Quilt Blocks

A stash of pretties

Amy Butler Blocks
Riot Of Colour Quilt

 'Soul Blossoms'

Today I finally got round to a bit of serious sewing. It seems ages since I sat at my machine for an afternoon. I am trying to use some of my stash of Amy Butler fabrics and it occured to me that it would be best used by trying to combine all (or some of) the lovely prints I have in a  riot of colour quilt.  I am not terribly good at accurate cutting, and even less good at accurate sewing but have managed to make a few passable blocks with a bit of wizardry. 

I did not try and match the colours but was entirely random with my choice (as you can probably see) as I did not want to make them seem contrived. Overall I am fairly satisfied with the resultant blocks. I am not sure at present how I will arrange them together, or back, or quilt them ... plenty of time for those decisions.

A riot of colour?

I settled on fifteen of Amy Butler 'Soul Blossoms' fabrics in the end and cut them all into strips of 2.5 inches by 12 inches.

This is my favourite in this range  (ahh ... pink again!)

I 'pinked' all the edges

 I then sewed the first five strips together

With a little wizardry I ended up with this

And this

And these

And these

And when inaccurately sewn together - with this

And this

And after sewing the next five random strips  together, a pile of these

And some more wizardry and then

This

And these

And this - even more riot of colour?

And this

And this

And also this one

The third set of five colourways produced this

And these blocks were rather more pleasing to the eye?

I liked this one

And this one was not toooo bad

Sadly this was a very messy fit indeed

Each block consists of thirty two pieces (12" blocks - made up of  four  6" x 6" squares) and was rather fiddly for my hands.  I did take some photos of  some of the backs of the blocks to show that they were as good (probably better) than the fronts. Here are some of them - only one twisted seam in the whole afternoon!  I realize how invaluable the iron is today!

I have now managed a pile of blocks and am very proud of myself as I have not done much fiddly cutting, piecing or sewing recently.  (Today got my first physio appointment for my hands and feet so hopefully you will see some improvements in the near future!)  More on this riot of colour A.B. quilt project later.

Meanwhile I am now off for a cup of tea and a piece of delicious walnut and banana cake made by a friend (Mr Whizz Kid says you can move in anytime as long as you do the cooking!) Thank you J.xx

Yummy!