Welcome to my stop on the Salt n Sand blog hop, hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt. Carol always comes up with such fun ideas for blog hops. When I saw the theme was salt n sand, I immediately wanted to make something in beautiful blues and golden beachy colours. I ended up creating this 'Coastal Vibes' English paper pieced hexagon pillow, which I just love, love, love. I started with dark blues in the top left corner and worked my way towards the lower right corner by adding lighter blues/turquoise hexies finishing with lighter creams and golds to represent the sky/surf/sand. Once I'd sewn all of the hexagons together, I gave it a good press and then removed all of the papers. Another good press and then I placed it over a piece of batting and quilted straight lines diagonally across the piece. After squaring the quilted piece, I used some favourite fabric to complete the envelope style back. The backing fabric is an old print by Sarah Watts for Cotton & Steel in a range called "From Porto with Love". Metallic gold sardines - how can you go wrong with those?!? If you haven't had a chance to yet, go and visit these blogs to see what everyone has been creating for the Salt & Sand Blog Hop. March 26 Samelia's Mum (you are here) Just Let Me Quilt Websterquilt Quilting Gail Quilt Fabrication Little Penguin Quilts Just Sew Quilter Inflorescence Get the full list of blogs who participated through the week over at Just Let Me Quilt.
