Yup. Another 5 blocks done.
Halfway through the piecing, I’m fairly confident I’ll want to switch a few blocks around, perhaps not the type of block, but perhaps the colour balance.
I’ve also decided that I’ll quilt it in a warm coral-y shade of pink, rather than cream to match the Blue Hour quilt. I really like how it looks against both the beige backgrounds and the very dark blues. What do you think?
Tomorrow I have to pack the caravan and get a few things ready for the off on Thursday morning, but I hope to get a few more blocks done before I go. I’ll be taking the Anemone big hexies project to work on, in the event that we don’t find plenty of other things to do while we’re in Airlie Beach and over on Hamilton Island for the day on Friday. We’ll definitely be eating out a couple of times, so I won’t need to do heaps of cooking, which will be a nice break. And if I remember, I’ll take a photo of the Blue Hour quilt on the Husband’s bunk, looking gorgeous.
Here’s the line up to date:
Coming on a treat!
It’s nice that they’re so quick to make, there’s nothing so complicated that I get bored or intimidated 🙂
Wow – speeding along and looking great!
It’s not even as if I’m spending hours at it! I find the easiest thing is to go into my sewing room, set a timer for an hour, and work till it goes off. There’s nothing so complicated I can’t just put it down and go and do something else.
I love that inky blue with the lighter blue square, just elegant. I love your thread choice for the quilting, it looks great!
It’s exactly the pink of the inside of a sea shell….
Yes!
I love the colour of the thread – I contemplated a contrast on the hatboxes but don’t trust my quilting enough to make it stand out so much.
Is that the Husband who’ll be looking gorgeous in the photo? 😉
You really don’t want a photo of the Husband lounging on his bunk, I promise. I shall take a photo of the quilt while the made bed still looks pristine and tidy, before he wreaks his usual havoc on it :-). I’m not planning anything too ambitious with the quilting, probably to what I did on the Husband’s. I’ll see how I feel when the time comes.
This looks like fun — the perfect break. I hope you enjoy your outing.
A busy day ahead today, and then tomorrow… aaaah, relaxation!
is your hand small, or are those blocks big?
looking lovely!
My hand is sort of medium sized! The reel of thread is a big one, and the blocks are 12.5″ square, and the quilt will be 5 wide by 6 high.
This seems to be growing really quickly, looks fab, I think the coral quilting will look stunning 🙂
It is quick, isn’t it? I can’t account for it, except that none of the blocks is particularly complicated. I loved that thread colour the minute I saw it, and I knew it would work well.
You are so amazingly talented! It looks great! HAVE FUN! It’s nice to travel here and there once in awhile!
I am having fun, and the next few days will be even funnerer!
Both quilts look wonderful. Miz Lizzies scores a ☆☆☆☆☆ accommodation rating. Enjoy your trip. It would be lovely to have Airlie Beach in our geographical backyard ♡
It is, especially as one (make that two) of the highlights of our trip will be eating at the wonderful Fish D’vine at least once, and jumping on the ferry over to Hamilton Island for the day.
I’m liking the rows so far. I’m not gutsy enough to quilt with contrasting thread but I like it when others do.
And I’m too lazy to change colours, so it’s the same colour whatever the background. If it was going to show up anyway, it might as well be a pretty colour 🙂
I don’t know if it will make a difference for you or not, but a tip from the long arm community is to unspool a good length of thread onto your top/blocks before you start stitching with it to make sure it’s going to look the way you anticipate. I do like your choice of thread color!
I always carry scraps of fabrics from the current quilt with me when I go to the LQS, so I can audition things next to them. But with the thread, I knew it would work the minute I saw it! I love your new avatar photo, by the way 🙂
Look at you go! This is stupendous!!
And another row in an hour or so….!
Woo hoo! You are on a roll!
😉
You can definitely use that pink thread, I think!
It’s pretty, isn’t it? I must start thinking about how I’m going to quilt it, as that will be happening quite soon!
🙂