This is my new summer project. I found this pattern in a book called Patchwork, quilting and applique. This is one of the books that made me fall in love with all that there is in the quilting world. I found it at the public library many years ago, and then ordered through Amazon as a used book.
I started this project last week while visiting my mom. I just took a bunch of scraps, a pincushion with a few pins and needles, thread, scissors and my book. At night, after I put the girls to bed, I spent a couple of hours cutting, and basting the shells to freezer paper which later will be hand pieced together the same way hexies are. I made a bunch of shells but I see that it will take hundreds of them to make a decent quilt size, quite a challenge.
The amount of scraps for this project surpasses the fabris scraps that I have; and what makes this kind of quilt interesting is exactly that: a wide variety of fabric scraps to create a more interesting, and rich quilt. Maybe buying a few fabric scrap bags may be a good idea, they usually come full of surprises...
i love this. i predict you will start a clamshell craze!! i already have my copy in my cart on amazon!
Posted by: susan | July 21, 2011 at 11:24 PM
this is so cool. i have a TON of scraps. when i get back, come on over and see if any of them interest you!!
Posted by: Liz H | July 22, 2011 at 10:16 AM
these are sweet.
Posted by: sew~amy | July 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM
oh this does look wonderfully fun and i can already see that yours is going to be beautiful~!!~
:-)
libbyQ
Posted by: libby | July 22, 2011 at 11:31 AM
found this. love the pic
http://browndirtcottage.blogspot.com/2010/03/clam-shells_27.html
she has a few posts on her quilt
Posted by: susan | July 22, 2011 at 05:32 PM
Thank you Liz! That will be really awesome! this quilt need a wide variety of prints. Say hi to your family!!
Posted by: Paloma | July 22, 2011 at 06:40 PM
Thank you Libby!! Im really excited about this project, I hope to have hundreds of these soon, so that I can start putting them together.
Hugs!!
Posted by: Paloma | July 22, 2011 at 06:43 PM
Thank you Susan! Its a lovely quilt, I see that some solids in the mix really make the print fabric pop out.
Posted by: Paloma | July 22, 2011 at 06:48 PM
I am going to start a clamshell quilt, too, Paloma. How are you handling the freezer paper? Do you iron it on before cutting them out? Have you made two different templates-one for cutting and one for basting? I have read so many clamshell patterns, my head is spinning from all the instructions.
Posted by: Gayle | September 03, 2011 at 04:03 PM