Wednesday, January 8, 2014

First WIP of 2014

I don't know if the title is absolutely true or not since I have my "Tone It Down" quilt going to but that's just in the cutting phase still.  I finally finished cutting all the low volume pieces.  I think I'll cut the bright color fabric as I go.  I'm going with the scrappy version which 1. took way longer to cut and 2. will take a lot longer to piece together but overall this will be my first ever really scrappy quilt.  It's scrappy but not too in your face and I love that with scrappy quilts you see something different every time you look at it. 



 
I put my first block together last night and this is honestly not a block for the faint of hearts.  Piecing it together is as rough as piecing a complete quilt.  I think there was about 96 pieces and they're mostly 1 1/2" pieces.  Luckily I got some practice with Tula Pink's City Sampler.  Here's the beauty:

Still kind of getting use to it with all of it scrappiness.

I definitely like it from farther away.

Onto the real WIP for today.  This baby girl quilt is for a coworkers daughter who is due in April.  Her baby shower is this Sunday so cross your finger I finish it by Saturday.  She requested it to be modern prints and the ideas she sent me were all simple big square patch.  I asked her about colors and she was against pink and brown.  She wanted it to be more gender neutral with yellow and gray.  I sent her pictures of what I had available to work with and she goes and picks a pink and gray print.  This is what I came up with:




I hope it doesn't scream pink even though there is quite a bit of it. I'll definitely put on a non-pink back and binding. I used a pattern by Camille Roskelley in her book Simply Retro called Framed.  This is a smaller version with only 16 blocks versus the 25 blocks.  I did cut enough for the full size quilt but decided that would be too big for a baby so I'm using the remainder blocks for a charity quilt to send to.  I hope she likes it. 

Thanks for checking out my first WIP of the year.  Linking up at Freshly Pieced. 



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8 comments:

  1. SarahZJanuary 8, 2014 at 7:14 AM

    How adorable! So clean and fresh!

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  2. Diane WagnerJanuary 8, 2014 at 9:35 AM

    Love scrap quilts. Good job on your first scrappy block. The design shows up well from a distance (and that's what I think it's all about). I also love the simple baby quilt pattern. Very striking!

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  3. KrisJanuary 8, 2014 at 10:16 AM

    That is just lovely well both are lovely. I think the Tone it Down will be great but I love the baby quilt.

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  4. Vicki in MNJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:30 PM

    Oh I like that pink quilt!

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  5. MelissaJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:55 PM

    I love the pattern on the baby girl quilt. I just requested Camille's book from the library. I'm excited to get my hands on it now.

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  6. KrisJanuary 8, 2014 at 5:13 PM

    Thanks for sharing, I have been looking for a modern looking quilt for a baby girl this might be it.

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  7. KristinJanuary 8, 2014 at 11:34 PM

    I really love the Framed pattern. I did one in Sweetwater's Road 15, and I really love how yours turned out! I am sure your coworker's daughter will love it. I am also super curious about your low volume project. I have been thinking about one for a long while, but it is still only that...a thought.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2014 at 10:57 AM

    I love the pink and grey quilt. The perfect combination to tone down the pick. I am sooo making a baby quilt like this. Pinning it to my bird pronto :)
    leena

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