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Interwoven is a block-based pattern that plays with lines and movement. The pattern includes two booklets. One booklet is for Crib (42" x 57") and Throw (57" x 71") sizes; the other one is for Twin (71" x 99"), Queen (99" x 113"), and King (113" x 113") sizes. Skill level: Intermediate.
All Patterns Are Brand New From The Designer or Manufacturer! Vintage Lace Quilt Quilting Pattern, From Lo and Behold Stitchery BRAND NEW, Please See Description and Pictures For More Information! Vintage Lace is inspired by the beautiful intricacies of an old piece of lace. This is an eight page pattern that includes helpful diagrams, thorough instructions and alternate color-way ideas. This pattern is written for three sizes: 3 sizes: Baby (48" inch x 48" inch); Throw (72" inch x 72" inch); Bed (108" inch x 108" inch). It is fat quarter friendly. Skill Level: Confident Beginner See Pictures For More Information!!!
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Nightingale Quilt Pattern is now available! When I was designing this pattern, I was very intentional about making it fat quarter, 1/4 yard and 1/2 yard friendly. This makes it easy to use your favorite fabric collections, as well as random pieces of fabric from your stash. When I was planning the different Nightingale quilts that I wanted to make, I knew that I HAD to make a scrappy version! You really don't need any large cuts for this pattern, the largest piece you'll need is 6.5
Celtic Crossing 2.0 Quilt Kit featuring Evolve by Suzy Quilts Skill Level: Confident Beginner +++ PATTERN NOT INCLUDED +++ Head to Lo & Behold Stitchery’s website to purchase pattern! Listing for fabric to make a Square Throw 58in x 58in (Pattern not included): Quilt Kit Options: Quilt Top & Binding + Evolve 10” Fabric Wonders - 42 precut 10in x 10in squares + 1 1/2 yards Background Fabric + 1/2 yard Binding Fabric Full Kit: + Evolve 10” Fabric Wonders - 42 precut 10in x 10in squares + 1 1/2 yards Background Fabric + 1/2 yard Binding Fabric + 4 yards Backing Fabric
My Palette Picks 24 piece fat quarter bundle with Robert Kaufman is starting to ship to stores! YAY! On one hand it feels like i just announced the bundle, but on the other hand, it feels like I've known about it for years! haha. Regardless I still have 4 more quilts (plus one in the works) to share with you! If you haven't read my initial blog post about this bundle, maybe start there! . . I already shared about my Celtic Crossing quilt that I made with this bundle...you can read about that here. Now let's take a look at my Deco quilt! This has been my most popular pattern to date, so I definitely wanted to create this quilt using the bundle. If you have the pattern, you know that the quilt has a few areas that are strip pieced. Because of that, yardage really gives you the best use of your fabric. However, since I would be using fat quarters for this...I had to do some math to figure out what my game plan would be. Lucky for you, I documented exactly what I did, so you can use this PDF with the pattern to create the exact same quilt. You can sign up to download the PDF here. . For this project, I wanted to squeeze as many fat quarters into the quilt as possible. I say that because if you really want to have best use of your fabric, you could totally get by with less fat quarters. Whenever you look at the PDF you'll quickly see where you can consolidate fabrics! However, my goal for this quilt was to create a really fun and different ombre quilt using the gradients within the bundle. I think of this bundle in terms of warm and cool fabrics, so initially, that's how my mind split everything up. Mocking up the pattern with the fabrics on the computer was a huge help for this quilt! It was really nice to be able to switch things around and test out different ideas. That being said, you could also do this with little scrap pieces of fabric. Lay them out on a table and play around with the order that you want your fabrics to appear within the quilt. . . You might notice the smaller squares of fabric in the photos above. Like I mention, then pattern calls for strip piecing, but I wasn't sure if it'd work or not with fat quarters. So for my initial sample of the quilt, I cut all of my squares individually and sewed them together one by one. Thankfully, we figured out *after* the fact that strip piecing does in fact work with FQs and the PDF explains how you can modify the pattern for that! For me, it made sense to start with my warm, orange-y and pecan colors; then fade to purples, when then fade into blues. This is very different from how I initially wrote the Deco quilt pattern....but really it was fun to try something different. Again, the PDF will explain exactly what I did. You do need a copy of the pattern for the PDF to make sense. Having a game-plan is super important (for me at least) when I deviate from the pattern. . . . Once the quilt top was finished, I sent it to Ashley of Henhouse Quilting and she sketched up a really fun custom quilting idea! I love how she played with the negative space. . Similar to my Celtic Crossing quilt that I made with this bundle, I did an ombre binding to mimic the fabrics in the quilt. This took some planning... basically lay the quilt out on the floor and then lay the binding strips around the perimeter to plan how you want those fabrics to appear along the edge. I used Kona Creamsicle as the backing. . . We photographed this quilt in the beautiful space of the Graham Mill in Graham, NC. I've said it once and I'll say it again....that old brick just gets me every time!! . . . . . I'll be sharing about my other quilts with my Palette Picks bundle in the coming weeks. It's now shipping to stores, so be sure to grab one in the shop! . LINKS: 24 Piece Palette Picks Fat Quarter Bundle Deco Quilt Pattern (PDF) Deco Quilt Pattern (Paper) Palette Picks PDF Key for Deco Palette Picks Bundle Blog Post Palette Picks Celtic Crossing Blog Post
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I am so excited to introduce you guys to my favorite, most meaningful quilt pattern yet, Interwoven! I designed this quilt as a gift for my husband. He's been asking for a quilt of his own for the past several years. I've been hesitant to get started on such a project because well, I wanted it to be perfect. The colors, the design, the quilting, everything! If you've seen our home decor, you'd quickly pick up the fact that we love neutrals. Little pops of color here and there are nice, but overall, I love calm and soothing color palates for the majority of our decor. Sometimes grays feel a little too cool for me, but I really love the soft and warm tone of Kona Doeskin. I'd maybe call it more of a tan gray. I paired Doeskin with Kona Snow (always my go-to white), and I knew that I wanted his quilt to contain only these two colors. When brainstorming designs, I wanted to create something timeless. Block-based patterns are nice, but I just didn't picture that kind of quilt on Peter's recliner. I wanted something with depth and movement. Something that made you stop and stare. I love geometry and playing lines and shapes this was a fun challenge for me! I played around with these lines on my computer for several months before I was happy with the overall aesthetic of the quilt. I then turned my plans into action, and I ended up loving it even more than I originally did! And most importantly, he loves it too. :) While I am a huge fan of two color quilts, I know that many of you love color and gradients. I do too, in the right context :) So I decided to introduce a fun color option for this quilt. I toyed around with how to incorporate colors into the quilt. Alternating colors between the lines was an option, but that seemed too busy and circus-like to me. I finally decided on doing a gradient across the horizontal axis of the quilt to give it a entirely different look. Not only do your eyes move with the lines, they also move as the colors fade from top to bottom. Love it! This is such a fun quilt to use with color gradients! The throw size uses eleven colors while the crib size uses nine. I suggest choosing 1-3 colors, then build your various shades from those colors. Both the two color and multi-color versions include instructions for two sizes, Crib (42
It's finally time, my friends! The Retro Blossoms quilt pattern is OFFICIALLY here! You might remember seeing this quilt last fall when we launched our brand new online course, Curve College. Well, as promised, we are finally releasing it as a
It's here! . Vintage Lace quilt pattern is now available! . Ya'll, this pattern has me SO smitten! Vintage Lace is inspired by the beautiful intricacies of an old piece of lace. This design is delicate, dainty and feminine... which I love! The symmetry also reminds me of a Valentine's Day doily, hence the February 14th release. :) . Vintage Lace is for the confident beginner who feels comfortable with lots of half square triangles. The pattern is easy to follow with a super rewarding finish. Choose from three sizes: Baby (48
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I don't know if you have a "quilting bucket list", but I sure do! And a cathedral window quilt was at the top of that list! There's something so elegant and perplexing about how they're constructed and I always love a good challenge of figuring things out and stretching my skills and this quilt did just that! I first d
Today I'm sharing about my final quilt that I made with my Robert Kaufman Palette Picks bundle! If you want a recap on the other quilts, you can check them out here. . . When I was first planning which quilt patterns I wanted to make with my bundle, Nightingale was at the top of the list! It's probably my favorite fat quarter friendly quilt that is really great for showing off bold blocks of color. I went back and forth about what I wanted my background fabric to be...either a darker background or a lighter one. I love my darker background quilts. I would say that I actually prefer them to a white/cream background. But with this project, I knew that I had to make BOTH. Let's start with the darker version since that's the first one that I made. :) . Charcoal Nightingale Quilt Gotham Grey is typically my go-to dark grey Kona solid. I used it as the sashing in both my Enchanted and Cover Church Window quilts and I also used it as the background for my cover Knitted Star quilt. However, with this project, my bundle has several different textures of fabric, so I wanted to add to that and use something that had some extra texture as well. I landed on Robert Kaufman's Essex Yarn Dyed (which is a mix of cotton and linen) in the color Charcoal. I normally use solid quilt cotton fabrics for the backgrounds of my quilts, but this was a fun change of pace! . One thing to note is that this fabric is slightly thicker than traditional quilting cotton. You might need to slightly decrease your seam allowance to account for that. . . Ashley of Henhouse Quilting quilted all of my Palette Picks quilts and for this one, we used a pantograph called Paradoxical by the Longarm League. I also used this pantograph on my Autumn Heirloom Hearts quilt and I truly feel like it looks good on such a wide variety of quilt patterns! We went back and forth about what thread color to use because we wanted it to blend into both the background and the foreground fabrics as much as possible. We landed on a light pink and I love that it gives subtle texture without too much contrast. . . For the backing, I used one of the Kona solids from my bundle, Kona Delft. The binding is Kona Gumdrop. . . . . . The colors of this bundle read a little more
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I am so excited to introduce you guys to my favorite, most meaningful quilt pattern yet, Interwoven! I designed this quilt as a gift for my husband. He's been asking for a quilt of his own for the past several years. I've been hesitant to get started on such a project because well, I wanted it to be perfect. The colors, the design, the quilting, everything! If you've seen our home decor, you'd quickly pick up the fact that we love neutrals. Little pops of color here and there are nice, but overall, I love calm and soothing color palates for the majority of our decor. Sometimes grays feel a little too cool for me, but I really love the soft and warm tone of Kona Doeskin. I'd maybe call it more of a tan gray. I paired Doeskin with Kona Snow (always my go-to white), and I knew that I wanted his quilt to contain only these two colors. When brainstorming designs, I wanted to create something timeless. Block-based patterns are nice, but I just didn't picture that kind of quilt on Peter's recliner. I wanted something with depth and movement. Something that made you stop and stare. I love geometry and playing lines and shapes this was a fun challenge for me! I played around with these lines on my computer for several months before I was happy with the overall aesthetic of the quilt. I then turned my plans into action, and I ended up loving it even more than I originally did! And most importantly, he loves it too. :) While I am a huge fan of two color quilts, I know that many of you love color and gradients. I do too, in the right context :) So I decided to introduce a fun color option for this quilt. I toyed around with how to incorporate colors into the quilt. Alternating colors between the lines was an option, but that seemed too busy and circus-like to me. I finally decided on doing a gradient across the horizontal axis of the quilt to give it a entirely different look. Not only do your eyes move with the lines, they also move as the colors fade from top to bottom. Love it! This is such a fun quilt to use with color gradients! The throw size uses eleven colors while the crib size uses nine. I suggest choosing 1-3 colors, then build your various shades from those colors. Both the two color and multi-color versions include instructions for two sizes, Crib (42
One of the things I love about quilting is mixing old with new. Quilting has been around for centuries, yet we still find ways to
Homecoming quilt pattern is finally available! In case you missed it, I have a blog about my cover quilt using Art Gallery Fabrics here. This pattern is so fun and versatile...I loved making this design over and over! I will say: I do mostly gravitate towards warm colors....peaches, pinks, golds. Gosh, those colors have my heart! Every once in a while, I try to be really intentional and try something new. It's hard....but I make it work! haha. When I saw Cottoneer's new Peppered Cottons, I was immediately struck with not only how gorgeous the colors are, but also how unique the texture is! . . . If you're new to Peppered Cottons, they are yarn dyed shot cottons, meaning that the warp and weft are two different colors. When they are woven together, they create a beautiful, unique mix of color. Ever since my Ombre Retro Ornaments quilt (which you can read about here), I've been slightly obsessed with using different textures in my quilt!. These were such a nice change of pace. I love how they are home-y and kind of vintage looking. . . I chose Oyster as the Background, then Pepper, Rust, Seaglass and Peacock as my four colors. . . . For my backing, I used Backroads Umber by Bonnie Christine. ( I love this print!) And for my binding, I used Wondering with Doe by Bonnie Christine as well. This is such a good stripe. . . . I made a baby size, but Cottoneer will be kitting a Throw size! The kits are currently available for preorder. . . . . . . This quilt would DEFINITELY not be possible without the help of my amazing pattern testers! Seriously, ya'll. I went through so many versions of this pattern. They stuck with me, though! And I'm so grateful for all of their help and encouragement. If you have the time, be sure to send them some love on Instagram! I
I'm so excited to share that I will be hosting a Quilt Along for my best selling pattern, Interwoven. Sign up here! What is a Quilt Along, you ask? Well, its simply a period time in which we all create a quilt together! Interwoven is an intermediate pattern, so it can be a little tricky. I'm eager to share some tips and tricks with you all! Not to mention, you'll be creating your quilt with quilters from around the world. How cool is that? We will kick things off on Monday, January 28th. There will be a weekly newsletter to let you know what's on the agenda for that week. It will also lead you to a weekly blog post, which will house all of the Quilt Along information. Additionally, I'll be over on Instagram, sharing all the things as well. Be sure you're following me over there! Here is the tentative schedule for the Quilt Along. Since there are two sizes and two colorways, I had to split things up a bit. I'll help you keep it all straight once the time comes :) Here are the fabric requirements: Looking for inspiration? I've got you covered! As ya'll know, I love solids, and this quilt works really well with them! I strongly recommend using solids, or at least non-directional fabrics. The quilt featured on the cover of my pattern is made using Kona Snow and Doeskin. So dreamy! I also made this throw size Interwoven quilt for my mom for Christmas. My background color is Snow (as always), and the other colors are: Here are a few mock-up's that I created on my computer. I wish I could make all of them! Looking for more inspiration? Check out my original Interwoven blog post! It includes amazing versions of this quilt made by my fabulous testers! Also, my friends over at Cottoneer will have a few two-color Interwoven bundles for you! Check those out here! Something that I love using for this pattern, is my Stripology Ruler by Creative Grids. It's not required but it SIGNIFICANTLY reduces the amount of time you spend cutting. Trust me! It's amazing! You can find the exact size that I use here. I hope you'll join us on January 28th! Sign up here and don't forget to grab your pattern! Paper copies can be found here. See you soon! Brittany
Today I'm sharing about my final quilt that I made with my Robert Kaufman Palette Picks bundle! If you want a recap on the other quilts, you can check them out here. . . When I was first planning which quilt patterns I wanted to make with my bundle, Nightingale was at the top of the list! It's probably my favorite fat quarter friendly quilt that is really great for showing off bold blocks of color. I went back and forth about what I wanted my background fabric to be...either a darker background or a lighter one. I love my darker background quilts. I would say that I actually prefer them to a white/cream background. But with this project, I knew that I had to make BOTH. Let's start with the darker version since that's the first one that I made. :) . Charcoal Nightingale Quilt Gotham Grey is typically my go-to dark grey Kona solid. I used it as the sashing in both my Enchanted and Cover Church Window quilts and I also used it as the background for my cover Knitted Star quilt. However, with this project, my bundle has several different textures of fabric, so I wanted to add to that and use something that had some extra texture as well. I landed on Robert Kaufman's Essex Yarn Dyed (which is a mix of cotton and linen) in the color Charcoal. I normally use solid quilt cotton fabrics for the backgrounds of my quilts, but this was a fun change of pace! . One thing to note is that this fabric is slightly thicker than traditional quilting cotton. You might need to slightly decrease your seam allowance to account for that. . . Ashley of Henhouse Quilting quilted all of my Palette Picks quilts and for this one, we used a pantograph called Paradoxical by the Longarm League. I also used this pantograph on my Autumn Heirloom Hearts quilt and I truly feel like it looks good on such a wide variety of quilt patterns! We went back and forth about what thread color to use because we wanted it to blend into both the background and the foreground fabrics as much as possible. We landed on a light pink and I love that it gives subtle texture without too much contrast. . . For the backing, I used one of the Kona solids from my bundle, Kona Delft. The binding is Kona Gumdrop. . . . . . The colors of this bundle read a little more
Nightingale Quilt Pattern is now available! When I was designing this pattern, I was very intentional about making it fat quarter, 1/4 yard and 1/2 yard friendly. This makes it easy to use your favorite fabric collections, as well as random pieces of fabric from your stash. When I was planning the different Nightingale quilts that I wanted to make, I knew that I HAD to make a scrappy version! You really don't need any large cuts for this pattern, the largest piece you'll need is 6.5
Celtic Crossing 2.0 Quilt Kit featuring Evolve by Suzy Quilts Skill Level: Confident Beginner +++ PATTERN NOT INCLUDED +++ Head to Lo & Behold Stitchery’s website to purchase pattern! Listing for fabric to make a Square Throw 58in x 58in (Pattern not included): Quilt Kit Options: Quilt Top & Binding + Evolve 10” Fabric Wonders - 42 precut 10in x 10in squares + 1 1/2 yards Background Fabric + 1/2 yard Binding Fabric Full Kit: + Evolve 10” Fabric Wonders - 42 precut 10in x 10in squares + 1 1/2 yards Background Fabric + 1/2 yard Binding Fabric + 4 yards Backing Fabric
It's here! . Vintage Lace quilt pattern is now available! . Ya'll, this pattern has me SO smitten! Vintage Lace is inspired by the beautiful intricacies of an old piece of lace. This design is delicate, dainty and feminine... which I love! The symmetry also reminds me of a Valentine's Day doily, hence the February 14th release. :) . Vintage Lace is for the confident beginner who feels comfortable with lots of half square triangles. The pattern is easy to follow with a super rewarding finish. Choose from three sizes: Baby (48
Quilt mock-ups are such a nifty little modern invention that really help you visualize what you quilt will look like before you have any of your fabric on-hand. Most of my quilts start as a mock-up because I want to narrow down fabrics and color placement before I get started. This usually sets me up for success so that I'm not wasting time and fabrics trying to figure out how I want my quilt to look. A lot of times I start with a
My Palette Picks 24 piece fat quarter bundle with Robert Kaufman is starting to ship to stores! YAY! On one hand it feels like i just announced the bundle, but on the other hand, it feels like I've known about it for years! haha. Regardless I still have 4 more quilts (plus one in the works) to share with you! If you haven't read my initial blog post about this bundle, maybe start there! . . I already shared about my Celtic Crossing quilt that I made with this bundle...you can read about that here. Now let's take a look at my Deco quilt! This has been my most popular pattern to date, so I definitely wanted to create this quilt using the bundle. If you have the pattern, you know that the quilt has a few areas that are strip pieced. Because of that, yardage really gives you the best use of your fabric. However, since I would be using fat quarters for this...I had to do some math to figure out what my game plan would be. Lucky for you, I documented exactly what I did, so you can use this PDF with the pattern to create the exact same quilt. You can sign up to download the PDF here. . For this project, I wanted to squeeze as many fat quarters into the quilt as possible. I say that because if you really want to have best use of your fabric, you could totally get by with less fat quarters. Whenever you look at the PDF you'll quickly see where you can consolidate fabrics! However, my goal for this quilt was to create a really fun and different ombre quilt using the gradients within the bundle. I think of this bundle in terms of warm and cool fabrics, so initially, that's how my mind split everything up. Mocking up the pattern with the fabrics on the computer was a huge help for this quilt! It was really nice to be able to switch things around and test out different ideas. That being said, you could also do this with little scrap pieces of fabric. Lay them out on a table and play around with the order that you want your fabrics to appear within the quilt. . . You might notice the smaller squares of fabric in the photos above. Like I mention, then pattern calls for strip piecing, but I wasn't sure if it'd work or not with fat quarters. So for my initial sample of the quilt, I cut all of my squares individually and sewed them together one by one. Thankfully, we figured out *after* the fact that strip piecing does in fact work with FQs and the PDF explains how you can modify the pattern for that! For me, it made sense to start with my warm, orange-y and pecan colors; then fade to purples, when then fade into blues. This is very different from how I initially wrote the Deco quilt pattern....but really it was fun to try something different. Again, the PDF will explain exactly what I did. You do need a copy of the pattern for the PDF to make sense. Having a game-plan is super important (for me at least) when I deviate from the pattern. . . . Once the quilt top was finished, I sent it to Ashley of Henhouse Quilting and she sketched up a really fun custom quilting idea! I love how she played with the negative space. . Similar to my Celtic Crossing quilt that I made with this bundle, I did an ombre binding to mimic the fabrics in the quilt. This took some planning... basically lay the quilt out on the floor and then lay the binding strips around the perimeter to plan how you want those fabrics to appear along the edge. I used Kona Creamsicle as the backing. . . We photographed this quilt in the beautiful space of the Graham Mill in Graham, NC. I've said it once and I'll say it again....that old brick just gets me every time!! . . . . . I'll be sharing about my other quilts with my Palette Picks bundle in the coming weeks. It's now shipping to stores, so be sure to grab one in the shop! . LINKS: 24 Piece Palette Picks Fat Quarter Bundle Deco Quilt Pattern (PDF) Deco Quilt Pattern (Paper) Palette Picks PDF Key for Deco Palette Picks Bundle Blog Post Palette Picks Celtic Crossing Blog Post
Nightingale Quilt Pattern is now available! When I was designing this pattern, I was very intentional about making it fat quarter, 1/4 yard and 1/2 yard friendly. This makes it easy to use your favorite fabric collections, as well as random pieces of fabric from your stash. When I was planning the different Nightingale quilts that I wanted to make, I knew that I HAD to make a scrappy version! You really don't need any large cuts for this pattern, the largest piece you'll need is 6.5
Homecoming quilt pattern is finally available! In case you missed it, I have a blog about my cover quilt using Art Gallery Fabrics here. This pattern is so fun and versatile...I loved making this design over and over! I will say: I do mostly gravitate towards warm colors....peaches, pinks, golds. Gosh, those colors have my heart! Every once in a while, I try to be really intentional and try something new. It's hard....but I make it work! haha. When I saw Cottoneer's new Peppered Cottons, I was immediately struck with not only how gorgeous the colors are, but also how unique the texture is! . . . If you're new to Peppered Cottons, they are yarn dyed shot cottons, meaning that the warp and weft are two different colors. When they are woven together, they create a beautiful, unique mix of color. Ever since my Ombre Retro Ornaments quilt (which you can read about here), I've been slightly obsessed with using different textures in my quilt!. These were such a nice change of pace. I love how they are home-y and kind of vintage looking. . . I chose Oyster as the Background, then Pepper, Rust, Seaglass and Peacock as my four colors. . . . For my backing, I used Backroads Umber by Bonnie Christine. ( I love this print!) And for my binding, I used Wondering with Doe by Bonnie Christine as well. This is such a good stripe. . . . I made a baby size, but Cottoneer will be kitting a Throw size! The kits are currently available for preorder. . . . . . . This quilt would DEFINITELY not be possible without the help of my amazing pattern testers! Seriously, ya'll. I went through so many versions of this pattern. They stuck with me, though! And I'm so grateful for all of their help and encouragement. If you have the time, be sure to send them some love on Instagram! I
It's here! . Vintage Lace quilt pattern is now available! . Ya'll, this pattern has me SO smitten! Vintage Lace is inspired by the beautiful intricacies of an old piece of lace. This design is delicate, dainty and feminine... which I love! The symmetry also reminds me of a Valentine's Day doily, hence the February 14th release. :) . Vintage Lace is for the confident beginner who feels comfortable with lots of half square triangles. The pattern is easy to follow with a super rewarding finish. Choose from three sizes: Baby (48
Today I'm sharing about my final quilt that I made with my Robert Kaufman Palette Picks bundle! If you want a recap on the other quilts, you can check them out here. . . When I was first planning which quilt patterns I wanted to make with my bundle, Nightingale was at the top of the list! It's probably my favorite fat quarter friendly quilt that is really great for showing off bold blocks of color. I went back and forth about what I wanted my background fabric to be...either a darker background or a lighter one. I love my darker background quilts. I would say that I actually prefer them to a white/cream background. But with this project, I knew that I had to make BOTH. Let's start with the darker version since that's the first one that I made. :) . Charcoal Nightingale Quilt Gotham Grey is typically my go-to dark grey Kona solid. I used it as the sashing in both my Enchanted and Cover Church Window quilts and I also used it as the background for my cover Knitted Star quilt. However, with this project, my bundle has several different textures of fabric, so I wanted to add to that and use something that had some extra texture as well. I landed on Robert Kaufman's Essex Yarn Dyed (which is a mix of cotton and linen) in the color Charcoal. I normally use solid quilt cotton fabrics for the backgrounds of my quilts, but this was a fun change of pace! . One thing to note is that this fabric is slightly thicker than traditional quilting cotton. You might need to slightly decrease your seam allowance to account for that. . . Ashley of Henhouse Quilting quilted all of my Palette Picks quilts and for this one, we used a pantograph called Paradoxical by the Longarm League. I also used this pantograph on my Autumn Heirloom Hearts quilt and I truly feel like it looks good on such a wide variety of quilt patterns! We went back and forth about what thread color to use because we wanted it to blend into both the background and the foreground fabrics as much as possible. We landed on a light pink and I love that it gives subtle texture without too much contrast. . . For the backing, I used one of the Kona solids from my bundle, Kona Delft. The binding is Kona Gumdrop. . . . . . The colors of this bundle read a little more
I'm so excited to share this next Upscale Plaid sample with you all! In case you missed it, Upscale Plaid is our newest pattern, which you can find in the shop here. We went with a
Celtic Crossing 2.0 is now available! If you've been around for some time, you might recognize the name
Find all of the Summer Scrap Bash Sew-Along info on this page. Sign up here and read on for all of the quilty details! Summer Scrap Bash Sew-Along details: WHO: You, me and other quilters from around the world! WHAT: A slow and relaxing seven week summer Sew Along. We'll be sharing 3 free coordinating block patterns for you to use with your scrap stash, we'll sew a little each week and by August we'll all have a beautifully, scrappy finished quilt top! Plus we'll share progress, cheer each other on and hand out some snazzy prizes along the way. I can't wait! :) WHEN: June 29th - August 17th; information will also be saved on our website. If you cannot participate at this time it will be there for you when you are ready! WHERE: We'll be sharing weekly Sew-Along content straight to your inbox! You can share weekly progress photos to IG to enter to win prizes. You do not need social media to participate, but you do need a public IG account to enter to win prizes. WHY: Sewing with a community of friends AND using your scrap stash is FUN! Plus we will be sharing lots of helpful tips for planning, organizing and sewing scrappy quilts. How do I sign up? Click here to sign up! SCHEDULE We know summers can be busy so we have a very laid back schedule for this Sew-Along with plenty of time to enjoy summer AND fit in some scrappy sewing! While you can easily get this quilt top made in less time, we have spread the steps out over a relaxing 7 week time frame. Week 1: June 29th - July 5th - Planning & Organizing Week 2-3: July 6 - 19 - Cutting Scrap Fabrics Week 4-6: July 20 - Aug 9th - Sewing Blocks Week 7: Aug 10th - 17th - Quilt Top Assembly Block patterns will be in the Scrap Bash kick-off email on June 29th! PRIZES We have some pretty awesome prizes up for grabs during the Sew-Along. There will be more details to come, but first, we're kicking things off by giving away a $75 gift card to our shop! To enter: Share one of the three
Let's start from the beginning, shall we? . I was inspired to learn how to quilt after my grandmother Lois passed away. Some people assume that she was the one to teach me to quilt, but sadly, I never really showed any interest while she was alive. When she passed away, I then became curious about this craft that she loved so much. I taught myself the basics and quickly fell in love. For me, it was so much more than just a hobby...it was a way to honor her memory and enjoy something similar. In fact, she is the
Quilt mock-ups are such a nifty little modern invention that really help you visualize what you quilt will look like before you have any of your fabric on-hand. Most of my quilts start as a mock-up because I want to narrow down fabrics and color placement before I get started. This usually sets me up for success so that I'm not wasting time and fabrics trying to figure out how I want my quilt to look. A lot of times I start with a
I don't know if you have a "quilting bucket list", but I sure do! And a cathedral window quilt was at the top of that list! There's something so elegant and perplexing about how they're constructed and I always love a good challenge of figuring things out and stretching my skills and this quilt did just that! I first d
Hello and welcome back to the Deco QAL! SCHEDULE Here's a look at our schedule. If you are just now joining us, click where you see an underline! Week 1: Oct. 18 - Oct. 25 - Choose fabrics & gather supplies Week 2: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1 - Cut & Organize Week 3: Nov. 1 - Nov. 8 - Sew all Block 1s Week 4: Nov. 8 - Nov. 15 - Sew all Block 2s Week 5: Nov. 15 - Nov. 22 - Sew all Block 3s Week 6: Nov. 22 - Nov. 29 - Catch up, if needed (no blog post) Week 7: Nov. 29 - Dec. 6 - Assemble quilt top . Week 7 This week, we are creating our edges and corners and then assembling our quilt tops! Let's start with the first step. If you remember back to Week 1, we talked about how the edges are created for this quilt. Instead of using whole blocks on the edges, then trimming away excess, we are preemptively trimming blocks in half and using both halves of those blocks. This saves time, energy and fabric, but some quilters don't like this method because you loose 1/4
Today I'm sharing about my final quilt that I made with my Robert Kaufman Palette Picks bundle! If you want a recap on the other quilts, you can check them out here. . . When I was first planning which quilt patterns I wanted to make with my bundle, Nightingale was at the top of the list! It's probably my favorite fat quarter friendly quilt that is really great for showing off bold blocks of color. I went back and forth about what I wanted my background fabric to be...either a darker background or a lighter one. I love my darker background quilts. I would say that I actually prefer them to a white/cream background. But with this project, I knew that I had to make BOTH. Let's start with the darker version since that's the first one that I made. :) . Charcoal Nightingale Quilt Gotham Grey is typically my go-to dark grey Kona solid. I used it as the sashing in both my Enchanted and Cover Church Window quilts and I also used it as the background for my cover Knitted Star quilt. However, with this project, my bundle has several different textures of fabric, so I wanted to add to that and use something that had some extra texture as well. I landed on Robert Kaufman's Essex Yarn Dyed (which is a mix of cotton and linen) in the color Charcoal. I normally use solid quilt cotton fabrics for the backgrounds of my quilts, but this was a fun change of pace! . One thing to note is that this fabric is slightly thicker than traditional quilting cotton. You might need to slightly decrease your seam allowance to account for that. . . Ashley of Henhouse Quilting quilted all of my Palette Picks quilts and for this one, we used a pantograph called Paradoxical by the Longarm League. I also used this pantograph on my Autumn Heirloom Hearts quilt and I truly feel like it looks good on such a wide variety of quilt patterns! We went back and forth about what thread color to use because we wanted it to blend into both the background and the foreground fabrics as much as possible. We landed on a light pink and I love that it gives subtle texture without too much contrast. . . For the backing, I used one of the Kona solids from my bundle, Kona Delft. The binding is Kona Gumdrop. . . . . . The colors of this bundle read a little more
Celtic Crossing 2.0 is now available! If you've been around for some time, you might recognize the name
