Anyhoo! The Saskatoon Modern Quilt Guild had a UFO challenge. "UFO" is always a challenge for me since I rarely have any. I tend to stick to only a few projects at a time and frequently go full-steam-ahead until they're done. I do have ONE long-term UFO but it's in storage and I haven't seen it in years. If it has survived the storage process, I will finish it likely as soon as it's freed. Other than that, I don't think I have anything that has been waiting more than two years.
I did have a crap ton of HSTs rescued and salvaged from other projects (specifically ones for my sister). They've been trimmed up in little bunches of 1.5" squares at Wednesday guild gatherings for months and months. I'm not saying people made fun of me, but more than one of my quilty friends questioned my sanity. :-) The intent was always to make a trip around the world or something like it. So the time had come to do something with it. So I dug into the scraps and grabbed my Kona Silver yardage and went nuts.
It started with tiny but traditional,
The quilting is.... uhm, not my best. I rushed a little in a push to meet the deadline (I have never not finished a SMQG challenge!) I'm a little out of practice and always more convinced of my skills before I sit down to use them. However, I more or less got the look I was going for: more tiny and structured in the wee blocks, loose and watery as it moves outward. I'll try to remember to either leave time or to take more next project.
I added a couple of blue chunks to the binding, letting them fall wherever. The back is unspectacular and with fading light and borrowed quilt holding help, I totally forgot to snap a picture of it. It's most silver with a little piece of blue floral.
Approx: 68x78"
More than 650 - 1.5" HSTs salvaged and used up. (I have about 6 left over...) One GIANT ziploc bag no longer crowding my sewing space. And I am content.
Love it! Wish I could have seen it in person.
ReplyDeleteWow. You crazy. I like crazy.
ReplyDeleteI love this!! It's so beautiful. And I love the tiny HSTs. Well, all of them really. Great work. The FMQ really compliments it well too.
ReplyDeleteHi Carly! This is fantastic! I really like your design! Have a great week! x Teje
ReplyDeleteI'm also questioning your sanity with all those layouts! It looks incredible and love all that negative space. Great job. Now go lie down.
ReplyDeleteOhhh this is fab- I really hate HSTs so the thought of amassing 650 of them is a massive achievement in itself to me.
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! This quilt is STUNNING! I truly am impressed and in awe at all the work put into this beauty. Truly a work of art!
ReplyDeleteWow, really impressible .
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt. It's really inspiring how you started out fairly traditionally and then let things get more loose. I also have quite a collection of 1/2 square triangles of different sizes. I never thought of using them in the same quilt....hm.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post Carly. I like how you used different sized HST'S in it. Clever you
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Carly, it does feel satisfying to accomplish a goal,
ReplyDeletegreat job! And what a great quilt from leftovers! good work Carley!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is SUCH an interesting quilt - I like it alot! Good for you for finishing!
ReplyDelete1/2" HST! You are nuts! It's official! However, from such derangement comes such a wonderfully creative arrangement. Crazy has it's functions don't you think? You give me hope for the lowly collection of HST's which I can't seem to find another home for. And I was just going to make 17 placemats.........Congrats.
ReplyDeleteWow what a great quilt. Looks like a lot of work!!
ReplyDeleteAre you serious that you saw ALL of the quilt festival quilts? Wow, I am impressed!
what a great idea for a guild challenge *stealing it* and what a beautiful result
ReplyDeleteWow! This is really cool! I'm glad they made you get to work, totally worth it. It's a beauty of a quilt!
ReplyDeletethis is amazing! I love the progression shots
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. Good for you! I always thing of scrap quilts as being "free" so you gotta feel great about that aspect too. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt! Can't wait to see what you make with those last 6 ;)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteWow, this turned out really cool! I love it :)
ReplyDeleteYou AMAZE me with your penchant for teeny tiny piecing! What skill. This is a really unique and creative and BEAUTIFUL QUILT. I really really love it.
ReplyDeleteYay! Very interesting and original! Well done!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I love this! Just amazing! Stick with finishing things! That's my advice to you. Not that you were asking or anything, but I used to be like you and I never had any UFO's. I didn't even understand why anyone would have any. Why not finish?? Then I had one UFO, then two, then it grew to three and so on......now it's hard for me to finish again! I don't know what happened to me. I love that you keep pressing on :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! You tackle a project and do it up right, don't you?! No such thing as "simple," or "small" for you. This is great! Sure like seeing how frugal you could be with those HSTs, and then how you expanded and enlarged that idea to carry it through to a big finish. So very nicely done! Show-worthy, for sure!
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE it! Such a fun way to use all those itty bittys! Loved this especially: " always more convinced of my skills before I sit down to use them"...ain't that the truth! :)
ReplyDeleteI just discovered you through your interview with Stash Bee - I LOVE your work - so delighted to join your blog - I'm thrilled and inspired by all that I see here - woohoo!!!! Happy Monday finding you!!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic Carly! I love the gradual shift from ordered to chaotic, it looks sensational!
ReplyDeleteI really like how this turned out. Reminds me a bit of my Riley Blake Challenge Quilt. Way to go on finishing it up!
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