The Retro Cut {Quilting}

Wednesday 22 August 2012

There has been a serious amount of cutting in the MiH house, and also total changes in colour schemes that I thought set in stone. I had to admit that it just looked ... wrong. The Totally Groovy QAL colour scheme just had to change, not totally but enough to actually work as an overall quilt - for us at least. So that meant two cutting sessions - and a lot of scraps being generated. And so came the idea of making a cushion as well for the room... So here is the result of my cutting labour. 


The Totally Groovy QAL has taken a very retro turn, not on purpose - I blame it on my stash (the stash I bought by myself). Yes, it is some Lotta Jansdotter that you can see (I do like her designs A LOT). 



The cushion is made of triangles - yeah to triangles, I LOVE triangles! But I have never done anything like that before ... so I may not like it as much when it comes to sewing these together. It took a bit of time to come to this boring arrangement, and it may change again... I just need to sleep on it. 


Did you notice the fabric from the Heather Ross Nursery Versery collection - one of my purchases from the FoQ. I am on the look out for a children song involving mice - maybe some hand stitching will be required - or it may be too much.. How do you know when to stop?



The little mice are so cute! And it is a bit sad that I used up all the fabric I bought. 

Linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced - to see other WIPs go here

20 comments:

  1. Very cool Groovy going on there. And decide on the hand stitching for the cushion when you have it pieced. Ideas tend to pop into my brain as I work.

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  2. Definitely,you have a great Groove going there! Love the triangles in the pillow too.

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  3. I love the colors for both projects. I wanted to do that QAL and it never dawned on me to use prints :) I definitely love the direction you are going. And your triangle pillow is adorable! I have the purple mousies.

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  4. Love both your projects! I would totally be making one of those groovy quilts right now if I didn't have so many other projects lined up :)

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  5. I love the colors and fabrics you picked, it looks great.

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  6. Very pretty, it's interesting to see this quilt made mostly out of prints. And those Echo prints are a couple of my favorites, I just love that orange! I am going to be finishing up my Groove quilt this afternoon, it is such a fun pattern!

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  7. Your Groove quilt is looking fabulous! Love the triangle arrangement for your cushion too - very pleasing. Look forward to seeing your progress on both of your projects =)

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  8. Such a great choice of fabrics! Those echo prints are amazing! The song is three blind mice http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/t010.html.

    You stop when its the size you require and looks right in your eyes.
    Good luck with it =D

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  9. Oh this is so fabulous! I think it was totally worth the extra hassle! I am so excited to see this finished! You guys are going to make the final judging INSANELY difficult! Also I love your blog design, it is wonderful.

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  10. Great fabric choices and colors. I love grey and orange together.

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  11. I love that color combo! My kitchen is a gray/ orange combo and my living room gray/ lue! I guess great mind think alike! It's going to look beautiful!

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  12. Love the fabrics for the totally groovy! The triangles are awesome :) I can only think of 3 blind mice and it's not a nice song really!!

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  13. Your groovy quilt looks amazing! I haven't started yet and I'm so glad to get a glimpse of the what it could look like using prints! That pillow is adorable! I just ordered some of it earlier this week.

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  14. love the colors for the groove quilt

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  15. You are so right! The little mice are darling : )

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  16. Love your fabric choices! Thanks for linking up with WIP Wednesday.

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  17. Hello Nat! How are you? The pattern mix of this new creation so nice and I couldn't stop starting a the adorable owl hat you did for Lucy...Visiting your new blog is like staring at a beautiful window! Take care! Caterina

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  18. Great color choices and I love the triangles!

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  19. lovely fabric color and the triangle. lot of hard work with the color combo, looks great!

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