Good Luck Everyone!
Yeehaw Yall! I don't know about yall but yesterday had me Daydreaming about Spring. And Chocolate. And flowers. And sunshine. And bumblebees. And piles and piles of fabric! And living in a Sewing Machine Castle!
I mean, who wouldn't want to live here. I wonder if the door opens when you turn the Hand Crank? Anyway, I hope yall are enjoying my Blog Anniversary week as much as I am! We've had some gorgeous thread offered to us by Aurifil, a sweet FQ bundle of Mirabelle from The Fat Quarter Shop and a bright and bee-utiful bundle of Daydreams from The Intrepid Thread. And yall have done a wonderful job of letting them know how much we appreciate their support!
So today we are going to switch things up a little bit. I wanted to share something I started learning this past year. English Paper Piecing.
Happy Go Lucky Hexies.
Yall we were spending so much time in the hay fields this past summer, that I wanted to carry something with me to work on. Too hot to knit or crochet. And since I was already a member of the Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap I started taking hexagon papers and fabric with me to the hay fields.
I made Gingham Hexies,
I made Crane Hexies,
I had them flying in Circles and V formations
I finally got these characters landed on a quilt ...
Tsuru!
I haven't got this one quilted yet. I want to learn Shashiko and hopefully quilt at least part of it using Shashiko.
Then I went back to my Happy Go Lucky Hexies
and landed them on a quilt for my niece,
Machine Quilted, here's the back...
So when I got tired of monkeying around with hexagons;
I found a gorgeous quilt called "Patchwork of the Crosses" made by Lucy Boston during the post war era probaly around the 1950's ;
I was very intrigued and started searching around the internet to find out more information. And wowzers yall, the blocks quilters are making today are just phenomenal! I am just beginning to learn fussy cutting. Check out these blocks on my Pinterest! I'll wait here. Ok. Now, you see why I say I am just learning to fussy cut. These blocks are made using 1"honeycombs for the blocks and 1" squares for the sashings.I order all my papers from PaperPieces.com As a matter of fact, they sponsored my Bee group with a discount !
Here was my first attempt:
And the back.
Well I was hooked. I just had to learn more about this Lucy character and her Patchwork of the Crosses. So I contacted Diana Boston, daughter-in-law of Lucy, and ordered Diana's Book The Patchworks of Lucy Boston . Oh my, yall, that was it. Hook, line and sinker. So I started an "I Love Lucy International Bee" on Flickr . These ladies are so much fun. And they are making beautiful POTC quilts. Some are using bright and modern fabrics. You can see all the blocks we've made so far on Flickr.
Well beside making blocks for my Bee mates, I have been working on TWO POTC Quilts myself.
In the first quilt I am using American Banner Rose Fabrics.
(ignore the cherry background fabric :) )
I only have 6 blocks made so far. I am going to try to make the complete quilt using only American Banner Rose Fabrics.
"Lucy visits America"!
I haven't decided on the sashings and the actual Crosses between the blocks yet. What do you suggest? I thought about all red stars for the sashing and then scrappy in the middle of the crosses? (Look at the picture of Lucy's quilt) And I don't know if I like the block that has the green honeycombs in it. ABR does not have green. Not sure where I got that. Since this line is out of print, I may be working myself into a corner trying to stick with all the same fabric line :O
So, for my month as Queen in the I Love Lucy International Bee I have decided to go with "floral Shabby Chic" scrappy look. Here is my first block:
The fabrics are actually showing up dark in the picture. I have this same print of the garland roses in pink and blue. So I am going to just do a very shabby, scrappy quilt. My month to be Queen hasn't rolled around yet in the Bee but one of my Bee mates has already sent me a block. I LOVE it!
Ana Maria of anamarpatch made this BEE-UTIFUL block. I just love the soft colors and the fussy cut flowers. I can't wait to see what my other Bee mates come up with.
So I guess you can see where all this headed. Toward our sponsor for today!
Yay! Paper Pieces.com has done it again and come through for me. Yall, these ladies at Paper Pieces are so sweet and patient. The first time I called I had no idea what to ask for or what I needed. They explained everything to me so patiently and made sure I was getting what I needed.
Here is what they are offering for one lucky reader!
A 100 pc pack of the 1" Honeycombs, a 150 piece pack of the 1" squares and the Honeycomb acrylic template! I LOVE their templates. It has a 3/8" seam allowance so when you cut your fabric you are ready to sew. It is great for fussy cutting!
So , everything you need to get you started on your own Lucy journey!
If you have ever wanted to try English Paper Piecing then here is your chance.
Paper Pieces.com not only has everything you need for Lucy Boston Blocks but they have Apple Cores,Chrysanthemums and Dresdens,Clamshells and Diamonds and hexagons and Octogons and Pentagons and Squares and Triangles and Tumblers and Windmills! Plus books and templates and patterns!
Whew! Plus they have instruction aide if you need it. And a Special each week! I love ordering from them.
Usually Jess answers the phone if you call them or you can order online. (Tell Jess I said hello)
I just wish I had more time in a day for sewing. Every time I visit their website, I find something else I want to make!
THANK YOU Paper Pieces.com
Now how do you enter to win this Lucy Boston starter kit?
1. Leave a comment below. I would love to know what you think I should do for the sashing on my "Lucy visits America " quilt. (1st entry)
2. Sign up for Paper Pieces.com Newsletter or like their facebook page. (2nd optional entry)Leave me a comment letting me know which you have done.
3.Sew and Sow Farm followers New or Previous get another entry! (optional 3rd entry) Leave me a comment letting me know that you do.
4. Help spread the word through facebook, twitter, pinterest, instagram or your blog! Leave me a comment letting me know how you shared ( Optional 4th entry!)
5. Visit one of my followers from the sidebar and let them know that Jan from Sew and Sow Farm sent you from the 5 Days x 5 Giveaways!
What? Yall, this is something I have been wanting to do for a long time. I have so many nice people that have helped me along with this blog and I want to show them some love. Over on my right sidebar you will see Google Friend Connect followers (just click on one of the icons) and Bloglovin followers(click on followers). And also Google + followers.(I can't see my email followers) Just look around and pay a visit to at least ONE of them.( Try not to all visit the same person/blog as everyone else is) You may even decide to follow them. That is up to you. But I would love for you to just pick someone NEW to you and pay them a visit. Give them some encouragement!You will find so much inspiration and be so glad you did. If you need help, let me know and I will walk you through how to visit! Leave me a comment of who you visited! ( Now this is the 5th optional entry!) Kinda like a blog hop, giftaway ,visiting party! Yeehaw! AND when someone reaches out to you and visits your blog, try to return the favor if you can! I am certain they would love it!That is 5 possible entries! Enter now through Sunday February 23rd! Winner will be picked at Random.org and I will announce the winner on Tuesday February 25th!
This giveaway is open to everyone! Also if you are a no-reply or anonymous commenter, please include your email in your comments.
Note: Please read! You get 5 chances EACH day! EXAMPLE: Even though you may have left a comment yesterday that you are a follower, leave it again today so that it will count for today etc... If you want to visit someone, visit someone different today than yesterday and leave a comment. Be sure to leave a comment regarding the sponsors EACH day. Also,be sure to leave a comment on how you spread the word but try to do this differently each day if you can or just pick up the telephone and call someone! lol! . If you have any questions please let me know.
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL! Have FUN! :)
And remember, tomorrow is Day 5 and we will have another sponsor ( bet you can't guess who) with the last giftaway! Also, you can go back and enter ALL the giveaways 1-5 until Sunday Feb 23rd. So if someone missed yesterday or the day before, they can still enter through Sunday!
Have fun yall!
xo jan
You got me hooked on POTC! I think a cream would go nicely with your POTC.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you are planning a fun EPP border. maybe the center design of your blocks all set in a neutral.
ReplyDeleteI would use a pale pink solid or a pale gray solid to set off all of the delightfully scrappy blocks. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI think a light sashing is great!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I love your Lucy Visits America quilt....gorgeous!! No help with sashing though...lol. I don't make decisions well myself!!
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ReplyDeleteI kind of like the way it looks on your design wall with the white showing... perhaps that's your sashing answer. I'd be nervous about scrappy sashing for fear of losing some of the impact of those amazing blocks.
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HELLO,I really like the blocks laying on the white with cherries fabric>I think I'd go with white of white with a very tiny image. Thanks for your inspiration! Great Fun in your "5 Days Giveaway too! Happy Stitching!
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You've done a beautiful job with the paper piecing. I love how different the blocks look with the placement and the fussy cutting. I wish I could help with your sashing choices but, I'm horrible picking colors. I usually ask the ladies at my LQS or a friend. Good luck.
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ReplyDeleteI love the fussy cutting on the blocks - it's inspiring me to try that! I've got three packages of hexies waiting on the sewing shelf. di_caughill at hotmail dot com
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ReplyDeleteLove your POTC. Now I'm going to want to make one and I've never even tried paper piecing. I would use a light cream on cream print for the sashing as I think it would allow the blocks to stand on their own.
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ReplyDeleteYour blocks are so pretty, Jan. I would go with a soft cream in the centers for the squares and use a red for the outside borders.
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ReplyDeleteI think cream would look nice.
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ReplyDeleteI think a cream sashing/joining squares with maybe a very small red or blue star print would look great.
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ReplyDeleteLove your honeycombs! The fabric is a favorite, and the fussy cutting is gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteIve seen these Lucy block before and thought how lovely they look and thought I would very much like to make some. I guess they are appliqued onto a backing?
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ReplyDeleteI love your Patchwork of Crosses - wow, those are beautiful blocks!!
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ReplyDeleteYour POTC caught my eyes!!.I`ve never tried them.
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ReplyDeleteUnless you need extra length, I think no border or a small one that matches the binding. The blocks are already gorgeous.
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ReplyDeleteHi Jan - I love paper piecing and I love Paper Pieces.com What a great give-away you have today!
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ReplyDeleteI love white sashing with that layout.
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ReplyDeleteI would pout a simple, light coloured wide border on the LB quilt. It would be a great way to showcase the quilting, maybe some lovely swirling and curling feathers!
ReplyDeleteI love this pattern. Maybe someday I will be brave enough to try it!!!. I would choose a navy blue for the sashing. Or even bolder, red. Oh, and I signed up for the paperpieces email newsletters.
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I am your follower and I follow the Lucy Boston Pinterest Board. I am pinning some to my board Avery Claire. I think you should use something that matches the lighter fabric in your lucy boston squares for the sashing. It's going to be lovely.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to find your blog and all of your projects, hadn't thought of taking hexies to the field, we farm also, but they follow otherwise. I like the strong colors in Lucys's saching crosses, don't let hem hide, Keep up the good work, Kathy at repzjr at plains dot net
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ReplyDeleteI am following your blog, I am subscribed to Paper Pieces e-newsletter and liked their FaceBook page. In fact, I think I am quite addicted, and the only thing stopping me selecting fabric for a POTC is the amount of other hand-pieced quilts waiting already!
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ReplyDeleteA lovely almond cream colour for the sashing perhaps?! :)
ReplyDeleteIt may sound boring, but I think white would really pop those blocks! I, too, love to take paper piecing with me when I travel. I have been drooling over Lucy Boston's Patchwork of the Crosses since I first saw it on Inklingo. I do prefer the handwork so still waiting. Thanks so much for this giveaway! I just signed up to follow you on Bloglovin!
ReplyDeleteI love the shabby blocks with the rose pink and coral. I think a cream ivory slashing would be delicate and beautiful. Is there a pattern for this block somewhere or does it come with the paper pieces?
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ReplyDeleteJan - you are so very talented -- I think you should stick with a plain/kona white sashing -- the white looks nice through the gaps in your blocks now. What do you think ?
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ReplyDeleteI'm already a follower. Not sure which sashing, I'd have to see more blocks.
ReplyDeleteI took a good look at the photo of "Patchwork of the Crosses" made by Lucy Boston and I like how she did her boarders...I would try to copy that. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeleteYour bee got me familiar with Lucy! If you could find a fabric in the right shade them something with ocean liner type boats would be good for the sashing.
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ReplyDeleteI love your last blocks, you are so incredibly precise, this is going to be such a great quilt!
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ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing! Would love to try this shape.
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ReplyDeleteI love all you are doing with EPP must try shapes other tjhan hexies and will check out your links to them, many thanks
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ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun giveaway. I have been doing lots of EPP for about 2 years, mainly hexagons and desdens. I would love to have a go at this design too.
ReplyDeleteI kind of like the red stripe for sashing.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you know I ordered the honeycomb template yesterday. They emailed me back with a question on my order because I also ordered a 1" template and some 3/4" paper pieces. They wanted to make sure I hit the correct box. I had plenty of 1" papers because I got my Accuquilt die and I only needed the template plus some 3/4" hexes for another project. That was so nice of them.
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ReplyDeleteWow is all I can say about this post. This is all so crazy cool. I am not sure I want to do more than dabble in the little bit of hexis I have tried but you make it look so easy.
ReplyDeleteI think your America quilt is going to rock. I can see it all put together with white to make the blocks pop but I also know that putting a dark between or around the edge will pop too and that red strip that is in that middle block needs to come back as the binding or something on the outer area cuz that is so striking. Good luck and I just don't know how you do it all. So great.
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ReplyDeleteHi Jan. I think I would go with a neutral, possibly even bright white, for the sashing so that the blocks really pop but the secondary pattern also pops. It's hard to say for sure though without seeing it. You will figure out what's best.
ReplyDeleteI liked Paper Pices on Facebook. I haven't tried paper piecing yet but that would be a good think to do while watching my son's hockey games. :)
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ReplyDeleteI pinned your gorgeous American Banner Rose block to Pinterest and wrote about the giveaway in the comment. (My Pinterest name is: Anital2)
ReplyDeleteLove your Americana Patchwork of the Crosses--beautiful!!
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ReplyDeleteA soft cream sashing will make those blocks pop!
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous blocks. I'm a big fan of PaperPieces, but haven't tried the honeycomb yet. You've definitely inspired me. Love what you are creating.
ReplyDeleteThe setting for the blocks in the antique is actually quite beautiful and would be fun to replicate. But I think I'd probably pick up some Bella Bella solids in a soft share, possibly a light tan and use the neutral for a background fabric to allow those blocks to stand out.
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ReplyDeleteI think that I would go with white. It makes the other colors stand out!
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ReplyDeleteI love your American Banner Rose blocks. I think I would set them with plain white because it makes the blocks pop. I love paper pieces.com, too.
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ReplyDeleteI have loved hexagons for a year now and really like yours too. Your honeycomb blocks are just so lovely with the roses. I have done the sign up and liked on face book too. Glad to know that the papers site has a face book site.
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I think I'd use a light solid color or white for the sashing.
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your quilts are too awesome-I had to smile at this giveaway as I just did my very first hexies last night-and loved it, I asked a friend where to buy the papers and she refferred to me paper pieces-cool! I just placed an order with them as I think I am hooked on these.
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ReplyDeleteI think a solid cream or white or tone on tone fabric would be nice for the sashing.
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ReplyDeleteI like the idea of red, but also think you could use blues. I American Banner Rose. I do hope you can find enough.
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ReplyDeleteLike your idea for using red,,,,,am thinkin maybe a light creamy color to use for sashing. Also agree with you, about the green block...tho very pretty, looks out of place. Great blocks tho...can't wait to see quilt when finished!!
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White or cream for the background, small red or blue stripe or star for sashing, red or blue for the binding. Thanks for the giveaway and for the great blocks to get hooked on! vickise at gmail dot com
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ReplyDeleteI'm also thinking cream. It would allow the other fabrics to shine.
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ReplyDeleteOh Jan! Those Lucy Boston blocks are awesome. My daughter gave me the pattern book a couple of years ago, and I have been itching to start it, but I had two hand pieced quilts in progress, and I have been making myself finish them first. Now one is done and the second almost done, so I am nearly there! It would be awesome to win this pack to get me going.
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ReplyDeleteI have no suggestions onthe sashings. I do love those crosses. Some of the centers remind me of ladies old-fashioned hankies.
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ReplyDeleteI also think cream would look really pretty. Love the fussy cut you are doing. Thank you for sharing...bpfrimmer@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteI just found your blog today after finding Faeries and Fibres blog today also! My very lucky today as I love both blogs. I LOve the Lucy Boston blocks and would be thrilled to win-thanks so much for the chance!
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