Saturday, May 21, 2011

Echino Bike Quilt

One of the beautiful fabrics my son brought back from Japan was some Echino bike fabric. It is so special, I have been a bit scared to cut  into it. I chose a few fabrics that highlighted the colours of it.
 I cut them into 7.5" squares and made 9 sets of 9 patches.
Cut each 9 patch into quarters,
 rearranged them, and sewed them back together.

It's a bit random but I finished it in an afternoon. I really needed to get something done because last weekend was almost a right off for sewing and I was pining all week.
In between all the grocery shopping last weekend I snuck off to Patchwork on Central . 
"It was on the way home"
They were having a sale.
I had been searching for a backing fabric for my diamond quilt for a few months now and I think I did well.
It's the green one in the middle. $32 a metre reduced to $10 a metre.
Should go well with this:
I bought these too. Not sure what for.
Fabric is getting cheaper to buy in Australia, but I do love a bargain.





7 comments:

  1. Great shopping!!
    Love the fabric and the quilt you created.

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  2. Great bicycle quilt. Lots of movement and little treasures for the eye. Your diamond quilt is beautiful too!

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  3. What a fun quilt you've made with the Japanes Fabrics your son brought you back. I love the "disappearing nine patch". It's so fast but so effective. Your "Kaffe Fassett" is looking fantastic too. How are you going to quilt that one? Have a great Sunday.

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  4. Gorgeous quilt coming along there Meli B I love the colours in there. Isn't it great our fabrics are a little cheaper? Nice buys. xo

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  5. Beautiful Bike quilt! YOur son did well when he selected these fabrics!

    The sale fabrics you got are great! I love the backing fabric. I need to get going on my Kaffe Pickle Dish quilt. I will start it when I have this Joseph's Coat Project done!

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  6. Wow. Those were nice quilts. I really like quilt fabrics. The colorful design makes me relax. Nice!

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