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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Red and Aqua Houses


I thought long and hard about KTQuilts idea to make my little red and aqua house panel into a bed quilt and repaint one of our rooms aqua but then I decided to take the more sane approach and quilt and bind it and call it a doll quilt.

I added a little three dimensional interest with this quilted door, a take off on Nicolette's idea.

The quilt was made using 4 1/2" squares for the houses. The roofs were made by cutting 5 1/4" squares in half diagonally twice. Then I cut 2 7/8" squares in half once for the sky pieces. The finished quilt measures 20 1/2" x 24 1/2."

The backing is a cheery Michael Miller dot. It's in my shop!

25 comments:

  1. This is absolutely adorable! I love the colors as well!

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  2. This is so cute, i love the colors and the size is perfect.

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  3. ha, ha I think you made the right decision. In just a shore while, who knows what new and amazing color will tempt all of us :-)

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  4. Ah! Did you just question my sanity?! Oh well, I do! ;0)

    Love what you did with the cuteness!!! Blessings friend!

    KT

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  5. very cute Amy! Good call on just finishing it up, as it makes a great doll quilt. Now you can move on to more things!

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  6. Adorable! I'm sure you're going to have lots of copiers for this beauty! I say join DQS11 and you'll be all set. You'd have your already finished. LOL

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  7. It's adorable! Perfect choice for the binding.

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  8. That turned out super cute!! I love it as a doll quilt.

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  9. It is so cute!!! Love it!!!

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  10. this is so adorable, I love it!

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  11. IT WORKED!!!
    I'M BAAAAAACCCCCCK!!!:)
    Thanks for the tip!!
    xoxo

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  12. It's just lovely, Amy. And a steal for an original quilt featuring original designed and hand printed fabric!!! I hope someone scoops it up for their little girl's room pronto! You do such beautiful work.

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  13. Amy, Amy, Amy. Just when I have created my own comfort zone of favorite colors...you dangle these glorious projects in aqua, red and white. It is so invigorating and fresh. I may have to step out of my usual colors and take a dip into these delicious colors. I love your projects and prints.

    Deb

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  14. Its a gorgeous house quilt. Your fabric is wonderful.

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  15. I love this! I am attempting to make a twin size version for my niece, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how you pieced the houses together. When I cut per your instructions, the roof piece is wider than the house piece. Thanks for any info!

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  16. Here is a tutorial for the flying geese. I hope that it helps. http://www.quilterscache.com/H/Howtomakegeese.html

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  17. This is just too adorable!!! Love the colors.

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