Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Lanterns in Parson Grey


I enjoyed Jess' Lantern-A-Long - very different, very quick, and very fun.  It was, also, the first time I worked with a fabric line  by Parson Grey.  Although I found the Jelly Roll to be pinked too deep and strips closer to 2" instead of 2'5", I worked around those problem.  But as quilters, we do come across that pattern or fabric that makes us become 'creative'.





I had to do a little 'seam' adjusting and had to go with a square quilt rather than a rectangle, because I didn't have the Kona Sand amount I needed for that.  Just a 4" x 5.5" Kona was left.  I have enough Jelly Roll strips left to use for the binding.  Finished size is 62.5" square.

Once I have found the right backing, I will be quilting this on my home machine.

Thank you Jess for a lovely quilt along.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

11 comments:

Joanne said...

Your lanterns look terrific. I won't get mine done in time for the link party but hopefully next week. It was a fun design to work on. Joanne

Joanna said...

I like the way you arranged your lanterns, something I had to work on for a while. I also like the muted tones. I'm hoping to get mine done by Thursday, if not earlier. I agree that it was fun to make. I'll have to go modern more often.

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Love the lanterns. How maybe QALs are you doing now?

Eat Sleep Quilt said...

I like the pattern, it's another of those "can't miss" patterns. I considered doing the lantern-along but I have way too much on my plate right now.

I don't like the pinked edges on some of the jelly rolls - it probably prevents fraying but I'm never sure I'm getting a true measurement.

Dana Gaffney said...

Wow, those are really different, I love the colors you picked. Sorry to hear you ran into more bad precuts, I hate to think what that would do to a beginner quilter.

Sherry said...

Very nice lantern quilt and always good to hear about a product. I will certainly check the width on any Parson Grey precuts I purchase. In fact that is a good idea for any precut.

Lyndsey said...

Love your lantern quilt, it looks great.

Jessica said...

Sharon, it's absolutely stunning! They all fit together so well and I love seeing another "floating" version! Well done! :) Thanks for LALing!

Belinda said...

Looks like your adjustments worked well! Nice quilt.

Needled Mom said...

That really looks pretty and I am so glad you were able to work out the adjustments.

Michele said...

Very pretty! And good to know the shortage on those strips. Too bad some manufacturers don't sell accurate precuts.