Last week I met my
Iowa quilting friends for a
4 day retreat just outside of New Glarus, WI.
Boy did we have fun!
My friend
Jackie is always teasing me about my quilting projects. It seems I like squares... four patches... nine patches... square in a square... you get the idea. Well Jackie is forever pointing this out to me {and she is right}. To remedy my quilting pattern rut, I purchased 2 copies of
Chopsticks by
Jaybird Quilts. I sent a copy to Jackie in August letting her know this would be my project for our fall retreat.
I thought the "triangle in a triangle" theme would be fun and save me from being the butt of every joke.
Here is my quilt made out of a Denyse Schmidt's Picnic fabric line and a nice Bella Solid (from blog friend Anna's store,
Thimbleanna).
LOVE IT!
Jackie chose Chez Moi's Hunky Dory. Isn't that solid great!
While at
Quilter's Compass in Monticello, Wisc,
Theresa and I both purchased Kate Spain's Terrain for more Chopsticks. Theresa chose the pink and purple colorway, while I chose orange and green {trying again to think out of my box... again}.
Theresa used her Mini Design Board {(
tutorial by the super duper Lori Holt of
Bee in My Bonnet}. We made these as party favors for our quilt camp last July.
Diane purchased Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers for a Chopsticks of her own.
Jackie, cutting extraordinaire, cut all of our quilts out for us! She is a*ma*zing. We paid her off in Polish Pottery.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO THIS PATTERN:
The pattern calls for a 60 degree triangle ruler by Creative Grids. Jackie had a 60 degree 12 inch ruler (not a Creative Grids ruler). When she cut out her quilt and pieced her first few blocks they did not size up correctly. The Creative Grids ruler is actually 12 1/2 inches. Get the Creative Grids ruler (CGRT12560), and purchase it when you get the pattern. I called a dozen quilt shops between Indy and New Glarus and found it at one shop in Rockford, Il - thank you
Quilters Haven. The pattern also provides templates.
