wistful winds

Adorable.  That's the first word that came to my mind when I first laid eyes on Shari of Doohickey Design fame's latest collection "Wistful Winds".  I mean, melt.your.heart adorable!  The sweet little girls?  Love.  The jelly-candy fresh colours?  Yum.

I whipped up this quick little crib/playmat quilt in whatever spare time I could find over the weekend, which wasn't much.  So I pulled off this project off with a few handfuls of squares & rectangles, and then at the last minute I threw in the white stripes between each column.  Love how that white makes everything just pop.

In case you're inspired to make something similar, cut sizes are:

• 2.5" squares
• 2.5 x 4.5" rectangles
• 1" strips

This quilt is so easy!  Standard cuts, no matching seams, nothing fussy at all.  I was working with Long Quarters, which are 9" x WOF (rather than Fat Quarters) so I made probably THE scrappiest binding EVER!  Love it. :)

Today is the first day of this blog tour so here's the lineup:

October   3rd:     Amy Sinibaldi -  www.nanaCompany.typepad.com
                         Me
              4th:     Amanda Niederhauser - www.jedicraftgirl.com
                         Amy Smart - www.diaryofaquilter.com
              5th:     Meagan Taylor/Kristi Jones - www.meagsandme.com
                         Christine Cook - www.stitchingrevival.com
              6th:     Elea Lutz - www.elealutzdesign.com
                         Jodie Carleton - www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com
              7th:     Sedef Imer - www.downgrapevinelane.com
                         Jina Barney - jinabarneydesignz.com
              10th:   Elizabeth Evans - www.simplesimonandco.com
                         Kimberly Bourne - www.mainstreetmarketdesigns.com
              11th:   Jemima Flendt - www.tiedwitharibbon.com
                         Nadra Ridgeway - www.ellisandhiggs.com
                         Amy Chappel - www.amerooniedesigns.blogspot.com
              12th:   Katie Skoog - www.thesimplelifecompany.com
                         Amber Johnson - www.alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com
               13th:  Angie Wilson - www.gnomeangel.com
                         Clare Horsman - www.claresplaceblog.blogspot.com
                         Deanna Wall - www.stitchesquilting.com
               14th:  Melissa Mortenson - polkadotchair.com
                         Jessica Stewart  - www.izzyandivydesigns.com
                         Shari Butler - www.doohikeydesigns.com

Looking forward to seeing all the lovely makes with this fabric.  Thank you Shari!  So glad you asked me to play along. :) xo k

Comments

[Shari - DoohikeyDesigns]

You are so talented and so clever! Thank you for making something so beautiful! So happy that you agreed to be on the blog tour! You amaze me! And your photos and details I hope to be just as good as you one day!

[GreenRabbitDesigns]

gorgeous K ! :)

[Elaine @ Beech Tree Lane Handmade]

So many cute prints in this collection!

[Kathleen O'Grady]

So Sweet! You never disappoint! I love this collection, especially the wee little dots.

[Susan]

LOVELY! No matching seams sounds great to me!!

[rosa]

Super cute.Great job.Thanks for the tutorial!

[pam]

Super cute. Of course I love everything you do! Shari's fabric is so cheerful!

[Little Quiltsong]

Beautiful fabric and gorgeous quilt! The fabric just makes this quilt special!

[Rosemary]

This quilt is a cutie. I do love the fabrics!!

[Barbara McDonald]

Lovely job on a lovely quilt!

[summer]

The colours are so beautiful ♥

[mara]

So pretty, I love this fabric line!