Teen

I have collected paper-pieced block patterns that appealed to me as I have surfed the web abyss for some time. Some I bought..Some free. I have quite a stack of patterns with no clear path for their uses. Last month, I grabbed some of my vintage looking floral precuts and just started making some of them. I had no clue what I was going to do with them..thought about wall hangings...or....mat/frame vintage dresses to hang in laundry room, just wasn't sure. (laundry room idea would be so cute) Then, I purchased EQ8 a couple of weeks ago and designed a quilt layout using all the different sized PP blocks, added some filler strips of squares and flying geese and some of my favorite traditional pieced blocks (which I paper pieced) and....this is the result. I made this entire quilt with 10 FQ's (Farmhouse II collection) and a jelly roll pack (Amorette Collection) plus about 5 yards of Kona white for background. When I completed this, I realized that all the blocks are truly things that I enjoy. I'm a clothes horse, an avid reader, love flowers everywhere, can't get enough lipstick, counsel veterans, obviously I sew, strawberries are my fav...and so on... So, I have entitled this "Simple Pleasures" which I'll hand embroidery on quilt top....Did hand embroidery for steam over teacup, thread on sewing machine, etc. I used selvages for the book titles....finished it off with a multi-colored binding to use up some leftovers. Backing is a bolt of fabric from stash that matched perfectly. So much fun to play... And, I really learned a lot on EQ8. So, as Mary Poppins says, "These are a few of my favorite things..." Size is 61x73. Designer credit for each block available below...Thanks for listening while I babbled...


Websites:
ChariseCreates.blogspot.com (her patterns are all adorable..so creative. I'll likely purchase them all...lol)
- Vintage Dresses. (The inspiration for this quilt)
- Creamer and Sugar Bowl
- Flowers in Vintage bottles
- Grandmother's Flower
- Berry Basket
- Sewing machine
- Jelly/Jam Preserve Jars


Centerstreetquilts.com
- Cupcake


Piecebynumber.com
- Candybox Heart
- Teacup


caroldoak.com
- Pot of lilies


Sewscatteredbrained.com
- Lipstick


Lillyella.com
- Butterflies


wombatquilts.com.
- House


Quilterscache.com
- Flying geese 2x4


- US Flag - I don't remember where I found this pattern but it was free. I pieced the blue section before PP.
- Stack of books - This is a single block from a popular Bookshelf Quilt pattern. Many of the blocks are available free from different sites. I'm just not sure which one I downloaded.

suern3

A beautiful work of art! How nice to list all of these resources. I enjoy doing hand embroidery and currently am working on EPP hexagons, but nothing I have done compares to this!

GingerK

Ohhhhhh looking at your quilt makes me feel so happy! There are enough negative spaces to give my eyes a chance to focus and enjoy each element. What a wonderful work of art! I get the feeling that this really is 'your soul in a quilt'. Thank you so much for sharing. It truly is amazing!

Judith1005

Teen, I feel like I'm looking at a reflection of you. I love that this quilt is about what makes you happy. It is just beautifully done. Thanks for sharing your references.

granky

Absolutely stunniung! I love it!

Crqltr

Wow, for no real pattern it’s wonderful!

Jingle

Beautiful and very interesting with all the different objects.

QuiltnNan

terrific quilt

Quiltah Mama

Very beautifully done. I loved looking at it and learning about you. I'm guessing that this one won't be donated.

peaceandjoy

That is wonderful! Your fabric choices really work beautifully for the patterns. My favorites are the dresses and the FW. I looked @ the link you gave; Charise really has some adorable ones.

Thank you for sharing.