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Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Accidental Quilt Update

One of my leader/ender projects is the HST quilt I accidentally started while at quilt retreat in the winter. You can read more about the inspiration and fabrics here, and read about the book and the quilt I am making (called "Up, Up and Away") here.  You can take a peek at another beautiful version of this quilt by Quilt 'n Queen. 
I tried to make the HST blocks in a "liberated" fashion but they look pretty OCD/perfect to me! LOL
It is a fresh, summery, no-pressure project that perks me up whenever I work on it. I have all the HST's made, and have sewn most of them into pairs. 


Then I went ahead and started making 4 patch blocks...
sewed 2 of the 4 patches together,
and then sewed those together into double 4 patch blocks. 
So each design unit block has 16 HST's.
I plan to just keep sewing these until I use up the HST's. I wonder how big this quilt will end up being?!

15 comments:

  1. KateThursday, July 25, 2013

    Very summery. Have fun watching your HST garden grow.

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  2. Deb AThursday, July 25, 2013

    Very pretty splash of sunshine on your blocks! That will be a fun one to quilt up by hand and admiring your pretty fabrics.

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  3. Carol SwiftThursday, July 25, 2013

    I love the fabrics and design...looks like such a fun quilt!

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  4. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingThursday, July 25, 2013

    It does look like a fun quilt.

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  5. MaryThursday, July 25, 2013

    Gotta love a Bonus Quilt! Bonnie Hunter would be so proud of you. I am saving my Bonus Triangles to make an Ocean Wave someday...I have a few more UFO and PHD's to get quilted before that happens though :/

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  6. Jane's Fabrics and QuiltsThursday, July 25, 2013

    I love to use leaders and Enders. What a beautiful quilt this will be! I am going to guess queen size. If you are like me I always make too many blocks.

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  7. Kindred QuiltsThursday, July 25, 2013

    It will be fun to watch your progress on this one, Kathie! It's going to be a beauty!

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  8. LindaThursday, July 25, 2013

    HI! This is going to be such a pretty quilt! Love that particular white on white fabric with the colored hst's!
    HAPPY QUILTING!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  9. BarbThursday, July 25, 2013

    No matter it will be a wonderful quilt!

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  10. pcflamingoThursday, July 25, 2013

    Love your fabric selection - so warm and happy! My sister has this book and is making the cover quilt (I want to steal it - yes, the book AND the quilt!).

    Love love love Leader/Enders. Working on my Split 9 Patches now - they are trying to take over my life but I'm resisting.

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  11. LesleyThursday, July 25, 2013

    Love your quilt already! Wonderful fresh fabrics!

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  12. RaewynThursday, July 25, 2013

    A lovely project and leaders and enders are so much fun. They can tend to take over for me, they forget they are supposed to be the secondary project!! Have fun :-)

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  13. Britt-IngerFriday, July 26, 2013

    It seems to be a wonderful project to play with. And white together with fresh colorful fabric, could it be better. I love it

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  14. EllenFriday, July 26, 2013

    You are using such wonderful fabrics! Your quilt is going to be so pretty.

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  15. Deb@asimplelifequiltsFriday, July 26, 2013

    So fresh and pretty looking... have fun!

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