14 Fantastic Quilt Voyage: Nicke's Quilt.

4.08.2015

Last month was the first round of working on quilt blocks for Fantastic Quilt Voyage, a traveling quilt bee that I am in with some friends. Nicke's quilt came to me first, and she was asking for quiet and calm blocks in black and white with touches of gold. She's a girl after my own heart! I was excited to get started and after looking through her pinterest board, found this pin.
I quickly drew a version of the photo up in Illustrator, made freezer paper templates and a test block, cut out my fabric and got sewing! The blocks were tiny and had y-seams so they took a few days to make, but I really enjoyed the process.

 I was excited for an excuse to add in a few gold fabrics from my stash!
I am really happy with how the finished block turned out. I'm tempted to make a whole quilt like this now for myself!
I am always reminded that y-seams really aren't that scary when I make something with them! If you haven't tried them yet, you should. 
 Nicke's quilt is going to be so pretty! I can't wait to see it finished.
You can follow along with the quilt bee by checking out the #fantasticquiltvoyage hashtag on IG!

14 comments:

  1. I'm not a black and white person but my oh my, this is gorgeous !!

    Also, I'm sorry to be that person but what is that teeny tiny heart print ? I've never seen it and it's SO cute !!

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  3. (Big oops back there) This is so pretty, and cool to boot! Fantastic creative idea you had!

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  4. You're so creative! This turned out awesome!

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  5. I loved seeing the spark for this idea and then how you interpreted it and put it together. I think it's exquisite! That B&W stripe fabric is unusual.

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  6. This is lovely. I just started a tumbling block project - my first experience with y-seams. The first block took several hours and there are tons more to go. I'm very discouraged. Do you have any tips you can share? I can't even figure out which way to press seams. I obviously bit off way more than I can chew! :-)

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  7. I really cannot get over how awesome this block is! Nicke's quilt will be gorgeous. Yay!

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  8. WOW!! What a wonderful translation of the picture to the quilt block. She's going to LOVE it! (To Diane above: Check the internet for Y seam video tutorials. I watched one awhile back that was excellent at showing how to get them just right. I wish I could remember where it was...)

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  9. Your block is wonderful. It looks just like the picture. Nicke is going to love it.

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  10. It looks amazing! Really similar to the picture. Gold really matches there. :)

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  11. I love the translation of the inspiration photo to quilt block--well done! With your y-seams, do you hand sew them, or machine? I've been wanting to try them, but I'm not sure which method would work best (or be easiest). Thoughts?

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  12. Love reading the story behind a design ... and the fabrics and layout are so cute!

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  13. Love your quilt design and choice of fabrics!😊 Found videos on YouTube on how to sew Yseams...

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