Top US quilting blog, Lella Boutique, features 20 Modern Boy Quilts that look great in any room. Click now for all the details!
Go bold with this Scrappy Free Modern Quilt Pattern that is perfect for beginners. Sew it in sizes crib, throw, or twin! Start quilting now!
The Playroom Quilt pattern is here! This pattern is the second to release in the Sewn Home Series. I love how playful this pattern is without being overly complicated. This is a simple and easy pattern! It's the perfect beginner quilt. Do you recognize that backing? I finally made use of my Itajime Shibori fabrics. Read more about that process here. I have made this quilt four times and every time I am surprised at how fast it comes together. Fun Fact: This pattern was actually the very first one I designed for the series. I knew I wanted it to be called the Playroom Quilt because it reminds me of the stacking blocks we have for the boys in their playroom. I love that you could shift all these blocks around and come up with a different quilt top every time if you wanted to. They create so many fun patterns when they are all together! The blue and white version you see above is the crib size quilt. I have also been using it in the stroller almost every day now that the weather has cooled off. Can I start calling it a Stroller Size instead of Crib or Baby? It really does fit perfectly around both of them in our double Bob. Now this quilt kit will be available soon from Lamb & Loom - but isn't available quite yet. It brings me all the Fall/Winter vibes. I pulled these fabrics knowing I was going to gift this quilt top to my sister in law and her partner for Christmas. As the quilt was coming together I kept thinking... well maybe I should just keep it. I love it so much, but alas it will be getting wrapped and shipped off as a gift. I guess I will just have to make another one for myself. Quilt Kits Available Now: There are so many gorgeous kits available for this quilt. Check out all of these wonderful online quilt shops to purchase the kit after you have purchase the pattern here. ROSIE GIRL QUILTING I love the gold and white, but they are also caring all of these two color versions as kits as well! How will you ever decide?! They would all be beautiful! FABRIC STORK This gorgeous pink and green combo makes me so happy! Check out this quilt kit from Fabric Stork and grab one before they are gone! SALT CITY LANE Pattern Testers: As always - we can't forget about my wonderful pattern testers. I hope these inspire you as much as they inspire me! This first one is by Shannon Killham (@Beachmamamade) Look at this little nugget! I love this color combo. I'm adding it to my to-do list. It's just perfect! This next one is by Christine (@lopolokko) and just take a look at all that color. I love how the vibrant floral balances with the white. It's gorgeous! Look at this additional gold and white combo by Ama @thevibrantpixel. I love how vibrant the gold is against the white. It's giving me all the sunshine vibes! You might also be interested in the other patterns of this series: The Living Room Quilt Pattern The Playroom Quilt Pattern The Sunroom Quilt Pattern The Mudroom Quilt Pattern The Sewn Home Pattern Bundle
Last Saturday I was honored to be asked to be the guest speaker at the MMQG Super Saturday Sewing event. Why is it super? Well for starters, they gather from 9am to 9pm for 12 hours of non-stop stitching!!!! That's pretty super in my books. It was a lovely day with nice company, good food and great stitching. The event happens upstairs at GJs fabrics so there's always great shopping available too! :-) It's a great space for sewing with loads of natural light!! There were many wonderful quilts to see ... And I did a bit of show and tell myself ... I can't even imagine what I was thinking / saying in that last shot with Groucho. Maybe I should run a caption competition ;-) All in all, I had a great time and want to thank everyone at the Guild for being so lovely and welcoming!! Andi xx
This month’s lotto block is a paper piecing pattern and tutorial provided by Trina Peterson using a nice vintage color palette supplied by Wendy Franczak…thanks, ladies! If you’ve never tried the paper piecing technique (or maybe never even heard of it!), this one is about as simple as it gets…you can do this! You’ll learn the basics of putting together a block, and maybe even do more than one…who knows, you might just feel empowered […]
Modern quilt 02 is one of my very first venture into really having a go at designing my own quilt patterns. I had no idea what l was doing then, haha, but this quilt and the three others that were part of the collection hold a special place in my heart. My love for solids, big blocks and sense of colour blossomed with these quilts.
Another go at an old favorite- can't get away from stripes, couldn't make a baby blue quilt this time. side note: When I look back at some quilts I have shipped off- I wonder why I let this one go!
If you were really with me (Teri) for this little tour of beauty found at the International Quilt Market and Festival exhibit in Houston, you would be running back and forth throughout the exhibit. Today, I have chosen a few things that especially caught my eye. We will actually be looking at a number of separate displays. Enjoy the eye candy! You probably know that I love appliqué album quilts, but how wonderful is one that tells the story of one's life. I fell in love with this quilt, and felt almost as though I had met Barbara. What a tribute to her family! Maybe because we like to mix media in our work and do a lot of embroidered embellishments—or perhaps because I have four young grandchildren—this bright, colorful quilt made me happy. I think my kiddos would love the dimensional ears and the different textures, as well as the colorful elephants. There are no words to describe the intricate detail of this stunning quilt. We always enjoy learning the story of a quilt, and I appreciated the explanation of the quilt's symbols. Can you see the birds? What a cool design! I didn't notice birds at all until I read her description. I have had a doll collection since I was seven years old, and my dad brought me a Geisha Girl doll home for me from a business trip in Japan. While I have never attempted to make a doll, I find it fascinating to see the work in this particular exhibit. Anyone who loves fairy tales as much as we do couldn't help but admire this fabulous dragon sitting atop a storybook. Sadly, the maker's name was not displayed while I was there, but whoever made this masterpiece did a spectacular job. He is beautifully terrifying! Probably all of us can identify with this sweet doll. Another story reference There is nothing like a good pun—"A Head of Her Time" is just perfect for Marie Antoinette! We love to stitch gardens, as I'm sure you've recognized if you have read many of our posts. Here are just a few of the "gardens" from that exhibit. The blocks are amazing, but wow—that border is exquisite! Christine's drawings come to life in this elegant quilt. The variety of techniques she uses add to the quilt's ethereal beauty. What a lot of elaborate appliqué! A sampling of the quilts in this Red & White exhibit Finally, a few colorful gems from this display. Have you feasted your eyes on enough inspiring stimulation for one day? There is more, but we should pace ourselves. There was so much to see, and I am filled with ideas for new projects. How about you? Have you been inspired to try something new? What is it? Please share in the comments below! You might just spur someone else on to trying it, too! If you are reading this in email, you can click here to post your comment directly on the blog. We'd love to hear from you! Stay tuned: more appliqué, French, and antique quilts are yet to come!
Top US Quilting Blog Lella Boutique shares block 17 "Shoreline" for Moda Blockheads 4 free block of the week. Download PDF here!
Block 8 of the free quilt along Blockheads 2018 by Moda. The block of this week is called Pineapple and will be hosted by Jan Patek. And I will talk a bit about my MEGA STAR Christmas Quilt pattern (which turned out to become a Mega Star…)
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Make a sophisticated, neutral quilt using the Stars Hollow quilt pattern. This classic design plays on negative space to create traditional sawtooth stars.
Top US Quilting Blog Lella Boutique shares a running archive of free block patterns for Moda Blockheads 4 free block of the week.
Here are some details from the 'Early to Bed' exhibition at the Welsh Quilt Centre. It closed on Saturday, so if you didn't get to visit, you've missed it. The exhibition catalogue is available by mail order, as are the catalogues from the previous exhibitions - worth having. The quilt shown above, from Llandeilo, which is shown in Janet Rae's book 'Quilts of the British Isles'. I didn't take a photo of the whole quilt, because it's in the book, so please cross refer with your copy to see the whole thing. I like the tiny pieces in the centre grading out to larger pieces towards the edge, and the completely busy appearance of all those prints. There are some very early fabrics in this quilt. This quilt, made from military cloth, includes early khaki uniform cloth. It has a more innovative, random style, similar in feeling to the coverlet made by James Williams of Wrexham (scroll down my blog link to see photos) but in an even more lively style. This patchwork top is a very playful and irregular take on a medallion arrangement. It seems like an early hint of some of the 'modern quilt' pieces being made today. The fabrics used to piece the squares are graded, with darker pieces at the bottom, almost an early colourwash. This patchwork is made from flannel shirtings, with the stripes going in every direction and very simple quilting. Tailors' sample quilt, showing fabric details. Detail of the tailors' quilt Glyn is looking at in my previous post, showing that bold red stitching. Another tailors' quilt, with very simple quilting but wonderful value contrasts, also shown in my previous post but with an extra detail photo below. Details from the quilts displayed in the central 'enclosure'. Quilts from the right hand wall. These have typical Welsh quilting designs, with spirals and fans etc. The Sennybridge quilt, a well known design partly thanks to being used as the poster quilt for Festival of Quilts a few years ago, is much more simply quilted. Unlike many Welsh quilts, the quilting design on this one seems to have been fitted into the patchwork design. Perhaps I could use any oddments of red and black check from Glyn's kilt to make something like this? There were some very interesting textured weaves in this block based quilt, beautifully accented with red flannel. I love the random strips and the plaids on point in this. The fancy stitching on this crazy quilt suggests much later abstract embroideries from the 1960s. Subtle touches of plaids in an otherwise dark palette. An early C19th patchwork in many brown fabrics - and in very good condition for its age, as brown/black prints are very prone to rot from the iron mordant in the dye. Aren't the blocks of colour beautiful in this? It was hung very high and this was the best photo I could manage. I am sure I have seen this quilt exhibited before, perhaps at Llanidloes. It might surprise quilters today that anyone would attempt to piece such an intricate design in thick wools, but the fabric is a big part of the charm here. We finished off our visit with a good look through the shop and bought the exhibition catalogue so we can browse the quilts all over again. I would have liked to stay much longer, but we could only have a very short visit because of our schedule - setting up World Textile Day on the other side of Bristol that afternoon. We were both glad we'd made the effort to drive that bit further to Lampeter on this trip, otherwise we wouldn't have had the chance to see the exhibition - 540 miles. Now I'm looking forward to next year's exhibition, which will feature wholecloth quilts. The Welsh Quilt Centre makes great reuse of an old building and getting there by car is relatively easy from south or mid Wales. Next time I want to explore the town as well.
Quilt Con entry - Modern Traditionalism category. Blogged.
I LOVE discovering fun science and math fabrics...and texty fabrics and so when I discovered this Chemistry novelty line by Becky Marie Designs for Riley Blake I knew I needed to make them into a quilt. We went for a black and gold motif since those are our school colors and my husband could use it on the wall in his classroom. Thanks to Riley Blake Fabrics for sending me the fabrics and to Fairfield World for providing batting and compensating me for this project. All ideas, opinions, and enthusiasm are 100% my own. This post contains affiliate links. And my kids' enthusiasm all their own too! They say the family that does chemistry together...stays together... This quilt is simple and easy to make on your own, since it uses strip piecing in simple blocks. Here's what you'll need: 3/8 yard each of Periodic Table in Grey, Periodic Table in White, Equations in Grey, and Equations in White. 1/4 yard Equations in Black 1/3 yard Additional Equations in White for middle border 1 yard Periodic Table in Black for outer border and binding 1 2/3 yard Periodic Table in White or other favorite fabric for backing. 1 package Nature-Fil™ Bamboo Blend Batting 60″ X 60″ Heat'n Bond Lite and solids for accents (optional) Basting Spray (optional) Directions: Cut 5 width-of-fabric 2" wide strips from your White Equations fabric and set aside for your middle border. From each of your white and grey fabrics, cut 3 - width of fabric 4 1/2" strips. (This will give you a total of 12 strips.) Pair up a periodic table strip with the opposite color equations strip. You'll have triples of each set. Make sure to alternate which is on top and which is on bottom. Sew strips together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Cut into 8 1/2 inch blocks. Lay out your blocks in an alternating manner turned every which way. I love slightly random looking quilts. Cut your border strips. Cut 5 width-of-fabric 1 1/2" strips of black equations fabric. Use your reserved 5 - 2" width of fabric strips of white equations you cut earlier. Cut 5 - 3" width of fabric strips of black periodic table fabric. Sew the borders from thinnest to thickest. Add an accent applique if desired using Heat'n Bond Lite and following manufacturer's instructions. I quilted using Nature-Fil™ Bamboo Blend Batting 60″ X 60″ and 505 Basting Spray to hold my layers together. I usually use straight line quilting on my quilts, but this time I decided to branch out and do free motion quilting to spell out the names of elements in cursive. (Don't look to close! It was my first time doing this kind of free-motion quilting.) Finish up your quilt by binding. I use a double thickness binding method. Cut 5 - 3" width of fabric strips for your binding. Sew them end to end. Iron your long strip in half the long way. Stitch on your binding with your choice of mitered or square corners. And if you end up with any extra fabric, you might want to think about making some of these Geek Valentine Ideas: Connect with me on...
Opalescence - An Art Deco style quilt inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass works
This is the last day, your last chance to register!... ... If you want to be really inspired for 6 weeks and longer, this is your last chance to register to Stephanie Levy's Creative Courage online course. Great content, great teachers, impressive guests, and many, many themes of reflection! Courses starts on Monday! Information here! Stephanie Levy / Greece vista Stephanie is an American illustrator living in Germany. She is very talented, and has such a sweet way of teaching and lead you through your own creative patch! Meet her on her website, a studio with a view. Et, oui, chères francophones, une bonne connaissance de l'anglais est nécessaire pour s'inscrire à ce cours!
This week I cut, pieced, quilted and bound two quilts. Two complete quilts in one week! The first was a practice piece that I used to practice my freemotion quilting. I had 5.5" squares of solid Kona cotton in my stash, and a big pile of solid black Kona (of which one can never have enough). I had signed up for Leah Day's Craftsy class on 50 Freemotion Fillers...so I whipped this up in two days: Then I spent Wednesday chaining chevrons for my Celtic Solstice: After Bible study Wednesday night, I came home a little wired on sugar and caffeine, so I went ahead and cut the pieces for the Big Ten quilt I was commissioned to make this month. It's very satisfying to have neat stacks of fabric ready to sew! I hopped up Thursday morning and began by stitching up the accent squares: Then I began the process of design decisions. Mainly I wanted a fairly even distribution of color and value, and to avoid having the same fabric side by side. Once the design is satisfactory, this pattern stitches up pretty quickly. Accurate cutting, and a consistent quarter inch seam, and lots of ironing keeps the work neat. I took a break to go to dinner with my daughter, son-in-law and precious Gingersnap (granddaughter), then cut and pieced long directional borders, and attached them for mitering. I decided it was pretty important for the ships in the border to float upright. Friday morning, I pieced the gorgeous flannel backing fabric--Wool & Flannels II by Primitive Gatherings for Moda. It is so thick and soft. With a finished quilt 86x106", it took 8 yards of backing fabric. I cut three 2 2/3 yard pieces, and seamed two horizontal seams. I chose "Ebb & Flow", a design by Hermione Agee, to quilt. My computer makes fitting the design to the quilt so easy. I did baste the leading edge, since I had to start the quilting pattern above the edge of the quilt to minimize unquilted space. Please note, Quilters...this is why your longarm quilt artist asks you to provide ample backing fabric! Once I got started (around 10 am) then it was just a matter of not stopping. I stood over the quilt all day... ...and finished late afternoon. Another note, Quilters...DO NOT CUT IT THIS CLOSE ON BATTING. Whew. I got my binding attached Friday evening, but it took nearly all day Saturday, with lots of starts and stops of life interrupting, to get it topstitched down. I quilted the top with mocha Glide thread, and the back with navy. It's my new favorite quilt! I know it will be beautiful in its new home, and last for years. There is nothing so satisfying as producing a good work.
Fabric is Modern Neutrals by Amy Ellis for Moda. Pattern is Soiree by Amy Ellis.
