{"id":16843,"date":"2013-02-19T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?page_id=16843"},"modified":"2016-07-04T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T03:54:17","slug":"stepping-stones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2013\/stepping-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stepping Stones: Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Story<\/h1>\n

The Stepping Stones quilt was finished on February 14, 2013. I started with a pattern in the Pam & Nicky Lintott book, Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts<\/span>, (2009) called Stepping Stones. Something about building blocks into an overall design intrigued me.<\/p>\n

The problem with this pattern was that the authors did not emphasize where darks and lights should go. I think they assumed that the maker would use the same or similar fabrics.<\/p>\n

I bought the fabrics at the Granary, but I didn\u2019t buy large pieces of the whole line, so I knew I needed some additional fabrics. Also, I want to take Joanna Figueroa\u2019s advice and work towards using only 80% of a line so that my quilts look different from other quilts that use a whole line.<\/p>\n

I used EQ7 to help figure out placement of the fabrics during the process of making the quilt. I modified the border from the original pattern using EQ so that the quilt looked more finished.<\/p>\n

I worked on the majority of this quilt during one of Sandy’s Boxing Day Sew-ins on Twitter and it was helpful to be cheered on to get this thing done. I think I got a little off track while sewing it, because of the problems with contrast.<\/p>\n

Colleen Granger quilted it and I am very pleased with how it came out.<\/p>\n

Fabrics<\/span>:<\/p>\n