Sister Quilt #1: A Finished Quilt

Woo! Sisters' Ten Quilt #1 is done! #1, you ask? Read on!

 Last year around this time, AnneMarie of Gen X Quilters revealed the concept and layout for the Sisters' Ten BOM. The modern layout stuck with me, and I admittedly needed to work on my piecing accuracy. Every block stands for an important woman in life, which got me thinking about one of the most important women in mine: my 17-year-old sister.

 And look how darn happy she is with her one-fabric Amy Butler Cameo backing that I bought especially for this quilt (she dislikes pieced backs and I guessed right this time about the color)!

 The idea started to evolve in my head: what if I made "sister" quilts in our respective color schemes? I hoped to have both done by Christmas but I knew I would at least get Marisa's done. And thus started the very secretive year of making blocks behind her back and dying to show her because I share all things quilty with her. :) I told my husband (obviously, because he sees everything laid out on the floor) and my mom, and apparently my sister suspected something because it was hard not to hint that her Christmas present was going to be awesome.

 Here's the pull for my quilt back in January (with Kona Medium Gray, thanks to your advice!).

With the Sisters' Ten BOM, I really evolved as a piecer. There is a HUGE difference between my starting and finishing blocks in terms of accuracy. I really had fun choosing the color combinations for each block - on Marisa's, I tried to use solely green, blue, and purple. All the shades seemed to mesh pretty well. If you look at the finished quilt pictures, you'll see that I added small scraps of color (and boy, did I have a lot of those) to the large middle negative space, just for fun. I love adding in original aspects to a predetermined quilt layout.

1. Sisters' Ten Block October, 2. Sisters' Ten Block October, 3. Sisters' Ten BOM - September block, 4. Sisters' Ten BOM - September block, 5. August Sisters' Ten Block, 6. August Sisters' Ten Block, 7. July Sisters' Ten Block, 8. July Sisters' Ten Block, 9. Block 1 - Sisters' Ten BOM - Contrary Wife, 10. Block 2 - Sisters' Ten BOM - Contrary Wife, 11. May BOM block 2, 12. April BOM 3, 13. April BOM 4, 14. School Girl's Puzzle, 15. Susannah, 16. Fly!



Here's my very first block. You can tell some of the HSTs are the wrong size/mismatched, and I'm convinced I cut the middle fabric wrong from the start. It's just fun to see how far I've come! You can see the other blocks and beautiful finished quilts in the Sisters' Ten Flickr group.

Right after we got back from Maine, the husband tested out his new camera and took some preliminary pictures of us with the quilt. We're already planning a photoshoot in nicer weather when mine is done :) It was too cold for us to be outside anyway, so with the next post (early spring?) I'll have more details about quilting (with closeups).

 

Fierce.

 

FABRIC. 

 

Fly!

 

Family :) 

Happy 2014, everyone!! :) Thanks for reading and being quilty friends, as always! <3 If you're looking for my 2013 in review post, it's right here.

Linking up to: Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilting Infatuation, Crazy Mom Quilts, TGIFF.