Yey! Scrappy trip along! She's finished! I love love love love love it.
And so here I go showing you more pictures than is really necessary...
If you are looking to get your sewing mojo back, THIS is the project for you. Seriously. Once you make once block you'll be hooked. Which is why this is one of my first finishes this year, not anything else that I might have had planned.
It is one of the quickest quilts I've ever made, and probably, hand-on-heart, my favouritist. I've always admired anything patchworky with 2.5" squares, and always thought I didn't have the patience for it. But with the nifty strip piecing method you don't even notice. Before you know it you have 4 blocks, and then 4 more and then 36.
The quilt is pieced entirely from scraps and stash. I basically got about 1/4 of the fabric I needed from scraps, then pulled some bright rainbow colours from stash and cut a few 2.5" x 16" strips. When the top was done, I felt it was quite heavily on the orange side, so I chose to bind it in a dark teal (Kona Glacier) to bring out the aqua's and cooler colours.
I quilted it, on Leanne's suggestion, in concentric circles. I started off-centre to make life a bit easier and sewed rings 2" apart. When I was finished I thought it needed more quilting, so I went back around again inbetween each line, meaning they ended up 1" apart. I LOVE the quilting. It really makes the quilt. I used Aurifil 50wt in colour 2000 which is fast becoming my favourite when I want this type of "melt into the background" kind of effect. The quilting can't be too fancy on these types of quilts I think. It has to just sink it and give a little bit of texture.
For the backing, I used the only thing I had enough of on hand. Which just happened to be perfect for it. That Ikea Numbers print that everyone loves. I need more of this before it disappears completely.
Besides how much I love the finished quilt, I have THE MOST fun making it. The whole quilting community on IG and twitter joined in, and it felt like one big sewing retreat with us all making them. I also love how organically it grew from Brenda and Megan to over 2000 pictures. Crazy right?!
And how each quilt, although made from the same pattern, is a really true reflection of each person as a quilter. I'd never really noticed that before, but you really can tell who's is who's just by looking at it. This picture, from friday at Lynne's proves it!
And so here I go showing you more pictures than is really necessary...
If you are looking to get your sewing mojo back, THIS is the project for you. Seriously. Once you make once block you'll be hooked. Which is why this is one of my first finishes this year, not anything else that I might have had planned.
It is one of the quickest quilts I've ever made, and probably, hand-on-heart, my favouritist. I've always admired anything patchworky with 2.5" squares, and always thought I didn't have the patience for it. But with the nifty strip piecing method you don't even notice. Before you know it you have 4 blocks, and then 4 more and then 36.
The quilt is pieced entirely from scraps and stash. I basically got about 1/4 of the fabric I needed from scraps, then pulled some bright rainbow colours from stash and cut a few 2.5" x 16" strips. When the top was done, I felt it was quite heavily on the orange side, so I chose to bind it in a dark teal (Kona Glacier) to bring out the aqua's and cooler colours.
I quilted it, on Leanne's suggestion, in concentric circles. I started off-centre to make life a bit easier and sewed rings 2" apart. When I was finished I thought it needed more quilting, so I went back around again inbetween each line, meaning they ended up 1" apart. I LOVE the quilting. It really makes the quilt. I used Aurifil 50wt in colour 2000 which is fast becoming my favourite when I want this type of "melt into the background" kind of effect. The quilting can't be too fancy on these types of quilts I think. It has to just sink it and give a little bit of texture.
For the backing, I used the only thing I had enough of on hand. Which just happened to be perfect for it. That Ikea Numbers print that everyone loves. I need more of this before it disappears completely.
Besides how much I love the finished quilt, I have THE MOST fun making it. The whole quilting community on IG and twitter joined in, and it felt like one big sewing retreat with us all making them. I also love how organically it grew from Brenda and Megan to over 2000 pictures. Crazy right?!
And how each quilt, although made from the same pattern, is a really true reflection of each person as a quilter. I'd never really noticed that before, but you really can tell who's is who's just by looking at it. This picture, from friday at Lynne's proves it!
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| Trudi, Me, Karen and Katy |
Quilt Stats
Size: approx 72" x 72"
Fabric: ALL SORTS!
Pieced and Quilted by me
Size: approx 72" x 72"
Fabric: ALL SORTS!
Pieced and Quilted by me
Pattern: Scrappy Trips
Super smashing ace! I am going to get my top pieced this week, my pile of blocks are gathering dust!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt Laura! I may be the only person who hasn't started making one of these quilts yet but I think I will do eventually, I haven't seen a single one that I didn't like!
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Ooh, love the colour play in yours! I haven't made one yet, but there's a bundle I have in my stash I've been eyeing up for it for when I have cleared the decks a bit...
ReplyDeleteLooking fab, and i always thought little blocks would be a nightmare, but this technique is genius- all i need to do is finish these bee blocks (3 to go, and then i can do some more fun stuff). : )
ReplyDeleteOh its gorgeous! Your quilting really does just make it :)
ReplyDeleteI just backed a quilt in that numbers print and was just thinking it need to get some more
Woohoo to a fabulous finish. Love it! And like my bee quilt, when you have that much colour on the front the black and white works so well on the back.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!!! It turned out simply perfect, love your quilting, too. It adds just the right kind of interest and texture. What a fantastic first finish of the year!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I just love that last photo - how cool! It's a really stunning finish - I'm still wrestling with whether to use 24 FQs of Field Study and make one but using Dan's slightly larger squares to show off the fabric. Gah - I can't decide!
ReplyDeleteSo stunning! Love all of these....trying so hard not to be drawn in as I've got so many other things to be working on....but the force is strong with this one!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUtterly gorgeous and most definitely the best scrappy quilt I have seen fom all th ones popping up. Great photos too.
ReplyDeleteOoh, beautiful!!!!! I'm 12 squares into mine - resistance is (and was) futile!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fab! I must crack on with mine.
ReplyDeleteOh wow I love how your quilt has come out, the colours are fab! That's pretty blinking good to have a quilt finished already this early in the year.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, and hand finished binding too! It's gorgeous! But you know that already!
ReplyDeleteIts absolutely fantastic and the quilting is just perfect
ReplyDeleteWow! You are the strippy whizz kid! Fab quilt and lovely how each one is so individual! Jxo
ReplyDeleteI am resisting, but only just... Must say, yours is particularly gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt, Laura. Love the backing. I must make one!
ReplyDeleteI live your quilting on this. I did a spiral on a pillow recently and have been thinking Of trying it on a bigger quilt. My one question about the concentric circles is how you started and finished them. Did you just back stitch or did you tie off each one and bury the knots? I imagine with it being offset that limited the number of complete circles, but it still seems like a tone of work.
ReplyDeleteThis Scrappy Trip Along is one of the prettiest I've seen. I do love it so and your quilting is perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis Scrappy Trip Along is one of the prettiest I've seen. I do love it so and your quilting is perfect!
ReplyDeleteanother gorgeous finish. ARe you going to be plusing and xing too?
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Perfect colors AND quilting. Lovely make!
ReplyDeleteit's so lovely! I was going to use that ikea print for the back of mine too, but I just know if I go to ikea I will spend more money than I mean to!
ReplyDeleteLovely finish Laura, love the teal binding.
ReplyDeleteOh to have that many scraps! It is lovely! And, how on earth did I miss this fabric when I was in Ikea last week - drat!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and the binding colour is perfect - love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! All bright and bold and slightly mad and exciting. It's a quilt autobiography :) Love the quilts next to each other too.
ReplyDeleteIt's stunning!
ReplyDeleteI am sure you were trying to tempt me personally when you said that it's a great quilt for getting your sewing mojo back. I've pretty much decided when I do sew it'll be this. I have a complete quilt crush on yours. I just love the bright happy colours.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I've obviously seen a ton of these around blogland lately, and just have to say that yours is one of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteThis turned out great.......loving the circle quilting on it !
ReplyDeleteDid you have any trouble with seams and the way they were pressed when it was time to sew block to block?
Started sewing strips today, but wondered if I should press the block seams or wait to see their placement.
This is beautiful! I have been watching the scrappytripalong activity on IG and now seeing your finished product I think I just have to get started on my own now.
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely! I love how its bright, but not over the top crazy bright. Some of them are hurting my eyes, and yours is not! I quilted in concentric circles last week, and it drove me nuts! My main problem was that I quilted it anti clockwise meaning the part of the quilt going through the throat of my machine kept getting bigger. Dickhead! I said many times. If I'd gone the other way it would've been much easier. But I do love the quilting on it.
ReplyDeleteOh I love your version!! stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteJust got round to starting mine today. Love the way yours has turned out.
ReplyDeleteJust got round to starting mine today. Love the way yours has turned out.
ReplyDeleteJust got round to starting mine today. Love the way yours has turned out.
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