Friday 15 March 2013

Another new favourite quilt

Take a little bit of this



Add some of this



Do quite a bit of this



And you end up with this


Even better, the pattern is free


Is ludicrously easy to put together as no triangles are actually cut

I'm not normally a fan of selvedges but on this occasion I thought it was appropriate


Is a great way to showcase some of your favourite prints

"What will you get for us if we hold it up for you?"


And, if like me, you go the scrappy background route; a brilliant way to use up lots of neutral scraps.




It's my new favourite quilt.

I don't normally manage a quilt top that quickly but I was aided in no small part by the weather.
Over the course of two days we were battered by a once in a lifetime blizzard which is unheard of for this corner of the world. We can go years and years without any snow or even frost.

Between Sunday evening and Tuesday afternoon, the sky just disappeared completely and we lived in a swirling grey haze.




In a matter of a few hours, roads became like this





The airport looked like this


Cars disappeared




And over 100 trees came down in the 65 mile an hour winds.

Linking up to Finish It Up Friday


Clearly, in instances like this, the only thing you can really do is make a quilt :-)


32 comments:

  1. O, yes....Well done!!!!!!!!
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  2. What a beautiful quilt top! i would never have thought of putting prints like that together but they absolutely work and the end result is fantastic. :)

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  3. That was a seriously good snow storm! And even better quilt.

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  4. When I saw on the weather forecast how bad snow blizzards were heading your way I thought of you and did wonder how bad they really were. I didn't think your part of the world got much in the way of snow normally. LOVE your quilt. The Liberty with the Leopard print is inspired.

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  5. Mother Nature is really confused, but she made you work magic with your new quilt! It’s beautiful!

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  6. I heard on the radio several times that all airports were closed, but I had no idea it was this bad!
    I'm so glad you can sew, patch & quilt AND blog LOL
    Lovely quilt; it almost looks like a big bag of sweeties (or is that just me)

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  7. The world has gone mad! We've had no snow, and you've had a total dumping!
    Your quilt is fabulous!

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  8. GOSH! I think you chose the best option and stayed home to sew!! Keep safe x

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  9. what a great quilt top design. You can keep all that snow, I keep seeing numerous bloggers with snow and it makes me cold thinking about it (it's going to be nearly 70 here in sunny NC today). I hope that wasn't your car that the tree got -- it always seems to me that trees pick nice cars to fall on, what's up with that. best of luck digging out

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  10. That was quite an impressive storm - and that is from someone who lives in Michigan :)

    Glad you were able to hole up and sew such a fun quilt!

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  11. This is so unexpected and lovely! When I saw your fabric the first quilt that popped to mind was Material Obsession's Jungle Boogie - love that I was surprised instead!!

    P.S. That cheetah print is wild! Do you recall who makes it?

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  12. Wow! I am loving this quilt top, it's so unexpected and it looks awesome! That snow is crazy.

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  13. At first I thought you were crazy with those fabric choices, but you were inspired! I will never doubt you again. GREAT quilt top!

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  14. That quilt is beautiful and the weather, not so much!

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  15. So glad you stayed safely inside and made a gorgeous quilt top rather than venturing out in the snow!

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  16. Whoa. That was quite the nasty bit of weather. More suited to the likes of where I live! LOL


    Your quilt is wild and wonderful! Love the scrappy low-volume fabrics for the background combined with Liberty and that yummy cheetah print. Gorgeous finish (and great way to spend the time indoors during such awful weather).

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  17. Loving your quilt - quirky and so colourful - reminds me of sweets at Christmas :)

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  18. holy snowbanks! what a wicked storm, hope everything recovers quickly. I love the quilt fabric combination. the light neutrals make it look like they have sheen to them!

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  19. OH MY awesome quilt! nasty weather!

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  20. I love your quilt! And what a storm, I hope you stayed safe and warm. It is always pretty sad when the weather brings down so many of the old trees and rips branches off the others.

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  21. Wow! The power of Mother Nature and an inspired quilter! As it is sunny and warm in my corner of the world I often think it is that way for everyone! My favorite part of the quilt is the scrappy background. I've always use the same fabric for the background. I will try to mix it up a bit for future quilts.

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  22. Your photos are stunning. The first one looks like it should be a beautiful painting. The second, also. You clearly did the absolutely right thing to stay indoors and make a quilt top!

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  23. I absolutely LOVE this quilt! Leopard is one of my favorites along with polka dots...very well done! I'm very interested to see what you choose for binding!

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  24. WOW...on both the quilt and the weather...

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  25. So sad about the amount of trees lost but your quilt top is just beautiful. One thing I admire about your quilting (there are lots of others) is that you are not a crowd follower. I like that and mean that in the best possible way :)

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  26. Stunning quilt top - I love the design!

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  27. For sure, I'm not complaining anymore about the return a snowfall over night! But free pattern? Where? YOurs looks so lively!

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  28. LOVE the quilt! I can't get over the snow--oh my gosh!

    Thanks so much for mentioning the shipping deal with Hancocks. I am definitely going to stock up on some fabrics for quilt backings. Thanks!

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  29. That is a combination I would not have thought of.

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  30. I love this! Your scrappy neutral background glows.

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  31. A clever pattern and an unexpected combo of fabrics make this such a wonderful quilt top. Golly gumboots that's a lot of snow!!

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