Inspired #2

i've had a stack of pinky-purples/purpley-pinks and low-volumes set aside for quite some time. (in my quilt life, that means a few years, at least.) my intention has long been to make something like this beautiful "lyric" quilt from amanda @a.crafty.fox. i fell hard for this one when i first saw it.

these days, when i'm serious about making a certain quilt but know i won't be starting it soon, i usually begin collecting fabrics for it, putting them all together in one of my wip boxes. there's been a pile for this one going for a while now.

amanda's pinky-purple "lyric"

amanda's original is a log cabin variation with mini sawtooth stars worked in. i love it so much. amanda no longer sells her patterns, just kits, and i already had a lot of fabrics i could use for this one, so i knew i'd be approximating her quilt as best i could. that's been my plan since this came out in 2021.

earlier this month i was reading jennifer's penelope handmade newsletter about her quilt of the month (on sale), the "edna." i've pinned versions of "edna' before, but as i was reading the newsletter, i realized it might be a good fit for my pinky-purple/low-volume mash-up. 

i rarely buy patterns these days because i'm just really into figuring out things for myself and most of the quilts i want to make are things i can figure out by using basic, traditional blocks.  but i decided to get the pattern because i was curious to see how jennifer wrote it (an idea jolene shared). plus, jennifer does a lot of amazing work and is so engaging as an online friend that i kinda wanted to support her just a little bit for once. so i broke down and bought the pattern.

then i saw the handquilting in the white space/background of this one and swooned. the deal was sealed - i needed to make an "edna." and i guess i'm gonna do a whole lot of handquilting on it. 

the pattern includes directions for using a four-patch block instead of the large squares for the backing space. since i had amanda's "lyric" in mind with all it's little squares, i looked around to see if anyone else had done 16 patches. i found this darling version made by lydia labadie of @llquiltco. there ya go, it can be done. 

ironically, deciding to use the 16 patches means i won't handquilt this one because i think it would be lost in the patches. so maybe i'm making two versions of  "edna." maybe. there are lots of pretty variations, so picking another one won't be hard.

so i've started another quilt! after making tests blocks for two other quilts earlier in the day, i got the urge to start this one, too, that evening. it was a saturday night and everyone else was out. i got the pdf pattern online from jennifer's shop, downloaded it, and started figuring out my fabric placement. i'll share my fabric ideas in another post.