PIckledish Progress

Remember when I said I would never make a double wedding ring, but a pickle dish would be different? I have always been enamored with Aneela Hoey's Pickledish quilt along so I jumped in and gave it a try.

I have been collecting Greys and yellows for a while now.
I thought these were the perfect collection of 
SCRAPS
 to use in my pickle dish quilt.

The technique that Aneela uses is absolutely brilliant.
And as always it makes me happy to use a bunch
of different Moda designers fabrics in one project.
Believe it or not there is a Deb Strain valentines fabric mixed with Kate Spain.
Add in some Eric and Julie Comstock with Zen Chic. Throw in some V and Co. Zig Zags.
You know I also used any grey or yellow dots
I could get my hands on.
Fun Fun Fun

The piecing of the arch's went together beautifully.

I made a practice melon to test my skills at curved piecing.
Not bad.
Pin it and they fit together like a glove.

 

Another interesting thing that Aneela did was to construct these as blocks

 instead of rings with alot of partial seams. 

At first I thought I would tackle this differently,

 BUT

she was right. 

Piece it as blocks and join the blocks together does makes it a breeze.

Also the block finish fairly large so the quilt gets big fast.

I was also able to use the tiny tiny grey pin dot  as my background that 

I had been hoarding Bonnie and Camille.

Jump in and give this a try. If you do be sure and send me pics. 

I  have already started collecting oranges and blues for a variation of this quilt in my future.

Things change so I don't think I will ever being saying NEVER again.

-modalissa

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Friday Funny

This one is long but worth it. I am grateful you stopped by my blog.

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Never Say Never

I have always said there are two quilts I would never make.

Grandmother's Flower Garden

and 

Double Wedding Ring

The pattern I am making this from is actually named Pickledish,

 so I think this counts as still not making a 

double wedding ring. (more on this quilt next week)

Since I have started many hexagon quilts, but never a true Grandmother's flower garden, I think I am still good for my word. Let me rephrase that.... 

I have made

many

 many 

many

hexagons but not finished a quilt yet. 

I may need to consult Barbara Brackman for this bit of 

historical info, but I am willing to wager that 

grandmothers flower garden quilts/tops are the most 

collected item "in pieces" at 

garage sales, estate sales, auctions, etc.

What is a quilt that you are nervous about tackling?

-modalissa

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Hashtag quilt finished

my Hashtag quilt is COMPLETE!

YEAH

Yippee

hurrah

  I am so into the color ORANGE that I had to use
one of orange 

prints from  the Scrumptious line.

Scrumptious will be in stores October 2013

 Who would have thought of a hashtag quilt before twitter
came along? This quilt was a class that
Camille Roskelley taught on Craftsy.
As soon as Camille told me she was doing this, 

I had to sign up since I am a fan.
These 2 pics are from my instagram. Sorry for any duplication.

When sewing on the binding, I like to add a piece of the
 selvedge so I can 
remember what collection I used to make the quilt.

My friend Julie Hardgrave is a fantastic calligrapher. 
She makes hand drawn labels for me!!
Call me lazy or smart, but I add my label in as I 
add the binding.
That is when I remember to put on a label!
 

 The quilting is yummy!!

Now the dilemma? Wash or not? 

Don't laugh, I know that is a silly question. 

Eventually it will have to be washed. Normally I do 
not wash my quilts until 

they have actually been used. 

Most of the time I am making a quilt for market 

and I never want to run the risk of the 

quilt being 

"WRINKLED"

 for the show. 

What would you do?

-modalissa

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