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Puttering Around Over the Weekend

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Hi there.  Hope you all had a brilliant weekend.  Mine was pretty much perfect, in that I stayed home the entire time except for a trip to the grocery store.  I am becoming such a homebody in my old age.  I spent the time, not particularly productively, but puttering around in my sewing room trying out a couple of new things.

The first is a new pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company, called Olio.  Olio is a one block pattern made with a template that is included with the pattern.  The quilt is made from lots of charm packs, a dozen if I recall correctly.  It has a wonderfully scrappy look that you could certainly achieve with scraps, rather than charm packs.  

The template is very nice acrylic plastic, and is used to cut the fabric pieces.  You cut your charm squares or scraps to 2 1/4 inches by 4 1/2 inches and the little template fits perfectly on the units.  All you have to do is trim the angles.  There is an A unit, and the template is flipped to cut the mirror image B unit.  I cut two fabrics at a time, that is why you see two different prints.  I wanted to demonstrate how you sew them together to make a "unit".

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Sew your A unit pairs together and then sew your B unit pairs together.  These units are assembled in long strips to make the quilt top.

I have a combination of various charm packs and fabric scraps I plan to use for this quilt.  Can you imagine how amazing this would be in all Christmas fabrics, or a red white and blue theme?  Or all your Halloween scraps?  Or all Jo Morton fabrics?  Or how about all Bonnie and Camille or French General?  I am thinking of how dreamy it would look out of all Kate Spain or Tula Pink fabrics.  The sky is the limit.  If you have a favorite designer and have loads of left over scraps, consider this quilt as a wonderful way to combine all those leftover fabrics into an "homage" quilt representing your favorite designer's collections.

I won't be starting this quilt for a while, as I am determined to finish up my Penny Pincher quilt first before moving on to anything else.  But I am very excited to get started on it none the less!

 

33 responses to “Puttering Around Over the Weekend”

  10. I think including the template with the pattern is a smart idea! No searching stores or online to find it is very appealing. I hear you about becoming a homebody. I try to make a list of things to accomplish on a shopping trip so I don’t have to run out in between.

  11. I think including the template with the pattern is a smart idea! No searching stores or online to find it is very appealing. I hear you about becoming a homebody. I try to make a list of things to accomplish on a shopping trip so I don’t have to run out in between.

  12. I think including the template with the pattern is a smart idea! No searching stores or online to find it is very appealing. I hear you about becoming a homebody. I try to make a list of things to accomplish on a shopping trip so I don’t have to run out in between.

  13. So all my a and b’s are cut and I have a 100 a blocks finished and ironed. Hopefully today I will finish the a blocks. I will tell you it took a lot of time to cut all the pieces. I have my a pieces in one grocery sack and my b pieces in another – clearly marked I might add. I really like the “charm” look of the quilt. I hope mine turns out looking like Carrie’s!
    Mary

  14. So all my a and b’s are cut and I have a 100 a blocks finished and ironed. Hopefully today I will finish the a blocks. I will tell you it took a lot of time to cut all the pieces. I have my a pieces in one grocery sack and my b pieces in another – clearly marked I might add. I really like the “charm” look of the quilt. I hope mine turns out looking like Carrie’s!
    Mary

  15. So all my a and b’s are cut and I have a 100 a blocks finished and ironed. Hopefully today I will finish the a blocks. I will tell you it took a lot of time to cut all the pieces. I have my a pieces in one grocery sack and my b pieces in another – clearly marked I might add. I really like the “charm” look of the quilt. I hope mine turns out looking like Carrie’s!
    Mary

  19. lovely! i really have to tackle my scrap bins. i have 3 stuffed with scraps. they haunt me. ;p yep, i’ve become a home-body, too. it just feels so peaceful to be home sewing.

  20. lovely! i really have to tackle my scrap bins. i have 3 stuffed with scraps. they haunt me. ;p yep, i’ve become a home-body, too. it just feels so peaceful to be home sewing.

  21. lovely! i really have to tackle my scrap bins. i have 3 stuffed with scraps. they haunt me. ;p yep, i’ve become a home-body, too. it just feels so peaceful to be home sewing.

  22. I am interested in how this quilt progresses.
    It looks like an immense amount of work but like your idea for using leftovers from various quilts.

  23. I am interested in how this quilt progresses.
    It looks like an immense amount of work but like your idea for using leftovers from various quilts.

  24. I am interested in how this quilt progresses.
    It looks like an immense amount of work but like your idea for using leftovers from various quilts.

  25. I stumbled on this quilt pattern over the weekend, and then happened upon your blog post today. Thanks for the clear explanation and photo. I’m thinking you could probably make good use of jelly roll strips, too. Can you see a reason not to use them?

  26. I stumbled on this quilt pattern over the weekend, and then happened upon your blog post today. Thanks for the clear explanation and photo. I’m thinking you could probably make good use of jelly roll strips, too. Can you see a reason not to use them?

  27. I stumbled on this quilt pattern over the weekend, and then happened upon your blog post today. Thanks for the clear explanation and photo. I’m thinking you could probably make good use of jelly roll strips, too. Can you see a reason not to use them?

  28. A great choice for efficiently using all those scraps. I like your idea of making it with theme fabrics.

  29. A great choice for efficiently using all those scraps. I like your idea of making it with theme fabrics.

  30. A great choice for efficiently using all those scraps. I like your idea of making it with theme fabrics.