It is a bit early but my SAHRR project is finished and I am excited to share it! This event began in mid-January. With suggestions each week from a group of bloggers, the participants made quilts that could not be more unique. We were to pick a center to start with and build from there. Some quilters kept their center at the middle and others chose to off-set it. I made a small quilt (17″ x 18″) and others made large lap size quilts. Overall, it was so much fun.
My main goal was to use a bag of fabric that remained from my Stepping Stones quilt, made back in 2016. While I wasn’t able to use all of the scraps, I did manage to stick to using bits from that bag for this mini quilt.
Choosing designs to quilt in the various sections was fun. Loops, cross hatch and triangles filled most of the sections. I did quite a bit of dense pebbling on the black strips which was silly because it is impossible to see. I felt like I was quilting in a very dark room and just hoping what I was doing was right. The black thread was nearly impossible to see on the black fabric. I wish I had used dark gray.
Here is a close shot of some of the quilting.
I have the quilt hanging above the guest bed (which is in a corner of the sewing room). It looks a little lonely having there but I am on the hunt for something to hang with it. For the meanwhile, it is hanging out all by itself. Doesn’t this picture make a person think I have an immaculate sewing room?? Let’s just say there is a reason the photo was taken from this angle. 🙂
Many, many thanks to Gail, Wendy, Kathleen, Anja, Emily, and Brenda for the fun weekly prompts. I am excited to see the other finishes that are linked up at Quilting Gail’s site on March 18th.
I hope you will participate in and enjoy the upcoming Villa Rosa Designs blog hop!! It is sure to be lots of fun – so many quilts and patterns to be shared and prizes to be won. See you back here for my post on Saturday, March 16th!
Love it!! Very modern, I would call it an art quilt! Ta Da!
Hmmm, I don’t know what to call it. But it was a whole lot of fun to make.
Hope life is going well Sue. Thanks for reading. 🙂
Congratulations on the finish! Quilting with black thread on black is an exercise on the eyes (or on faith) for sure. I love that you were able to stick with the scraps for the quilt. What did you use for the backing (more leftovers or something else)?
How did I forget to include a bit of the back?? I just used a black and white scrap I had left over from another backing. I think got excited to hang it and wasn’t thinking of the other side. An exercise in faith is the perfect description for tone on tone quilting! Sigh.
This is fantastic to see… I love the colours and how you did it!! It makes so much fun this SAHRR… hope we will have on in 2025! But first … finishing this year. No UFO. I work hard on the back but runnning out of batting and quickly not to get. So only fotos of the back…
It will be really really interesting to see the parade! Thanks for sharing!!
It is ok if you aren’t quite finished in time. That is how life goes. This year I made such a small quilt – it wasn’t a problem to get it done. Yours is much bigger and taking more time. I am also excited to see all of the finished next week, yours included!
This turned out so good, and it looks great on the wall (by that other quilt that I love!). Had to chuckle at the photo angle – been there, done that!!
Thank you Wendy – I like having both of the blue quilts near each other. As for the photo angle – Isn’t that how all of social media is?? Just the good side. 😉
Congratulations on a fabulous finish! Black on black is so tough…learned that the hard way when I first started quilting! I am sure you will find other things to make this all work in that room. I love the angled shot to avoid the working sewing room. Did you have to clean off threads? I know I would!
Threads are everywhere in that room. Let’s just say the lint roller is often used. 🙂
This quilt has so much zing!!
Thank you! What a cute description. 🙂
Congratulations on your wonderful finish! It is such a bright and happy quilt! As for quilting with black thread on black fabric. . .not fun! I try to use a navy thread or a dark brown thread so I can see where I have been. Sometimes, I think these old eyes can “see” and use a tone on tone. . .like white on white. . .not a smart move!
The old eyes couldn’t see at all. I suppose since it doesn’t show up well, it doesn’t matter how accurate the little circles are with the pebbled quilting. Hahaha. Lesson learned – again – I do believe I went through this frustration before. Hmmm, how many times until I remember not to do this??
What a cute little wall hanging you made with the scraps. Was the quilting done free motion? A yes the black on black doesn’t show up does it.
Thank you! Yep – all free motion. After I was part way through the black on black quilting I remembered having tried this before. Ugh – my memory failed me! Hopefully I will remember this for next time. 🙂
Oh Bernie it is so pretty! I love it hanging on your wall. Your quilting has really gotten amazing! LOL over the deceptively immaculate sewing room – I get it. 😉
Thank you! Maybe next post will include a shot of that guest bed from the opposite angle. 😉
I should have mentioned, I had to do that in our living room when I took a photo or two of my Villa Rosa quilt, trying to leave out the sheet on the sofa (that is there because the dogs won’t stay off it) and the cat houses and toys strewn around. It’s like we have a day care center!
That is a fun way to use up some scraps! Great job. I just made my first Villa Rosa design, and loved the ease of it. A whole top in just over one day of sewing!
Indeed. The Villa Rosa patterns and the Fabric Cafe 3 Yard patterns are both great for making a simple, cute quilt in little time.
Nice to hear from you Carole. I hope all is well!!
Bernie, your mini quilt turned out great! It’s fun to see how each quilter interpreted the prompts. And now you have a unique beauty hanging in your guest room. What a great way to use leftover fabric.
Thank you Tracie. It was a fun project. I hope life is treating you well these days. 🙂
Your Ebb Tide quilt is adorable!!! Use Villa Rosa often!!!
Great Quilt!!! I love how you used up scraps to make it!! That can be very difficult at times!
Thank you for participating in the SAHRR’24 and for linking up!
I love how modern this quilt is!! And your custom quilting fits so well with the design. Black on black seems impossible to me, but I bet it shows some incredible texture. The quilt looks wonderful in your pristine sewing room. Wink wink. Now I need to go check out what else you’ve been up to with the postcard patterns on the blog hop, because I’m sure that’s going to be fun, too.
Great finish! I love the use of leftovers in a new way.
Thank you. I do as well. Plus I just cannot throw out the extra bits! It is like an obsession. 😉
Bernie, this turned out great! It’s been fun following along as you created your SAHRR, and so amazing that’s it’s all leftovers from the previous quilt, too. You need to make a few more fun mini quilts to add to that wall!
I have been thinking and looking around for something to fill in on the wall. I want some wood or metal piece to add a different texture to it. But it absolutely needs to be filled out. 🙂
Your quilt turned out wonderfully. I really enjoyed watching it come together 🙂