My first Blue Ridge quilt just returned from the Vermont Quilt Festival and will next go to the Asheville Quilt show.
Meanwhile, Maria Shell published a tutorial on how she makes flying geese blocks for her quilts, so of course I had to try it.
The result is Blue Ridge II.
The colors of the quilt blended with the colors of my chimney, where I stuck it up to be photographed
In case a viewer doesn’t get why there is a red triangle among the earth-sky-water tones, I backed the quilt with cardinal fabric 🙂 The fabric is from Cotton + Steel in 2018, before they left RJR.
The quilt is faced using the technique from Terry Aske’s tutorial, which worked very well. Here are the quilt stats:
Blue Ridge II
- 28.5 inches wide, 26.5 inches tall
- The fabrics are batik scraps left from other projects
- The backing is from RJR, a Cotton and Steel fabric from 2018
- The piecing was inspired by Maria Shell’s tutorial on flying geese (link above)
- The facing was done using Terry Aske’s tutorial (link above)
- Quilt was pieced and quilted by me. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Cotton, Request loft.
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Loved your first Blue Ridge. Now I love your second Blue Ridge too! Very creative to use Cardinal backing.
Thanks, Norma! See you Tuesday 🙂
I tend to avoid triangles, but you have inspired me to give it a go.
These are trimmed to size as you go with disregard for points, so no worries 😉
I took a moment to head over to Maria’s blog and read her tutorial, then came back and re-read your post. I applaud your making triangles using her method, and your Blue Ridge II is a fine and lovely composition of triangles. Love the red bit!
Thanks. I find Maria’s instructions clear and her methods practical
Very nice! I’m happy to hear my facing tutorial was helpful for you.