Color wash quilts

Spring seems to have arrived in Portland over the last two days. And these boys are pretty fine with that. Me too! We call it the February Fake-out. We get a couple days of gorgeous weather and sun…

In January, our guild had an "Out with the old" challenge, where we were to use up some of the oldest fabric in our stash. Back when I first started quilting (I think around 2006), I bought four packages of 100 floral 4" charm squares on eBay. The person selling them was putting them up

I started a colorwash with rectangle shapes to talk about on my last live session Thursday. I still need to fill in with squares at tops and bottoms of rows. It rained part of the day yesterday and I ignored the damaged garden and continued playing. By 11 p.m. I had all of the rectangles filled in and now I'll get the squares and fill in. It could use one more vertical row on the left side so I'll consider that today. It will lose 8.5" in width when sewn and 6" in length. I'll probably…

I finally quilted one of my Colorwash quilts. I did a free hand maze like design on this one. What is your go to thread Color on a quilt… | Instagram

Paul: What does your week look like, babe? Me: Very busy. Paul: How so? Me: Well, I have dinner plans on Monday, guild meeting on Tuesday, Yoga class on Thursday, massage on Friday and I am going to Baltimore on Saturday to see Mari. Paul: So nothing on Wednesday? Me: Nothing yet. Paul (mischievously): It is hump day. Me: It can be. Quiltwise, Colorwash Flimsy is finished. I will write a complete blogpost when the quilt is finished. Sharing with all my favorite linky parties, see full list…

I love it when a whole lot of scraps come together into a quilt top! Last month I started sewing together a bunch of 4 patches in a rainbow of colors. My only requirement was that each block was in a single colorway and contained only two fabrics - a solid and a print. I really had no plan in place when I started sewing. My goal was to just sew up some scraps! Well, I have sewn up all those little 4 patches into a quilt top! If I knew this was going to be the finished layout when I started…

It's a quilt top! It ended up 36" x 45". I used some wild and weird batik in this colorwash and a lot of the pieces are from 20 years ago. The center is more blendy in person than in a photo. My small Narcissus flowers are just ending their blooming season. I had a lot more flowers than I normally do. My peonies are bigger and bushier and have more buds than usual this year too. I guess that means they all liked the long winter and cold spring.

Terry Rowland on Instagram: "#igquiltfestday8 scrap finishes I love scrap quilts I did a scrap challenge in 2021 and made my Color Wash Quilt I had so many people wanting to know how I did it that I lead people through a step by step video about how I made that quilt on YouTube. Here are the quilts in my series using Terry’s scrap block it is improve and just fun to make no stress just use up your scraps. If you are not comfortable with organizing a colorwash just use one Color family or a…

Here's another Scrap Snap Quilt I made as a custom request. This quilt goes through a lot of scraps! I like to use at least 14 different prints in each color so I ended up having to cut some green, orange, and pink. With all the scrappy quilts I have been making, my choices are getting slim. I know this is a terrible picture, but it's been raining like crazy and I just wanted a quick photo of the back to remember that I added this beautiful rainbow strip. (I would have been smart to take it…

Terry Rowland | #igquiltfestday8 scrap finishes I love scrap quilts I did a scrap challenge in 2021 and made my Color Wash Quilt I had so many people... | Instagram

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Terry Rowland on Instagram: "I love sharing quilts made during my scrap challenges well done ladies you took a little instruction and created masterpieces with your scraps if you are interested in making one of these go over to my YouTube channel (Terry Rowland)and watch my Colorwash series of step by step videos to make your own #scrapwithterry2022 #scrapquilt #colorwashquilt #colourwashquilt #improvblocks #canadianquilter #albertaquilter"

I made a Colorwash of exclusively Kaffe Fassett fabrics many of which are early and out of print. It is not the Kaffe Collective which includes fabric by Brandon Mably and Philip Jacobs. It is exclusively Kaffe. This wallhanging is made from the kit of 2.5" squares that will be offered to students of Colorwash 360. I used one of the larger prints on the back and I thought the black Fern print was perfect for the binding. Are you interested in making a Colorwash wallhanging too? If you…

For those who may not know, I have a small (large) obsession with Anna Maria Horner. I have a full fat quarter set of every collection from Good Folks forward. She basically can do no wrong. However, my collection just sits on its pedestal (entire shelf) and stares at me. I can't cut it because I can't restock it. At the beginning of this year when the #economyblockalong started, I got brave. And this happened. O my goodness. It is amazing. Here's how it came to be. I took all the AMH off…