March is Ambassador's Choice.
March brings a free month for you to determine your own project of any size, using any theme and any technique!! This is an opportunity for you to express your creativity without guidelines. Have fun!
Here is my response.
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| Dreaming of Daylilies |
Designed in EQ8, and made with Poetic Bouquet collection, it is a combination of Irish Chain blocks and appliqued Daisy blocks.
This is a lovely collection with beautiful gradations in purples and aquas. I wanted to show off these value gradations in the design.
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| EQ8 Mock-up |
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| Value Gradations |
The petals are lightest in the center getting darker towards the tips. This design gives an illusion of a circle in the flower that echoes the circle in the center.
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| Aqua Daisy, Purple Center |
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| Bloom |
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| Blossom |
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| Shimmer |
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| Shine |
I used Egg White and Glaze for the background. The batting is Thermore by Hobbs. The Binding is Rice.
I used Schmetz Microtex 80/12 needles for both piecing and quilting. Dreaming of Daylilies finished at 52" square.
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| Thank you, Paul! |
Paul holds more than just quilts. He also holds my heart and his support is the world to me.
Here are a few more pictures, close-ups included.
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| Who says you cannot mix backgrounds? |
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| Glaze and Egg White |
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| She drapes in beauty! |
Dreaming of Daylilies was published in Annie's "For Love of Precuts".
But wait there is more.
The leftover pieced strips (from making the petals) were used to make this baby quilt, I named Lilyput :-)
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| Lilyput, 40" square |
Pieced strips were inserted between solid white background rectangles to make 10" finished blocks. Lilyput finished at 40" square. The binding is Aqua (Island Batik Blender).
Here are a few more pictures:
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| Solid White Background |
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| Turquoise Binding |
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| Go soothe a baby! |
In other news, I have completed the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Blocks for March.
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| Yellow for March RSC |
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| Island Batik Scraps |
I will be sharing with all my favorite linky parties, including Angela's. See full list on the sidebar. Wishing you warmth and a measure of calm in these troubled times.
Bouquet glows! She's a beauty and the baby quilt is cute too. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThe mixed backgrounds is lovely. The bonus quilt is just as sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat work as always! Lots of spring love this month! Lilyput is a great idea for the scraps.
ReplyDeleteI love this petal quilt. Did you use a template or a ruler to do the petals?
ReplyDeleteDaylilies turned out beautifully. Making the petals gradated is a wonderful design feature, it really shows off all those fabrics. Your bonus baby quilt is fun too.
ReplyDeleteWow! Daylilies is gorgeous! The gradient flower petals made it extra special, and then you got another quilt from the leftovers. Good job!! Isn't it nice to have a good guy to hold your heart?
ReplyDeletevery pretty! I love those colors
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt. Your eye for color and composition really shows with this beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts Preeti! Love how you showed off the gradations.
ReplyDeleteThat is a fun pattern, and I love the circle effect from the shaded fabrics - glorious.
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY lovely! My quilts are not as beautiful as your's but I love my photos that show my husband's fingertips from hours of holding them up while I get "the perfect shot in daylight" before night falls. I miss him....
ReplyDeleteThis is a great design and finish. I really love your clever use of the gradient flower centers. You wear this quilt well too! The bonus baby quilt is a nice completion too. I have to say that I never loved batik fabrics as much as I do now that you ambassadors are showing off some great designs. This quilt really elevates those batiks nicely!!
ReplyDeleteDreaming of Daylilies is very pretty
ReplyDeleteDreaming of Daylilies is beautiful and I love the baby quilt made of leftovers!
ReplyDeleteI bought the magazine off the rack at the grocery store yesterday and was going to write to tell you -- and here you are with a post about it!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Preeti. Love the yellow RSC blocks too!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love it! Did you use an AccuQuilt die to cut out all your lovely flower petals? And if so, did you piece the three fabrics before or after cutting the shapes? Such a beautiful effect in the finished quilt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts, as usual! I really love the illusion of circles in your Dreaming of Daylilies quilt - very nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! I love the way you did the flower petals and the baby quilt is pretty, too. Have a fabulous day.
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful flowering quilt!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous challenge quilt and a brilliant use of the leftovers, Preeti!
ReplyDeleteI saw this online too! Just love your Dreaming of Daylilies quilt. So pretty. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Oh wow, Preeti, the gradation in the Dreaming of Daylilies flower petals is spectacular. I love being able to put leftover into a quilt right away, too.
ReplyDeleteWow, your quilt is a beauty! I love how you deal with the prompt, fabulous way to express your creativity without guidelines! It's sweet and beautiful, soft and peaceful colors, I love it! Lilyput is lovely too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your creative and inspiring quilts.
Oh be still my heart! I love your new quilts. But Dreaming of Day Lilies captures most of my heart. It is terrific. Is it raw edge or did you somehow turn under the petals and then stitch them down. Clever to come up with the baby quilt. Lilyput is going to make some little one very happy. Kudos on your creativity. Tell Paul he's definitely a keeper!
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