Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Finish: The Road to Tennessee Quilt

 This quilt is a recent finish...my interpretation of the vintage pattern, Road to Tennessee.  The individual components are called Indian Hatchets I think.  Putting them together this way is what I believe is called Road to Tennessee. The fabric is Modern Workshop by Oliver&S for Moda.  It's bound in Kona Coffee.

Lookie there...my DIY quilt label!  It washed up just fine.
 This is a charm pack quilt...this size (45"x54") requires 3 charm packs.  You could do a baby size 36x45)with 2 charm packs.  Each hatchet is 5" unfinished.  I think I used 2" squares to snowball the corners.  I think bigger snowballs would have been even better.


I've heard many quilters say you have to throw an ugly fabric into the mix to make a great quilt.  I have never prescribed to that, but this quilt has many fabrics that are...um..not my taste and it turned out fine.  I love the colors.  It's definitely better from a distance, but still something I would feel good about giving to someone I love.  Do you like to throw some uglies into the mix when you're making a quilt?

8 comments:

  1. I think your Road to Tennessee quilt is fantastic.

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  2. No I don't. I let the uglies sit and sit and then give them away eventually. Or I use them as practice squares when designing something new. Your quilt is beautiful!

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  3. Beautiful. Did you use a pattern or tutorial for this? I didn't know I was supposed to be using ugly fabric too! I suppose it's not a bad idea.

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  4. I love this... How is this one different than the cracker box quilt you made.. where is the tutorial for this.... You know I cannot figure things out..

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  5. I LOVE this!! The pattern is gorge, and I love the vibrancy of the colors. Beautiful!!

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  6. Very cute quilt and fabric. It is so bright and happy! Love it!

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  7. I really love this quilt. Really. It is really stunning. Uglies or not.

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  8. Wow Mary. The colors are fabulous. I love this pattern. It's eye catching for sure.

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