Friday, August 3, 2012

Summer Sampler Series: Terrain Lucky Pieces & Minnesota

I'm recapping all the fun I had sewing last weekend at the Austin Modern Quilt Guild's sewing retreat. My goal was to knock out some Summer Sampler Series blocks in Terrain fabric. 


After finishing a Mosaic block on Friday and Star and Arkansas Traveler blocks during the day on Saturday, I decided to burn the midnight oil and work on a Lucky Pieces block.


My inner night owl took over and I got this block knocked out in the wee hours of the morning. I started feeling the pinch of the layer cake, though. I had to use the pink Lichen print in Berry to make the star part, because I didn't have enough of my first choice print. Never send a layer cake to do a fat quarter bundle's job, I guess ;-)


There are a lot of pieces to square up in the Lucky Pieces block, so it was late when I finally went to bed. I crawled out of bed ready to sew on Sunday, though. I had been pondering the teal colors of the Terrain prints as I went to sleep, so I started picking out colors first thing. 


This Minnesota block wasn't my favorite of the Summer Sampler Series, because I felt like the hourglass shapes were distracting. Since I was limited by my available fabric, I decided to go scrappy. 


Now I love this block! Of course I had to fussy cut some of the Stonecrop print in the Foliage color for this block. I think it would look even cooler if you could separate the values to make a slightly lighter diamond with those inner triangles. That's a sewing experiment for another time, though.


I'm thrilled with the amount of sewing I got done in 48 hours. I went from five blocks to ten blocks over the course of a weekend. Hooray!

P.S. I love my new DIY clothesline!

I hope you have a productive weekend of sewing ahead of you!

6 comments:

  1. These are so pretty! You've done a lovely job with the prints and the blocks. Great choice to use Terrain for this quilt!

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  2. love the fussy cutting! As usual I am in awe of your skills!

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  3. All the blocks look fab, and so much intricacy in there!

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  4. The color choices pop so well! Great job!

    -Amanda-

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  5. Wow, those blocks look totally stunning! I love the Minnesota block, too.

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  6. It was so much fun to watch these blocks come together! This is going to be one bright, happy quilt when you're all done!!!

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