket Day that's happening at Spoonflower.
Have you recently finished anything that had been sitting in your WIP pile for a while? If so, please share in the comments---I'd love to see!
Each month, I make quilt blocks for the Wish Circle of do. Good Stitches, which our group then turns into quilts that we donate to Project Linus. You can see all of my past blocks here.
Wow! This is definitely my favorite quilt that our circle has produced so far, it is gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a very pretty quilt! Good job picking the block and getting it quilted. Love it
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Do you quilt with your regular machine, or do you have some special quilting magic?
ReplyDeleteLove this!! I'm curious: did you tell people what background fabrics to use? Because it seems to coordinate perfectly.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh - what a stunner!!!! Thanks for sharing about do. Good Stitches too =)
ReplyDeleteHey, can you share a finished pic in the main do. Good pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dogoodstitches/pool/ I'd love to see it there and I'll also invite it to the finished do. Good Stitches group. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYay- it turned out so well! It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh yay! i saw this on pinterest and thought, "oh wow, this is so pretty!" and then quickly realized why i loved it so much. duh. but seriously, your color palette is amazing. and that's so awesome this is going to project linus. double yay!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the way this turned out and the quilting is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThis is INSANELY gorgeous! The colors are fabulous and I love the straight line quilting, it's perfect! Great job to your whole circle!
ReplyDeleteHello, This quilt is such a great example for value quilting and I would like your permission to use it for a color theory presentation I am putting together for PMQG. With full credit to you an the do. Good Stitches circle of course. Best,
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