Wondering Wednesdays Week 3

Welcome back to week 3 of Wondering Wednesdays.  You guys have the best questions and I so enjoy answering them for you.  Keep them coming!

Robby H. says: “…I’ve got a fat eighth bundle of Sunnyside Up and am hoping that Canning Day will complement it for a bed sized quilt.  Thoughts?”

Answer:  Canning Day complements Sunnyside Up beautifully.  I designed the two collections with a similar palette so that they will play nicely together.

Sunnyside Up on the left and Canning Day on the right

It also means if you have any of those fun panels from Sunnyside Up still in your stash, that you can add Canning Day fabrics to it for some pretty fun projects.

Sunnyside Up Panel

On a complete side note…I don’t think I shared the Sew Together Bag I made using the house panel from Sunnyside Up and some Sugarcreek wovens and prints.

Sew Together Bag

I cut apart the house panel to use on each side of the bag.

Sew Together Bag

And then, I added some hand quilting and pretty little Sugarcreek prints and wovens.  If you’ve never seen the inside of these bags, they are amazing.  I have several of them and love using them for carrying around all of my little sew what-nots.

Sew Together Bag Inside

Phew…that was a bit of a tangent!–but it was too cute not to share another fun way to use the panel.  If you have ever wanted to try making a Sew Together Bag, but have been a little bit intimidated, there are a number of tutorials both written and video with a quick google search. =)

And now, back to your question Robby…I mocked up my Beholden 2 quilt using Canning Day and Sunnyside Up together so you can see how they mix in a quilt.

Beholden 2 quilt in Sunnyside Up and Canning Day

Beholden 2 is pieced using all machine piecing–no templates or hand work.  It looks like a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt but with simple piecing techniques.  And in these fabrics, it is a definite flowery, flower garden! =)

One last question for today:

Michelle Burt asks: “…Were you planning on including any 108″ wide fabrics with Canning Day?”

Answer:  Yes!

One of my favorite prints in the collection will be available as 108″ wide backing in three different colors.

Candy Striped Quilt

The print used in my Candy Striped quilt will be available as 108″ wide backing in the following colors: Red, Aqua, Gray.  This makes me so happy as I do not like piecing backing one bit!  In fact, it might be my least favorite quilt making activities.  Give me all of those 108’s so I don’t need to piece backing!

I have an ongoing list of questions you all have asked that I am working through.  If you have questions for me, leave them below and I will answer them in a future Wondering Wednesday post. =)

I’ll be back Friday with the Sunday Best Sampler block of the week. =)