Or, to be more accurate, my week has been Pat Sloan, Camille Roskelley, and baby quilts.
A dear friend asked me to make a baby quilt for a niece or nephew expected soon.
Here it is before quilting...can you tell mom & dad to be are Carolina fans?? The Tarheels fabric and argyle were her choosing, and she gave me a few liberties with the rest. I hope they love the end result!
The Fat Quarter Shop's Charm Pack Cherry is fun, easy, and free! (I may already have made 2 of my own...)
On to what else kept me busy...Pat Sloan really hit it out of the park with her Sweet Life collection - I had to use both prints and batiks, something I know she appreciates - and wanted more than a traditional white for the background, so enter Bella Sunshine yardage.
A quick sidebar...here's when I was lucky enough to meet her in March (don't mind my jet lag)! During this class Pat pointed out batiks and prints can look fantastic together, and I've been working on stepping out of my quilting comfort zone ever since.
Here's a preview of what we worked on...
But I'm not done with that, so that's for another day!
Back to the Sweet Life! I decided Camille Roskelley's Surfside pattern would be adorable in it and with Pat's bright colors I could keep the yellow from overpowering. Here the yellow is overpowering, but keep going!
Look at all those bright yellow 4 patches! I took a slight shortcut and cut my 5 inch squares into strips and sewed them together instead of the method Camille recommended. Perhaps it was only in my mind, but I thought they went together a little faster that way.
Here are my center squares and the half square triangles I made using Pat's method in her book Teach Me to Sew Triangles.
I like triangles so much more since I read that book, I can't recommend it enough. Easy size-up/down measurements, efficient ways to make more than one at once, and some cute patterns to boot!
Here's where I am so far. Not complete, but I think you can see the yellow is starting to wash out just the way I hoped. I expect to add more rows and do some rearranging before it's all done...and to test it with a photo to be sure.
Have you ever taken a risk on a bright color/bold combination that sounded crazy at first? How did it turn out? I'd love to see photos!
