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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

NTT- Improv All the Way

Welcome to NTT, y'all!  My improv house quilt top is all finished, and let me just say that I LOVE it so much!


When it's time to fit nine different-sized blocks together, improv is the answer.  When I first started thinking about how to put them together, I played around in my design program and even tried using graph paper.  Both of these were doable, but made the whole process way more complicated than it needed to be.  

The problem is that each of these blocks is different, and they are all oddly sized.  When I made the houses, I squared them up but didn't trim them to whole or even half inch sizes.  So really, the only way to  put them together without too much fuss was to continue the improv run.  I played around with the layout until the quilt looked balanced, and just started piecing my low volume fabric chunks to the blocks to fit them to each other.  I did use my rotary cutter to make sure that the background fabric pieces were cut straight, but didn't measure.  Instead, I just cut a piece that I knew would be big enough and trimmed away the excess width/length as needed.  And I constructed the quilt in horizontal thirds, so there were no partial seams.

The low volume prints lend just enough texture and interest to the quilt, but let each unique house really shine.  Plus, I think this background adds just the right amount of quirkiness to the quilt.  I have the quilt all basted and ready to quilt, and I can't wait to get started on it!

Okay friends!  Before we party, check out some of last week's eye candy.  Anja Quilts linked up this beautiful quilt-


Turid at Den syende himmel shared this fun quilt-


Check out this beauty by Quilting Gail-



And finally, this stunner by Leanne at Devoted Quilter is a Make Modern cover girl!


Wow!  Y'all are really bringing the inspiration!  I can't wait to see what you link up this week.  Before we party though, I owe you a giveaway winner!





The winner of a $25 gift certificate to Lady Belle Fabric is Kathleen, comment number 45!  Congrats, Kathleen!






Okay, friends, let's get our party on! 

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22 comments:

  1. Love love LOVE your house quilt!

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  2. Oh, the low volume background is perfect for the houses, as is continuing the improv all the way through to the end. Fabulous!

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  3. Congrats on getting your house quilt top together, Kelly!! Best of luck with the quilting.

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  4. Kelly, your quilt is just wonderful, the colors, shapes, everything about it, i could look at it for a LONG time and they're not even my homes. fantastic, thank you for sharing

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  5. Your house quilt is wonderful! The LV backgrounds work a treat! And, of course each house has so many memories for you, very special.

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  6. really wonderful quilt and with a great story

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  7. I love how the house quilt came together!

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  8. Your house quilt is FABULOUS, Kelley. Such detail, it's really amazing.

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  9. What a wonderful house quilt!! Improv is definitely the way to go here!!

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  10. This is so wonderful! Those houses...quite perfect!

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  11. Kelly - I can see how this quilt has special meaning for you, and was such a fun project to work on. The improv background was just the right way to go. A keepsake for certain!

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  12. LOVE LOVE LOVE the variety of buildings in the house quilt, and the setting of the blocks.

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  13. I LOVE your house quilt! It makes me want to try one of my own. (No, Katie, you don't need to chase all the squirrels...) I love how you set all the blocks, too.

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  14. whee! Your improv homes looks wonderful!

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  15. You're house are wonderful! I'm new to your blog. Did you post about how you made them?

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  16. Your Improv quilt is so awesome! As you were creating these blocks, I wondered how you could possibly put them together. This is just fabulous!

    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com

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  17. Those houses are amazing. Wow. Thanks for the quilty love.

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  18. Love how your houses all came together. Great job Kelly!

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  19. Love how your houses all came together. Great job Kelly!

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  20. Love how your houses all came together. Great job Kelly!

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  21. What a nice improv effort you started and saw to a finish. I think it's wonderful that you could document previous homes this way. I'd need a quilt twice this size to include all the houses I've lived in! I hope this quilt finds a place of honor in your home.

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