Rain or Shine

Some months ago, I saw a snowball quilt and for some reason, I really wanted to make one. I had a couple of yards of Rain or Shine fabric from Wyndham, which I loved, and so I jumped in. I decided to do the in between blocks as a nine patch, adding color to the water color scenes. I used the dard blue Confetti Ombre Metallic for the corners of the snowballs.

 Here is a close up of the umbrella print. I love how cute and colorful it is. I used the umbrellas to help me choose the colors for the nine patch blocks.

 Here is a close up of the people walking with the umbrellas. It all looks like a water color painting and that's what I liked about it. I quilted wavy lines and then raindrops on the diagonal to mimic a rainy day.

 It's upside down here, but I quilted umbrellas free form in the borders and I have to tell you it really made me smile the whole time I was quilting.

 The blue dots are from Bada Bing by Me and My Sister. I wanted raindrops, but didn't have any, so this was the next best thing.

           These cute tea bags are part of the pieced back of the quilt.

                      This is the entire back of the quilt.

And one more close up of the border from the back so you can see the umbrellas. I am so pleased with how this came out, even if it did take me a long time to get it done.
Talk to you soon.

Sunday Stash #21

Well, I have been trying really hard to not buy fabric. And while I am not totally successful at that, I am buying more relevant fabrics at least. What I mean is, good blenders and colors my stash is lacking. A few pieces to finish a quilt or two. That kind of stuff. Here's what I have purchased recently:

 These are bricks of American Made Brand Solids. I joined a swap and we each bought and cut two colors. I am now the proud owner of all the colors. I threw them up on my design wall just to look at them.

 This is Wyndham Fabrics 8 Days a Week. I have been wanting some of this forever. I bought two yards of it, more than I typically buy, but it is one I think I will really use.

 You can barely see this, but it is a white on white chevron from Riley Blake Designs. I am getting ready to start the last two baby quilts (out of 5) and I needed more white. I am using white on white and some low volume for a section of these.

 And here again, a couple more blues for the above mentioned baby quilts. The blue with the light blue crowns is from Let's Pretend by Sara Jane. The fun plaid is by P & B Textiles.

 While noodling around on Etsy the other day I found some out of print Bliss, by Bonnie and Camille that was crying out to me. So I bought a yard. I find I always need more reds in my stash, so this baby will not sit too long I hope.

And the reason I was on Etsy to begin with was to order more labels for my quilts. I bought this big roll, which should last me quite a while, from Inked Papers Etsy shop.  Have a great Sunday. Linking up with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash.