Happy Canada Day!
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| Pattern: 150 by Canuck Quilter Designs Made for Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017 using Northcott's 2017 Oh Canada collection |
I hope all my Canadian friends are enjoying a lovely summer celebration to mark Canada's 157th birthday. It's a little quiet here in Iowa (they'll be celebrating their own holiday on Thursday) and it's cold and rainy. What's a Canadian quilter over here to do?
Well, pulling out some red and white quilts is a good start. For a little bit of Canada, I pulled out the quilt I made for Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017, pictured above. Still love this one!
This runner is going on the table for supper tonight.
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| Scrappy Prairie Point runner |
I had planned in turning these fabrics into new placemats in time for today, but I got sick. I'm on the mend, but in the lingering cough stage of the cold, so energy is pretty much non-existent. There's always next year....
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| Don't you love that deep red maple leaf print in back? |
Playing around in EQ recoloring designs with fabrics from Northcott's Oh Canada collections takes less energy than sewing so that's what I've been doing instead. Here's what I've come up with so far. Enjoy!
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| Flipped Placemats This is what I'll be making with the fabrics I shared above. |
The Flipped set is a quick project. It uses stitch-and-flip for all the angles, and the runner is made with large bonus HST leftover from making the placemats.
When I'm in British Columbia later this summer, I'll be scouring quilt shops for more red maple leaf fabrics to bring back to make this version of Blaze.
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| Blaze by Canuck Quilter Designs |
I could make it with assorted reds if I don't find the maple leaf fabrics. I just think it would be a nice companion quilt to my 150th quilt.
How about another placemat choice? This is Echo Point.
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| Echo Point by Canuck Quilter Designs |
Or wait...how about adding a maple leaf in the center of the runner? Hold on while I start EQ again.
Here we go:
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| Leafy Pathways by Canuck Quilter Designs |
Your Canada quilts are just beautiful....I love all that red and white....
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Happy Canada Day! What a fantastic display of your projects and fabrics.
ReplyDeleteYou've made me tired just reading about all your ideas! But they're so pretty and I hope you find some of the Canadian print fabrics on your journeys so you can make one of these (or more?) a reality. I'm glad to hear you're on the mend - summer colds are the worst.
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