Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Sewn Together December Packages

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This month is my month in both Bees that I host. I usually don't care which month I have in a Bee so I take whatever is left over, and most people didn't want December this year. I want to thank my fellow Sewn Together Bee members in advance for taking on the challenge I am posing to them this month. I'm asking everybody to make me a Lone Star Block. Since this block can be challenging I am only asking for one from each person. And I'm also giving them longer than just this month to return them to me, since I know December is a crazy month for most people.

I recently fell in love with the Lone Star Block, which surprised me. It's super traditional, which usually isn't my thing at all. But I've seen a couple really cool modern ones lurking out there lately and they were breathtaking. Then I happened upon this tutorial that spelled out the process really well, including a separate tutorial for Y Seams, so I thought I'd get everybody, including myself, to stretch their sewing muscles.

Choosing the fabrics was the hard part for this project. I have decided that this is going to be a quilt just for me. Not for a friend. Not for a charity. For me. I've never done that before. Awhile back I saw Lotta Jandotter's Echo line and it was love at first sight, so when I saw that Lauren had it in stock at Sew Modern, I ran over to pick some up and somehow it became the inspiration for this entire quilt.

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I had no intention of making this quilt all from one fabric line, but when I was staring at all the yummy bolts of Echo up close I just swooned. I chose 4 different prints from the line and added some Kona Sage to the star fabrics. I was looking at solids for the background fabric and was choosing between a couple different shades of gray when I overheard Lauren talking about the Kaffe Fassett shot cottons that she had in stock. I adore these but never bought any for my stash because I wasn't sure where I would use them. Then the lightbulb went off! And I found the most gorgeous shot cotton - the perfect blend of turquoise and orange - to use as the backing fabric for these blocks.

I am really so excited to see how these blocks turn out. And I want to thank my fellow Sewn Together members in advance on helping me with this one. You guys rock!

11 comments:

  1. Ack! When does it arrive? Tomorrow????? Gotta get my hands on Echo.

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  2. Oh those blocks are going to look gorgeous, especially with that shot cotton!

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  3. loving this line and loving your selections from it!

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  4. This is great! How fun for your bee! Love the colors and happy to see that you're going to have a quilt all to yourself ;)

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  5. This quilt is going to be so pretty. I LOVE the Echo line. I haven't seen it in person, but it is definitely on my "to buy" list. And thanks for the tutorial link. I think I am going to have to try out the lonestar on a pillow or something small soon!

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  6. Ooo can't wait to see how these turn out! Love those star blocks - thanks for the tutorial links!

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  7. I'm really looking forward to making this block up, are you ok with spray starch? The reason I ask is it's super helpful when working with diamonds (Lesson duly learned from my fairytale forest quilt!)

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  8. Looking forward to see the result!

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  9. OMG, I love the shot cotton that you chose! Perfection! I can't wait to see the pictures of the finished blocks!!

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