Beautiful. I love the mix of blocks on the quilt. can't wait to make this quilt. Choosing colors will be a challenge for me. Imagine i will have to try each block with different colors.
My quilt makes choosing colors look difficult because I am using SO many colors. I am also using the colors brazenly/confidently, rather than in an easy way. I think that this quilt has such a cool pattern that the colors don't have to be so important. It would work really well to make the quilt in 2-3 colors, plus neutrals. That would be way easier!
Such a fun journey to follow as you design and make this quilt. My "Under the Maple Tree" is finished and bound. I just need to sew down the binding, which I do by hand as I'm totally NOT good at sewing down binding with my domestic machine. I do have a new foot to try out--Janome, bi-level foot. But I'll try on a placemat first. I used the same Tilda soft teal you used. And that gorgeous gold for the non-leaf blocks. But all the leaves came from my stash. They are brighter than yours I think. I'm getting lots of compliments on this quilt and will show it at my two monthly quilt meetings soon. I will make this quilt again most likely--in different color ways. Setting the blocks on point worked really well for me too. This quilt went on the longarm really square as a result--and quilted beautifully. I have mixed emotions about pressing the seams open, so I'm thinking about that. Also, on the little side blocks, I cut the one long strip longer and them trimmed it--and that made that block less fiddly. For whatever that is worth. I'll post pics to my blog when I have the binding on--it's in the coral family and is fairly soft.
Thanks for sharing these thoughts on your Under the Maple Tree journey, Louisa. I find it all so interesting to hear. For me the little side blocks were also the most fiddly. Good that you found something that helped your process there. Congrats on reaching the binding process! It sounds like a gorgeous quilt.
I’ve been trying to work out how to create the illusion of overlapping, translucent circles! Your idea is going to help me enormously! Thank you very much for sharing! (Total novice)
Excellent solution for those triangle bits! You know, this block would also be a great candidate for EPP (for those who love EPP or just prefer it to appliqué). So pretty!
Beautiful. I love the mix of blocks on the quilt. can't wait to make this quilt. Choosing colors will be a challenge for me. Imagine i will have to try each block with different colors.
My quilt makes choosing colors look difficult because I am using SO many colors. I am also using the colors brazenly/confidently, rather than in an easy way. I think that this quilt has such a cool pattern that the colors don't have to be so important. It would work really well to make the quilt in 2-3 colors, plus neutrals. That would be way easier!
Such a fun journey to follow as you design and make this quilt. My "Under the Maple Tree" is finished and bound. I just need to sew down the binding, which I do by hand as I'm totally NOT good at sewing down binding with my domestic machine. I do have a new foot to try out--Janome, bi-level foot. But I'll try on a placemat first. I used the same Tilda soft teal you used. And that gorgeous gold for the non-leaf blocks. But all the leaves came from my stash. They are brighter than yours I think. I'm getting lots of compliments on this quilt and will show it at my two monthly quilt meetings soon. I will make this quilt again most likely--in different color ways. Setting the blocks on point worked really well for me too. This quilt went on the longarm really square as a result--and quilted beautifully. I have mixed emotions about pressing the seams open, so I'm thinking about that. Also, on the little side blocks, I cut the one long strip longer and them trimmed it--and that made that block less fiddly. For whatever that is worth. I'll post pics to my blog when I have the binding on--it's in the coral family and is fairly soft.
Thanks for sharing these thoughts on your Under the Maple Tree journey, Louisa. I find it all so interesting to hear. For me the little side blocks were also the most fiddly. Good that you found something that helped your process there. Congrats on reaching the binding process! It sounds like a gorgeous quilt.
I’ve been trying to work out how to create the illusion of overlapping, translucent circles! Your idea is going to help me enormously! Thank you very much for sharing! (Total novice)
You're welcome!
Genius! I love when something so complicated is simplified. I'm almost dreading when you finish this blog because I am learning so much from it.
Aww, that's awesome! Thanks, Lisa.
So clever!
Wow, that is slick for sure! Very cool.
Thanks, Jacqui!
Excellent solution for those triangle bits! You know, this block would also be a great candidate for EPP (for those who love EPP or just prefer it to appliqué). So pretty!