Sunday, June 28, 2020

Candied

Hi everyone!

Six months into 2020 and I'm on quilt #9. 

This quilt was super easy to make from start to finish. I think the hardest part was deciding on the quilting design.

The pattern is called Candy Store and is in the Love of Quilting (May/June 2012) magazine. 



The pattern uses 2½-inch strips which I cut from my stash of fat quarters.  I used 18 fat quarters plus a yard of fabric for the center of the blocks so it's super scrappy.


This quilt is featured on the cover of the magazine and what caught my eye was the grey sashing, borders, and binding. I don't know if I've mentioned this but grey is my favorite color. I used fabric from my thrift store sheet for all of that.



The quilting design that I decided on was just a simple straight line diamond grid pattern. It was super easy which I needed since the design I first planned would have taken twice as long and by the time I had gotten to the quilting phase (June 17th), I had decided I wanted to make a Fourth of July quilt.  So I needed something super easy and super fast. Thankfully I got it quilted in just 1 day and I sewed all of the binding on by machine instead of my usual way, which is to machine sew it to the front of the quilt and then hand sew the binding to the quilt back. The quilt was completed on June 19th. Whew.

The quilt finished at 50" x 66.5".






Thanks for stopping by. 

Camille

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Amelia Quilt

Hi there!

Just stopping in to share my latest quilt finish - Amelia. She started from fabric I brought at JoAnn's last year (I think it was last year) along with some leftover fabric from the Boundless Ruby Fleur fabric (which is from Craftsy/Bluprint) that I used in a quilt in 2018.

Speaking of Bluprint...I can't believe they're closing. I placed an order with them on May 26 and then two days later found out they were closing they're doors. Still waiting on news about the classes I have though I did download all the patterns I have. Maybe I'll try to figure out how to download the classes too.

Anyway...back to Amelia...

The pattern is called Coconut Chips by Madison Cottage. 








The binding and backing fabrics are from thrift store sheets and the quilting is my usual straight line quilting diamond pattern. The quilt finished at 59" x 67".

That's all for today.

Until next time...
Camille