A couple of weeks ago I put together a quilt top to use as a demonstration for my Concentric Circles Quilting Tutorial.
I finally decided to put a binding on this little guy and call it officially done!!
I love how this quilt top came together using almost all leftover/unused HST’s from an abandoned project. I think I had to make a few more to create the right number for a square, but otherwise it was kind of halfway done for me.
I wasn’t sure what exactly I wanted to do with them until I remembered Katie of Sew Katie Did’s amazing Pantone Pop Quilt! I love how the random order subtly creates some interesting and surprising patterns. Even though I had some patterned material in there, I thought it could still work. So as usual, I just went for it!!!
I also love the idea of off setting the main piece within the whole quilt, something I also played with on my Little Lotta Chevron Quilt.
The circular quilting was super fun and easy on a small quilt like this. If I were to do this design again, I would likely offset the circle, starting near a corner and working out from there.
But I still like the way it turned out and now need to find just the right wall for it! Here it is on a temporary wall space. The lighting indoors is so different from outside, I had a hard time finding a decently lit wall. It gives a slightly different perspective though- yes?
Hope your week is amazing!!! If you’re finding time for some circle quilting, I’d love to hear how it’s going!
~~~karen
I like this and love that you used something you had given up on ! I know I could do the same with fabrics my stash. I haven’t tried. the circle quilting but may soon since your quilts are sooo very beautiful and inspiring!
I love orange, yellow and grey together and this quilt is stunning ~ great use of fabrics and design!
What a great quilt! I love those color combos – I’m working on an orange and grey quilt currently too! The quilting looks amazing!
I Love this quilt! HSTs are my favorite – and you’ve created some great visual effects with them.
The quilting is perfect for it too! Wanna talk about circular quilting when we meet up!
Thanks to you, I’m becoming a fan of orange, which has never, ever been a favorite.
I love this pattern, and I don’t think I will ever get tired of seeing it in new color combinations. The orange and grey is perfect in my mind.
The binding makes the quilt. The offset use of colors really works with the whole thing. Great quilt and quilting too.
Love watching all this gorgeous quilts appearing!
Love that circular quilting. Want to talk about it when we meet up.
Love this! Nice work, Karen!
Wow, this is really awesome! I love the concentric circles … I have a quilt top just begging for some fun quilting … and I agree with another comment that the binding makes the whole thing perfect! Glad I found your blog!!