The past few days, we've been sharing Amy Friend's By Hand collection with you, and we're finishing up the week with a virtual trunk show of quilts Amy designed. Several of the quilts use improvisational paper piecing--Amy's go-to technique--but if that's not for you, you'll find designs that use traditional piecing as well. Enjoy!
Magic Spark
60” x 76”
"This quilt is based on improvisational paper piecing
techniques. I was playing iwht the idea of radiating lines, and I started
changing the size and the rotation to create a really neat spinning star. Where
four blocks meet, you get another type of star. I put the prints in spectrum
order, and the light and dark purple stars in the center really pop out. I used
the Stripe Fade print in the background, which adds a ton of interest to the
quilt. I’ll be teaching this at QuiltCon in February."
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| Click here to purchase the Magic Spark pattern. |
Negativity
60” x 68”
"The first version of this quilt was all solids and hung at
QuiltCon last year in the small quilts category. This is also an improv paper
piecing quilt, with a small repeated half hexagon. I love that when you remove a pair of half hexagons, you get a
negative hexagon shape. It’s super easy to make."
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| Click here to purchase the Negativity pattern. |
Dogwood
60” x 72”
"This quilt is also foundation pieced. I wanted something flower like, and I think this looks like a simple dogwood blossom because of the four points. I removed a row of piecing to create a well defined area of negative space. I think this quilt has a modern aesthetic even while using a block with a more traditional feel."
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| Click here to purchase the Dogwood pattern. |
Game Board
60” x 72”
"This is for people who don’t like foundation piecing as much as I do. It’s strip pieced with some half-square triangles as well. I played with the warm and cool colors of the spectrum, pairing each dark next to its coordinating light in the strip. The blocks are offset so some of them appear to fall off the quilt. This quilt has a lot of fun negative space for machine quilting."
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| Click here to purchase the Game Board pattern. |
Free quilt pattern:
Keyed Up
76" square
"I wanted to keep this quilt simple, and it's made of
easy-to-piece strips. The design plays with the light and dark pairings of each
color, and the warm and cool strip sets are staggered a bit. There's plenty of
neat negative space within the design as well."
 Click here to download the free Keyed Up pattern. |
Find more By Hand fun using the links below!
By Hand Hop Schedule
Monday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Laura - Slice of Pi Quilts; @sliceofpiquilts
Kari - Craft Happy; IG - @quiltsforthemaking
Wednesday:
Sheri - Whole Circle Studio; IG - @wholecirclestudio
Erin - Why Not Sew; IG - @whynotsewquilts
Thursday:
Rachel - Rachel Rossi: IG - @designsbyrr
Fat Quarterly Sneak Peek
Friday:
Amy Friend's Virtual Trunk Show
Click here to see the entire By Hand collection.
Click here to visit Amy's website.
Amy's quilts are beautiful. Thanks for another great Blog Hop.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts - so dramatic! Thank you for sharing!! Inspiring me to get to the machine this weekend!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteAll the quilts are wonderful but Magic Smart is great.
ReplyDeleteLove the Dogwood quilt. Thanks for a great hop.
ReplyDeleteMagic Spark is it! We were fishing last night and the sunshine on the lake, in the late afternoon, was shimmering and shining like stars and diamonds and all I could think was how can I make that into a quilt. Well YOU did! This is gorgeous!!! Thank you for your creativity and design talents and for sharing with us.
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