Friday 9 March 2012

Creating with Colour

It seems ironic that my house is covered in a thin layer of orange brick dust, as most of Australia looks orange as you fly over it, and I've been working with my Australian Fabrics (and ignoring the brick dust!)

I now have 20 completed 15 inch blocks, so am heading for a Stained Down Under quilt about 60" x 75" (about 150 x 180cm) which should make a good sofa snooze quilt.  I'm not sure it qualifies for the Stained Quilt-a-long as I haven't even looked at Sarah's instructions - instead I looked at photos of her two quilts and then made it all up

I'll be taking all the blocks to mum's on Sunday to lay them out on her floor and play the auditioning / speed dating game while she helps me decide which block goes where, but meanwhile here are all 20

(apologies for the awful photos -  artificial light and flash :-(  and the phone was changing its mind about the focusing, and the colours it wanted to show!)

 Hopefully I'll be able to post photos of the final layout, taken in natural light, after the weekend

9 comments:

  1. Oooh, it's going to look fab when it's all done

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  2. Hehehe it qualifies! Incredible job :-)

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  3. I like the block layouts and the plain strips frame the fabrics wonderfully. I am sure it does qualify as stained quilt even if you haven't followed the instructions, the principle is there. It did take me a little while to realise that by stained she meant stained glass style rather than making good a quilty disaster - what a wally!

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  4. It looks fab, I will enjoy snuggling up underneath it!!

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  5. Love the predominently pink one best (you know me and pink are inseperable!) xx

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  6. I love the your Stained Down Under with the Austrailian fabrics!! It looks great!! Can't wait to see it assembled!

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  7. Hi Benta! Your blocks look just fantastic! So wonderful earth colours and the pattern is great!
    Have a lovely weekend! x Teje

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  8. Love the little pops of colour in the fabrics!

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