Monday, February 27, 2012

Design Wall Color Palette and QOV edition

I came home Sunday night and completely took over the WHOLE front room!! We had our sew day Sunday and made a LOT of things that I had to check out again... and I got to sew Saturday evening, so had my own things all over the floor - Life is good!




First Off - the February Color Palette - designed by Vicki  is pictured below.

 This is my quilt - the wickedly easy pattern from ByAnnie.com  was being discussed and I did n't have a plan in mind for my fabrics - I modified the pattern a little, in that I made a few continuous colors thru it, but I kind of like it..... its different .... that's for sure.



And the - our sew day - I took 42 thirty million 10 inch squares, and we all cut and sewed, and cut and sewed.... and made a gazillion blocks.......


Then we started putting the blocks into tops - and we got 3 complete tops finished, and a LOT in progress.... some were taken home to be finished.... and we were tickled.


The pattern we used can be found here:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxC-0T5lXw4

I LOVE it!! They use a layer cake - which is 42 pieces.... but we used 48 pieces - and that way
we could lay them out 6 x 8 which gave us
54 x 72 inch quilts!!




here we are - all working so hard, and maybe snacking a little itty bitty bit!!
For more design walls go to:
http://www.patchworktimes.com

14 comments:

Kathie said...

Glad you got so many blocks done, looks like a lot of fun. Love the variation on the wickedly easy quilt, I have made that pattern myself.

Impera Magna said...

Oooooo.... I love with a capital "L" LOVE your wickedly easy quilt... what beautiful colors and what a great way to showcase them! Will have to check that pattern out... thanks for including the link!

Congratulations on getting so much sewing/piecing done... the flimsies look fab!

:)

Nancy said...

Your wickedly easy quilt is great. I love the deep color hues.

Thanks for the link for the layer cake pattern.

Judy V. from Thornton CO said...

I like the quilts! Especially the layer cake ones. I watched the video. I just completed a challenging quilt, and I am so ready for an easy and delightful quilt!

Quilter Kathy said...

Thanks for the link to wickedly easy...looks like fun to sew. And your R W and B quilts are beautiful too!

Pat R. said...

Good job on both the Wickedly Easy quilt....LOVE those colors!!...and the layer cake quilts!!

Lori said...

I like how everyone seems to be working on them--group project at its best!

Annie said...

Thanks for the link to the pattern video! It's a great way to make charity quilts using lots of different fabrics.

Jaye said...

Love your "wicked" quilt! Great way to show these really vivid colors!

Vicki @ DottyJane said...

The color palette quilt is great!

Janine @ Rainbow Hare said...

I love your color palette challenge quilt. Those colours look great with this design:)

Sharon-IN said...

Two fun quilts! Love um.

Vicki W said...

I love your challenge quilt!

Maya said...

Congratulations! :) The blocks you used for the challenge quilt look great!