Welcome to my stop on the Songbird Blog Hop! I was so excited when Jennifer of Curlicue Creations asked me if I would make something with her newest signature line with Island Batik/Lumin Fabrics!
Songbird is a beautiful collection of pinks and purples with touches of cream and dark blue.
I used a total of 9 different fabrics from Songbird, plus Almond and Bluebelle from Island Batik's always-available Foundations line.
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| Winding Wheels |
My block for this project is large--20" finished. The design uses 2 different colorations of my large block, with six of each color way.
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| I love the fussy-cut bird in the center of the darker blocks! |
I made the six lighter blocks first. My original plan was to have a sashing row that continue the chain from the corners, but when I completed the first 6 blocks, I had them up on my design wall touching each other. I liked the pattern so much, I decided to drop the sashing. I love it! Sometimes the best design ideas are essentially accidents!
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| Original layout, EQ8 rendering |
I like to think of the main shape as a wheel. I named this Winding Wheels. Winding Wheels measures 64" x 84". It's so big, it doesn't fit on my design wall! Here's a photo before I added the outer border of the dark fabric with songbirds in it.
I was really in a hurry to get this done! I had a major delay in getting started: my machine was skipping stitches so I took it in for service, and ended up being in the shop twice as long as I had planned. I was able to do almost all of the cutting while Willa the Wonder Machine was in the shop, but I was still a bit under the wire after losing so much time. Everything was cut with my Accuquilt and the 8" cube plus 8" Angles companion set, except for the 4-patch corner units in each block, which I strip-pieced.
Songbird is arriving in quilt shops now. Be sure to visit all the great designers who are showcasing the Songbird collection through August 19th! And Jennifer has a giveaway for fat quarter bundle of the full collection on her page!
