Hello!! Welcome to the Playground Showcase, featuring Amy Sinibaldi’s latest line for Art Gallery Fabrics. The colours in this collection are so completely perfect; pink, coral, mustard, plum and blue. All my favourites! We were still in the thick of winter when I was planning the quilt design, the days were mostly grey and dreary. Creating a quilt of spring bulbs was the perfect way to bring my favourite season forward a little.
I started out with the nine-patch tulip block from ‘1000 Great Quilt Blocks’ by Maggi McCormick Gordon. I made a few changes, removing the nine-patch at the centre, changing some of the proportions and shrinking it to a 6″ block. I drafted the pattern in EQ7, then cut plastic templates for most of the pieces. Templates might be a slower way to go but I think they’re worth it for accuracy, especially with tricky shapes like these. The plastic templates also made it easy to fussy cut the fabrics.
With the quilt finished, I shrunk the 6″ block down to a 3″ on-point paper pieced block, the perfect size to feature on the cover of a needle book. Of course I used Amy’s needle book tutorial. These fabrics work so well in teeny tiny piecing too! I will be popping the free 3″ spring bulb pattern in my Craftsy store very soon.
And finally, one more make to share…
Anna Maria Horner’s Gathering Flowers quilt block is a perfect match for Playground fabrics don’t you think? This is going to be a pillow for my daughter. I just need to decide whether to keep it square or trim it for a round pillow. Hmmm….
Amy has written a blog post about her inspiration for the fabric line, and you can see swatches of all the fabrics, and the look book by clicking here. Visit the links below to check out what everyone else is making in the Playground Showcase. There are so many beautiful makes already and we’re only half way through. Seriously, you’ll need a little time to check out these blog posts! Oh and if you’re on Instagram, the hashtag is #playgroundshowcase.
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Quilt Stats;
Quilt name: I’ve just now realised I haven’t thought of a name, maybe ‘Early Spring’!?
Size: 56″x63″
18 thoughts to “Playground Showcase”
You have been busy – so many lovely creations with Amy's fabric. I may need to try that Spring bulb pattern soon.
boy, that quilt is very pretty!!
What a great time of year to reveal your spring bulbs quilt – I've noticed a lot of tulips popping up around here this week. It is a gorgeous quilt, well done! And I love the pillow block too.
Oh wow!!! Rachel, this is such an absolutely stunning quilt. Love the needle books, too. And that AMH block is amazing.
I love it … It's like the buds of childhood… growing through play ? Thank you for offering the free 3" pattern ?
What an absolutely beautiful quilt. Just stunning 🙂
Hello, such beautiful projects!Loving this collection! Thanks for sharing!
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What a beautiful quilt. Love every aspect but especially the delicacy of the block and the 'sprinkling' /non standard grid layout works so well
Beautiful quilt, love it!
What a beautiful quilt! I love your modern pattern and those tulips! The needle books are truly pretty , too!
Susie
Gorgeous as ever , thank you for reminding me I do love Spring
Wow! Rachel, you have created a beautiful quilt. Stunning. Spring tulips are divine. Love the quilting. Also love the little needle books . Looking forward to the free pattern, so that I can make one too.
I love this! Such a beautiful quilt! I also loved the squares and the details in the binding. Very well done! (oh and the Irish chain quilt is such a beauty too!)
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Beautiful! Love all your projects and it's fun to see what all of you very talented people are doing! Thanks for all the inspiration!
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These all look very beautiful, Rachel. Love the gathering flowers block in particular xx
Love this quilt, great setting!
Loved it! what a comfortable quilt, really loved the work done by you guys. keep it up!
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