Welcome to my stop on the 2016 Paintbrush Studio New Block blog hop! For those visiting for the first time, I'm Renee and I quilt on a 6300 Janome (a domestic machine with a 9" throat). Here are all the quilts I made since the last New Block blog hop:
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My completed quilts since September 2015! You can get links to each of these from the My Quilts tab at the top of the page. |
This year the inspiration for our 12" quilt blocks is Ocean Sunrise. Here's my block:
I decided to design my block from this photo, taken by my older brother in December, 2015:
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Photo credit: Chris Rice-McClure (sunrise from the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands). |
My brother is working a job on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands and shares many gorgeous photos. I chose to use one of his photos as inspiration for my blocks as a way to commemorate his time there.
**If you make one and share it on IG, tag it with #IslandSunriseQuiltBlock **
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)
- We All Sew 'Never tear out stitches again' a technique for figuring out angles and needed fabric sizes that I figured out a few years ago and am so glad someone else made a tutorial for!
Here is my tester block turned mini quilt, I had fun quilting lots of details with Aurifil thread colors:
Island Sunrise mini quilt, about 12" square. |
This post would not be complete without the full disclosure that the block was actually based off this sketch by my friend Sara (@bluequailstudio). She made it after I sent her my inspiration photo and complained of feeling uninspired:
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Island Sunrise quilt block inspiration sketch by Sara @bluequailstudio |
I instantly loved it with the flying geese! So, many big thanks to Sara (go check out her IG, she makes fun projects!) for her help in designing this quilt block. Here's my mini and the final block side by side
Island Sunrise mini quilt and quilt block. |
This blog hop was sponsored by Paintbrush Studio and they provided 6 FQ of fabric to make a 12" quilt block to be donated to charity quilts made by the blog hop hosts. I had so much leftover I made a few bonus blocks:
I used my leftovers to play with improv-curve piecing and more sunrise ideas. Though to be honest that lower left block has the wrong pink, oops. |
To read more about the Paintbrush Studio New Block blog hop and fabric giveaway, visit Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl ! You can also go check out all the other new Paintbrush Studio blocks on the blog hop today: