I finally got to do a little deadline – less sewing. Β It’s been a while, let me tell you. Β I pulled out the quilt for my friend Cara, meamom, who is part of a traveling quilt group I’m in, #quiltjourney. Β It’s been a while since I’ve worked on one of these quilts for all number of reasons. Β But I finally got a chance.




Cara gave us permission to make a row that we thought represented ourselves and was roughly in a particular color scheme. I added a bit of blue to the color scheme because that is SO me. Β And I went with the polka dot idea and ran with it. Β I do love polka dots. Then the decision for the pattern. Β I was immediately drawn to an idea of herringbone patterns but with a color repeat like I made. Β It was A LOT like make a log cabin block and I love making those. Β So this was really fun for me. Β Plus, remember…POLKA DOTS! Β How can you not smile when you are working with polka dots?!




Each bracelet requires a large center design to the row and then the little woven ends of the bracelet along with a border. So this was completed in sections just like that. Β I made the center, then paper pieced the ends, and finally added in all my border pieces for a 60″ x 18″ row. Β Β And I’m kind of in love with it.
Plus I think it is already a nice blend of the other rows. Β There will be three or four more rows added before we piece it together. Β I can’t wait to see what everyone else makes and how all of our different rows look in one quilt. Β It’s such a great bee quilt idea!!
And now it’s off to the next person who will add another row that I know that will be radically different from mine because I know she has a different favorite palette from mine. Β Hers I’m predicting will include soft greens and pinks…and tone my row down again.
Love the design and the use of so…. many dot fabrics! Great
What a cute idea. My daughter would love this! She has a billion of these bracelets.
What fun prints, I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's interpretations and color schemes on these bracelet rows.
What a great way to showcase these lovely fabrics….
What a great idea, and I do love the polka dots!! I have some of that grey with the circle around the dot: LOVE that one!! π Will you be making one for you to keep? You should: it's a really great set of patterns!! Hugs, H in Healdsburg
Log cabin to herringbone–I could do that π What a great idea for a quilt!
So fabulous!!