quilt monday
I know it's been awhile. And I have to be honest, I feel like blogging is a dying art/interest and that makes me sad. But I do love doing it, I just don't make it a priority as much as I probably should. Also, I really enjoy having a place where I can go back and look at the things I blog.
So saying all of that, I'm not going anywhere. I just might not be posting as much. But I will!
Now, onto some quiltie goodness.
I made this quilt last fall as store sample to feature some fall themed fabrics. I kept it simple enough and did 6 quarter meter cuts and a meter and a half of a solid and just made up some HSTs. The hardest part is sewing the blocks back together randomly.
quilted with Ground Cover
Most of the fabrics I used are from the Robert Kaufman line, Sienna.
You could change out one of the darker solid fabrics and get a quilt that would be a lot more springlike. I love how fabric works like that.
I love the panto Ground Cover on this. It's so striking on the solid fabrics, really highlighting the triangle points.
The unspoken quilting rule is when a quilt has a lot of points, you would stick with a quilting panto with curves to soften the points in the piecing. Sometimes I agree with that and other times I break the rule.
I had just enough left of this brown wideback for the backing. Should your backing match your quilt top? Sometimes, sure. Other times, use up your fabrics!
This is your sign to grab yourself some fabrics and have fun with them. You never know what you'll end up creating!
Happy Monday!
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finishes
Here we are almost the end of the second month of 2024 and I haven't even shown you my last few finishes of 2023.
I had the fabrics cut for this table runner and just ran out of time to finish it before Christmas.
Instead of putting it away for next year, I decided to just finish it up. Of course it literally took me less than an hour to make up. That's the way it usually goes right?
The pattern is the Landmark quilt and I used the fabric line, Retro HoHo for the blocks.
Next up was a simple Christmas themed chevron. The pieces for this were all rejected pieces from another quilt I was working on.
I quickly had these tops pieces so I turned my attention to a quilt I had cut out in I believe August.
I sewed the blocks together in September and I spent the next few months moving them out of the way on my cutting table as I made up other quilts.
Well, December 27th was the day this quilt I was finally being put together.
I spent all day December 27th AND the 28th and like magic, but not really, a quilt top was born.
This is the Plus and Minus quilt pattern from Quilty Love and I used one of my favourite fabric lines, Moonstone.
We still have some fabrics left in this line and it's on clearance so check out the link!
I can not wait to get this quilt quilted and on my bed!
But before that, will this be my first finish for 2024?
Stay tuned!
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