Friday, March 7, 2014

The Plan - ABC . . . Read With Me

I am so, so, so,  excited for this new project.  It isn't very often that I can share a project from start to finish.  So did any of your follow along with the awesome Spell It With Fabric Blog Hop last month??  I loved seeing all of those wonderful alphabet blocks and I totally wanted to make some!  And it just so happens, that last week I had added "Make A Quilt for Kami's Preschool" to my to do list.  What could be more perfect than an ABC quilt for a preschool!!



So I was chatting about this ABC idea with Barbara (it is so nice to always have a sounding board for all my ideas) and she mentioned how cute it would be to add a portion of my Read With Me quilt  in the center and have the ABC blocks be the border.   Amazing Idea!!!!!   So off to the EQ7 drawing board to make the math of the 2 quilts play nice.  The center is pretty much the exact same as my Read With Me quilt except that it uses 3 rows instead of 4 and 6" sashing instead of 5" sashing.  It will measure 60" x 60".  And the ABC blocks follow the Moda designs except for adding a 1 1/2" unfinished border so the letters finish at 10" x 12" instead of 8" x 10".   So with those few little changes ABC . . .Read With Me was ready.


As soon as I had the design figured out it was off to the sewing room.  I was so excited to start making letters.  I am using my Spell it with Fabric book for the design of the letters.  You can also download the letter patterns from each of the stops on the hop :)  The only difference is that I am adding a 1" finished border to the four sides of the blocks as all my letters are white and I don't want them to blend together :)


I had time to make A and B.  Aren't they just so cute!!!   And they are so much fun to make!!!  Seriously, I am already dreaming up more projects with them they are so fun!!!


And a total side note, I am so excited to have a project that isn't all chain stitching and assembly line piecing.  Not that I don't like this, but it will be fun to have a change of pace, to work on one little block at a time and see it come together.   I have until the end of May so I am planning on spreading this project out a bit and really enjoying the process :)  Although, with that said,  these blocks are so fun I wouldn't put it past me to crank them all out in a few days because I just can't stop.  Time will tell ;)

Have a Happy Quilting Weekend ;)

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30 comments:

  1. That is going to be a fabulous quilt! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

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  2. What a fun quilt. Kudos to you and Barbara.

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  3. Looks great. Have you seen Word Play Quilts by Tonya Ricucci? She has a method for making free-form letters, lower and upper case.

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  4. Brilliant! I have been planning to make your Read With Me Quilt for my daycare when my youngest finishes next year :)

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  5. You are the tops. Now you need to write a pattern of this for all of us to use, so we do not have to figure out the math LOL I would love this for our local library, how fun would that be?!

    Blessings,

    Jodi

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  6. Love everything about your design and colors!! Her school is going to be ecstatic!!

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  7. What a wonderful quilt design! I'll be excited to see your progress.

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  8. What an adorable quilt design! I can't wait to see how the finished product turns out. And I absolutely love the colors you have in the A and B. I really look forward to watching it come together!

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  9. OMGoodness!!! Love is not
    Strong enough word for this quilt! This is going on my list to sew. Your once upon a time quilt was already on my to do. This is great! I cant wait for you to explain steps or sell the design. How much fabric does the boarder take? Already started gathering fabric for the "books" in corner of my sewing room.

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  10. What super quilt idea! It would be great for a preschool or a preschooler. Just the other day I saw a dad and preschooler naming the letters on the magazines in the checkout lane.
    this quilt might encourage parents to do more of this if it was given to women or homeless shelters too.

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  11. Fun combo, perfect for a wee boy or girl :o)

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  12. Well, your daughter's preschool is going to be very lucky. It's going to be such a cute quilt!

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  13. These blocks are looking great! Lovely quilt pattern!
    Can't wait to see it all come together!

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  14. What a great idea for a quilt! It's going to look so cute when you finish it.

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  15. This would also make a great quilt for a library.

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  16. OMGosh, how cute. I had thought to make an ABC quilt for my daughter's 1st grade classroom, but I love yours even more!

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  17. I love your idea! I did follow along with the blot letter hop-enjoyed it immensely. I am probably biting off more than I can chew, as I want the fabric for each letter block to reflect the letter (ie the A block might have apples or airplanes or maybe an airport scene or maybe be azure. We will see how it works out!

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  18. Love those letters and the colors are great! Nice and bright. Very cute idea for your quilt. The kids will be fighting over it! Glad you are feeling better. K-

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  19. Ahhhhhh!!!!! I LOVE that quilt pattern! Absolutely perfect for a preschool! You are so creative!

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  20. Melissa - this is fantastic! How clever to combine the two ideas. Maybe that's why some artists work in a series - to really explore all the different ways to you can go with an idea. I will enjoy watching this one come together!

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  21. Love your blog title!
    LeeAnna Paylor
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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  22. where did you get the letter book??? would love that!

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  23. Where did you get the Spell it with Fabric book? That would be much more convenient than going around to all 26 blogs and printing them off.

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  24. Love it! Better going around for those who are dyslexic

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  25. would love to make yournquilt. perfect teacher gift.
    I want the alphabet booklet. where can I get one?

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  26. What a lovely design! I can't wait to see how it looks when it's done! I agree with the previous commenter --this would be the perfect gift for a teacher!! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Thank you for linking up to Fabric Frenzy Friday!
    -Lindsey
    Fabric Frenzy Friday

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. I just love hearing from you!!
Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa