Bright sun...Warm breezes...Fragrant flowers...Blue skies...Sips of cool lemonade
Fire Flies at night...Marshmallows...Giggles...Rainy afternoons...Picnics on the 4th of July...Walks in the meadow......with Goober the dog!
WHAT? It all sounded so soft and dreamy until Goober the dog came into the picture! HA!
This quilt was extremely hard to photograph. It's very light/whitish in color and the details are hard to get focused, but maybe you can get the jest of it here. I have found if you CLICK on the photos to enlarge they look better!
I came across these blocks about a month or so ago, about 9 of them I had left over from this quilt here. They are 11" in size and the 9 of them together would be the start of something good. I got busy pulling out more white and light strips and strings and paper pieced and paper pieced until I just couldn't stand it anymore!!! After all, I had just finished another strippy string paper pieced Victorian Spider Web here.
The 9 blocks I started with from the other quilt project had more dark creams and tans mixed in, but I wanted this Summertime quilt to be on the lighter whiter side. I scattered the darker blocks in among my newer light blocks and I think the mixture turned out ok.
It's scrappy strippy and Shabby but Chic!
It takes 2...8 1/2" paper pieced blocks to make 1 of these 11" blocks.
Finished quilt size is 75" x 65"
I plan on quilting it on both sides of the 'X' seams shown here and on both sides of the seams where I sewed the rows together.
OK....now where were we? Oh yeah...........Poofy white Clouds exploding in the sky...Floating in the Boat across the still Lake...Butterflies bouncing from flower to flower.........
GOOBER!......leave the butterflies alone!!!!!!
34 comments:
That's beautiful!! I absolutely love it! :0)
Lovely light, summery quilt top--I love it!! Julierose
Oooh! How lovely!
Oh, yes! A very summery quilt! I've wanted to make a quilt with lights/pastels for a while now. Love yours!
Beautiful, what a great summer quilt, super job.
I think the darker blocks give it so much more interest than if it had been all light ones. I love this quilt! I want to make one!
I feel the ambience you have created around this quilt--and it includes Goober. What is summer without a few dog days? : )
Lovely, soft-looking quilt. You seem to be a glutton for punishment (as my Mom would say) with all of that string piecing. But maybe you love it--me, not so much.
How soft & soothing.Like a summer breeze.
I absolutely love the colors in this quilt. I can imagine it must have been hard to photograph as you say, but oh is it worth it!
Lovely work!
I had a feeling they were leftovers from Bonnie's RRCB! These look so beautiful together.....just lovely creams and beiges, with a little pop of tan! Gorgeous! I think I'll have to do a little (?) string piecing soon......I love this!
And thanks for that dream sequence.....nice ambiance to look at quilts by! :o)
So yummy! I would love to make one with low key fabrics too. Oh you are too inspiring!
Fun post :)
I love it..... and you're very trendy (whether you meant to be or not) with your "low volume shabby chic" quilt. :)
I love it! It reminds me of a gently toasted marshmallow. So summer! I want to make one like this now too!! The pictures are great. They are fabulous when you click on them.
What a pretty summer quilt - and I loved your summer dreams - and laughed out loud at Booger and the butterflies.
love it!...Great use of the blocks!
Truly beautiful!! It shouts SUMMER!!
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A very beautiful quilt to wrap oneself in to cuddle up and sleep - what more can one say about a quilt! It would be lovely to have a Quiltalong!
Hugs - Lurline.
Oh my, you've done it again! Your quilt is just too beautiful for words! I love the fabrics you used too. Very sweet, gentle and just lovely. It has a sweet, old-fashioned feel to it - just right for summer!
I agree with everyone else - now I want to make one too! ;)
It's gorgeous and so calming to look at. it makes me want a low volume quilt to snuggle up in.
Subtle, soft, I love the "fractured" look throughout. Nice!
I love it! Great job.
that is really lovely. marshmellow! very mellow.
Oh my goodness, it is so soft and lovely! Looks like a perfect summery quilt!
wow! what an inspiring quilt. I am in a swap that is exchanging light fabrics like your. Great pattern.
It is summery and breezy and beautiful! It is hard to capture the beauty of a light colored quilt in the pictures. I am sure all those fabrics and the details look wonderful up-close :)
I love it. All those different fabrics to look at!
Love it!
; )
Now you have me dreaming, too!
I need to try this fun string block...
I do like this summery mix. I love all the variety in those blocks! It's a background fabric lover's dream ~
:-}pokey
great summery quilt - quiet and cool.
I just love it! It is reminiscent of all the memories you listed!
It is really beautiful. And I love the soft color and lightness to the scheme. I can't wait to see how the quilting went. If your hub made you a sandwich he must be very invested in this quilt! Good for you. This is beautiful.
Love your quilt! Another terrific idea....hmmmmmm!
This looks exactly like something I would make. Oh wait, I have and will again, soon.... Just loverly!!
This looks exactly like something I would make. Oh wait, I have and will again, soon.... Just loverly!!
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