i'm joining the wip wednesday train...
that is work.in.progress for those of you who don't eat sleep breath quilting terms...
wof.. bom.. lqs.. fq.. hst... i could go on and on...
anyway everyone seems to have their own rules and goals for wip wednesday...
mine is simple.. i'm gonna share..
i make no promises that i'll be any further on this project tomorrow..the next day.. or next week... sometimes i will... but who knows!!! i have lots of projects going over here these days..
so now the project...
it all started on a trip to m&l with my brother...
i discovered urban couture and was in love...
my rule at the time was fabric had to be for a project to be purchased...
so what to do?
i remembered camille's pattern late bloomer...
but i didn't own it yet... or have it with me...
my brother pulled up camille's blog on his iphone and i guessed yardage from the picture...
that is work.in.progress for those of you who don't eat sleep breath quilting terms...
wof.. bom.. lqs.. fq.. hst... i could go on and on...
anyway everyone seems to have their own rules and goals for wip wednesday...
mine is simple.. i'm gonna share..
i make no promises that i'll be any further on this project tomorrow..the next day.. or next week... sometimes i will... but who knows!!! i have lots of projects going over here these days..
so now the project...
it all started on a trip to m&l with my brother...
i discovered urban couture and was in love...
my rule at the time was fabric had to be for a project to be purchased...
so what to do?
i remembered camille's pattern late bloomer...
but i didn't own it yet... or have it with me...
my brother pulled up camille's blog on his iphone and i guessed yardage from the picture...
i bought 1/3 yd cuts from 12 fabrics...
a bunch of yardage for borders..binding..backing...
and a slew of giant ric-rac...
i ordered the pattern... which at the time was only available in magazine form...and discovered that i was missing out on lots of reds and browns...
so despite all the fabric i already had i ordered a layer cake... and for the heck of it a jelly roll and charm pack... who knows what i was thinking...
so then i spread it all out on the floor and came up with the color layout that made me happy...
i decided to be adventurous (or crazy) and piece the circles instead of appliqueing them...
i do love how they are turning out...
but it is by no way a fast process... lots of patience and lots of pins!!
my design wall.... the white spots are where i need to finish circle blocks...
i'll get there eventually!!!!
27 comments:
Julie, this is going to be a fabulous quilt! I love the fabrics and what a terrific brother to help you in your search. Looking forward to seeing more.
that is so cute!! great job!
I do love urban couture! but I have to say the best I've seen of basic grey so far is the SULTRY line! I'm absolutely smitten!
I wish I was brave enough to try this quilt....hmmmm
Pretty! I like the pattern -- I hadn't seen it before.
I love the circles. I haven't tried piecing circles, but I keep seeing such lovely circles on quilts. I may have to try.
I have yet to challenge myself with curves of any kind...so I'm going to wait for you to finish this beauty in the making and see if inspiration hits! I love the colors you "picked"
Carolyn*
You GO girl!!! I love a girl who takes on a challenge. Pieced circles!! You're my hero!
Julie I think you bought the fabric in the garment district not at M&L. I know the giant ric-rac was from downtown. Not that M&L isn't completely worth mentioning to all your peeps who will be in this area next week.
PS: I am a little evil and when people are saying they haven't challenged themselves with curves I couldn't help but think I have always been challenged with curves. Probably not quite the same.
LOVE THIS!!! I may have to add this to my ever growing list of things to do!
can yo make me one of these in simple abundance???
hmmmm.
tehehehehehe.
pps: I am an idiot and didn't realize that the area downtown was also called M&L. Forgive me you were right.
It's going to be darling when you're done with it.
Funny thing Is I was about to make the same comment about M&L when I read the comments.
I do love urban couture...I have made a quilt out of it...
I like how you used that pattern and adapted your colors to it..
Wow, that quilt is looking dynamite! You're my hero for piecing those circles. I tried it once and it was a disaster! Good thing I like to needleturn, huh?! LOL
A beautiful quilt on the way. I love that giant ricrac xo
What a beautiful quilt. I have a circle quilt all ready to go, I just have not started working on it yet. I seem to say that a lot. One of my new favourite quilting terms is PHD, projects half done. I like saying I am working on my PHD.
It's going to be wonderful. Great fabrics you have there!!! PS - I tagged you over on my blog.
I love your fabric selection. This is going to be a stunning quilt. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love your wip progress photos! I have that group and can't wait to play with it. Beautiful colors and the combos you used look great!
Julie I love the Urban Couture collection - so soft and pretty. Your quilt is coming together beautifully! So glad you had a good reason to buy that fabric :)
Wow! That is going to be a beautiful quilt! I can see where it would be time consuming , but so worth it.
Thank you for visiting my blog...I really appreciate visitors.
Cathy
love it!!!
Oooh, lookin' good! I can't wait to see it all put together!!
The circles are amazing. I made an all Urban Couture quilt that I love but stayed with triangles. Yours is lovely.
I love it... urban couture is a fabulous line with that periwinkle blue and the green... and the grunges, oh I love them. :)
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