Monday, March 27, 2017

Design Wall Monday–March 27, 2017

Just one block but it’s what’s on my design wall this morning. 

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I need to make a wedding quilt and thought I’d make a Double Wedding Ring Quilt.  It seemed like a good idea.  I even borrowed a friends Accucut Go and bought the Double Wedding Ring dies.  I cut a whole bunch of different pieces and started making my first block.  It’s not as easy as I thought it would be.  I don’t mean that I really think it should be easy but with the fabric cut with a die, I expected it to go together a little easier than it did.  Here’s part of the block that I assembled.

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After I perfected (I thought) my 1/4” seam it was still a challenge and this is the easy part.  I want to make a bed size quilt so I quickly decided to shelve this idea.  Bye-bye double wedding ring quilt and hello great-granny quilt. 

I’m planning on using a variety of light gray’s and beiges for the background and a huge variety of Kaffe fabrics for the “rounds”.  This will not be the first time I’ve made this quilt but this time will be a little different. 

Here’s a picture of my first one.  You’ll see it’s on my bed right now.

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Oops, I see that one of the shams is missing.  It was in my sewing room so I could jog my memory of how I made it the first time.  I’ve gathered up all the fat quarters for the background and 2 1/2” strips of Kaffe fabrics.  I’m hoping to start working on it while I’m at a retreat next week. 

To see what others have on their design wall, check out Judy’s Patchwork Times blog.

Enjoy,

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4 comments:

  1. Well I would have thought the die would make it easier too! The Granny Square quilt will be so pretty in the Kaffe fabrics and grays.

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  2. The Granny Square will be gorgeous made with Kaffe fabrics, but then his fabrics are my favorites!

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  3. quilting has taught me to be open to change, and that happens a lot in the quilt world. I have a double wedding ring started as well, but if I ever get back to it, it will probably turn into a table runner.

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  4. I keep wanting to make that block but not wedding ring....

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