Sunday, September 24, 2017

Pink With An Attitude!

This color combination has been on my mind for well over a year and frankly, I've had a stack or corals, ruby reds and peachy oranges waiting for this very moment!  It took long enough, but I think it was worth the wait!



The goals for this quilt were quite simple.  Use a lot of prints, big blocks and stay on track with simplicity.  

 

Believe it or not, picking fabric wasn't the problem this time.  I had it in my mind for well over a year so you'd think after all that time it would be set in stone!  Coming up with a design or a block was the biggest hold up.  

 

So, I pondered.  Hemmed and hawed.  Flipped and flopped.  Finally I settled on this 8 1/2" block.  

I stitched diagonal lines for the half square triangles, then sliced, pressed and trimmed each one.  Again, thank you Bloc-Loc for making this step much quicker and easier!



For the rectangle blocks I stitched a diagonal line from corner to corner.  I could have left it at that and sliced 1/4" from the seam.  But with one extra step I could have a stack of half square triangles stitched and ready for another project at a later date.



I stitched another line a 1/2" from the corner to corner diagonal line. With my rotary cutter I cut in between the lines giving each seam a 1/4".  Now those bonus HST's are ready to rock and roll into another quilt...sometime, later, one day or maybe sooner!



After pressing its time to match prints and assemble the blocks.  The rectangle needs nothing after trimming the corner, but the HST required a square to be added.  With the layout I choose, I decided I wanted to add solids so that the four squares became four different shades.  

Then is was simply sewing the two pieces together to create an 8 1/2" (unfinished) block.



After which became one big 16 1/2" (unfinished) block by sewing four together.  And boy do I love big blocks!  At this point it made assembly of the quilt top super quick and easy.  There was some matching of seams in the mix, but nothing that drove me crazy!

The white is Kona Snow and I considered adding triangles to corners of the solid squares.  I went so far as to put a call out on Instagram for opinions!  In the end I stayed with my original plan.  Keep it simple.  My intentions were to have a quilt with loads of these colors...and that's just what I did! 
  


The block layout changed a bit from the picture above, but the top is finished.  And its big!  It'll be 64" x 80"!  If only I had backing!  To be continued!

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29 comments :

  1. Great colors (and I can hardly believe I am saying this - they have truly grown on me)! Fabulous to have extra HSTs from the trimming; if this quilt top is done, does it mean you've had time to think of ways to play and use the bonus HSTs yet?

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    1. Welcome to my wacky world!! You know me too well it seems…yes, I’ve been playing with those bonus HST’s! I can’t help it!

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  2. This looks gorgeus! I have had an other pattern with same colours in my mind. x Teje

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  3. I'm OK, just had to peel myself up off the floor ... prints! I do like the simplicity of your design.

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    1. Sorry for the shock Libby! I think I’ve used more prints in the last few months than I have in the past two years!

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  4. I am interested in those colors right now, too, although have just been playing with small bits of them. This quilt is gorgeous! I really like the block you designed, and your idea for making the bonus HSTs during the original sewing.

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  5. Simple??? You do not do simple. Who are you and what have you done to Jayne?
    Actually, I am very fond of those colors - juicy, coral, peach, orange and the whole sherbet :-D Who gets this one?

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  6. I like Pink With an Attitude very much. I love bonus HSTs!!!

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    1. It made sense to sew up the bonus HST’s at the same time. Saves the headache later on down the road!

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  7. Love all the scrappiness in this one. The prints and solids look so pretty together. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  8. I love big blocks too. They go faster, are not fiddley to make and sure have an impact. Yours look great together. I'm glad you kept it simple. It really works.

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  9. Looks beautiful! I did a Starbright Stars quilt with my Love circle once in this color scheme. It came out great! https://www.stitchedincolor.com/blog//2014/11/love-in-starbright-stars.html?rq=starbright%20stars Yours is definitely going to be a winner.

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    1. Thank you so much Rachel and thank you for sharing your quilt. It’s gorgeous and I love the stars! I’ve made a quilt with the exact same stars a couple years back. This latest was a color palette I had stacked and ready for far too long. I was glad to finally have it off my list and off my mind!

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  10. Loving the colour combo in this! And the mix of prints & plains is very sweet!

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  11. Love the combination of pinks, corals, and peachy oranges. The block is perfect for that. It's attitude alright!

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  12. You made a big quilt-wow, you rock Jayne!! Beautiful color combo's.

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  13. Love! Will you be posting the sizes of the pieces you used? Thanks!

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    1. I was planning on doing a tutorial for the blog very soon. It’s such a simple block, but a very effective and fun one too!

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  14. I really like this design! The combo of the prints and the solids in all of those wonderful pinks are wonderful!

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  15. Love this and will be looking for the tutorial. :D

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  16. I love your mix of pinks and corals. The effect is much more sophisticated than all pink pastels. This is going to be a gorgeous quilt!

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  17. This is looking great! I love big blocks and this is a great one. Can't wait to see it all finished and quilted up.

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  18. It's beautiful Jayne! Cool to have bonus HST's in this colour combination !

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  19. Hi Jayne,
    I love, love, LOVE this quilt. It was well worth the wait, and I can certainly understand the pattern dilemma. I'm at that point myself, for a quilt for myself. So many choices?! I have to LOL when I read about the extra HSTs that you saved. I would have done the same. Those fabrics are just too good to not save for a future use, and who doesn't love the versatility of HSTs?! Love this! ~smile~ Roseanne

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  20. I like your thinking to do an extra line of stitching to make a bonus HST before you cut, I have been putting mine aside to stitch after. Your was makes more sense and is my lesson for today. Thank you

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  21. The colours are great. And the block is wonderful. Can't wait to see how you quilt it.

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