I found a quilt pattern while going through boxes of old stuff from the great garage clean out. Mostly I found embroidery and counted cross stitch patterns, but there was this one quilt pattern in among all the embroidery stuff. It's called Turtle Travels and is by The City Stitcher. These are the shells of the turtles. Fabric will be appliqued in the center and then the resulting piece will be reverse appliqued into the background. Heads, tails, and legs will also be appliqued. I am okay with the fabric choices, except for the center left one. It looks fine up close and personal but there is clearly not enough contrast. There are eight turtles needed for the quilt, leaving me three more to make if I choose to replace the low contrast one. This is straightforward relatively easy paper piecing and with any luck , I may be able to finish them this evening.
Looks interesting thus far! Can't wait to see the finish!
ReplyDeletetrying to picture these as turtles but my lack of imagination does not help, hurry up and finish them for us!
ReplyDeleteThe pattern looks great. Go here to take a look: http://www.quilterswarehouse.com/p-2247-turtle-travels.aspx. Let's see if I can execute these so that they look like turtles.
DeleteYes, I debated about replacing the low volume turtle, but in the end, I think it's more "no volume" than low volume. A trip today to Batiks Plus, a quick rummage through the remnant bin (oh, so much fun!), and I have the fabric in hand for his replacement.
DeleteThe pattern looks really cute. I see there is a low contrast turtle in the original as well, but you have probably made all three new ones by now. You can try them both and choose for yourself which you like best.
ReplyDeleteIt will be fun to see it finished!
I am so impressed with you taking on and completing old projects, when often the impulse for me is to let them go. I love your turtle shells--I look forward to seeing them complete.
ReplyDeleteThis was more of a "totally forgot I ever had it" project than an old one. I found the pattern in a box of cross stitch books. The very best cross stitch shop ever was sold and relocated years ago. The new owner already owned a quilt store and she just stuffed the cross stitch stuff in a back room. I probably found the quilt pattern there when i was looking at the cross stitch stuff. Both the quilt store and its cross stitch store-within-a-store are gone now. And today I just heard that another quilt store in the area is going out of business. That makes six, or maybe seven (I have lost count) now in the past year. How are brick and mortar quilt stores faring in your area?
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