Sherri's Trip Around the World

My friend, Sherri, from Alaska, sent me some pretty fabrics she had extras of.

I decided to use them in a Trip Around the World quilt.

 

 

 I was teaching this class and decided it was the perfect time to use these lovely fabrics.

 

 

 

 The back is a Tula Pink Free Fall extra wide.

 

 

See those little birds floating around among the

giant dots - love it!

I have a scrappy binding.

 

 

 I quilted cross hatching in the center and swirled the borders.

 

 

This is one of my favorite color combinations - I used an Amy Butler floral for my starting point in pulling fabrics.

 

 

Here's a shortened version of the fabric requirements and cutting to create this twin size, 75" x 99".

You could easily find detailed instructions online......somewhere out there!

 

Fabric requirements:

 

3/4 yard each of 7 colors for the center

1st border      3/4 yard

2nd border     7/8 yard

3rd border         1 yard

 

Cutting requirements:

 

Cut 7 strips @ 3 1/2" from each color which will give you 7 panels - sew them in the same order.

The borders should be cut the same 3 1/2" width.

(I used what I had on hand for borders)

 

 

Thank you, Sherri, for sharing your beautiful fabrics with me. I love this quilt!

Sam's quilt....

My friend, Sherri, from Alaska, made this beautiful quilt for our friend, Sam.

 

 

Sam loves lots and lots of color - so this quilt is perfect.

I love how Sherri always seems to be able to pair the right colors and prints together. 

It's a simple 1/2 square triangle quilt, but notice how she pieced the 4-patch block colors to create a larger

diamond shape.

 

 

Her fabric stash is phenomenal - she might have used the same print maybe twice in this quilt, but that's it.

I quilted a simple all-over swirl design.

 

 

 

 Sherri chose a Kaffe Fasset piece for the binding and a pretty red/white print for the backing.

 

 

Binding - finished!

 

 

 

 I have not met either Sherri or Sam in person, but I consider both of them my very good friends.

One day I will get to meet them.

We all live in different states, but we will make it happen! 

 

 

Sam was completely surprised by this gift -

didn't even see it coming!

 

 

Enjoy this beauty, Sam, and yes.....we both hugged it before we sent it to you.

 

my word for 2017 - simplicity

Why do I think I need to always be making the more

difficult quilts?

I get all excited about challenging myself, pull out that challenging project that I've saved, pull all the fabrics I think I want to use, cut out maybe ONE block.....then put it away for another day.

I do love a challenge, but when my life is already full of all the things I love to do, I don't have time to just concentrate on one project that will consume my "free" time.

So - I decided to chose the word

"simplicity" for my 2017 goal.

My friend, Sherri, from Alaska, recently sent me this

quilt of hers to quilt.

It's so simple.

It's so perfect.

When she got the quilt back she said, "It's kind of fun how happy and simple squares quilt makes me feel."

I agree!

I quilted 1/4" on both sides of every seam - simple.

 

 

This Cotton & Steel fabric is perfect for the

backing & binding.

 

 Pretty little squares...

 

That grey gingham alternating block is perfect, too.

 

 

Simple - simple & perfect.

I'm going to work on simplicity this year - thank you, Sherri, for the sweet reminder.