A New Quilt Beginning

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Remember the last Arkansas Traveler quilt I made and gifted? I've known since I sent that one away that I wanted to make one for myself. So as a bit of a reward to finishing up some UFOs and deadlines, I decided to start this week.

Arkansas Traveler Fabric Choices by Fresh Lemons Quilts : Faith

Arkansas Traveler Fabric Choices by Fresh Lemons Quilts : Faith

For the last several months, I haven't been able to stop thinking about making a quilt where the background was a nice, dark blue and the focal fabrics were cream with black accents. (Many of those here are from Sweetwater, Summersville, Comma and Collage.) I spent a bit of time last week with my solid color cards and decided to go with Moda Bella Solids Admiral Blue for this quilt.

Arkansas Traveler Fabric Choices by Fresh Lemons Quilts : Faith

Arkansas Traveler Fabric Choices by Fresh Lemons Quilts : Faith

I changed up the Arkansas Traveler block a bit. I reduced the size some to make an 8" finished block. I also decided with this smaller size, I would just use one fabric for the diamonds (rather than piecing in 4 smaller diamonds to make a larger diamond). I've started and finished cutting the fabrics for the quilt yesterday and am ready to start my chain paper piecing. Can't wait to share more!

I also wanted to let you know today that one of my sponsors, Christa Quilts, is starting a new quilt along on September 25th called Modern Trees. It uses scraps to create a fun Christmas themed quilt from "Tri-Recs" trees. Make your trees solid or improv - the choice is up to you. Visit Christa's blog for the complete quilt along schedule!