Swoon QAL

At last I found a little window of time to make my first Swoon block.  All the support and inspiration you could even need is in Katy's...

Block 1, finally. beckyetal.blogspot.com/2012/01/swoon.html

I've finished blocks 3 and 4 for my swoon quilt: I love the grunge fabric (the yellow there if you don't know what I mean) that's i...

Inspired by this post/quilt , I started this giant swoon block back in October.  I love the idea of making an entire quilt out of one ...

This is Lynn’s Swoon quilt and she is going to use this as a large wall hanging so asked for custom quilting!  I’ve had this quilt on my machine all week and it was so nice to take it off my machine and see all the quilting texture in the sunlight!  Lynn suggested a few modern and traditional quilting design so I incorporated a mix of both to give it an eclectic feel!  I had search Swoon quilts online  for inspiration and most of them are quilted edge to edge but there where two custom quilts that stood out to me.  You can see Kay’s here and Linda’s here!  I have been following both these ladies blogs for many years, they are great inspiration to me.  Sometimes just one little design element can spark a series of ideas and you end up finishing a quilt in a way you never imagined when you started.  That is what happened here, I had only a few simple ideas planned when I loaded this quilt on Monday then the ideas just grew from there.    It is still cold here, –20’ with a –25’ windchill when I was taking these pictures! I started the quilting by stitching in the ditch then added continuous curves to the print fabric in the Swoon blocks.   I then added the back and forth lines around the star…which I had never done before….if you look closely at the 45 degree corner one you’ll see just how new I am to that design!  :)   Then I quilted the two over lapping squares and added a feather motif inside. After that the big open space in the background….what to do there?  I knew I wanted a small feather motif in a diamond shape and have more line radiating out of the center.  Did a lot of stitching and ripping to get to the final design with the pebbles and curls. The batting is Quilters Dream Blend and the thread is So Fine.  I also used Invisifil for the pebbles.

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In Spring of 2015 I cut the pieces for my first Swoon blocks. By February 2016 I had three finished blocks. Then they fell completely to the back burner. When I joined Miss Love's Finishing School for the Winter 2019 QuIP session I decided to mostly pick projects that were really old WIPs and would ...continue reading →

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I finally finished my last Swoon block on Monday. Hooray! I started this quilt at the end of March in our Swoon class and never got to finishing that last block. Of course, I decided to make things…

I’m making another Swoon quilt.  Don’t judge me!  I’m not obsessed.  This one is for a custom order. In Sarah Jane’s Magic fabrics (<—-insert sigh of happiness here). First, if you have never heard of Sarah Jane, have a look here.  Yep, now imagine all of that on fabric.  You can read more about Sarah...

Made from my left over scraps from my Giant Swoon. My first mini quilt! The block measures 12 inches finished and the mini overall measures 13.5 inches. Blogged at Punkin Handmades

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I have the fabric to do "Swoon" in "Ruby". Just wanted to do a practice block first - and I scaled it down just a little. This block is done with "Prince Charming".

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Only one more to go!!

I love reading blogs because I get all sorts of ideas and inspiration from them. I was reading "I'm a Ginger Monkey" and saw that she was doing a "Swoon Along". I thought that would be a great quilt to use my favorite"Sew Cherry" fabric by Lori Holt. I remembered that Lori had made a "Swoon" quilt with her "Sew Cherry" fabric and it really showed off the prints.  I carefully paired up my fat quarters until I was pleased with the look. I took my paired fat quarters to show Katie at "Sew Katie Jean", a local quilt shop that I absolutely ♥. Katie was really excited that I wanted to sew the "Swoon" quilt.  She asked me if I would like to teach the quilt class at her shop.  Wow, that would be so much fun!!!  I said yes and she told me to choose the fabric. It was so much fun going through the shop, pairing up bolts of fabric!  The "Swoon" pattern uses 2 fat quarters per block and there are 9 blocks.  It also takes 4 l/4 yards of white fabric. I went home with my fabric and sewed and sewed and sewed.  I completed the quilt in a week. Here are the finished, quilted blocks....I absolutely love them! This quilt was a lot of fun to sew.  The whole block consists of half square triangles and flying geese.  The blocks are about 24" each, and the quilt measures 81" X 81".  I am going to put it on the bed in my guest bedroom.  I'm sure it will bring "sweet dreams" to everyone who sleeps under it :) I love the quilting, my friend Cindy quilted it.  She always does  spectacular work!  Don't you love the Heather Bailey fabric on the back?  Tell me about your experiences making the Swoon quilt, or if it is on your "to do" list, or what you think of my quilt. I have a board on pinterest called Swoon which you are welcome to look at.  I pinned all the Swoon blocks and quilts that I found on the blogs that I follow. My "Sew Cherry" is back on the shelf.  Sometimes it is really difficult to choose a project for your most favorite fabric.  I find it hard to cut up, I love it so much.  I'll let you know what I decide.

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