Featured Products Harvest Star | PDF Sale! $12.00 $9.60 Etoile | PDF $12.00 Misty Mountains | PDF $12.00 Latest from the blog Queen Celtic Crossing | Finished QuiltThis quilt started as a dare between Jason and I. It went a little something like this: Jason: Do people even make quilts bigger than a throw size anymore?Me: Yes! People do it all the time!Jason: But you’ve never made one.Me: Challenge Accepted. I chose to go with Lo & Behold Stitchery’s Celtic Crossing pattern, it is one I’ve used time and time again and love for its simplicity and ease. Although written as an ombre pattern, I chose to keep my fabrics random. I tried an ombre layout and felt that for a bed, an ombre gradient wouldn’t look as pleasing as a randomized arrangement. All fabrics were pulled from stash and were a motley collection of vintage, garage sale finds, solids, chambray, and modern. The pattern isn’t written for any sizes bigger than throw, but it is super simple to scale it up by simply making more blocks. Since I pulled from stash and went scrappy, I didn’t worry too much about fabric requirements. For example, I think there’s only one dark blue floral block in here and about 5 of the Dear Stella hearts, but that’s what makes it unique and fun! My finished quilt had 41 solid blocks with 9-patch blocks in-between them. The rows alternate between 5 solid blocks and 4 solid blocks for a total of 9 rows. When cutting my fabrics, I cut (4) small squares for the 9-patch blocks for each large square (aka solid block) I cut. I spread my cut squares down on the floor and decided on a layout, then sewed the 9-patches together. I added an additional 3″ (finished) border all the way around the quilt. I think without the added border, the quilt wouldn’t have been long enough for a bed. I backed it in a duvet cover from Ikea, which is a super soft woven. I talk all about backing quilts with sheets here. The huge benefit for this quilt was not having to piece a back! Huzzah! To be honest, I’ve had the top done forever, and I procrastinated on basting and quilting it because I had never quilted anything this big before. I originally thought about machine quilting it, just to finish it and get it out of my sewing room, but deep down I knew that this rustic color palette was going to shine with simple hand-quilting. I’m also in a season of life when I’m forcing myself to slow down and enjoy the process, and hand-quilting ticked all of those boxes. Find tips for hand quilting here. My quilt clocks in at 93″ square and is a perfect fit on this double bed. In honesty, its a TAD long on the sides for a double bed, but I love that it provides more quilt to snuggle with when actually sleeping. I also recently brought it over to my mom’s house and tried it on her queen bed, and it looked to be about the right size. (Side note, she then tried to convince me to leave the quilt there with her. Ha!) When it was time for binding, I pulled out an assortment of blues and my favorite binding-picker, Jason. I also had my bin of solids, which I was rifling though. He pointed to a fabric in the bin and said “that one.” (Kona Cedar). I was skeptical at first, I was planning on a mellow blue! But his arguments in favor won me over and honestly it was the perfect choice. Of course, in true Eliane fashion, I ran out of binding 2″ from the edge. I didn’t really feel like cutting an entire other strip of Kona Cedar, and I have this thing about having binding seams close together. (The “thing” being, I really hate the look and feel). So instead, I used a small piece of the backing fabric to make up the difference. I love the unexpectedness and scrappiness it lends. It is amazing how a small detail can bring so much! I used my favorite big-stitch hand binding method to attach the binding to the back of the quilt. Honestly, I was really intimidated to make a quilt this size, but it wasn’t as scary as I expected. Sewing the rows together was a bit heavy for my machine but still very doable. If you want to dip your toes into bed-sizes, I recommend starting with a quilt with bigger blocks. Big blocks means less seams, which just makes everything a lot more manageable. I had also never slept under a quilt until I made this one, and it is admittedly different than the fluffy down duvets I’m used to. But I’ve found that I get better sleep, since the layers breathe much better than its heavy counterparts. This room has become a favorite nap-space for the whole family. (It is our spare bedroom). Any tips for sewing bed sized quilts? Write them in the comments!... Read more...Aurifil Slice & Stitch Challenge | Free tutorial!I had the pleasure of participating in Aurifil’s Slice & Stitch Challenge! In this challenge an Aurifil Artisan and an Olfa Ambassador receive the same products and have the task of creating a project with what they are provided. This year, each participant receives one of Aurifil’s new color builder boxes, which are a trio of threads in the same color family. I received: OLFA: Splash 45mm Ergonomic Handle Rotary Cutter, Pacific Blue with specialty bladesAURIFIL: Milan Color BuilderMICHAEL MILLER: Cotton Couture Solids in Moon, Ozone, Pewter This Aurifil Slice & Stitch challenge was to use the products in a project that centered around organization. January is a great time to get organized, so I was thrilled to jump on board and created a trio of mini zipper pouches. I’ve since thrown these into my purse to hold all the various gift cards and loyalty cards we have, and they’ve been perfect for the task! Read more about this project and get the full tutorial on the Aurifil blog. Love free tutorials? Check out my freebies page for more!... Read more...Kits! | Harvest Star QALI’m so excited to have some fantastic shops selling Harvest Star kits! I’ll keep updating this page as I hear of more! Modern Farmhouse | Sojo Fabric (24) Fat Quarter Modern Farmhouse Ruby Star Society (24) fat quarter kit Sojo Fabrics has both the (12) 3/8 yd version and the (24) Fat Quarter version of Harvest Star in Modern Farmhouse fabric! I’m doing the 3/8 yd version while the lovely folks over at Riley Blake Designs are doing the fat quarter version! Sojo Fabric also has this stunning Ruby Star Society version which includes (24) fat quarters of Speckled and Spark Ruby Star Society Basics as well as some Moda solids mixed in! And finally, they also have a beautiful Lori Holt version made with (12) 3/8 yd cuts. (12) 3/8 yd Lori Holt Fabrics Original Solids | Cottoneer Cottoneer has restocked a Harvest Star kit in Kona Solids. This kit makes the quilt on my pattern cover! You can see more photos of this quilt in this blog post. UPDATE: SOLD OUT Jungle Friends | Lamb & Loom Lamb & Loom reached out about creating a kit, and we came up with this (12) 3/8 yd version using her Jungle Friends bundle. I can’t get over how cute this is! I might have to buy it and make (another) Harvest Star! Spirited | Lady Belle Fabrics Oh my gosh SO many of you have asked about kits for this one so I’m so happy that Lady Belle Fabric has them in stock! You can buy it here! All fabrics are from the Spirited line by Sharon Holland for Art Gallery Fabrics. You can see more pictures of this quilt here.... Read more... Follow us on Instagram This cutie #moderncrossingquilt will also be at Qu On the blog today I’m talking about how I turned I wrote a tutorial for aurifilthread using their n Trying to sneak in a Valentine’s Day pillow befo Reposting this #etoilequilt that I made for pbsfab Load More... Follow on Instagram
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