Friday, March 10, 2017

Yoyogi Park Quilt

When I saw the Town Square quilt on episode 6 of the Midnight Quilt Show, I knew immediately that I wanted to make it. Fast, easy piecing, and lots of negative space ... What's not to love?

I tried to make this quilt with some charm packs I had, but it went wrong, because the fabric just didn't work well together. I didn't want to give up though, so after some painstaking fabric auditions, I chose the adorable fabric collection Yoyogi Park by Skinny LaMinx for Cloud 9 Fabrics. I found it by chance on Etsy (which is my favorite place for out-of-season fabrics) and just couldn't pass it up.

Once cut up, piecing this quilt top was very easy. Big pieces mean there's less piecing. I'm working on several quilts with small pieces at the moment, so having this big piecing quilt to work on is a nice change of pace.

While I think the quilting brings it all together, the more negative space there is, the more true that becomes. This is a very similar type of quilt to Starstruck, in that it's a square quilt with a focal point and radiating outwards symmetrically. It's sort of a medallion, come to think of it. I did a combination of dense fillers (but of course) with geometric designs and threw in some feather motifs.

I really enjoyed making this quilt, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I'm glad I didn't continue with the original top and remade it in this fabric instead. This quilt really makes me smile!

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8 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous finish!! Your quilting really does help it come to life, although your fabric choices work beautifully for the pattern, too

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  2. This is beautiful! The quilting is just perfect for the quilt design.

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  3. What beautiful work you've done.
    I too just bought some discontinued fabric from EBay - a Chihuahua flannel print.
    Such a serious about me pic Liz ~
    Popped by from Finish it Up Friday.
    http://thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com

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    1. Haha, I know, that pic is so serious. I've been trying to swap it out, but I don't photograph well so when I went to look for a profile pic, all of the acceptable ones had me looking like this!

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  4. Oh that's so pretty - I love the colours so all your hard work in fabric auditioning was definitely worth it!

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  5. Love love love this quilt. Great fabric choice and the quilting is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thank you for your so encouraging words!

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  6. I love the colors you chose and all of that white space! You filled it so beautifully with quilting.

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