Tuesday, January 3, 2023

More News from 2022

 Other exciting things happened in 2022 that I don't think I have ever shared.  My local quilt shop - The Country Yard was having a bit of a change around of staff and I offered to work one day per month to help things along.  I got offered the opportunity to create a new project!!  Woohoo, my dream job.  Jumping straight in the deep end we decided to offer the It's A Lot Quilt as a BOM project with three different colour palettes to choose from.

This was my original selection - what we called Retro Vintage.  Based around a Basic Grey print from the Cidar range... I don't think all the prints are shown here but you get the general idea.



We broke the quilt into a basic nine patch so each month was a square made up of various simple units.  This quilt is a scrap quilt - so the challenge was to recreate the scrappy vibe within the BOM programme and not be too prescriptive.  What I do love about it is that everyone is going to end up with a different quilt - we have suggested people add to their fabrics from their own stash... so potentially there could be some VERY different versions.

I fused the applique pieces onto Block 1 to illustrate how it could potentially look but these were never blanket stitched.

The second palette was a dreamy blue and brown version based around the floral prints shown on the left by Lella's Boutique.


This gave a more restful overall feel... although it has higher contrast.



I have just started blanket stitching adding the applique elements to the Retro Vintage version. Although the pattern uses needleturn applique I am doing fusible applique with machine blanket stitch - using a mid grey aurifil thread for all the elements.


It really does add an extra depth to the overall design. 



The only problem with sewing along to create a shop sample is that you actually have to finish things!!  I am onto the fourth block so I am counting that as a win.  Although I start back at my day job tomorrow... and we are already planning 2023 shop projects... hmmm, will have to see how that goes :0).


2 comments:

Susan said...

Whoa...another blogpost! One day a week and you're leading the quiltalong! I think they need to either pay you more or give you more days a week to work! Whose pattern is It's a Lot? I am not familiar with it! Happy sewing!

Raewyn said...

I agree, it will be loads of fun to see the finished quilts from this BOM! Have fun with your own versions. Roll on 2023!