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A little bit before Market I was asked by the lovely ladies at Moda if I could make a sample for them. I had no idea what I would be making, and I have to be honest, I was super nervous when I opened the box and saw the pattern for this Pumpkin Pie quilt by Edyta Sitar from Laundry Basket Quilts using her new Pumpkin Pie Fabric as well as her Pumpkin Pie Batiks that will be shipping in November.
So now you are wondering why I was nervous. Well, this quilt had lots of Trying New Things for me. First, (and biggest nervous worry) It was all curves, and while I have made a bee block or two with curves, a whole quilt I had absolutely not done.. Second, I was using templates to cut out the blocks and that was new to me as well. Third, (and I was excited/nervous for this part) I have never worked with batiks before. I have always wanted to, but I was nervous of how they would play with the prints.
And I am so very happy to say, there was absolutely no reason at all to be nervous. This quilt was so, so, so much fun to make!!! The curves went together like a breeze, and I only had to unpick once when I got a little crease in a curve. I really feel like I can now say I have curves under my belt and am so excited to design more with them. I ordered some of these Extra Thick Plastic Template Sheets to make the templates from and they worked fantastic. And finally, (no surprise here as Edyta is an amazing designer) the batiks played just perfect with the prints and I really enjoyed mixing in the pops of bright from them.
And just to show you a little close up on the curves. Didn't they come together just so lovely!!! The quilt is made in quarters and I will admit, I might have done a little happy dance every time I got to match up the quarters and make it more curvy. Seriously, I just loved the beautiful crisp seams of these curves!!!
When it came time to quilt it I decided on one of my favorite all over designs, the Feathered Swirl. I just love how it flows and all the beautiful curved lines in the feathers and swirls really add to the overall curvy flowy feel of the quilt ;)
And of course, I always love the texture of it!!! Wouldn't this just be so fun to snuggle up in!! I also really loved this fun angle shot because it changes the focus of your design to lines instead of borders. Almost looks like a chain links ;)
Moda sent me these main fabric prints from Pumpkin Pie for the backing and binding and they are just gorgeous!!! Such a perfect way to finish off all of the curvy goodness!! And you can really see how nicely the batiks and prints play together in this shot. Just so lovely :)
And her is the funny part. I was so excited to take a picture of it hanging at Market that I didn't even realize until I got home that this is actually not my quilt. It is the other sample that was made of it. To funny. Mine was hanging elsewhere and I never noticed it because I thought this was it. Just goes to show how much there is to see at market, it is easy to get distracted ;)
And that is Pumpkin Pie!!! Honestly, I can't even begin to explain how happy I am that this was the quilt I got to make for Moda. It really forced me out of my box to try new things. And I was so grateful. It is such a wonderful reminder that we can really do anything if we just try. I absolutely loved every second of making this quilt and I am so happy with how it turned out!!
Have a Happy Quilting (and maybe curvy) Weekend!!!
This quilt is gorgeous! I love Dresdens and even though I like Batiks, I wasn't sure if they would look O.K. with prints either, so I never tried them. Now I think I would like to give it a shot. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely a lot of firsts with this quilt and it all turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI have a curvy quilt in my UFO pile. You did a great job with the curves if you only had to unsew once. I don't mix batiks into my quilts, too much chance of bleeding. That scares me!
ReplyDeleteThat whole Pumpkin Pie collection is beautiful and you did an outstanding job on that quilt for Moda. Congrats on conquering curves! (I haven't even attempted them yet) I am in the process of collecting large scale prints for a quilt I want to make and that backing fabric is yummy!
ReplyDeleteWhoa!! What a great job!! I love Edyta Sitar's things and you sure look like you mastered curves quickly!! Beautiful work Melissa!! Hugs, H
ReplyDeleteAmazing Melissa! Wow! Hooray for mastering curves! You know you have really made it in the world of quilting when you get asked to make a quilt like this for Laundry Basket Quilts and then pull it off so gorgeously! I'm in love with how it turned out and am going to have to make this quilt too!
ReplyDeletePS - do you get to keep it when they're through? LOL
Deletelooks beautiful! So fun to master a new skill.
ReplyDeleteYour curvy quilt looks wonderful - congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the new techniques! It looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and so well done!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou did really stellar work for being relatively new to curves. And looking at this, I understand how she mixes prints and batiks. Beautiful work together, ladies!
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