When Kelly first announced that she was running the My Precious Quilt Along, I knew instantly which lines I would use, and what quilts I wanted to make, and they would be mine, all mine, bwahahahahaha. Sorry, got a bit carried away there ;o) Anyway, my plan was to use my Prince Charming stash to make 2 bubbles quilts, and my Echo to make a picture wall type quilt. Now I started off with great intentions to do the Prince Charming ones first, and have actually progressed as far as working out my ‘bubbles’ and making up the paper piecing templates for them, however they’re quite complex, and will be quite time consuming. Finding myself with a couple of hours that weren’t scheduled to make things for anyone else the other night, I dived in to the Echo. I was feeling in an improvvy mood, and I thought this would satisfy it.
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| Ignore the Echino here ;o) |
When Echo first came out, I grabbed a fat 1/16th bundle from M Is For Make, and the intention was to use this, along with the co-ordinating solids bundles I picked up from Sew Fresh Fabrics (can I just say thank you to the sellers that take the time to pull co-ordinating bundles together for things, it’s so much easier than trying to do it yourself!). I’m not following any plan, I just mixed my patterned fabrics up with the solids to find the best combos, and started randomly chopping. Here’s the blocks I have so far:
I have no idea how this will all come together (not least because my design wall isn’t as big as the quilt top I have planned) I just know that it will be Kona Snow that I use as my ‘wall’ fabric that the pictures will be hanging on, and then I need another solid to frame it all. I’m actually beginning to think that when Bella comes out in August, I’ll do the same idea with a fat 1/16th bundle of it and make that the other side. It wouldn’t have a back really, I just think the Echo side can be facing up for autumn and winter, and Bella for spring and summer. Or is that a silly idea? I was thinking of then using randomly spaced straight lines in a grid to quilt it.
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I love the idea of Bella on one side and Echo on the other! I think that's brilliant.
I like the idea of a double-sided quilt. Fun!
oooooh – me likey!
Great idea. I failed with the My precious because my machine got the naughties and I wasn't trying to sew precious fabrics on that. Oh and I'd rather not ignore the Echino – love the look of it actually. But you're right Echo and Echino may almost look the same when you write the words but they're not 🙂
Oh, I love your idea – I may have to pinch it ;o) (I'm currently trying to decide on a design for a Christmas quilt but I keep changing my mind…this has been going on for at least 18 months so I really need to just make a decision and get on with it!!!) Have fun with this, it looks like a wonderful project!
A great way to show off Echo! I'm a big fan of 2 sided quilts!!
Sounds like a plan, not quite sure why you need a specific side for summer though, as it looks like it will never happen!
Oh I like this 🙂 I feel like I've just been spending weeks planning sewing as opposed to actually doing any… Might follow your lead and pick something and do a bit of improv…
Well I love your progress so far! I am a huge fan of the pre-selected bundles of coordinating – really helps the color challenged like myself!
That is one of my favorite lines of fabric
The echo prints are gorgeous…I need to get my hands on some more!
Great start on the blocks, I'll be looking out for updates =D
Looking interesting so far – I am hoarding my Echo until I get some Bella and then may get my brave big girl cutting pants on too xxx
Not a silly idea at all, I think it's a great idea.
Love these Echo blocks – and it is a great idea to combine them with the Bella!
Ditto Hadley! Great idea! Keep it simple and let the fabric do it's work ! How about Bella on the other side with a different pattern – I just love two sided quilts!
Super idea and superb fabric choice.
Two sides is better than one for sure. And I love how you are doing this. Now I will see how you join them all up because there has to be a better way than I am doing my birds!
Looking good! Love the double sided, I'm a big fan 🙂
Fantastic as usual! I love double sided too. Before I knew anything about quilts I was sure they're all double sided…
I'd love to come to your place and get a closer look at all of your stash. I'd never even heard of some of these fabrics and now I want them all, bwahahahahaha!!! Sorry about that but the fabrics in the top photo made me do it. Have a great weekend. Hugs
Wow, I have been hoarding my Echo waiting for the right pattern. I know I need to just cut into it!
I love those bundles too. I don't have a color card so it makes things SO much better!
Nice! I feel less bad for having three precious projects on the go now ;o)