Summer Breeze - The Flimsy

The quilt top for Summer Breeze is sewn together.

39" x 39"

Inspired by Sujata Shah's Sunset design

in her Cultural Fusion Quilts book.

Now I need to consider how it will be quilted.

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I'll be posting less often for the rest of July

while I invest some time in myself 

with a “build your own artist residency."

(phrase borrowed from Lynn Harris)

My weekly recap posts for Optic Strings

will continue and I'll pop in here and there

with any finishes that are ready to be shared;

but otherwise I plan to keep a low online profile

and focus instead on stitching and quilting.

Quiltdivajulie

Summer Breeze Revised

After making fourteen blocks, I stalled.

The 45" x 45" finished size of 

Sujata's Sunset design did not excite me. 

And I had grown tired of the process.

After playing with straight settings,

settings with alternate blocks (all of which failed),

and a few different table runner layouts,

I hit upon this one.

Inspired by Sujata's but not just like her version,

I am ready now to sew Summer Breeze together.

Quiltdivajulie

Summer Breeze Begins

I have long admired this quilt in

Sujata Shah's Cultural Fusion Quilts book.

I don't typically make quilts on point,

but this one really appeals to me.

After several false starts these are my chosen fabrics.

Sujata's blues will be my solid blues.

Her yellows/oranges/reds will be my variety of greens.

Think blue skies and a variety of leafy green trees - 

inspiration for the name Summer Breeze.

These are my sets of squares - sorted and ready for piecing.

And these are my first three blocks.

I must be missing something because my blocks

don't look quite the same as those in the book.

Sujata's have more fabric showing in the small triangles.

I've tried re-sizing my starting block three times

and the third try (left side) seems to yield better results.

I will tinker a bit more and then cut more squares 

since I don't like the heavy clunky flow 

of the first two blocks (center top/bottom).

This little ruler makes quick work of the

trim and sub cut process.

Don't remember where I found it - but it's a keeper.

Setting triangles and potential binding . . .

both of which have been lurking in the stash

for a very very long time.

And I plan to use this slightly outrageous 

Tula Pink print from the stash

to back this 45" x 45" quilt.

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One block at a time.

Quiltdivajulie

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Sujata's personal blog, The Root Connection, is HERE.