I had the chance to choose any of the gorgeous Riley Blake solids - called Confetti Cottons - that I wanted to work with and it took me awhile to choose a color palette. It really was tough to narrow it down! I finally decided on these lovelies:
(L to R: Peacock, Grass, Daffodil, Aqua, Clover, Sunshine, Melon)
These calm, refreshing colors just remind me of the beach - sand, surf and sun! I paired them with my favorite Swiss Dots in gray and created this Raindrop baby quilt (47" x 47").
I recently bought this set of Drunkard's Path rulers from Bloc Loc and I was itching to use them. The set comes with three rulers - two to cut out the pieces, and one to square up the block. My set is the 6" set - you can see all sizes available here.
I love that I can use my regular size rotary cutter to cut all of the pieces -- nice and quick!
I was able to make two raindrop blocks from 1/4 yard of each color.
To sew the curved pieces I used this technique:
In the video above I used a different template to cut my pieces, but the stitching technique is the same!
Once that curved seam was sewn, I used this ruler to trim it. Pretty slick. It sure made piecing my quilt so much nicer!
For each raindrop block I made three curved pieces, and one "point" piece. When the block is sewn together it measures 12.5" square.
With a total of 16 raindrop blocks, you'll have enough for a baby quilt!
I quilted this one with some organic straight line quilting that's about 1/2" apart. I love the texture of the finished quilt!
You can see all of the Riley Blake Confetti Cottons here, and follow along with the rest of the Quilt It Modern blog tour. You can also follow along on Instagram with the hashtag #modernquilttour. It will be fun to see what pretty colors the other bloggers have chosen to work with! And I'll be back tomorrow with an update on how my Little Ruby Sew Along project is coming.
Monday June 27: A Bright Corner (here!) / Salty Oat
Tuesday June 28: Trillium Design / Allison Sews
Wednesday June 29: A Quilter's Table / Bonjour Quilts
Thursday June 30: Euphoria Jessica / Material Girl Quilts
Friday July 1: Samelia's Mum / Sassafras Lane
Tuesday July 5: Quilt Matters / During Quiet Time
Wednesday July 6: Sometimes Crafter / Modern Handcraft
Thursday July 7: Orchid Owl Quilts / Piece and Quilt
Friday July 8: Sew Katie Did / Tumbling Blocks / Leigh Laurel Studios
I absolutely love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! And thanks for the video. I'm very visual, that made it crystal clear. I'm going to try a curved piece quilt next, using the quick curve ruler. Only 1 quilt ahead of it on my summer list.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful color choices. Love your quilt and raindrop pattern with these solids.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful color palette and the quilt is wonderful! I had no idea Bloc Loc had Drunkards Path rulers! Yikes...I have got to check them out!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet! Love the mix of colors you used.
ReplyDeleteNeat quilt!
ReplyDeleteGreat colour choices, Andy, and the pattern is suitable for boys or girls with a bit of colour tweaking. I'm thinking it would be fun to put your raindrops on point...although they look so cute this way and there's no tricky setting triangles, so why bother!
ReplyDeleteLove it Andy!!!
ReplyDeleteIt`s just stunning!
ReplyDeleteI love the drunkard path ! I have never been brave enough to make one but i did buy the template so I will get my brave on and try some more curved piecing very soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOh my! Your palette is gorgeous! Sweet little baby quilt!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big fan of Drunkard's Path, but your raindrop design is gorgeous! Someday there may be a grandchild in my life :) , and I'm marking this as the baby quilt I'm most in love with. Thanks so much for tutorial, Andy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt. The colors are gorgeous. It's adorable.
ReplyDeleteI love this little baby quilt. I do a lot of charity quilts and this one looks like it would be easy to make. Thanks for the instructions.
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