Wednesday, May 15, 2013

city sampler, country twist

After an exhilarating week of SMS Giveaway Day, I was stunned when Jessica emailed me Friday night to say *I* had won a copy of Tula Pink's City Sampler!  Whaaa?! The cherry on top?  Getting this little package in Monday's mail ;)  Fabric, too?!  You da best, Jessica!!


She was also kind enough to mention that The Intrepid Thread is doing a quilt along on flickr.  C'mon, quilting along > quilting alone, right?  And as luck would have it, May is month #1 ;)  They're (well, we're) doing blocks that end in "1" for May, "2" for June, and so on in case you want to join in.

Edited to add:  Thank you Jess (!) for also letting me in on the Sew Sweetness Tula Pink sew-along.  Sara's group is tackling the blocks in order and it looks like weekly link-ups will be starting next Monday!

As I was flipping through the book, I couldn't quite figure out what fabric to use.  Rainbow palettes are fun, but I've got quite a splash of color in this selvage quilt to tide me over for the time being:


While perusing my stash, I happened upon some feedsacks I'd picked up a while back and thought, "Why not?"  I have a decent variety on hand, so old farm fabricand perhaps some new additions from my bid list (hey, ebay habits die hard)—it will be.



I guess I can also appreciate the irony of using traditional country cloth for a city sampler of modern blocks.  And I have to say I'm liking the look!  Of course the varying fabric weights make ironing a little more taxing than normal, but at least it keeps things interesting ;)

In other news, I'm at a standstill with my BBP quilt because I am absolutely determined to find a way to incorporate these lovely leftover fabric strips:


I thought about trying to make some sort of a skinny double border for the quilt top, or a giant outlined hat for the back... help?!  Please please let me know if anything jumps out at you when you see these ;)

Also, earlier today I uploaded a free pattern to craftsy for BB #2726 ("Boston Pavement") in case you're interested!  (Think steam punk, but without any curved piecing or applique).

Linking up with Lee!

20 comments:

  1. Love the sampler quilt in the vintage fabrics- that is a very different take then most will go with that book which will make it much more interesting! Love it!

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  2. loving those feedsack prints!! thanks for the pattern too!

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  3. Yay for the win! And I agree with Molly, its going to be fab - also check out Sara sew sweetness QAL for the book (which I'm doing) - I'm thinking both would be good!

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  4. Oh, you're non-curvy Steam Punk pattern is fabulous! Thank you!

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  5. The feed sacks are a fantastic choice for your modern sampler! I love it!

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  6. I love that you've used the feed sacks that way - perfect. Congratulations on winning the prize you lucky thing!

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  7. I think the feedsack idea is perfect!

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  8. I think those scraps could definitely be sewed together for some sort of border/pieced back. I would be super annoyed with not being able to use it for something. :)

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  9. I love tula pink's book, you totally won the jackpot with that one! I think that you could use those pieces for a strip going down the back of your quilt. =) And can't wait to watch your progress of your city sampler quilt!

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  10. I have no ideas but I think you MUST find a way to use those leftovers in your quilt. They are fabulous!

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  11. Thank you for the pattern it is fab! I have that Tula Pink book on my list, lol!!

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  12. An idea for your leftover strips: cut once in the solid piece (maintaining the angle). Cut in random places so each colored piece has a different sized solid attached to it. Strip these together, solid to print. You could either keep the same fabrics together or mix them up. I can't tell how much area that would cover, but it would make a cool stripe (horizontal, diagonal, or vertical) for a pieced back.

    I hope that makes sense - I'm still on my first cup of coffee!

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  13. Congrats on the win! I would also be trying to use those strips. I think a double border would look rockin!

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  14. The leftovers Look great. I am curious, what you are going to do with it...

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  15. Congrats! I love everything I'm seeing, can't wait to see more, of the feed sacks, especially. Cute cute!

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  16. Congrats! I am hoping to do the tula quilt along as well....see you there :-)

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  17. I picked up Tula's new book for my ereader and love it! Love the idea to use the feed sacks!
    As for the BBP, i'm at a loss, but you're right, they definitely need to be part of the finished quilt!

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  18. Congrats on the win. I love the look of your leftovers and hope you fins a way to work them in.

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  19. WOW! I cannot believe that you got the package that fast! I saw those TP blocks on the Flickr group but didn't realize they were yours until I checked my Google Reader last night. They look fantastic!

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  20. Congratulations on the win! How fun! Love the Modern/Vintage quilt you've got going on! Such sweet and lovely irony!

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