Thursday, September 8, 2011

Friday Felicities #5 - For the Love of Solids

Felicitous news, Followers! This Friday's Felicity is that I have a FINISH to share! (Aside: why do so many of my Friday Felicities involve the letter F? Such fortuitous alliteration!!)

I swore off swaps and bees.....and promptly joined a swap and a bee. Whoops. Anyway, this swap was really interesting - all solids! My collection of solid fabrics isn't that impressive (mostly limited to white, off-white and 3 shades of grey) but thank goodness I'd just put in an order with Brenda from Pink Castle Fabrics for a rainbow of Bella Solids (Moda). Pretty!

I browsed my secret partner's favourites, and it looked like she'd enjoy a New York Beauty mini quilt. I mulled and mulled. And mulled some more. Printed out a foundation piecing template. Mulled it over some more. Then, inspiration struck when I was leafing through a Kaffe Fassett book at the library and I switched courses slightly to a pickledish quilt.


The mini quilt came together quickly after that. I foundation pieced some arcs.
FTLOS progress

Then I needed to choose a background, and ended up with door #1: Kona Coal.
Which background?

Then I had a quilt top in need of quilting.
FTLOS Mini quilt top

I asked for -- and got -- some great advice from my Flickr posse and here's the final result. May I introduce, "In a (Solid) Pickle."
In a (Solid) Pickle
The centre really isn't that floofy - it's from being folded up and I photographed it at work (on the shipping deadline day) so no pressing available.

In a (Solid) Pickle back
Looks kind of New York Beauty-ish, doesn't it?

It's 20½" square and I am really proud of it!

I used 5 different colours of thread to quilt this. Grey for the echo quilting, and then a different colour in each of the 4 different arcs. You can see the colours a little more clearly in this photo:
In a (Solid) Pickle quilting detail back

And the quilting on the front, in detail:
In a (Solid) Pickle quilting detail

All in all, a solid (geddit? HAHA I crack myself up) effort, I'd say. I hope my partner agrees!

One more photo? OKAY!

In a (Solid) Pickle full frontal

There is another little goodie that was in the package; I'll blog about that in a couple of days. Patience, my lovelies! Have a great weekend!
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36 comments:

  1. PoppyprintSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Fantastically fun! It's destined for fanatic favoriting on flickr for sure! Bravo friend!!

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  2. KatiSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    Really Fabulous!! Love it. The quilting is perfect.

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  3. KristaSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Amazing! Except now my rainbow-loving partner will be hoping that this is coming her way instead of my package. ha ha ha

    Shoot, I am so excited to meet you too in November and see your talent in person!

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  4. SheetalSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Felicity this turned out so great! And I really like the way your quilting on the arcs gives them a New York Beauty-esque look!

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  5. dutchcomfortSeptember 8, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    You have every reason to be proud. It’s fabulous!

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  6. SadieSeptember 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    What an awesome little quilt! I am sure your partner will love it :-)

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  7. Little Island QuiltingSeptember 9, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    Wow. I completely love this one.
    Flippin fantasmagorically fantastic.

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  8. Elizabeth DacksonSeptember 9, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    I think this is so cool!!! I especially love the way you quilted it, Felicity, I think you really outdid yourself on this one! :)

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  9. Jennifer Mathis of Ellison LaneSeptember 9, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    It looks fab! Great job!

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  10. Amy FriendSeptember 9, 2011 at 5:40 AM

    Love, love, love it. I will be clicking "favorite" in Flick for sure!

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  11. DebbieSeptember 9, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    Oh, this is lovely! Your quilting is just perfect - all the little details make a wonderful little quilt!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Lol you crack me up girl. But it's definitely solidly stunning. Well done! :)

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  13. MariQuiltsSeptember 9, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    The quilting you decided on is so perfect...I love it. It looks wonderful.

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  14. What Comes Next?September 9, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    fantastically fabulous!

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  15. Lindsay ConnerSeptember 9, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    Gorgeous! I'm pinning it!

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  16. two hipposSeptember 9, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    So beautiful! I love the colors, the design, the quilting. It's all magical.

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  17. UnknownSeptember 9, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    Love it!!

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  18. NatalieSeptember 9, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    I freaking love this. I love the colors, the layout, and the quilting. I think you hit a home run!

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  19. Katie BSeptember 9, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    I'm out of adjectives to tell you how awesome this is. Do you need to double-check my address before you send it my way?

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  20. A.J. Dub. (Amy)September 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    I love how you quilted it! It added a whole new dimension to the gorgeous quilt.

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  21. Ann ChampionSeptember 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    I absolutely love this little quilt. Your quilting design really enhances the pieicing..great choice!

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  22. Hitch and ThreadSeptember 11, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    I love this little quilt and are totally envious of whomever(whoever?) the recipient will be. Are the little pocket corners on the back to help with hanging?

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  23. felicitySeptember 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    @Hitch and Thread, you're a no-reply commenter so I can't reply to your comment by email so I'll answer here. First, thanks for your lovely compliment! Second, yes, those triangles in the corner and that rectangular piece in the centre are for hanging this quilt. You can tuck a small cafe curtain rod or a dowel in there and perch it upon a couple of nails.

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  24. jmdaySeptember 12, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    Fabulous! Don't you just love Kona Coal? And I am in love with the quilting on this piece. It really does make the quilt!

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  25. Faith JonesSeptember 12, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    I have been following this mini since you started and WOW, you did not fail to impress! Look at that quilting! Off to favorite it (**again**) on Flickr. :)

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  26. JenniferSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    OMGOSH this is amazing - the stitching, the colors, i love it!

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  27. JulesSeptember 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    love it!, first time to your blog, through "fresh lemons"
    very inspiring work.

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  28. AmoretteSeptember 12, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    wow, this is gorgeous! i love the quilting and the coal for the background. excellent.

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  29. monika@mysweetprairie.caSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    That is gorgeous!!!!

    hey I cannot find your email address!? I'm posting this invite/reminder here, but delete if you don't want it here.

    You are invited to come show off your wares! ; )

    Sign up begins later today and closes Thursday noon...
    http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/09/wip-wednesday-5-tn.html

    : )
    ~Monika Kinner-Whalen

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  30. Live a Colorful LifeSeptember 13, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Oh my goodness--this is AMAZING!!! Really. Oh your creativity knows no bounds!

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  31. RuthSeptember 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    I've commented on this quilt before, but I have to do so again. It's beautiful. The solids, the curves, the quilting! Gorgeous!

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  32. Sharon MSeptember 15, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    It is awesome! Great job on the quilting, colors, everything. It does look New York Beautish. One of my absolute favorites.

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  33. SewHappyGeekSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:23 AM

    It totally reminds me of New York Beauty, and also reminds me of the New York Beauty foundation panels I bought months ago and never made because I can't decide what colours to use ;p
    Your mini quilt is so amazing! Perfect, perfect! Well done you!

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  34. amy dameSeptember 20, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    Felicity, this is GORGEOUS! you should be so so proud of yourself! i'm sad that you couldn't bring it to the last guild meeting so that we could all ooh and awe over it in person!

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  35. Heather D.September 26, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    This is awesome, I love everything about it. The front, the back, the colours, the quilting, etc. etc. etc.!

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  36. Archie The Wonder DogNovember 4, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    I know it's an old post but I've just clicked over from your BQF post and wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading about your design process for this brilliant quilt!

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