Hello! Welcome to my contribution to the Fabric-Quilt New Block Blog Hop! If you're here for the first time, Hi my name is Renee and I quilt on a Janome 6300 (domestic machine). Here are all the quilts I've made this year:
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My completed quilts so far in 2015! You can get links to each of these from the My Quilts tab at the top of the page. |
For this New Block blog hop I designed this 12" quilt block:
Mountain Camping paper pieced quilt block: in Fabri-Quilt solids from the Watermelon Summer bundle. |
We were encouraged to design a block inspired by summer, and to me summer is a time for camping. My parents took me and my 3 siblings camping since we were very little, and I've taken my kids camping since they were babies. When I looked at tent quilt blocks I found several made with the iconic A-frame style tent. But I've never camped in a tent like that, I've always had a dome tent and decided to design my block after this photo I took outside of Durango, Colorado:
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Camping near Durango, Colorado in October, 2011. |
I kept the lines fairly simple so that someone new to paper piecing won't feel overwhelmed--this is a fairly simple block, and extra details can be added with quilting or embroidery (see mini quilt below)
You can download this pattern for FREE on Craftsy (link).
**If you make one and share it on IG, tag it with #mountaincampingquiltblock **
**If you make one and share it on IG, tag it with #mountaincampingquiltblock **
If you're new to paper piecing here are the tutorials I liked best when I was getting started:
- Artisania Paper Piecing video series, plus links to other tutorials (this is the series that helped me finally "get" paper piecing)
In testing my block pattern and instructions I had fun picking different fabrics and colors:
Mountain Camping paper pieced quilt block: colors based off the photograph. |
I turned this one into a mini quilt (the fate of all these test blocks, actually) so I could show you how the quilting can add some of those awesome details:
Mountain Camping paper pieced quilt block: turned into a mini quilt! |
Mountain Camping paper pieced quilt block: first test--a purple tent my daughter requested. |
Mountain Camping paper pieced quilt block: a blue tent for my son (he asked if the lines on the tent would go away, when I told him no he decided he didn't want this block). |
This blog hop is sponsored by Fabri-Quilt, and they provided me with 6 fat eighths to make a 12" quilt block to be donated to charity quilts made by the blog hop hosts.
To read more about the Fabric-Quilt New Blocks blog hop and fabric giveaway, visit Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl ! You can also go check out all the other new Fabri-Quilt blocks on the blog hop today:
Monday, August 31st
Host – Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Kelly @Quilting it Out
Martha @Once a Wingnut
Irene @Patchwork and Pastry
Cassandra @The (not so) Dramatic Life
Andrea @The Sewing Fools
Bernie @Needle and Foot
Silvia @A Stranger View
Wanda @Wanda’s Life Sampler
Sandra @Musings of a Menopausal Melon
Vicki @Orchid Owl Quilts
Jess @Quilty Habit
Diana @Red Delicious Life
Chelsea @Patch the Giraffe
Margo @Shadow Lane Quilts
Renee @Quilts of a Feather