Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The Intrepid Thread Challenge

When I read the promise of "Free Fabric for you" on the Intrepid Thread blog, it caught my attention. Shortly after signing up for their challenge, a package arrived in the mail with a quarter yard of the hot pink Cotton + Steel Playful Word Game print by Melody Miller, an eighth yard of the Riley Blake Modern Minis Mint Arrows, and a mini charm pack of Moda's Modern Background Paper by Zen Chic.
Inspired by the tutorial at Sew Fresh Quilts, I decided to make a mini quilt using the Stepping Stones quilt block.
I modified the pattern so that the smallest unit would be a 2" finished square instead of a 1" finished square, which results in a 20" block instead of a 10" finished square. The mini charm was already precut to 2 1/2" unfinished, so I thought cutting each square down an inch would be wasteful and unnecessary.
Unfortunately, this took Lorna's handy dandy strip cutting out of the realm of possibility. As I'm a "Buy extra. Measure once. Cut at least once." kind of gal, I set about cutting into my limited materials before figuring how many blocks I could create. Come to find out, the answer is <1. A careful observer will notice some color placement shift on my block in comparison to the original.

But hey, I meant to do it that way all along. Wink, wink. The dense quilting was inspired by the ever talented long-armer Kathleen of Kathleen Quilts. Her Free Motion Friday segment is one of my favorite reoccurring blog segments.

The background diamonds were based on one of her helpful tutorials.
Thanks to The Intrepid Thread for allowing me to participate in their #intrepidthreadchallenge. If you haven't checked out The Intrepid Thread, I suggest you do. They have free blocks from the Sampler Block Shuffle and a Countdown to Christmas $4.99 Fabrics Sale, which are motivation enough for me.
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11 comments:

  1. It's fantastic! The quilting is beautiful

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  2. It's fantastic! The quilting is beautiful

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  3. That's sew pretty! Merry Christmas!

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  4. It turned out beautifully, Afton. The quilting is great and I was definitely watching it on IG with great interest. I am a huge fan of the Intrepid Thread and Julie. I have some good friends (3 families, actually) who moved to the bay area in the last year, and I keep bugging my husband to plan a trip to visit them and swing by to see the Intrepid Thread and hopefully meet Julie in person.

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  5. Great use of the fabric and color layout! I think the quilting adds so much texture and interest to this quilt!

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  6. your quilting is lovely!

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  7. That quilting is just lovely!! What a beautiful finish

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  8. This is beautiful Afton! I love what you made and the quilting is just amazing! Great Job!

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  9. Fantastic job! I especially love the quilting.

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  10. Wow, that quilting takes this to another level. I love what you did with these fabrics!

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