Hello from sunny Naples, Florida, my lovelies! Happy Spring and Happy Easter to all who are celebrating! Son the Younger went off to spend the weekend with a friend in North Carolina, but Son the Elder, Bernie and I will be having Easter dinner with Bernie's dad and sister. Alas, no little ones hunting eggs or keeping their eyes peeled to spot an Easter bunny. Those years sure went by fast!
I haven't written a blog post in a LONG time, so fair warning -- I have lots to say. ;-)
My Tilda Scrappy Celebration
On to the eye candy, because I know that's what you're here for. My most recent accomplishment was cutting out all of the pieces for six of these double nine patch blocks, for my Scrappy Celebration quilt project. The small scale green floral is Tilda Farm Flowers in Green (available here on Etsy). This fabric is also included in the Tilda's Jubilee Mega Blenders Bundle if, like me, you are crushing on Tilda prints lately and want to add a whole coordinated assortment of these sweet Norwegian prints to your current projects (or to your stash -- no judgement!). And now, for that icky but necessary disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking on one of my links, I might be compensated at no additional cost to you. I feel so dirty now. Moving on...
The rose pink solid in the center of my little 9-patch blocks is from a Tilda Solids fat eighths bundle (not sure which shade), the little white squares were cut from my bolt of Moda Bella Solids Off White, and that low volume print with diagonal blue stripes and tiny red dots was pulled from my stash of Who Knows What Purchased Who Knows When. I'm looking forward to piecing these blocks!
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| Yummy Tilda Fabrics Cut and Laid Out, Ready to Sew |
I'm sure that, if I was following Lissa Alexander's pattern for my Scrappy Celebration-inspired quilt, the instructions probably involve time-saving strip piecing techniques. However, when I began this project my rotary cutters and rulers were still packed in boxes somewhere, and they are still packed in boxes somewhere since we need to make modifications (amputations!) to my ginormous worktable before it will fit in the much smaller sewing room of our new house in Florida. So instead of cutting strips for my nine patch blocks, I cut out all of my squares individually with my AccuQuilt GO! fabric cutting dies.