Do you find that you go through art phases? I sure do. And since some time in February, I've been in a serious quilting phase. I have no idea what re-ignited the spark, but I have sure appreciated the feeling of eagerness to get back to the sewing machine. And I've managed to start and finish a bunch of quilts! That hasn't happened in a long time.
I made this quilt for a polka dot challenge at my April quilt retreat. I'm always drawn to dots and have an embarrassing assortment of dotted fabric in my stash. So when the challenge topic was announced, I knew it'd be a piece of cake.
You may recall that I have a thing for flying geese quilts and have made a number of them. (You can see three of them here!) When I stumbled across an online tutorial for a fun flying geese variation, I knew I had to make it. So, I'm considering this #4 in my Flying Geese series. Doesn't that sound more impressive than saying I have a weird obsession with flying geese quilts and can't seem to stop making them?!
The tutorial is from Jenny at the Missouri Star Quilt Company and is called Flying Home. (Boy, do I love her tutorial videos.) I loved how the background behind the geese is divided with different fabrics. And this is a jelly roll quilt -- actually quite fast and easy. I really had fun with this.
It took me a bit of drawing to figure out how to quilt the geese block in a continuous line, but I played around for a while drawing blocks on my Ipad and came up with something that worked. Gosh, I guess I should pick a detail shot that shows you that most of the geese points actually are sharp.
Are you noticing all of the polka dots?! And because a polka dot challenge quilt needs a polka dotted back, I chose this wonderful Kaffe Fassett dot for the back. It is definitely a happy dot and the colors were perfect.
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Have you found yourself repeating certain blocks or themes so that you've developed a series (or obsession!) without even planning it?
Such a happy dotty quilt! I love it! I've been wondering recently too about making a 'flying geese' quilt, thanx for the link.
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DeleteOooooo... I love your take on flying geese! I'm inspired to dig out a few of my FG rulers to see if one of them would work with this right side - left side version. Yes, I have multiple ruler systems... I just can't remember if I had a favorite. (BTW... I've successfully avoided Pinterest 'till now but my resolve may be failing!)
ReplyDelete... and perfect points are overrated unless it's a quilt to be judged... done is better than perfect!
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