I’m actually going to do this, and I am going to do it as an EPP project. There is a large group of quilters gathering over on Facebook to make this quilt together starting September 28th. People are using different methods of construction. There are machine paper piecing templates included on the DVD in the book. There are no specific instructions for EPP work, but apparently some people will be blogging about how to do that. I’ll just have to wait to see if their ideas about how to approach this coincide with mine.
I’ve decided to use solids for my quilt, which should come as no surprise given my recent obsession with Kona Solids. Originally I had though that I would like to do the quilt with all three secondary colors, but I have decided to narrow my pallet down to violets, greens, and a handful of neutrals. I’m leaving the orange out for now. I’ll do a full secondary quilt at another time with another pattern.
Sorting through my Kona flowers I came up with seven colors for these three categories of colors.
This isn’t to say I won’t consider adding other violets, greens, and neutrals along the way. My goal is to create a fairly low intensity, low contrast piece, sort of a low volume project tuned to the middle of the value range. Therefore, I am likely to eliminate the lightest, darkest, and brightest of the colors seen above.
There is one print fabric that I am thinking of adding to the mix. It is one of the very first fabrics I purchased over two years ago when I started quilting again. It is my favorite fabric for sentimental reasons. It brought me back to quilting after so many years. I have about four yards of it remaining, and I have considered for a long time that I would enjoy making it the focus of a quilt. I may decide to sprinkle it into a few blocks in the quilt.
The fabric is pictured below used as the backing for my first large quilting project in my Second Act In Fiber Arts.
Actually this photograph shows the color of the patterned fabric better.
After the QAL begins on September 28th I will update my progress weekly.
I am linking back to Jessica’s Monday Morning Star Count, as usual. Those of you visiting from the Star Count may enjoy seeing my most recent Kona Solid flowers.
I get back to reading blogs after the craziness of the school year starting has settled and I can’t believe how much you’ve accomplished! Looking forward to the Farmer’s Wife project.
I am glad the craziness has settled down, and I am glad you stopped by. I am definitely on a roll with the Kona solid flowers. And today I did a little work on the Kona Log Cabin Quilt. I’m a little scared of the Farmer’s Wife Quilt, but I will take it one block at a time. So, do you teach, or do you have kids in school?
Love all your hexie flowers using the Kona Solids!
Thanks. I love making them and there will be more coming soon. Today I was trying to make some decisions about what colors to use for some new blocks for my Kona Log Cabin Quilt. I was sorting out the flowers as ones that I might use and ones that I definitely wouldn’t use. I think they are going to be much more useful than I had imagined they would be.
Beautiful! Impressive that you just had this many lying around….
Actually, I have been creating a new solid flower for every Kona solid that I purchase. They are coming in really handy for decision making. I love holding them up next to each other and shuffling them around.
Hi Terri, I have followed you from the FW30’s on facebook. I was so surprised to see your hexies. I have been playing with hexies (1″) for the past couple of years but have not made anything with them yet.
I am so impressed with your work! Just had to tell you how beautiful I think your work is.
It was hexagons that started me on the path back to quilting. I had initially done piecing my machine over 40 years ago! Then my career took center stage and I stopped quilting for at least 25 years. After retirement I was looking for purpose in my life and found that purpose hand stitching with hexagons, thus the name Hexy Lady. A bit of an homage to Jimmy Hendrix and his Foxy Lady.
Continue to play with your one inch hexies, and I am sure that eventually you will want to bring them together into a finished piece. I started by coming up with a simple four hexagon unit, a diamond shape. I made a bunch of them, and then started designing things with them.