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Nine Patch Quilt.... A Little Productivity

I have finally gotten back to work on my nine-patch quilt.  (See the first post here.) Since taking up blogging and trying to learn everything there is to learn about it (which is a HUGE undertaking, I have discovered) this quilting hobby of mine has been virtually ignored as of late. (Not to mention the fact that I am also busily growing another human while chasing his 22 month-old brother around, but anyway....)   

I finally pulled out the fabric I bought a month ago and cut several 3.5 inch blocks.  I love the colors...except for this block.  It's not as obvious in this picture, but it's the pink is pretty bright, compared to my other colors.  The orangy color blends well, but I think I'm going to have to get rid of this fabric and save it for another quilt. 

 

Can you tell what I mean?  It really is not as obvious in the picture, but the pink clashes, I think.  And I hate that because I really like that fabric.  Oh well...

 

So for now I'm going these fabrics:

 

And it's looking like another trip to buy some more fabric is in order.  I'll need a couple more patterns, I believe. I'm planning on using the background fabric (the brown with the little stars) you see as the border and I am debating whether or not to use it in the patches as well.

Nine Patch Quilt

Since I've completed the quilt top for my Yellow Brick Road Quilt (see the pattern here) that I'm going to give to my little boy, I've decided to start a Nine Patch Quilt for me.  I love the colors.

Here's the fabric I've bought.

   

I'm hoping for a "cottagey" (is that a word?) feel. 

Yellow Brick Road Quilt (Quilt Top Done!)

I've completed the quilt top for the Yellow Brick Road (see the pattern here) quilt.  Well, almost, I only have to attach the border (for which I just purchased the fabric) and then I will be ready to bind it together and quilt it!   I hope my little boy likes it.  

Here it is! 

While I still have some work to do on this quilt, I've already picked out my next one and bought the fabric.  I'll post it tomorrow!

Quilt Update

After sewing my strips together, I pieced them together to make blocks.  Some examples....

 

 

 

My next step will be to sew the blocks into strips.  I should end up with enough blocks to make 7 strips of 5 blocks each.  (See the Yellow Brick Road Pattern here.)

Yellow Brick Road Quilt

I have two new hobbies, the first is this blog and the second is sewing.  I've started my first quilt and plan on sharing my progress on this blog.  I plan on sharing my progress step-by-step, little-by-little.

With the help of a good friend who loves to quilt, I decided to use the Yellow Brick Road Pattern. She said it would be good for a beginner, and so far, she's right.  

I plan on giving this, my very first quilt, to my toddler-son.  I figure the bright happy colors will be perfect for a little boy and he won't notice all my first-timer mistakes!

I started with some fabric that I cut into strips and sewed together. 

Here they are, bright and happy, right?

      

Tomorrow, I'll post the blocks that I sewed from my strips.