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The Curves Mini Quilts challenge for Curated Quilts ends today. I love quilt challenges for a variety of reasons. The small size of a mini quilt is a great way to play with a new or different technique. When the Curves challenge was announced I loved the palette (though I totally missed that white was in the list) and knew that I would do something with gentle improv curves.

I was out of town for 9 days in December without my sewing machine, so I packed along my fabric, rotary cutter, and small cutting mat. This allowed me to work in my hotel room to prep all my pieces for the mini quilt.

When I returned home I needed to finish up one last December project before I could get to work on this project beginning January 1st. But since my pieces were all cut and organized, the units went together quickly.

I trimmed them down to 4-inch squares.

I opted to add in the white from the palette with my echo walking foot quilting. The 10.5" x 10.5" quilt was finished with a faced binding.

 

I'm linking up to the Curated Quilts Curves Mini Quilt Challenge call for entries and Michelle's Beauties Pageant, and Wendy's Peacock Party, and TGIFF with Anja. There are so many other beautiful submissions. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

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The products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik, including products from Aurifil.

Our December Island Batik Ambassador challenge was to make something Whimsical and Wonky. I knew just the project. Ever since I made the Improv Tumbler mini almost two years ago for the first MQG Swap I’ve wanted to make another.

I opted to make use my 10” stack of Bright Paisley Dot. I love the bright rainbow of color! I did all of my cutting with a rotary cutter and no ruler. I started by cutting the squares approximately in half, then I cut 2-3 tumbler blocks per piece. This gave me a colorful pile of wonky tumblers, each approximately 5” tall.

Then I worked on my design wall to set the rough layout. I pieced each row, making adjustments as necessary when they were too wonky. Then I attached the rows with smooth curves.

I walking foot quilted with smooth curves using Aurifil 50wt Light Lemon (#2110), similar to my joining seams, and machine bound with a light neutral. The backing was pieced from my Petting Zoo scraps. My 6-year-old daughter walked with me to the park this afternoon to be my quilt holder. We had a lovely, goofy time.

Updated to add: Whimsical and Wonky Improv Tumbler measures 40" x 38".

 

 

Happy New Year!

I'm linking up to Michelle's Beauties Pageant, Wendy's Peacock Party, and TGIFF with Anja.

P.S. This is my 31st blog post this month! Thank you for visiting!

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Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is hosting her fourth annual "Best of" linkup. I've decided to share my five favorite finishes of the year. In no particular order...


Greenery

Greenery was the first Planned Improv: Scrappy Squares quilt that I made. It was the result of the 2017 Pantone Quilt Challenge and my Bay Area Modern guild challenge to make a scrap quilt using squares and rectangles. At the end of 2017 I developed this technique into a workshop. I finished numerous other Planned Improv: Scrappy Squares projects before longarm quilting and finishing this one in 2018. Read more.


Fandangle Scrappy Squares

Fandangle Scrappy Squares is another version of my Planned Improv: Scrappy Squares, I loved working with the cool color way of Christa Watson's Fandangle color palette while exploring the different variations that can be achieved with this technique. Read more.


Pantone Ultra Violet All About Angles

Purple is my favorite color, but so often I don't use it in my quilts. This may be the finish I am proudest of this year. Pantone Ultra Violet All About Angles was pieced in time to submit to the 2018 Pantone Quilt Challenge and received Judge's Second in the "Just the Top" category. The finished quilt hung at PIQF in October 2018. Read more.


Jungle Cabin

Jungle Cabin is one of my favorites because I really loved modernizing the traditional log cabin block by adding negative space and the asymmetry of the overall composition. I look forward to working more with large modern traditional log cabins. Read more.


Connections Mini

The Connections Mini was a mini quilt challenge for Curated Quilts. I loved working with my 8-year-old son on this project. He designed the quilt on the design wall. I pieced it and chose the quilting motif. Read more.

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I'm linking up to Cheryl's Best of 2018 Linky Party. And you can see my Five Favorite Finishes from 2017 in last year's post. Stay up to date with what I make in 2019 by subscribing to my newsletter.