Category: Etsy Color And Quilt Shop

Hopscotch Happy goes to the Dark Side

7/28/2017

Remember hopping over squares on the ground on one foot, balancing and having fun out in the bright sunshine? Bring back happy squares with Hopscotch Happy, a quilt pattern that is charm pack or layer cake friendly and that can be pieced quickly and easily. Love the brightness of it on white. Love the drama of the blocks on dark. Its fun to make it both ways and see the difference that color and contrast make.

I like to group my sections of blocks by colors. I like pockets of green and red and gray that play together with similar colors. It makes the blocks feel cohesive to me. In this pattern, as I played with colors, I realized if you used 4 Charm Packs (or one Layer Cake) of Moda Precuts of Poppy Mae, you could group the blocks for the lap size quilt to just be greens and reds, leaving the grays for a separate project. I wanted to create a modern feeling quilt that had plenty of negative space for interesting quilting sewing. I love the deep gray of Moda's Bella Solid Charcoal 9900-284. It is my go-to dark gray. I used that with my gray blocks set off to the left side. I also replaced one of the block pieces with a solid persimmon red for a pop of color. After I pieced this, I asked Gina Siembieda, the long-arm quilter who did the quilting for me, if she could work with the angles of the blocks and horizontal lines to create interesting quilting in the negative space. In a case like this, it is helpful to print out an image of the quilt and just draw on it, discussing it together with a long-arm person. Gina ran with it and I couldn't be happier. I love the linear nature of the sewing and the movement and contrast of lines and open space that is created.

Hopscotch Happy is written up for a variety of sizes, including Lap, Twin, Queen, King and as a table runner. It's an easy, fun quilt that goes together quickly. It's available through United Notions/Moda Fabrics as well as in my shop. Hop on over to take a look and start playing happy with Hopscotch!

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Color Play for Quilt Patterns- Sliding Shoji Screens in BLUSHING Peonies

6/4/2017

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What would Sliding Shoji Screens quilt pattern look like in a new line? I wanted to try it out with my Blushing Peonies prints that will be shipping from Moda Fabrics in November. Here is the original color version of the quilt done in the light version:

Sliding Shoji Screens by Robin Pickens, easy quilts, quilt in a weekend, Moda

And here are two versions of the quilt in new colors and prints! For the first one I wanted to try a punch of citrus orange (this is Bella Solid 161 Amelia Orange). I made the smaller divider strips in Persimmon 294 to add some deeper contrast. I have ordered my fabric and can't wait to get started on this one! It feels so summery and happy to me!

Robin Pickens Sliding Shoji Screens orange

Sliding Shoji Screens in pinks + orange

This gray version evokes a calmer, more restful quilt with the pretty color pop of peachy peonies. I wanted to try more light and mid-tone grays and keep my contrast relatively low. I like the added in deep charcoal in the floral pinwheels pattern as my dark color. I don't think it overpowers the other patterns because there is still a lot of light gray in the floral motif.

Sliding Shoji Screens grays

I'll post more pictures when I'm piecing these! Stay tuned for more color play! If you are interested in my Sliding Shoji Screens pattern you can ask at your local quilt shop or find it on my shop along with other patterns at robinpickensinc.com!

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Quilt Love Colors

11/12/2016

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I am very happy to finally have my first downloadable coloring image up on my shop! I made this image up for my recent trip to Quilt Market in Houston. One thing quilters and coloring peeps have in common is the lovely experimentation and play with color! So have fun with trying out different palettes without cutting into your stash!

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