Friday 6 July 2012

From A - Half a Swoon

I've been off work and away on vacation this past week. After some quick negotiating with my significant other, I packed my sewing machine and the fabric for my Swoon quilt.

Since I'm generally an early riser, I was able to spend most of my mornings sewing while my Mr. slept in. I finished up the last four blocks and pieced them all together into a finished quilt top. Vacation weeks are the best for making big progress fast! Here are blocks 6, 7, 8 and 9.

P & B Swoon Block 6 P & B Swoon Block 7
P & B Swoon Block 8 P & B Swoon Block 9

I found it very difficult to settle on a final layout and spent days agonizing over it. I even started sewing blocks together and then ripped them apart, moved things around and started again. I ended up with this and am glad I took the time to play with it until I was happy!

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

I used my original inspiration to guide the layout. The block with the most vibrant purple was placed in the centre of the quilt as a focal point and the blocks with hints of green and lighter purple were placed in the four cardinal points to help move the eye around.

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

Since I'm planning to use this quilt on a Queen sized bed and had tons of background fabric left, I decided to make a wider border to better frame the blocks. I settled on a 6.5" border all around. The finished quilt should end up at about 88" square.

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

The background fabric I'm using is an old Anna Griffin print that has a lace scallop close to the selvedge. There is a significant colour difference between the lace scallop and background. While assembling the sashing,  I made an effort to stagger the WOF joins to distribute the darker portions of the fabric throughout the quilt top.

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

I'm working on my backing now and am aiming to get this basted sometime next week.

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

Hope all of my American friends had a safe and happy 4th of July!

P & B Swoon Quilt Top

5 comments:

  1. I love how you designed your blocks. It is amazing what a difference it made in each one. And then you picked the perfect block for the center. Great job!

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  2. This is so pretty. Purple is one of my favorite colors, but I haven't figured out how to use it effectively in my quilting. You did a beautiful job.

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  3. Gorgeous! I think you found the perfect layout for the blocks - the eye does move around, just as you hoped. Great fabric choices!

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  4. Love seeing everyones swoon quilts! Yours is lovely.

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  5. It is just fabulous! What is the awesome multi-color stripe?

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