I didn’t really have a plan when I made this quilt, I raided the stash (and the scrap bin) and pulled out any fabrics that fit into the cool blue, grey and white colour scheme. Then out came the machine and rotary blade and I set to work.
When I was piecing all the bits together I tried not to think to much about placement, working in small sections and just popping in bits here and there until I was happy. It really is a liberating way to piece and I am looking forward to starting another.
Quilted with freeform lines that are spaced about 1.5″ apart, it gives the quilt structure without being to firm.
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I so love all of your quilts for their simplicity and sophistication, colour choice and choice of fabric. And this one is no exception. Absolutely beautiful.
Thanks so much Katherine, it has quickly become one of my favourites.
I LOVE this colour. And the freeform pattern. Just my style of quilt. Lovely. x
Lovely Kate!
Gorgeous colours and a beautiful quilt. Surely the best way to use scraps.
Very pretty! Love the colors!
That is a beautiful quilt. The colors are amazing!
Lovely! I just finished my first proper quilt, and now I’m totally addicted. Thanks for the inspiration.
Looking forward to seeing more quilts Nic!
Those freeform quiltings sometimes look a bit like waves.
I can’t keep saying ‘Gorgeous!’ to all of your quilts (but they are, so today you’ll just have to make a wild assumption).
Your quilt is beautiful. I love the color scheme. Gray and blue is so pretty.
just beautiful, Kate…how can you bear to part with it?!
WOWZA! Just beautiful. I love stripey binding
Oh so pretty. love those colors! It really is a sea breeze!
Oh I wish I could sew fabrics together to make something as stunning as that, I love your quilt it is so pretty. The colour is beautiful.
Be still my beating heart … makes me immediately feel like I’m looking at cool blue ocean … and reminds me I need a holiday!
It’s gorgeous Kate. Love the wavy quilting and your machine stitched binding is unbearably NEAT!
Has the same affect on me! x
Gorgeous Kate. You must have a lovely fabric stash. There are some beauties in that quilt. Love the way you’re taking the ‘in-motion’ shots of your quilts these days. They look really beautiful.
Thanks Kristine!
Believe it or not but my stash is very small. I try to only buy things on a per project basis…of course, the exception is Liberty. i like to get little bits of that because I think they look really lovely in a quilt.
another beauty ;) love it Kate
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What beautiful colours, so relaxing for some reason!
And you know I love the random piecing :-)
Wow, I love that colour scheme! I’m really likng your past couple of quilts, they please my sense of aesthetic so very much. Also you’ve used some of the same Liberty print that I’m totally addicted to at the moment (the one in the last photo) – I’ve just used a couple of scraps more on a sewing bag that I blogged today, and I’m ekeing out the last few bits!
LOVE this one. I think it’s my favourite ofo quilt to date.
Maybe I’ll just have to make you one ;)
x
Great colour pallet Kate!
Thanks Lynn. I really love how this one turned out.
Very lovely. I’m new to quilt work and new to your delightful blog. Thanks for taking the effort to showcase your lovely work. I am truly inspired. I can’t wait to see what’s next. xx
Thanks Fiona, enjoy all the patchwork and quilting has to offer.
This is beautiful Kate, and you know what leaps out at me? That aqua and yellow rose fabric – I have that too and absolutely love it. I like how you have only used it the once.
I love that fabric too! So pretty and femine x
This is so beautiful! The colors are so serene!
I love your liberated quilt. Such a great combination of blues, greys and white with that touch of yellow to add a bit of ‘zing’! Beautiful!
It’s turned out great, I really love the stripy binding, it set the quilt off a treat. This has inspired me to want to make a quilt in a similar way, just adding as I go along.
Oh, it’s fab Kate! Love your fabric choices, don’t know that I’d ever think to pair blues and grays. And they work so beautifully.
Thanks for all your supportive quilty posts. They are so v. appreciated. : )
One word: LOVE. And, I messed up the previous comment. Could you delete it?
Beautiful!
the colours are just lovely.
Lovely! I love the improvisational piecing approach you took, it turned out beautifully.
gorgeous Kate! all those blues are so beautiful together, and I love the improv piecing!
Love the colours in this Kate, it could easily live at my house near the beach!!! xo