When I first started quilting my goal was to never have more than 5 projects going at a time, in any given stage. The plan was to hold off on starting new projects until at least one was finished and off the list. It was a lofty goal, and it didn’t take me long to completely abandon the idea altogether. I can’t count the number of WIPs I have on my shelf, but I figure as long as I keep finishing SOME of them, why limit myself?
I finished binding my Gnome for the Holidays quilt this weekend and will post pics soon of the finished product. I have also been finishing up a few Christmas projects and decided to start working with my Winter’s Lane charm packs. I knew I wanted a scrappy quilt I can use in the winter, but I couldn’t decide on whether I wanted some structure, or totally scrappy. I devised a pattern based on a Farmer’s wife block that can be cut from charm packs, but quickly realized it would go WAY faster if I just used yardage or fat quarters, so I abandoned my Winter’s Lane for the moment to dive into a new bed size quilt made from my Baby Jane fat quarter bundle. Here is the first block I did with Winter’s Lane, before switching to Baby Jane:
As much as I love how it turned out, I knew it would also be striking with Baby Jane, and faster to piece using fat quarters versus charm squares. Ultimately I’m going to do a disappearing nine-patch with my Winter’s Lane (I even sewed up 10 or so blocks and sliced them up). Here are the Baby Jane blocks:
The block measures around 12inches and I’ll be posting a tutorial this week on how to make it either from fat quarters or charm packs. š Ā UPDATE! Tutorial HERE. š
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It does look bright and happy, but him that winters lane is so cozy and inviting. I definitely want aka cheat sheet for how to make this block, because it looks lovely.
E xx
Thank you! I also love the Winter’s Lane block, if I had yardage I would definitely have continued down that path! I’ll post the tutorial ASAP. š Thanks for commenting!
Love it all now go to bed Love you, Mom
Love the block… can not wait to see the tutorial and make some for myself.
I love them all! I agree that there just isn’t enough time for all the ideas to evolve!
I love those blocks. And your color choices are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I just bought some winters lane fabric and was thinking of using the turning twenty pattern, but I love your block. Please post more pictures when you finish your project!
Love these blocks! Baby Jane is the perfect compliment to the block design, too. Love love love!
I love this baby jane block. Will you be posting the tutorial soon?
Agh! I did say I’d do that didn’t I? Sorry, got sidetracked! Since you asked, I’ll try to post it in the next couple of days. It’s half done. š
Thank you! I feel like all the quilts you have made are things I would make! Love your sewing and style!
I’ve never seen this fabric line before, but I love it. These are some of my favorite colors to quilt in, and the block you picked really makes the fabrics shine. Can’t wait to see this full quilt.