Fellow Quilters,
Hi There, and welcome to Day 4 of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 11 blog tour! I hope you’ve had a chance to visit the other bloggers on the tour this week. There have been some great posts. I really enjoyed Nancy Mahoney’s on Day 1, as she explained how she arrived at her Twirling Rose block #1052. Or how about Karyn Ashley-Smith’s post yesterday, where she showed a quilt made from her Crocus and Daffodil block, and done in Stonehenge?
My block is Every Which Way #1040, containing 9 arrows that get shorter as they get closer to the center of the block.
My original block done in Artisan Spirit – Shimmer
Using 1 fabric for each arrow seemed a natural choice, and Northcott’s Artisan Spirit – Shimmer has a range of 9 gradated fabrics in each delicious color palette. I chose the sunglow palette for my block. My quick scan through 100 Blocks Volume 11 revealed another block done in Shimmer sunglow – Jennifer Shifano Thomas’ Aloha Flower #1014.
While perusing the issue, I noticed blocks done by several Northcott pattern designers: #1028 Moon Star by Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods, #1029 Basket Star by Marjorie Rhine of Quilt Design NW, #1042 Swirly Whirly Floral by Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream, and #1066 Fruit Smoothie by Karen Bialik of The Fabric Addict (done in Northcott’s ColorWorks solids). I put them into Electric Quilt along with my block, downloaded Northcott’s Celebration 2 collection, featured in our advertisement, and began to play!
Here are the blocks done in Celebration 2. I used the pieced background block of Kate’s block, leaving the appliqués off.
Karen’s block
Celine’s block
Marje’s block
Kate’s block
My block
Once the blocks were done, it was time to put them into quilts. My block did not seem to want to play well with the other blocks, so it was my least favorite combination. I would like to explore other options with it, such as having alternate blocks where the arrows go from the center out toward the edge (reverse the direction of them). I think it would also make a great single-block quilt when enlarged to 36”. However, most of the other blocks played nicely, although the Karen/Marje block doesn’t line up quite as well as the other 3 combinations. What do you think?
Karen & Celine’s quilt
Karen & Marje’s quilt
Kate & Celine’s quilt
Kate & Marje’s quilt
Kate & Patti’s blocks on point
Kate & Patti’s quilt
It’s giveaway time! I will draw 3 names: one for a copy of the magazine, one for a bundle of Celebration fabrics, and one for a bundle of Shimmer fabrics. For a chance to win, please post a comment on my blog by this Friday at noon, telling me which quilt is your favorite. For more chances to win a copy of 100 Blocks Volume 11, don’t forget to visit the other bloggers on the tour this week at http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/
Thanks for dropping by, and please visit again soon.
Cheers,
Patti
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I like Kate and Celine’s quilt. If possible, please don’t enter me for the celebrations fabric, I’m British and don’t think I’d use fabric with the US flag on it.
Karen and Marje, Karen and Celine….oh, my! hard decisions. They are all lovely and will make wonderful Quilts of Valor. New ideas are always welcome there. Thanks for being a sponsor.
My favorite is Kate and Patti’s block on point. Thanks
I love Celine’s block and like it in the quilt with Kate’s block as well as Karen’s block. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I love the third one with Kate & Patti’s blocks. All the blocks are beautiful!
I think they’re all gorgeous, but my favorite is Kate and Celine’s.
Have to say my favourite is Karen and Marje. Love little pieces! And that new fabric line – wow – got to get me some of that. Thanks Patti for all you do – we love Northcott! (and you have the best sales rep ever!)
I think I like Karen and Marje’s quilt best but it truly is difficult to decide.
All of these quilts are wonderful! I particularly liked the use of the striped fabric for one of the borders.
I like them all, but will choose Kate & Patti’s quilt.
I am loving Karen & Celine’s quilt.
Great arrow block. I like Karen & Celine’s quilt.
I like Kate and Patti’s blocks on point.
All of the quilts are gorgeous but if I were to choose one, it would be Karen and Celine’s quilt.
The quilts are so different it is hard to choose a favorited but i like Kate and Margi’s combination the best. Thanks for the inspiration.
I like Katie’s and Patti’s blocks on point the best.
My favorite was definitely Kate and Margi’s Love the patriotic fabric line
I love Kate and Patti’s blocks on point quilt. It reminds me of road trips to Florida and celebrations. Boston pops, etc. good memories
Oh my goodness… I love all the variations! Very inspiring!
Hi Patti, Beautiful quilts as usual but there’s something about the Kate and Patti one on point that just speaks to me.Wonderful work.
Bev
Love all the variations, but Karen & Marje’s quilt was my favorite.
Karen & Marje’s. It was a tough decision. They are all great!
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I like Kate & Celine’s quilt, they are all festive, some remind me of fireworks exploding.
I liked them all, but think I like Katie and Marje’s best love the patriotic theme. Quilts of Valor come to mind for sure. Thanks for the opportunity to win something. Lovely quilts.
I think i like Karen & Celine’s quilt best but they are all great.
We need to do this with the Canadian fabric!!!!! I like Karen’s block the best and Karen and Celine’s Quilt is my first choice.
TTFN Betsey
I really like Karen and Marje’s quilt!
Very tough choice! Think I’d go with Karen and Celine’s quilt. They’re all fabulous blocks!
i like Karen & Celine’s quilt. But they’re all beautiful.
I like Kate & Marje’s quilt! All are outstanding!
I like the “Kate and Marje’s” quilt best but the others are also beautiful!
All these quilts are so very pretty…I really like Karen & Marje’s quilt
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My favorite is Karen & Marje’s quilt. They are all really wonderful quilts.
I like the last quilt, the Kate and Patti quilt.
LOVE your patriotic blocks! Too many favorites to pick. FYI your link on Quilty Pleasures blog isn’t working (I searched your name to find this) so you might want to have them fix it so more folks stop by!
I love Kate and Celine’s quilt.
The last one is my favourite!!
Not an easy choice, but I love Karen and Marje’s quilt!
It was hard to choose, but I finally selected Karen & Celine’s quilt.
Tough choice. I think I like Karen & Celine’s the best. It has a lot more movement. Thanks for sharing.
Gotta love the red white and blue!! I’m voting for Kate and Patti”s quilt. Thanks.
I know I missed the deadline for the drawing, but the link to your blog didn’t work which may be why you didn’t get many comments. I did a Bing search on Friday to see if I could find you but alas I was too late. I like the combos you came up with and I really like Moon Star in the celebrations fabrics (which I also love).
I love the quilt done by Karen and Celine. These are some gorgeous quilts.
Kate and Celine’s quilt is my favorite.
I love them all, but have finally decided on Kate & Patti’s quilt! x
Tough choice but it is Karen and Marje’s quilt for me. I love all of them with the RWB coloration.