Life is a patchwork of experiences
Kaffe Fasset striped fabrics set in a rainbow pattern make up this original quilt design.
Quilt Inspiration – I commemorated our bucket list trip to Jordan with a quilt inspired by pictures of the blankets the Bedouin use on their camels.
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I love Paris in the springtime
I love Paris in the fall
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles
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This Greek key quilt pattern is an easy and beginning quilter friendly design inspired my trip to the Greek islands. The PDF pattern is available on my Quiltripping Etsy shop.
Quilt Inspirations – For my recent trip to Greece, I chose a simple, classic Greek key design to make this easy, modern looking quilt in shades of white and Aegean blue.
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Use this easy, free scrub cap pattern and tutorial to make a reversible surgical cap that is both functional and stylish for your favorite health care workers.
My daughter-in-law is a nurse at a large city hospital, and she asked me to make her a few surgical scrub caps for work. I tried the patterns I found on-line and eventually combined elements till I came up with a scrub cap pattern design that she liked and fitted her long hair well.
I am sharing this free, printable scrub cap pattern and tutorial with detailed instructions for making a reversible scrub hat or scrub cap.
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Use these ideas for pieced backing for quilts to make your quilt back as beautiful as your quilt front.
I love the process of designing quilts. Picking out the fabric combinations, figuring out the geometry and then sewing it all together satisfies my creative soul. So, for me, the back of the quilt is as much a canvas for creativity as the front.
I see it as an opportunity to think outside the box and come up with interesting design options beyond just a plain piece of fabric. Over the years, I have tried a number of different approaches to making pieced quilt backs for all my quilts and I am sharing these ideas here.
A summery bright colored quilts using Kaffe Fasset flowery fabrics in shades of pink and yellow.
Quilt Inspiration – Here in the Brandywine Valley, I am surrounded by some of the county’s most beautiful public gardens. With this quilt I am celebrating the lazy hot days of late summer when the flowers are at their peak bloom.
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Learn how to make half square triangles the easy way. I have found this method to be the most straight forward and foolproof technique for a perfect quilt block.
I am fascinated by the many quilting geometries you can achieve with a half square triangle block. Over the years I have made well over a dozen half square triangle quilt patterns and in the process I have perfected the easiest and most fail-proof method for how to make half square triangles.
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I like to make travel quilts inspired by the destinations where I am going. I am sharing some of my favorites to inspire your next quilt project.
My website is called Quiltripping because I love to travel, take photos and make quilts. I like to make travel quilts inspired by the destinations where I am going and then photograph the quilt on location. Since I started this blog, I have photographed and shared quite a few of my bucket list travel inspired quilts. I thought it would be nice to put them all together into one gallery for both quilting and travel inspiration.
Quilt Inspiration – The colors of the surf and sand. I used two charm packs in shades of blue and yellow by Stonehenge to design a quilt that reminds me of a warm day on a California beach. I set half square triangle blocks in a fishhook pattern, randomly mixing the different shades of blue and gold together.
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This was the second quilt I ever attempted – and finished. I called it “Cascade” because the design reminded me of a small waterfall. I thought that my Rogue River rafting trip, with all of the rapids and small waterfalls, was an appropriate spot to photograph it.
Thanks for visiting.
Rose
