Hi friends!
Welcome to my post on the Turnabout Patchwork book blog hop!
Teresa has created this wonderful book, published by Martingale, which is all about simple blocks that you slice or twist to create new blocks!
The quilt I chose to play with is called Sweet Bows and I used some fabric from a line called Hero- designed by my friend Sandra Clemons for Michael Miller Fabrics. This fabric is just great for the young lady in your life!
The blocks were just super easy to piece. I even made some leftover HST units as I pieced each block that I can now use for another project!
Once I had my blocks made, I played around with the setting of the blocks.
My arrangement is slightly different from Teresa’s but that is the beauty of these blocks and quilts, you can rearrange and make YOUR design!
I love how the quilt came out!
So pretty!
And Lark approved as well.
The hardest part was picking my quilting thread. I tried pinks, lavender, purples, …. and finally chose the darker of two threads you see here for the top and the lighter one for the bottom. It was perfect!
Well, the thread color was perfect; my quilting lines, even with my guide, were a little wobbly at times. And yes, I quilted it myself!
happy quilting,
Kate
Turnabout Patchwork Blog Hop Schedule
And just so you can follow along, here is the whole book blog hop schedule:
January 30 – Quarter Snow Ball
Arrowhead
- Jen Shaffer blog: Patterns by Jen
- Lorinda Davis blog: Laurel, Poppy and Pine
Sweet Bows
- Kate Colleran blog: Seams like a dream
- Sandra Healy blog: Sandra Healy Designs
Tutti-frutti
- Moira de Carvalho blog: Quilt Design Duo
- Lynn Kane blog: Puppy Girl Designs
Sun Dunes
- Sarah Goer blog: Sarah Goer Quilts
- Tammy Silvers blog: Tamarinis
February 1 – Modern Shoofly
Flying Rainbows
- Gretchen Wylegala blog: Snug Harbor Quilts
Flying Butterflies
- Anorina Morris blog: Samelia’s mum
- Raewyn Barge blog: Stitching Farmgirl
Flying Flags
- Tammy Silvers blog: Tamarinis
- Becca Fenstermaker blog: Pretty Piney
Flying Confetti
- Laura Piland blog: Slice of π Quilts
- Sarah Ruiz blog: Saroy
February 2 – Half Square Triangles (HSTs) and squares
Rose Garden Star
- Anne Boundy blog: Said with Love
Swirl
- Joanne Harris blog: Quilts by Joanne
- Sarah Myers blog: The Quilted Diary
Houndstooth
- Becca Fenstermaker blog: Pretty Piney
Diamond Star
- Sarah Vanderburgh blog: Sew Joy Creations
- Sarah Scott blog: Piccolo Studio
February 4 – Striped Fabric Block
Shells
- Gail Sheppard blog: Quilting Gail
- Julie Burton blog: Running Stitch Quilts
Xs and Os
- Linda McLaren blog: The Quilting Biker
- Sarah Scott blog: Piccolo Studio
Jaws
- Cheryl Brown blog: QuilterChic
Arrowhead
- Stephanie Jacobson blog: Steph Jacobson Design
February 6 – Coordinated Strips
Peaks
- Afton Warrick blog: Quilting Mod
Diamond and Crosses
- Linda McLaren blog: The Quilting Biker
- Brandy Pettit blog: Pampered Pettit
Knots and Crosses
- Leanne Parsons blog: Devoted Quilter
- Andy Knowlton blog: A Bright Corner
February 8 – Double Disappearing Nine-Patch
Holiday Trellis
- Sherry Shish blog: Powered by Quilting
Stepping Stones
- Bobbi Bridgeman blog: Snowy Days Quilting
- Anja Clyke blog: anjaquilts
Two for One
- Mania Hatziioannidi blog: Mania for Quilts
Cross
- Sandra Starley blog: Textile Time Travels
- Anjeanette Klinder blog: Anjeanette Klinder
I would use a black or gray background with bright batiks as the bows
Your fabric selection is perfect for this pattern, “sweet bows.” It is absolutely sweet!
Your quilt is adorable!
I am really liking the mint and pink color combinations I’ve seen. Very sweet quilt!
I love the sweet bows. Perfect for my granddaughter. And your Lark looks about as helpful as my Olivia!
I love of this quilt using a novelty background print!
I would try corals and creams for a softer look.
What a cute quilt. I think it would be lovely in any color combos. I tend to like scrappy quilts, so I would probably use lots of colors!
I’ve been leaning towards more modern quilts recently, so I’d probably use a darker grey background with an assortment of bright fabrics for the bows!
I’d use my go-to colors of blue, turquoise, and purple
I think I’d make this in blues my color of choice recently. Your quilt turned out so nice!
I like the pink and purple that you used in your quilt.
This quilt would be cute in blues and greys for a baby boy quilt
Cute quilt. It would be fun in crisp blue and green
Love this quilt, so whimsical with the bows flying off in different directions. A perfect baby quilt, especially in the soft colors of this line.
Very nice! Love the purple thread.
Very nice! I think you chose the right colors for quilting!
Love the quilt & that you quilted it -that is fabulous. Purple is my fav color
Beautiful! I would use pink and purple – my granddaughter’s favorite colors!
Your quilt is lovely. I might use similar colors for my quilt since I have five granddaughters Or, I might go with bright rainbow colors that my four grandsons might like. Thank you for showing your quilting as it is encouraging to see.
my favorites is red and white for me a new quilt
We have sunshine and the temp is finally above zero today. The thick white blanket of snow covering our yard is beautiful but, with winter far from over, I could go for a bright rainbow of colors.
Love your colors! Picked those for a junior high home ec room design project. (Dating myself, I know…)
Such a pretty quilt. I would make it in bright pinks, purples and greens with yellow background to remind me that the sun will come out in the spring and warm the earth. Besides, these are my little girl’s favourite colours! So cheery for her room!
Petty bow quilt!
I like the way you quilted Sweet Bows. It makes the bows look like they are floating. Great that you quilted it yourself.
Cute quilt. I would use scraps and more rainbow colors.
Your choices are very cute. It looks like it will be fun.
What a sweet quilt with the fabrics you chose. I’m thinking of some fabrics I have been saving; milk chocolate brown, teal, orange, light blue and cream co-ordinating fabrics with little pops of lime green. All in all 8 different fabrics in this collection that will play beautifully in this pattern with a cream background. I can see it now!
I would go with pinks and lavenders – girly colors.
Love your colors, what a fun quilt!
Blues or the sunny yellows/orange and tiny bit of red would work for a quilt I need to make
I need to make a quilt for a great-nephew, so I think I might choose red and blue, maybe a nautical theme.
I would use aqua and red.
I would use blue and greens to make this. This is a fun looking block!
I love making quilts with greenes yellows and blues!
I love the colors in your quilt!
I think I would use teals, turquoise and grays.
Lots of movement, looks like a party. I’d like to try some autumn colors on a cream background.
purple and pink — the colors of my childhood bedroom– I love it
Your quilt is awesome and I have a sack of purples that I could use to make this pattern idea.
I love your quilt. I would make it with 30’s fabric and vintage yellow.
I would use gray and bright colors.
Really pretty quilt, Kate!
Purples and greens….I am in a Mardi Gras mood!
I would use charcoal or navy with the “bows” in pops of coral, acid green purple & aqua.
I would love to make it with a rainbow of colors on a dove gray background!! So pretty!!
Hmmm gray and my scraps I think very cute…
I would probably go scrappy with blues.
Love your quilt. I think I’d make it in scrappy greens. Thanks.
Lark is so pretty, no wonder she wants to be in your pictures! : ) Love hour your quilt looks like butterflies!
Love the colors.
I agree with Lark. It’s a wonderful bright and cheerful quilt.
Lovely soft colors in your quilt. I’d also like it in red, white and blue.
I would use bright rainbow colours
Purples, pinks and whites.
My nephew and his wife are expecting and she has requested a gray, lavender and white quilt, so that is probably the colors I would use!
I think I would try red, white and blue fabrics
I would use purples and cream to make a quilt.
I love the pastel color combination, especially in the middle of winter! Thanks for the inspiration!
30th fabric, red and white, scraps. I think just about any fabric combination would work well.
Love the colors you used. I am being drawn to black and white right now.
I would use the colors you used or maybe just shades of lavender and soft teal.
I love simple designs like this for kids.
Right now I love to work with hot colours – yellow, orange, magenta! So that’s what I’d chose.
Love this design! I would use grays and red to make a version for a special little boy!
The colors you used are pretty. I think I might use blues and white.
I love your quilt.
I would use seaglass colors, blues teals and greens. Thanks!
Since it’s going to be 15 degrees today, I think I’d pick nice spring time color combo and dream of spring. Thanks for sharing.
I always love having little tidbits left over to make pot holders and mug rugs when I’m trimming out HST~
What a sweet quilt! I would like to try these techniques. Looks like a great way to make a cute baby quilt.
Very pretty color combination. Looks like spring!!