Ok, another new start for 2018 happened last night. It was completely unplanned. Sunday night I was browsing blogland and came across this wonderful Americana quilt. What really caught my attention was the discovery that it is a quilt-along with no pattern. You kind of make it up as you go following Humble Quilt's measurement guidelines and samples. I LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF! My creative side kept spinning doughnuts.
I went to my day job on Monday (I am a teacher) and returned home heading straight to my sewing room to gather fabric for this quilt. I was a little discouraged to find that my stash is completely lacking in reds and blues. I don't want to purchase any fabric for this project, so I thought I was out, I mean, you can't make an Americana quilt without blues and reds. As I browsed my stash boxes, I realized that I had quite a lot of small pieces left from my Dear Jane quilt. A lightbulb went off in my head as I thought, "I can make this quilt without a focus on stars and stripes." I'll just put flowers where there are stars and other miner adjustments. I think I am going to call this one "Pieceful Country".
I did a complete improv. job on the basket just winging it as I sewed and cut, sewed and cut. It still needs a bird. The letters "USA" just don't fit my country quilt so I made more applique' flowers to go on those blocks instead. As for the house, I chose a Crabapple Hill embroidery pattern that I had in the house. It is traced onto a slightly larger piece and will be trued once the embroidery work is complete. I plan to try the crayon/iron method on this block. That will be a first for me. This cute little house came from the hocuspocusville pattern. Even though it is meant to be a Halloween house, I LOVE IT and feel it is perfect for this quilt.
I have only traced the pattern - no crayons or embroidery started.
Below is a more clear picture of the house pattern. I removed any "witchy" things.
Well, that is a long explanation as to why my quilt will look so different from everyone else's. I hope they will still let me participate in the group.
I am linking up with Humble Quilts' "Sweet Land of Liberty" group.
Other linkies:
Freemotion by the River
Esther's WOW
Moving it Forward Monday
Main Crush Monday
I went to my day job on Monday (I am a teacher) and returned home heading straight to my sewing room to gather fabric for this quilt. I was a little discouraged to find that my stash is completely lacking in reds and blues. I don't want to purchase any fabric for this project, so I thought I was out, I mean, you can't make an Americana quilt without blues and reds. As I browsed my stash boxes, I realized that I had quite a lot of small pieces left from my Dear Jane quilt. A lightbulb went off in my head as I thought, "I can make this quilt without a focus on stars and stripes." I'll just put flowers where there are stars and other miner adjustments. I think I am going to call this one "Pieceful Country".
I have only traced the pattern - no crayons or embroidery started.
Below is a more clear picture of the house pattern. I removed any "witchy" things.
Well, that is a long explanation as to why my quilt will look so different from everyone else's. I hope they will still let me participate in the group.
I am linking up with Humble Quilts' "Sweet Land of Liberty" group.
Other linkies:
Freemotion by the River
Esther's WOW
Moving it Forward Monday
Main Crush Monday
