P.Q. 14.6 Conquer a fear


Project Quilting 14.6 Posey Patch

So Project quilting this week for 14.6 was Conquer a fear.
While I  don't feel this was a fear really it was a bit of a challenge. I wanted to use scraps/stash as per usual this year AND I wanted to do some applique AND I wanted to incorporate a paint chip challenge that my friend and I came up with a few weeks ago. Also my goal was to make baby size quilts for each challenge this year so my finish is 41" x 42"


I was able to use the bottom 5 color chips! Woot.....

I drew up a loose applique design that I felt was kind of fun. 

I used a bunch of odd sized scrap cuts. Sorted them into piles of widths and then just chain pieced them together and then cut at equal lengths. Like a jelly roll race sorta.


Made a great background for my applique plus I actually used some of my stash up for a change.


I just started drawing on fusible web paper and cut out on various colors and voila!

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Comments

grammajudyb said…
“Cute as the dickens” to quote my mama! Don’t ask me why dickens is cute, but that’s what she said. I love the light vertical strips background. Good idea!
March 17, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Jenny said…
Very pretty, and I love the idea of piecing a neutral background out of various strips. I think I'll have to try that idea too, I've a bagful of neutral leftovers just hanging around.
March 17, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Nann said…
What a lovely quilt! I like the transparency effect as the petals overlap. I've used pieced backgrounds for applique projects with success.
March 17, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl said…
Beautiful color palette and way to go making a baby size quilt for each of the prompts this year!
March 18, 2023 at 2:54 PM
The Joyful Quilter said…
Triple the challenge for a triple AWESOME quilt finish, Kris!!
March 19, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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