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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely,you have a great Groove going there! Love the triangles in the pillow too.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteLove 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 :)
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and fabrics you picked, it looks great.
ReplyDeleteVery 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!
ReplyDeleteYour 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 =)
ReplyDeleteSuch a great choice of fabrics! Those echo prints are amazing! The song is three blind mice http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/t010.html.
ReplyDeleteYou stop when its the size you require and looks right in your eyes.
Good luck with it =D
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.
ReplyDeleteGreat fabric choices and colors. I love grey and orange together.
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteLove 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!!
ReplyDeleteYour 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.
ReplyDeletelove the colors for the groove quilt
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! The little mice are darling : )
ReplyDeleteLove your fabric choices! Thanks for linking up with WIP Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteLovely colours :)
ReplyDeleteHello 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
ReplyDeleteGreat color choices and I love the triangles!
ReplyDeletelovely fabric color and the triangle. lot of hard work with the color combo, looks great!
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