Father’s Day Quilt

Father’s Day is coming up and no better occasion to make a quilt, more specifically, a lap quilt.

I selected dark colors to make it more masculine (and to hide food stains ;)).

As I’ve stated before, I love batiks! I decided on a blue and black color palette. My stepfather is a pastor so I selected a pattern that he will like. The next post will be the reveal. 

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Mother’s Day Quilt Finished!

She is completed!

The front!

The back!

The quilt as you go technique takes times. I don’t think I saved time as opposed to quilting the traditional way. It was much easier to quilt each individually block but you do have to connect the blocks and then decide if you want to hand stitch the back or machine stitch which will create a stitch line to the front. If you decide to stitch with the machine, you have to know ahead of time if it will disrupt your quilting design. I kept my quilting basic, straight lines, so it was not a problem for me  

The most important thing is that my mom loved the quilt! Maybe a bit too much because she doesn’t want to use it, only look at it! What can ya do! 

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Mother’s Day Quilt-Part 2

I have decided to try a quilting technique I’ve never tried- quilt as you go. This quilt will be queen size so it’s a lot to quilt on a home sewing machine. Quilting as I go will allow me to quilt each block at a time. I used a variegated thread for the quilting. 

All the quilted blocks below! I kept the quilting pretty basic for time sake. 

After quilting each block, I sewed the blocks together in rows. Once the rows were made, I connected all the rows.  

The next post will show the finished quilt! 

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Mother's Day Quilt

I have been quilting off and on for years and I have never made a quilt for my mother so I decided to resolve that this year. I have been planning and buying the fabric for a few months. The store I usually shop was closed because they moved. It was an opportunity to shop a new store and I bought some online. I love me some batiks, it's all batiks except for one print. 

The blocks arranged on my design wall. I ended up rearranging a couple of the blocks. 

Next, trim all and sew together. Im still working on an idea for the back.

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Stronger Together Quilt Finished!

I like the way it turned out! The colors have the effect I wanted, a night sky.

  The pattern is available at fatquartershop.com

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Stronger Together! Week 3 and 4

 

These two sections are the largest sections of the quilt. I enjoy sewing strips of fabric and then creating a checkerboard pattern. It looks so detailed but so easy to create. :) 

The triangles are really large (a total of 4) so I didn't have to spend a lot of time working on them. I really like the darker blue because it's a good representation of a night sky. 

Next steps, sewing all the sections together and then quilting! :)

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Stronger Together! Week 1 and 2

I have been concerned about the color scheme but as time has passed, I think it works. Since the overall theme of the quilt is based on the North Star, I wanted darker colors because the NS is brightest at night.   

Week 1-Stars

I have to be honest and say the bigger stars gave me the business. It was the first time I had sewn stars. It is very important to make sure there is extra fabric at the points, if you don't, when it's time to sew, the seam allowance will cut off the points.

Week 2-Triangles

 The triangles were fun to make and with the HST method, it was so easy!

Week 3 and 4 coming up soon!

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Black History Month Quilt-Along

Im taking a break from my African King quilt to celebrate BHM by participating in a quilt-along. The pattern is called Stronger Together and the design was inspired by Harriet Tubman and her escapes to the North to lead slaves to freedom.  During the month of February, the funds from purchased patterns are donated to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 

We’re happy to present our first ever quilt and stitch along for Black History Month, to bring our creative community together to support a worthy cause and to highlight the achievements and contributions of several African American women in the fiber arts.

The challenge is being hosted by Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) All information and instructions for the quilt can be found on their website. Each week features a different section to be completed. 

Week 1-The Borders!

The fabrics I selected are not fabrics I would usually pick but I wanted to go outside my comfort zone to learn more. The women at The Quilting Square were great in helping me with my choices. The larger star is made of reproduction fabric which I've never used before. I think it was a good choice for the theme of the quilt. 

Stay tuned week 2 coming up!

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