Butterscotch & Blue

I have so many quilts that have never made it onto the blog over the last few years!  I just don't have much time between projects to get on the computer and spend the time posting all the information and editing photos.  Ever since we moved to Illinois, I've been quilting up a storm (especially since Jackman's Fabrics asked me to make shop samples for them) and I keep really busy!

So, today....I'm posting Butterscotch & Blue.  I made this quilt in February 2017 from a Jo Morton pattern in the book I Love Churndashes.  The original quilt was, of course, made with several beautifiul shades of blue and orangey-gold butterscotches.  I chose this fabric line full of purples and turquoise with hints of orange-golds in the prints!

Just a nice, square wallhanging quilted with a flowy, tight, pantograph in a blue-grey cotton thread.

Like I said....February 2017.  Yep, a little late getting this one on the blog,  but there are many more to come that are just as old...and OLDER!?!?!?!

It sure is a pretty one!  The fabric collection is very elegant and makes a playful quilt design (I always think of churndashes as a fun block) just a little more serious.

Butterscotch & Blue

Designer (Book):  Jo Morton (I Love Churndashes)

Size: 32x32"

Featured Fabrics:   

Quilting:  Whirlwind (Karen Farnsworth)

Quilting Thread:  Madeira (Col. 8105)

Batting:  Quilter's Dream Orient

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~ Heather

Dresden Quilt Workshop Quilt-Along Challenge Week #4

Suzn Quilts' Dresden Quilt Workshop Challenge is so much fun!  Have you joined in yet?

It's so much fun to anticipate the next clue...to guess which space we will fill in next and to finally see the clue posted for the week!

4 half mini Dresden Triangles

This week we made 4 half mini Dresden triangles and added them to the Dresden filler blocks from last week.

4 Dresden filler and half mini Dresden triangle blocks

Those triangle blocks had to be trimmed up a bit after being added to the filler blocks, but that's a good thing.  It's always better to have an over-sized background for adding applique.  Sometimes those applique blocks shrink up a bit, so it's better to have a little extra fabric and trim up later!

Aren't these blocks just too cute?  This would make a mighty fine little table topper as is (maybe just add a nice thick border?)!  Susan....another design for you!

And, there they are...all of our blocks through week #4!  I wonder which section we'll fill in next week!?!?  Any guesses????

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~ Heather

Dresden Quilt Workshop Quilt-Along Challenge Week #3

Since I was a bit late with last week's Suzn Quilts' Dresden Quilt Workshop Challenge...

...and all of the tools, fabrics, patterns, etc. were still out all over my sewing space...

 I went ahead and finished up week #3!

4 Dresden filler blocks

Now that we're getting into cutting oodles of tiny petals and lots of setting pieces, I was beginning to get concerned about like colors and patterns landing next to each other, so....

I got busy coloring in my coloring page!  The fabric collection I am using ("Gratitude" by Jo Morton) only has a 4-color palette.  It does include slight variation in hue, so that helps, but...only using 4 basic colors and trying not to have them touch (too much) was becoming tricky.  Susan provided this great template for just that reason!  

I'm finding that it sure does help to follow a color plan -- at least it gives me a jumping off point!

And....here's the beginnings of my Dresden Quilt Workshop Sampler thus far :)

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~ Heather

Dresden Quilt Workshop Quilt-Along Challenge Week #2

Today I finished up my week #2 segments from Suzn Quilts' Dresden Quilt Workshop Challenge.  Yes, today is the day that the week #3 challenge was published - which makes me only a day late and still keeping pace!

Here's what I've done this week...

1 Tiny Dresden 4-patch block

1 sawtooth border strip of 6 HSTs and a square

2 sawtooth border strips of 7 HSTs and a square

So, that's week #2!  I've been using Jo Morton's "Gratitude" collection for Moda.  I'm really loving the way it's working up in this project so far.  I'll take some natural light photos soon so you can see the true colors of these gorgeous fabrics - these pictures are much brighter than they are in person.

So much special thanks to Susan Marth for the patterns, quilt-along and the gift of this fabric collection.  What a great friend and designer! 

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~ Heather

Dresden Quilt Workshop Quilt-Along Challenge Week #1

Yay!  It's starting!  The day is here!  It's time to begin....

Yes, "I'm so excited....and I just can't hide it..."

Suzn Quilts' Dresden Quilt Workshop Challenge began yesterday!  Do you know about it?  If not, click that link on the top of my sidebar to get all of the details OR click any of the clickable links I'm embedding into this blogpost!

Susan Marth of Suzn Quilts is offering a FREE Quilt-Along on her blog for the next 26 weeks!  She's broken the challenge down into small, do-able steps that can be done weekly to make that CUTE, CUTE, CUTE quilt shown in the poster above.  All you need to get started is her book and a few tools that she recommends to get your absolute best results (Best Press, Roxanne Glue, etc.).

 So...what was the challenge this week?  A little buttonhole stitch applique!

And that, my friends, is my finished Dresden Workshop Challenge week #1 block!  Only 25 more weeks to go....

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~ Heather