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Ein neuer, fertiger Quilt! Yeah......

Neulich sah ich bei Debbie von @aquilterstable die Ankündigung für einen Quilt Along mit dem Arithmetic Quilt Pattern von Jenny Baker @jenib320 und habe eigentlich gleich gedacht, dass ich das mit den schönen Stoffen von Denyse Schmidt aus ihrer Serie 'Bonny' mitmachen könnte. Das Pattern ist Fat Quarter freundlich und ein Bundle mit 10 Stoffen aus der Serie habe ich im Shop.

Jenny schneidet für ihr Pattern lauter Quadrate, was mir etwas zu mühsam erscheint. Ich habe stattdessen für die langen horizontalen Plus Element Streifen zugeschnitten.

Man bekommt aus einem Fat Quarter 4 Streifen zu ...

I finished this quilt a couple of years ago and never posted it to the blog. It’s one of my favorites: the Courtyard Tiles pattern by Kelly Young at My Quilt Infatuation. I fell in love with it ever since I saw her version done with a hot pink camouflage fabric! Here’s my version, done ROYGBIV style:

Our staff photographer at work very graciously offered to take a photo of it in his studio – probably the best pic of one of my quilts ever! We used Command velcro strips to hold it to a screen that he raised ...

Have you ever noticed that your mood can actually change based on the colors you look at? There is actually a field of study called Color Psychology that looks into this exact thing. With all the gloom and craziness that this year has been, let’s look at some high energy, happy and colorful quilts to take us into fall. You’ll probably notice that no one is wearing a mask, even though we are all wearing masks. Don’t worry, these ladies came in to quilt before Covid.

Kaffe Fabric with Kathy

This is a great quilt to start ...

I *finally* finished the hand stitching on the binding of the Tribute Star quilt.  It turned out so well!   The pattern, Tribute Star, is a free Denyse Schmidt Pattern. I used Tula Pink's Monkey Wrench fabric for the front and her  108" wide coordinating print for the back.   Seriously, the feel of this fabric was amazing!   The aqua color is just stunning in person too. My