Eureka! Perfect Quilt Block for Asian Inspired Fabric! (pic post 46)

[speckledhen]

I am very pleased with the black I chose, too. It still reads as black, but gives it a little extra oomph.

 

[BC_Farms]

Beautiful! I love Jewel Box quilts. The black you chose is perfect.

 

[leepsy]

That is beautiful, Cynthia. I really like those colors.

Please answer one question, and I am serious. How do you hand quilt small stitches? I would love to try sometime but I just don't see how I could get the needle back up through the back and batting without it being a verrrrry long stitch. Am I missing something? I know your are supposed to run the needle up and down several times but how do you keep the stitches close together?

 

[speckledhen]

Takes lots of practice. I still have the first thing I ever quilted here at the house, a pillow cover that was supposed to match a quilt for my son. The stitches are huge! I remember distinctly asking myself the same thing. It just takes lots of practice and time. I sometimes have to undo and re-do stitches that are too small sometimes, so that it catches the fabric, but you can't really see the stitch. That is worse than larger stitches. The real goal is to have the stitches even, which is harder and harder as I get older, hence the term "Morse Code Quilting" I've coined, LOL.


I am currently cutting out my Pansy Park quilt from the second kit kathyinmo sent to me. Wow, there are some tiny pieces in there! Hope I can do it justice when I start piecing it. Usually, I avoid small pieces these days, but the quilt is so pretty, I'm going to do it anyway.

Here is that quilt:

 

[NanaKat]

Love your completed quilt and look forward to pictures of the new quilt's progress.

 

[speckledhen]

I have all the blocks cut out for Pansy Park and have the first one partially finished. Will try to post each block as I complete it, if anyone is interested.

 

[CedarRidgeChicks]

Of course we are interested!!!..love seeing your projects!!

 

[speckledhen]

I'll put them on the other thread, here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4492803#p4492803

The first two 14" blocks are already posted.

 

[minniechicks]

i want the pattern to the second pic quilt. That one is beautiful .

 

[speckledhen]

Dana, that is the same exact pattern as the first one. What makes it challenging is that you must pick your own colors and make them pleasing to the eye. I'd suggest that you just print out that pic of the one you like and keep it as a reference, then go through your fabric stash and pick corresponding colors, close to the ones in the pic. If you are missing one you need, then you'd have to make a run to the fabric store.

This takes a bit of planning and though the first and second look really different, they are exactly the same pattern. I don't have a color chart for any of them for you to follow.