Have you seen the lovely purple quilts popping up all over the internet? I’m guessing they have something to do with the Pantone Quilt Challenge.
I’ve had my mind on the Pantone challenge ever since Adrianne of On the Windy Side announced it a couple of months ago.
I started working on a quilt for the challenge this past weekend. I had a couple of false starts and was about to pass on the challenge on Tuesday night after admitting to myself that I didn’t like the quilt in progress.
Then I looked through the Modern Blocks book for inspiration. I found some in Faith Jones’ Boxed In block. I drafted the block in EQ7 and played around with the layout, rotating blocks here and there. I came up with a design I liked and got started on Wednesday.
First came the blocks.
And when I had enough blocks, a top was born yesterday.
Then came the quilting of a million stitches in straight lines, each 3/8″ apart.
For the binding, I chose a chevron fabric from my stash that I’ve been saving for just the right quilt.
The quilt is done and I’m breathing a sigh of relief. I met the challenge by pushing past my initial false starts and making the quilt in three days.
Allow me to introduce, Boxed Radiance, my response to the Pantone Quilt Challenge. At 52″ by 52″ she is a great size to serve as a lap quilt.
Now that Boxed Radiance is all done, I can get back to those Birds in the Air who have been waiting far too long for some attention.
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This is a really great quilt. I totally LOVE your quilting!
Hi!!!!! I love it all!!!!! Very modern and pretty!!!!! Wonderful quilting!!!!! Glad you change your mind and finished it!!!!!! Great size too!!!!
Hope you can hear all my ooh's and ahh's all the way from Indy. She's a beauty! And in record time!
LOVE it. Great fabric layout and your quilting really makes it shine.
gorgeous.. simple and clean!
Just gorgeous Nicole and very much your style. I think this is my favourite of the radiant orchids I've seen….thanks for sharing…
Absolutely beautiful. It's amazing how blocks come together sometimes. I like the layout immensely. Thanks for the great post. Oh yeah, as always your quilting is impeccable.
Oh, this is gorgeous Nicole! I bet you are happy you persisted with your efforts! Good luck in the Challenge- it is a winner in my book! It is my favourite too!
Love this quilt Nicole and the stripey binding is perfect!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!!
Love the purples!!!
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It's lovely Nicole – so fresh looking. I really like the binding with those little pops of green that add extra zing.
Wow, I never would have recognized the Boxed In block had you not mentioned it, Nicole. Love your layout! The quilting gives great movement too. Beautiful!
Yay, glad you found a way in the end, it looks great :o)
Beautifully done! Good luck 🙂
Fantastic!
It's beautiful, I love the pattern and the colours you used!
Gorgeous, as always! I really like the fun binding–this really is the perfect quilt for it!
WOW, I love it. Are you writing a pattern for it? Just wow!
Purple is not my favorite so I had my doubts whether I would like your final result but wow, gorgeous! I absolutely LOVE the binding.
Beautiful! I love purple anyway and that binding is perfect.
Can you tell us what fabric the binding is? It just "makes" the quilt. Purple isn't my favourite colour but this quilt is stunning – it's the movement and white areas that makes it shine along with the binding that just brings it all together I think!
Sure thing! It's Michael Miller Botanika New Chevron in Violet. It also comes in blue.
Thanks for stopping by with the kind words!
Wonderful, Wonderful!
Nice job–love it!
its gorgeous 🙂
Beautiful! It just sparkles!
Beautiful! Striking pattern, yet inviting for a cuddle!
I do love the simple solids and boxy design. Very nice.
Wow! This quilt makes such a great impact! Love it so much!
Love this! You are amazing–3 days!! And the binding is perfect-great choice!! I am also very impressed with your quilting!! Nice work!
I can't believe that you made this in 3 days, that's incredible! This quilt is gorgeous, and I love the large pinwheel shape that's showing up in the negative space. The whole thing is so dynamic and all the variety in the purples makes it so interesting. Beautiful work!
Lovely orchid colors. Can't wait to see how Birds in the Air turns out.
Hey there Miss Speedy! Love your work as always! I especially like how this quilt has so much movement and almost looks curvy, even though it's all straight lines.
Oh.. Nicole.. I love this quilt one of my favorite colors! ♥
I'm catching up on my favorite blogs and came across this post I missed. Beautiful! I love the colors, and the layout is simply amazing. You did it again, Nicole!
She's a beauty! I love the design, the colours, the quilting, everything. I'm impressed with a three day quilt.
Fantastic job, I love everthing about it. I just found your blog through Jeni Baker's favorites.
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