I have a few works in progress right now. First up is a baby quilt. I fell in love with this quilt as soon as I saw it and when I heard there was going to be a new baby boy in our extended family, I knew it would be a great baby quilt. The green, orange and gray color scheme seemed perfect for a little boy, so I decided to use pretty much the same fabrics as in the original quilt.
The pattern is Hourglass Wall Quilt by Brigitte Heitland from the Spring issue of Modern Patchwork Magazine. The fabrics are Reel Time, also by Brigitte Heitland.
These blocks are really big and went together fast. I just need to add the gray border and then quilt it. I pieced a couple of small blocks for the back and I'll fill in with the same gray fabric from the border. I'm not sure how I'm going to bind it yet. I have a lot of fabric left, so maybe I'll do a scrappy binding.
Another work in progress is La Passacaglia. Yes, I'm been bitten by the La Passacaglia bug. I was seeing all these beautiful English Paper Pieced designs on Pinterest and I just had to try it myself. I ordered the book, Millefiori Quilts by Willyne Hammerstein at Paper Pieces along with the starter pack of paper shapes and just jumped in.
I started with Rosette 1 and am loving it. I've been working on it in the evenings as I watch TV with my husband and I have four stars left to complete. I've done some EPP in the past, but mostly just hexagons, so these teeny tiny triangles have been a challenge. I'm looking forward to picking out the fabric for the next rosette. I still don't know if I'll make the whole quilt or just enough rosettes to make a nice sized wall hanging.
I fussy cut the center star on this rosette and I think I'll try fussy cutting more of the pieces in the next one. This time I just wanted to get started sewing so I didn't want to take the time to fussy cut a lot of the pieces.
So that's what I'm working on right now. With the holidays coming up, I'm starting to plan some gifts that I want to make, so I'll have some more projects in the works soon.
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