I'm thrilled to participate in a little blog hop celebrating Curve It Up pattern and Quick Curve Ruler from the amazing ladies at Sew Kind of Wonderful. I had the chance to meet Jenny and Helen recently. I'm constantly amazed at all the ideas they keep coming up with. You are likely familiar with their Quick Curves Ruler. They also have a large assortment of patterns utilizing their ruler. They are currently having a sale that ends today, so if you have been thinking about it, now is the time!
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Discount Code: BLOGHOP |
I first encountered the Quick Curves Ruler (QCR) a couple years ago when I received it to make this quilt for Fat Quarterly.
I used the ruler again when I put together these quilts for my cousin. She was expecting identical twins and asked me to create quilts for her girls. My aunt had been working on some quilt blocks when she passed away unexpectedly. My cousin wanted to use her mother's quilt blocks in the quilts for her girls. The border using the QCR was a perfect addition to my aunt's blocks. My cousin's daughters just turned two, and they are adorable. I love that they have these quilts as a reminder of their sweet grandma.
Now two years later, I'm starting another project with the QCR with a very different style. In conjunction with the blog hop, Jenny and Helen offered to send each blogger something new to try. I couldn't decide between their new book or the Metro Twist Pattern. Jenny offered to send out both!
I was torn between the cover quilt on their book and the Metro Twist Design. All of their patterns I have read through appear well written and easy to follow.
I decided to make a test block from each pattern and see what I thought after that point. I love the idea of making the 1/4 circles or ovals with the QCR! It is so much easier and forgiving than a standard curved block.
I was leaning strongly toward using my stack of Field Day from Alison Glass for the quilt and felt that Metro Twist would be the best fit for this fabric. The pattern was great and guided me through the process without a glitch.
I paired it with some low volume prints from my stash.
I cut everything out. There is relatively little waste which I really like about this design. Notice the low volume prints on the left in this photo have been trimmed while the ones on the right are untrimmed. Only a small amount is cut away. The trimming portion of the pattern was somewhat time consuming, although I'm sure I made it more difficult by cutting my background pieces from 15 different fabrics vs. just one as called for in the pattern.
The blocks come together easily, and chain piecing makes them even faster. Because the curve is fairly gentle, it's fast and easy. If you've never sewn curves, this is a great place to start. The blocks do require trimming after sewing and pressing. It definitely saves time to complete each portion of the project in batches.
This is what I have completed on my (thread covered) design wall so far! I love how it's coming together!
Monday 18 August | http://quokkaquilts.com |
Tuesday 19 August | www.cluckclucksew.com |
Wednesday 20 August | www.fromthebluechair.com |
Thursday 21 August | liveacolorfullife.net |
Friday 22 August | www.happyquiltingmelissa.com |
Monday 25 August | www.greenfairyquiltsblog.com |
Tuesday 26 August | http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com |
Wednesday 27 August | www.pleasant-home.com |
Thursday 28 August | http://www.lucymade.wordpress.com AND http://msmidge.blogspot.com.au |
Friday 29 August | www.dontcallmebetsy.com |
The blog hop will be followed by a 'Curve it up' Challenge Quilt-a-long on the Sew Kind of Wonderful blog starting in September, so join in the bloghop, get inspired and get ready to Curve It Up!
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Sew Kind of Wonderful. I received two free patterns in exchange for my participation in this blog hop. My opinions are based on my hand-on experience with the products.
I like the Metro Lattice pattern.
ReplyDeleteI really like the Curve it Up pattern because it offers so many different blocks! :-)
ReplyDeleteReally like metro scope but that could change since all the patterns are great.
ReplyDeleteThis ruler makes circles look so easy. I love Metro Lattice pattern
ReplyDeleteI am very intrigued with Metro Lattice. I have been wanting to add curved piecing to my quilting experience but can't seem to take the plunge! Maybe this pattern will get me going!
ReplyDeleteWould be great play with this ruler because I run when I see a pattern with curves and one of my favorite pattern is Metro lattice.
ReplyDeleteI love the deco shimmer pattern. Curve it up is lovely, too! I haven't worked yet with curves... It's scary to me! Yours is gorgeous, though. Great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI like her Metro Slope pattern, but curve it up is great too. I haven't worked with curves in a whole quilt yet, but this technique looks easy.
ReplyDeleteI like the Urban Abicus.
ReplyDeleteI love the fabric you've chosen for your Metro Twist. I'm a big fan of the Metro Medallion pattern.
ReplyDeletethis one has been on my wish list for some time now and that alison glass quilt is looking amazing. if i had ot choose one it would be deco shimmer as an awesome pattern I would love to try.
ReplyDeleteI really like Metro Hoops (ordered) & Metro Rings :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make Jewels using prints. Love the quilt using Alison Glass too!
ReplyDeleteI think metro lattice just beats out metro hoops...barely.
ReplyDeleteMetro Nine-patch is such a great modern twist on a timeless block. Oops, I think I got the name right (I have a hard time remembering stuff from the time I went from their website back here :-/
ReplyDeleteI really love this. Beautiful work. I like the Metro Rings pattern.
ReplyDeleteI'm torn between Metro Lattice and Urban Beads! I've really been wanting to try this ruler!
ReplyDeleteTough call on a favorite. I love so many of the patterns, right now I'd say my favorite is the Urban Abacus, with Metro Twist and Urban Beads very closely behind.
ReplyDeleteTough choice... All of the patterns are awesome and this ruler is very swish!! I would make Metro Lattice first!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is the Metro Twist so it was nice to see your version. I also love the way you bordered the 2 baby quilts :-)
ReplyDeleteI can NOT wait to see ur finished quilt! It looks amazing do far! I've been wanting to try the QCR for a while now and have not have the opportunity to get it yet but it's very high on my list to get! As far as my favorite pattern of theirs....it's such a hard decision since I like them all! I've narrowed it down to 3 tho and those are Metro Scope, Metro Medallion, and Metro Rings! Thanks for the chance to win!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I like them all, but Metro Rings would be my first choice.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite pattern for the QCR right now is "Metro Rings". I just picked it up and now need to decide what fabric to use. Thanks for the chance to win the Curve it up pattern.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the Urban Window, would love to try it.
ReplyDeleteMetro twist of Metro medallion are the 2 that draw me in the most.
ReplyDeleteDeco the Halls is my favorite!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Metro Rings and Metro Waves.
ReplyDeleteI really love the Metro Hoops pattern. And the way you used it for your little twin quilts is fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteMetro Medallion is my favorite...so elegant looking!
ReplyDeleteMetro Medallion was my favourite yesterday and it still is today....although I'm really liking your Metro beads . Interesting colours.
ReplyDeleteI like Urban Chained!
ReplyDeleteI like a LOT of the patterns, but Urban Pods is probably my favourite
ReplyDeleteAbout a year ago I bought a QCR and pattern but have never been inspired to use it until I saw the Curve It Up pattern. I love sampler quilts.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on the Metro Rings right now but I'd love to try Metro Lattice! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI like Tik Tak Deco and then Deco The Halls
ReplyDeleteI think metro medallion it's my favorite, but all of the patterns are pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteHI,like Curve it up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
msstitcher1214@gmail.com
Metro Lattice and Deco the Halls are two of my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI received a fat quarter bundle of Allison Glass's Field Day just yesterday. I am SO tempted to copy you on this one. That's going to be gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't you just love the Quick Curve Ruler? I love mine.
The curve it up pattern is fabulous, though it's hard to choose.
ReplyDeleteI love their metro rings pattern. I have the ruler
ReplyDeleteI loooove the Metro Lattice pattern!! :)
ReplyDeleteYour 2 Quilts for the twins are sooooo Gorgeous!! Nice Memory Quilts for them too! Sweeeet!
Your twins quilts are adorable! I have the ruler, too...Love the Metro Twist..just bought the pattern. I've completed the Metro Abacus..so easy and fun!
ReplyDeleteMetro Lattice is my choice. 24Tangent@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI like Metro Rings the best! :)
ReplyDeleteI was apart of the original curve it up QAL and I love using this ruler! I would choose the Metro Tiles pattern. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour quilts are gorgeous, Kati! It's a tough decision to pick a favorite pattern, but I think I like Metro Lattice the most. You made me wanna try this ruler!
ReplyDeletelove to win , thanks
ReplyDeleteI am working on Metro Rings and love using the curve ruler. The curves are so easy to piece. But, I have several more patterns on the "To Do List"!
ReplyDeleteI love using my QCR ruler. My favourite pattern is Metro Rings followed closely by Abacus. Thanks for offering a giveaway. I am really enjoying the blog hop.
ReplyDeleteI love the Metro Lattice pattern or maybe it's the Urban Nine Patch. It is so hard to decide...Thank you so much for a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteMetro Lattice. AND Metro Scope...
ReplyDeleteI really like Metro rings. Would love to give it a go.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tie between Deco Shimmer and Urban Holiday. Thanks for being a part of the hop.
ReplyDeleteI like metro waves. Just watched the videos, would love to give this a try! Thanks for te chance!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is looking amazing...I love the metro rings..
ReplyDeleteUrban Chained. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI have already made a few of the QCR patterns, the newest one I love is the Metro Twist which I bought and plan to find some fabric for...time to stash shop!
ReplyDeleteMetro Rings! But all pattern are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI would love to try the Metro Rings pattern! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAll of the Metro circle quilts really appeal to me! I think I would say Metro Hoops is a fav.
ReplyDeleteWow! The Deco Tile pattern is beautiful! Thank you for doing this. : )
ReplyDeleteThe metro rings is my favourite!
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Metro twist is so cute. I LOVE your color scheme.
ReplyDeleteMetro Lattice for sure!
ReplyDeleteMetro Rings is my favourite but love them all.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Urban Beads would make a good first try at curved piecing. This ruler is interesting. kthurn@bektel.com
ReplyDeleteI like several of the Sew Kind of Wonderful QCR patterns. I think I'd like to make their Urban Pods quilt and their Pointsettia runner.
ReplyDeleteI love the blocks you chose and love them even more with the AG prints - perfect!
ReplyDeleteI have the ruler but haven't worked with it yet. I love your results!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like the Urban Tiles.
ReplyDeleteI actually have 2 favorites: Metro Scope & Metro Waves. Awesome work, ladies!!
ReplyDeleteUrban Winter ~ Pattern #111 (Paper Pattern) is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteerin2470@hotmail.com
Gorgeous quilts! My favorite is the top right-hand block on the cover of the Curve It Up pattern. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMetro Scope looks brilliant, would love to try it! Your blocks are beautiful and this is goingvto be a stunning quilt!
ReplyDeleteI like the metro hoops
ReplyDeleteI love the elongated block you made with the curve ruler. So many design choices can be done with it :) I really likey!
ReplyDeleteThe metro twist is wonderful. Love the colors you used too.
ReplyDeleteI love the pattern you are making with the curve ruler. Those fabrics are so bold and fun looking. It will be a great quilt. I can see using this pattern for my scraps.
ReplyDeleteToday my favourite would be metro hoops :)
ReplyDeleteI thought my favorite was Metro Hoops but now I rally like how the one you're making curves back and forth and then creates other designs. I definitely have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove how your quilt is coming along! I like the Metro Rings pattern. Thanks for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your quilts. They look great! I would love the Metro Hoops pattern today.
ruthq@rogers.com
Fell fell in love with the urban birthday pattern when I seen a quilt hanging in a shop I was visiting!!! Being afraid of curves I haven't tried it yet, but I signed up for a QCR class at my LQS, so maybe I will try it after the class!!!
ReplyDeleteI've used your ruler to make the pattern that comes with it and I love it. Looking at your curve it up pattern, I love the curvy Dresden plate! I'd like to try that one next. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLike you I can't decide what I like more. I love them all. I have a bead quilt pattern and the Urban winter that I want to get too soon but I have to finish my Metro Medallion and my Mod Olive soon. Never enough time.
ReplyDeleteI'm making the Metro Rings right now - but have adapted it to 8 squares x 10 squares and will add borders to make it a king size - a little ambitious for my first QCR Project but it's going really well! I've also got the pattern for Urban Holiday - and have the fabric all picked out from my stash ready to go - and then will tackle the Metro Medallion - I'm hooked! My favorite pattern right now is Metro Medallion - but I'm sure that will change as I make more! Can't wait to quilt them!
ReplyDeleteLove the urban 9 patch. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteUrban 9 patch is my favorite, but I really like the Curve it Up! TFS!
ReplyDeleteI love so many but my all time favorite is Metro Rings.
ReplyDeleteI love curving up log cabin blocks! Metro Waves is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI love so many of them, I have several favorites.....my wish list is growing! lol
ReplyDeleteI would have to say Metro Twist is one of my favorites. It was a hard choice to come up with just one favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love the Urban Abacus, although they are all great!
ReplyDeleteUrban Window is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteMetro Medallion!
ReplyDeleteurban pods.. I ordered my ruler..
ReplyDeleteMetro Twist is my favorite. I already own it and I'm waiting for my schedule to free up a bit so I can make it!
ReplyDeleteI like the Metro Twist, the Urban Abacus and the Urban Pods patterns. I like what you started also.
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Oh I love how your Metro Twist is coming along - it will be fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteQCR is my new favorite gadget and with three patterns tried, I have a LONG list of TO-DOs, trust me, (and Metro twist is close to the top of that!) so it is very hard to choose a favorite.... But I'll pick from ones I don't have yet and want to do - so lets go with Metro Medallion!
Thank you for a wonderful giveaway - I want to participate in sew-a-long so it would be perfect! :)
I love Metro Scope and Metro Lattice. Urban Holiday would make a great gift. Too many to choose! Thanks for the review. notwendy gmail
ReplyDeleteI love metro twist and metro medallions!
ReplyDeleteMetro Twist is my favorite pattern. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletek(dot)castanette(at)Hotmail(dot)com
Your blocks look wonderful! I am anxious to watch your progress. How to pick just one...? I am drawn to Metro Rings, Metro Lattice, and Metro Twist.
ReplyDeleteLove this tool!! I just bought it when I was doing the Row by Row Shop Hop and would love to win a pattern to go with it!!! Love what you are doing with it!!
ReplyDeleteI sure like the first quilt you made with the QCR. And that ruler is such an ingenious tool. I really like the Metro Rings pattern. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteIngenious! I would love to have one! I do love the Urban Bead Patterns! they are all gorgeous though!
ReplyDeleteI like Urban Abacus and Metro Rings- but now I have to consider Metro Twist!
ReplyDeleteI just bought Metro Twist because of this post. They had sold out of paper version, so more is on the way...in the mean time...they sent the pdf and I was able to start already! I would love to try Metro Hoops.
ReplyDeleteYes, definitely Metro Twist… love yours with Field Day!
ReplyDeleteMetro Twist is awesome!
ReplyDeleteMetro Hoops, because it was the black and yellow fabrics that caught my eye.
ReplyDeleteIt's a toss up between Metro Lattice and Metro Medallion.
ReplyDeleteMetro twist!!
ReplyDeleteMetro hoops I really like all of them
ReplyDelete3rd time posting so hope this takes. I am a better quilter than blogger obviously, but I've made Tic Tak Deco and hope to do lots more patterns to improve my skills. Your twins quilts are sweet and special. I want to do a quilt back using a curve at the middle of each row - making a large diamond shape. I'm intrigued by all this and the Sew Wonderful site. I would like to do the MetroTwist quilt.
ReplyDeleteI really love Metro Rings and I especially like that it is made up in yellows and greys on the pattern cover. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI love the metro Lattice and metro rings patterns.Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteIt's been so much fun to see all the variations of Metro Hoops. This looks like such a cool tool to use. Great job on your Metro Twist quilt. It came out wonderfully! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI love the Metro Rings pattern. Also love the ruler and would share with a friend if I win. Thank for the chance.
ReplyDeleteReally like the Metro Rings, maybe that will be enough to overcome my fear of curves :)
ReplyDeleteI like Urban Pods. Your quilt is looking good as well.
ReplyDeleteI'd go with Metro Waves. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like Metro Rings. Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI like the Urban 9 patch and many others, thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMetro hoops looks great. Traditional with a twist.
ReplyDeleteThe Metro Medallion is my favorite! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThe urban nine patch is a favorite!
ReplyDeleteMetro hoops I really like all of them so hard to really chose. I also like the way you can dress up the borders with this ruler.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Urban Winter. I have made one tester block so far.
ReplyDeleteMetro medallion looks great! Emily@reznechek.com
ReplyDeleteI love the Metro Hoops pattern. I just bought the same Alison Glass fabric so thank you for the inspiration!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Metro Twist is my favorite
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Metro Lattice would be wonderful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving Metro Hoops! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like Metro Hoops pattern! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWow, like a lot of their patterns! Metro scope is probably my favorite, but hard to decide. I've never sewn curves, would love to try!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the Metro Rings pattern! Actually, I really like all of them and would love to try curved piecing!
ReplyDeleteI like Metro Medallion best. Thanks for the chance!
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