Wednesday, January 11, 2012

WIP Wednesday - Zig Zagging and Swooning

I made a start on a quilt using some of the Tangerine/orange fabrics for the Tangerine Tango challenge. I have wanted to make the Zig Zag quilt by Crazy Mom Quilts for a while now so this seemed the perfect time as I had a few 1/4 m pieces of orange fabric rather than FQ.
I have used a dark grey solid as the "neutral"  fabric and am still trying to work out what  to use as the backing.
Swoon Along button

And I decided to join in the Swoon-along organised by Katy at I'm A Ginger Monkey. I have had the Swoon pattern here for a while but have not been able to decide on what fabrics to use. I have enough FQ of Dolce, Peacock Lane, Meadowsweet and some Echo on the way, and 10 FQ of Heirloom (Citrine) so I could just add some solids. The Peacock Lane would be great to fussy cut the centre squares and I have 5 yards for the backing too. But I really should use up some of the mountains of Denyse Schmidt fabrics that I have here as I have seen a few Swoons made from them and they all look lovely, and at least if I muck the blocks up I still have plenty more to cut from as the pattern cutting is quite a tight squeeze from the FQ! I really need to do a practice block to see how I go first anyway.....




Linking to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
Kirsten.

10 comments:

  1. I am so looking forward to following your Swoon progress! Any of those fabrics would be beautiful.

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  2. Fun tangerine zig zag! Also very excited to see what fabrics you choose for your swoon!

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  3. I've been trying to resist joining the swoon QAL but I'm not sure I can much longer - your possible fabric choices sound great! Love your zig Xavier quilt too (i too am planning to start my tango challenge soon...)

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  4. You made that quilt top quickly! And it looks fantastic. The colours are so cool.

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  5. Great zigzag quilt and I`m going to do the Swoonalong too I think, as like everyone else, I`ve had the pattern for a couple of months and haven`t used it yet!

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  6. wow your quilt top is great! Love the colors.

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  7. Wow, way to crank out those zig zags! Looking forward to seeing you Swoon :o)

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  8. Terrific Swoon quilt--it's really fun to see all the different colorways that people choose for their quilts, and yours is no exception. And bravo to you for finishing that zig-zag. Sometimes the best quilts and simple and carry a large visual punch!

    Elizabeth E.
    occasionalpiece.wordpress.com

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  9. I love those tangerine tones with the dark grey! And I'm also swooning along - but waiting for a few last fabrics to arrive before I start cutting...

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