Katie Jump Rope - a finished quilt

This was my first dive into my rather large Denyse Schmidt stash. I avoided cutting into the precious fabric for so long that it started to get ridiculous. And I am so glad I did cut into it because surprise, surprise 'Katie Jump Rope' looks a lot better in a quilted rather than folded form on the shelf.

This was a fun quilt to make and not very taxing on the brain as it basically put itself together. There wasn't much thinking about colour or block combinations. I just took the bundle, cut, sewed, arranged and sewed a bit more. Just what the doctor ordered.

I love the combination of the print with the 'Painters Canvas' solid from Laura Gunn as it adds a little texture to the whole affair.

I quilted in double diagonal lines with a 40 w Aurifil off-white thread.

The back is again a print from one of my favorite lines, 'Summersville' by Lucie Summers which I think fits this quilt wonderfully.

I chose a stripy number in black and white for the binding to give a little vavavoom. This baby quilt is 48" x 55.5" (1.22 m x 1.41 m) in size and can be found in my on-line shop under this listing.

Katie Jump Rope - a new project

Last year I bought a fat quarter set of Denyse Schmidt' line 'Katie Jump Rope' . I wasn't quilting yet when this line came out but was rather taken by it and when one of my favorite Etsy shops still had a good selection for a reasonable price on offer I was powerless to resist.

This past week I needed some cheering up so I took the fabric pack from my stash and began cutting.

I added strips from Painters Canvas from Laura Gunn in vanilla to the printed ones and soon found myself creating double hour glass block after block.

They look easy but are tricky little blighters because you have to be very precise in every step of the cutting process.  I actually used a flying geese ruler and will do a little tutorial on my way of doing the double hourglass block next week.

Stash Note 47

I think many of you will know this fabric line. It is 'Katie Jump Rope' by the very talented Denyse Schmidt. It came out before I started quilting and over the past 2 years (God has it been that long) I have often longed to have some of this myself.

It is still available but has become increasingly rare and I just could not be asked to piece from several suppliers a fat quarter set together. On top of that I refuse to pay silly prices.

I came across this great shop called 'Blije Olifantje' while browsing one day and saw that they actually had fat quarter sets of Katie Jump rope with a decent selection at fairly good prices.
So I ordered it and was really chuffed when it arrived. I love the colours, they are so vibrant and so me.

The shop is fantastic and they have a great selection of prints including lots of Japanese imports. Go check it out.