#KALEIDOSCOPE QUILTS HOW TO#

This means if you click through and buy something, I make a small commission, at no extra cost to you. *Note: Any links marked with an asterisk in this post are affiliate links. That would be awesome, I hope I can make that happen. My new goal now is to get this quilt completely finished during the first half of 2021, and tackle another one of my long term works in progress in the second half. I'm tempted to buy a backing for it, but I know I should just piece something from what I have in my stash. At one point I had a matching backing, but got rid of it before we moved. I will probably end up piecing a backing from my stash. I hope to have the top put together by the end of the week. It is so satisfying to be done with these blocks! Now I'm just finalizing the layout and I can start piecing them together. I think I'm going to try to use this system going forward, to try to get back into a better routine of sewing every day, instead of in randome spurts. I only dedicated about an hour a day to this project, and I made so much progress. I've really struggled with finding a good routine, especially this year. It also motivated me to sew almost every day, which is good.

#KALEIDOSCOPE QUILTS HOW TO#

I didn't end up in the sewing room that day, so I made 20 blocks on Friday to make up for it.ДЎ0 blocks a day was so much more manageable a task than thinking about all 50 blocks at once. Learn how to create spectacular kaleidoscope quilts with this innovative strip-piecing technique from ever-popular teacher and award-winning quilter Ricky. I have access to our car on Thursday mornings so that I can go do the grocery shopping. I worked on them before lunch each day except Thursday. I listed this quilt specifically because it is such an old one for me.ДЇast forward to last week, I didn't know what to work on so I decided to set myself a small goal to finish 10 blocks for this quilt every day. For 2021 one of my goals is to finish at least one long term work in progress. This quilt was just never a priority to finish. It's also tough when so much time goes by, your tastes change. I know I brought it to a few retreats without even taking it out of my bag! To be honest, this is not the type of piecework that I really enjoy and that made me avoid it at times. This is one of those projects that I would go years without working on it. I used the Marti Mitchell Kaleido Ruler*. I think the color is Parchment, but I am not 100% sure since I bought it so long ago.ДЄll the pieces for this quilt were cut with a template. I paired it with Quilter's Linen* by Robert Kaufman. Whoa, 9 years ago! It's a mix of two collections by Tula Pink*: Neptune and Prince Charming. I pulled these fabrics for a Kaleidoscope quilt in early April 2012.

I picked it up again last week and am determined to finish it, for real this time. View our entire Fall Decorating or Retro Decorating catalogs.Happy Tuesday! I wanted to chat today about one of my oldest works in progress. Autumn Kaleidoscope Chindi Table Runners.Quilts have 100% cotton shell and fill, and are hand quilted with 'stitch in the ditch' quilting Quilted Pillow 10' x 10' 100% cotton, multi-colored channelДЎ00% cotton, hand quilted with 3-button closure on back.Multi colored channel stitching, with 2-button closure on back Quilted Pillow 16' x 16' 100% cotton, red binding and.Pillow Case (Set of 2) 21' x 30' 100% cotton plain tan colored fabric with a channel stitched border in 6 different colors.Quilted Euro Sham 26' x 26' 100% cotton, hand quilted stitching and a red binding with 3-button closure on back.All Lasting Impressions quilts and bedding sets have very specific characteristics that set them apart from the industry and from other VHC lines. Every facet of every piece is carefully crafted.

A Lasting Impressions product is typically distinguished by intricately detailed piecework and hand quilting. Lasting Impressions is the signature line for VHC Brands bedding, representing the highest quality and detail work available in the imported patchwork market today. I asked the members of my Wise Craft Quilts Facebook Group to name this quilt for me. A Fall version of the popular Kaleidoscope Collection, Autumn Kaleidoscope invites this season's warm earth tones to mingle with cool blues against a neutral backdrop. Kaleidoscope is a color value study of my favorite shades of blue. The Country Porch features the Autumn Kaleidoscope Quilt and bedding accessories from the Lasting Impressions collection by Victorian Heart.

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