Friday, August 12, 2011

Summer Sampler Quilt Top


My Summer Sampler quilt top is finished!
I love, love, love this quilt.


KateFaith, and Lee did such a terrific job hosting this quilt along!
Thanks to these lovely ladies,
I am now totally comfortable with (and probably addicted to!) paper piecing.
I enjoyed this quilt along so much!




As I was posting these photos,
my husband looked over my shoulder and said "wow, that's pretty."
I couldn't agree more!


The fabrics are all from the DS Quilts collection,
with coordinating Kona solids in red, navy, and chartreuse.

Any thoughts on how to quilt it?
Linking up to:{Sew} Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations

27 comments:

  1. Oooh, Michelle, I love how this turned out! I love the way you sashed each block differently, and I'm right there with you, feeling the love for paper piecing! :)

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  2. I absolutely love the different frames on each block! Fantastic. And thanks for your Kona colors...those will be handy when I use my DS Quilts! Can't wait to see this finished up!

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  3. beautiful work. I love the colors

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  4. Its just gorgeous Michelle, love those blocks and how they work together! So pretty :-)

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  5. Beautiful job. It was a fun QAL and so interesting to see everyone's interpretation. I got addicted to paper piecing too!

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  6. Looks wonderful!! You even take the pictures nicely..I like the one with the flowers at the bottoms of the pic..Nice Job!!

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  7. This looks great! I think I would quilt it using a circular pattern starting in the center and radiating out because it would give nice contrast to all the straight lines.

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  8. WOW! I love the framing and it does look beautiful! I just played with the DS collection in white, but now I am thinking it looks amazing in these solids you choose.

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  9. So creative, how you framed them in different colors! Very cool!!

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  10. Beautiful, I love the colors you used! What about different quilting in each block, something that accentuates each block. That would be cool!

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  11. Ohh I just love it!! I would do some sort of free motion quilting for sure, can't wait to see what you decide!!

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  12. Nicely done -- I really like the different colors for the frames, and like Marci Girl above, maybe quilt each block differently to bring out each pattern. It's a really pretty quilt, well executed.

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  13. The fabrics work really well together - it coordinates really well. Good job!

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  14. Great quilt and to have a comment like that from DH! Wow!

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  15. It's so beautiful! Love the colorful frames around each block. Great job!

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  16. Beautiful! And as everyone else has said, the frames around the blocks are fabulous! Love the colors you have chosen. Can't help you much on the quilting, though. Great work!

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  17. This is a beautifu! I love the colors and the different colors around each block is brilliant! I don't know about the quilting, either. I'm sure whatever you do will be beautiful.

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  18. Absolutely gorgeous! I'm having mine quilted in a meander - all those seams need some curves, LOL!

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  19. That is a piece of art!!!! The POP of green is really perfect :o) Great job!!!!!!

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  20. I puffy-heart LOVE Chartreuse and you used it to absolutely brilliant effect here, Michelle! LOVE your sampler. LOVE.

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  21. I love it! Have no idea on how to quilt it but the top is gorgeous. :)

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  22. This quilt is WONDERFUL! It is seriously beautiful! Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday!

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  23. I love your version. In fact every one that I see is great - the blocks can be used in so many ways that work. And how awesome to get a compliment from your husband on it! ;)

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