Wednesday, March 20, 2013

WIP Wednesday: DGS Quilt


This week's WIP is a do. Good Stitches quilt top that I'm proud to be putting together for the Cheer circle. Yay!!!


This block is from SewCraftyJess's Starburst Cross Tutorial. I picked it because the star points were towards the middle of the blocks, and I could square up the blocks to a consistent size if some of them came in smaller than the 12.5" outlined in the tutorial.


Alas, two of the blocks that came in were really small. I decided that I could piece them into the back and just fill in the two empty spaces on the front with coordinating fabric. I'm really happy with the way that turned out. 


I'm glad it wasn't too windy for picture taking today. It was a good opportunity to figure out how to use the Austin Modern Quilt Guild's new quilt display stand from Craftgard. I'm bringing it to our Quilt Photo Shoot event on Saturday, so I figured I should probably determine how to use it. I'm so glad I did, because now I know to bring giant hardware store clips instead of just clothespins for folks whose quilts don't have quilt sleeves. I also have some curtain hook rings with clips on them that should be a good fit, too. I'll try those out and report back about our photo shoot next week!

I'm linking up with Freshly Pieced :-)

Happy Crafting!

Claire

10 comments:

  1. Love the colors of that quilt and I think the two plain patches actually make the design even better!

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  2. Looks lovely! I really like the plain blocks in there too :)

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  3. Oh my goodness this is awesome! Love the bright spring colors, and love your solution for too small blocks!! Great quilt top :-)

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  4. What a fabulous quilt top. The colours are so vibrant and fun.

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  5. That is such a beautiful top! Great idea adding the two blocks of coordinating prints- adds interest to the design, I think!

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  6. It looks great, and good thinking on the squaring!

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  7. Very pretty! Such cheerful colors together!

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  8. Love your bright colours on that quilt, very bold and beautiful. And I like that quilt stand. Might have to get me some of that!

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