I just completed another curved piecing project, “Autumn Drunkard’s Path”:
I was prompted to attempt this project for three reasons: 1) I bought a two-for-the-price-of-one Cyber Monday special from Cherrywood Fabrics consisting of two “grab bags” of approximately 10″ square hand dyes …
2) I acquired the Accuquilt GO! Drunkard’s Path die set and …
3) I had just successfully completed another curved piecing project. So I was ready to tackle this challenge. Mind you, Drunkard’s Path blocks are not too challenging when the blocks are fairly large, but these babies finished at 3 1/2 inches! Cute, aren’t they?
A stack of “parts” cut out:
Hard to believe these could be sewn together without pinning:
Here’s how you begin being sure to use a quarter inch foot with a blade guide on its edge:
Using a very short stitch length (1.8), take two or three stitches, then lift the presser foot and align the right edges along the blade of the foot. The secret I found was to take only a few stitches between repeatedly lifting the pressure foot and aligning the bottom and top edges. You end up with something that looks like this:
Finger press it…
…to look like this. It helps to have a very good set of bent point tweezers to grasp the edges for aligning:
You should watch Ebony Love’s tutorial here to get an excellent demonstration of how to proceed.
Here are a few of the 144 blocks in my final quilt top:
From the two grab bags of Cherrywood hand dyes, I chose the warm colors and all the greens. The final quilt top:
I long arm quilted the top using hand guided swirls in the circles and alternating horizontal and vertical loops in the squared off corners of the blocks:
A view of the back (a Kaffe Fassett Print from my stash) after quilting:
The binding was applied by machine using another hand dye I had in my stash:
I used the same hand dye to border the label:
A final view of the quilt hanging from the railing of my loft:
The final quilt was 42 inches by 42 inches. The batting was Hobbs 80/20. The quilting thread was Glide in color “Leather.” The bobbin thread for the machine applied binding was Superior’s Rainbows in color “Brass Band.”
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Another beauty! It’s hard to believe it’s only 42″. My eye keeps trying to make it seem bigger, lol.
Your quilt is beautiful!
Joyce, great job! I bought the Studio 4.5″ die this year and have made a sample but haven’t decided on a “real” project yet. Thanks for the ideas! Love your finished winding ways also. I made mine of bright fabrics. Looks like we are both trying curved piecing in 2013!
Hey Joyce, my friend downstate sent me the link to your blog – small world! Love the quilt and the tutorial on curved piecing. That GO thing is great for those pieces!
What a wonderful quilt and I love the colors. As a once redhead 😉 they are mine. I have been saving up batiks for a drunkards path quilt and this is making me want to start. I have the large and the small die so I plan on using both in the quilt.. Joyce you are so smart and busy.
Beautiful quilt! It is inspiring me to do something with my stash of Cherrywood fabrics.
I love circles as well as these,,, your quilting
I will have to remember ,,, your color choice
Are what makes it pop ,,, thanks for posting
A pic ,,, what’s next ????
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I so love circles. You quilt is so pretty, but the quilting just sets it off.
Love your “Autumn Drunkard’s Path” – are any of your pieces for sale?
Sorry for “jumping the gun” with my question – just checked out your website further and found the link you provided for pieces for sale. Hoping to see the Autumn Drunkard’s Path. Beautiful work!
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The pattern is fun, the fabrics are great and your color choices are right on, but the quilting is what makes it. thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!
great quilting- the whole thing is so effective!
I’ve also done drunkard’s path. I simply love the fabric choice and the quilting. Spectacular! Sweet that you could cut the pieces with Accuquilt. When I see that, makes me wish I owned one too. Makes me want to order some fabric from Cherrywood Fabrics and make one too!!! We only live about 2 hours apart!! I’m north of you.
Love, love the colors and the quilting! Have to make one of these :-))
I love your Drunkard’s Path quilt – I’m finishing off my first & found your machine quilting pattern: yes! Mine is traditional in red white/cream & I think your macine quilt will work well. I love yours so … you never know!
Love your drunkards path colours….it’s on my bucket list…