Featured Products Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Misty Mountains | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Latest from the blog Thread Basting TutorialI’m primarily a spray baster, mostly because I like to get basting done and over with FAST! (I’ve timed myself, and it takes me 18 minutes to spray baste a throw size quilt). However, there are times that I will opt for thread basting a quilt instead. The last time I was doing it, I thought to myself, hey, I should create a thread basting tutorial for all of you who might be curious about trying it too! Why Thread Basting? My main reason for thread basting is when I am going to hand quilt a quilt that is either: Large (queen or king sized)Going to take me a while to quilt, either because the design is more tedious or complicated (orange peels spring to mind here) or because it doesn’t have a deadline so it is a “backburner” project (I need to have my hands busy at all times, so I always have a project that I work on in-between all the projects with deadlines) At these times, I opt for thread because I find that it holds up better over time. Some fabrics on the market have a sizing over them that gets washed out, but if you’re like me and you don’t prewash your fabrics, that sizing can make the spray basting spray not stick as well to the fabric. I find this is okay when I’m machine quilting because I get quilts completed relatively fast, but with longer-term hand quilting projects where they’ll be sitting around for a while, getting twisted in all different angles, thread basting hold up better. The reason I thread baste: Riley finds half-quilted quilts perfect napping spots Thread Basting Supplies: Curved Needles: I like this Dritz Quilting brand. I use the smaller 2″ needles because they are thinner than the 2.5″ ones. I have yet to find a thinner curved needle on the market, but if you know of one, let me know!Scrap thread: use thread in a contrasting color to your top so you can see it easily. Old thread is great to use up here since thread deteriorates over time and is more prone to snapping. (Bad for quilting, great for thread basting!) Don’t use the good stuff here, you’ll only be throwing it away later! The How To: Start by taping your quilt backing on the ground, wrong side up. Add your batting on top, smoothing out any wrinkles. If your batting is very wrinkly, gently press with a warm iron prior to adding it to your quilt back. Layer your quilt top on top, lining it up with the backing, being careful not to warp the top. To thread baste, start in the center of your quilt and work outwards in a spiral. If you’re quilt is really big, you can visually divide your quilt into segments and work each one individually, always working from the middle outwards. If you’re basting a large quilt, you can divide it into segments. Bring your needle down through all the layers and back up to the top of the quilt, creating a stitch. Don’t worry about the neatness or size of your stitches, our goal is just to hold our quilt layers in place. I work my stitches about 3-4″ away from each other until I run out of thread. Then I cut a new piece and continue basting. I like to tie the end of my old thread to the new piece I start working. I’ve found if I don’t tie them off, over time they can pull and unravel. Especially if you have a poodle who likes to make nests in your half-quilted works ;). Continue basting until the entire quilt is covered in stitches! I find thread basting works especially well for hand quilting. Some people use pins, but I don’t enjoy using pins when hand quilting because my thread always gets stuck in or around the safety pins. I don’t tend to thread baste when machine quilting. Once I’m done hand quilting, I’ll remove all the basting stitches. They are easy to see since I used a contrasting basting thread. This quilt is my Starlite quilt pattern. I’m hand quilting a clamshell design over the entire quilt to add some subtle softness to the quilt. Find the clamshell hand quilting tutorial (with video!) here! Want to see thread basting in action? Watch the video! Clamshell hand quilting on a Starlite quilt. Find Starlite in my shop! You might also like: Sashiko Zipper Pouch | A Tutorial Big Stitch Hand Binding | A Tutorial Tree Garland Table Runner | Free Tutorial Simple Drawstring Bag | A Tutorial... Read more...Scrappy Starlite QuiltTHIS QUILT. This scrappy Starlite quilt. What an emotional roller coaster it brought me on! Starlite comes with three variations – 3-color, Fat Quarter, and Scrappy. Each variation allows for a slightly different finished quilt. The cover quilt, which you can see in the image below, is the “Fat Quarter Variation” made with Fat Eighths and a single background color. But, for the ultimate scrap experience, you want the “Scrappy Variation” of the Starlite quilt. The Scrappy Variation has directions for a scrappy background, so instead of using a single color for your background, you deep dive into the scrap bin and go all out. The result is a quilt with so much depth and interest! Pssst! There’s a Starlite Quilt Along starting July 5th 2021! Join me! Get all the details here and sign up here! Buy Starlite: Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart I started with a fat quarter bundle of Meadow by Rifle Paper Co. Of course, deciding that THIS was the fabric I absolutely wanted for my quilt… a year after said fabric was released meant a fair bit of internet sleuthing. I finally managed to track one down. I specifically wanted this bundle because the color stories worked so well for Starlite. Starlite is a “three color” quilt. I use that term loosely, but basically Color 1 makes up half of the stars, Color 2 makes up the other half, and Color 3 is the chain pieces. The number of fabrics you choose to use to make up your three colors is up to you. As you can tell from the fabrics below, Meadow neatly fit into the three-color story. For background, I picked a ton of white, cream and beige out of my stash. Most of these are Riley Blake Designs basics. I love RBD basics because they are so versatile and work for so many different types of quilts. I also brought in some different substrates – wovens, linen, and linen/cotton blends for added interest. I usually mock up my quilts before I actually get started on them, this gives me a good idea of where I’m heading. I realized I was in need of a few more green fabrics, the fat quarters I had wouldn’t be enough, so I purchased two fat quarters from the Strawberry Fields collection also by Rifle Paper Co. The greens looked like they would compliment the Meadow collection well. From my mock-up I realized how the pale plaid fabric took away from the design too much. I still wanted to keep some of it in there, but decided to try to use the least amount of it as I could in the finished quilt. From my mock-up, I also realized I didn’t like the darker grey background fabrics, so I ultimately took them out of my fabric pull and just stuck to white, cream, and beige instead. I’m not usually a scrappy sewer, so I had trouble letting go and just “seeing where the pieces would end up”. I organized my pieces by background fabric so I could make sure I was mixing background and color 3 fabrics “appropriately”. Feel free to laugh. As I was working on this scrappy Starlite quilt top, I knew I wanted to hand quilt it. The fabrics and colors have such a vintage feel to them that I thought hand quilting would be the perfect fit. I chose a striped brushed cotton fabric from my stash for the backing for extra softness. I think it is an old Moda print, but I’m really not sure. I bought it on super clearance from my local quilt shop a couple of years ago. I decided on a clamshell design for hand quilting because I wanted something that would soften the quilt and add texture without being too bold. The clamshells ended up being the perfect thing! My approach was to mark 3 rows of clamshells, then stitch up those rows. Then rinse and repeat all along the quilt! Thread-wise, I again wanted something that wouldn’t be very bold. Usually in my hand quilting, I want people to SEE the quilting. But in this case, I wanted the texture and softness without adding to an already busy quilt. Aurifil 12 weight thread in #2311 was just the ticket. #2311 is my go-to over and over again for projects because it is creamier and more beige than a stark white without being too bold either. The goldilocks of white threads ;). You might have noticed, I thread basted this quilt! I’m usually a spray baster, but there are certain times I’ll pick thread over spray. I’m working on a blog post and video about thread basting – why, when, how, the works. For this particular quilt, since I was hand quilting a design I knew would take a while, and I wasn’t sure how fast this quilt would get completed, thread basting just made the most sense. My favorite assistant, Riley, was more than happy to test this quilt’s quality throughout the hand quilting process. Every time I’d put this quilt on the floor to mark out some more rows, there he was, claiming it for his own. There were many times during this scrappy quilt that I questioned myself. The pale pinks and blues were too light. The darker beige background colors too dark. Maybe I should have picked different fabrics/different colors/a different quilt all together. I think that’s what happens when you push yourself. You end up questioning yourself all over again because new things are unpredictable. However, for me, this quilt really came all together when I started hand quilting it. The added texture from the clamshells seemed to soften the darker background fabrics and lend a cohesiveness to the whole quilt. I found myself thinking “oh yes, I really do love this one.” Now that this scrappy Starlite quilt is finished, holding it up for these photos, it is a quilt I find I could stare at all day. Seeing different shapes, different patterns within the fabrics show up. The way that you can tell what the pattern is, but the lighter fabrics break it just enough that it isn’t obvious at first glance. The fabrics themselves, which have a vintage look to them, and how I can just see this quilt looking better and better after it is crinkled post-washing. And over time, as it is used, loved, and worn, how it will continue to look special and unique. To see a Starlite quilt made with Fat Eighths and a single background fabric, click here. You might also like: Starlite Quilt – Cover Version Scrappy Bear Path Quilt... Read more...Creating the Ultimate Quilting RoomOrganizing your space can seem daunting. Too much fabric, too little shelving? That’s a problem I’ve encountered more than once as my love for quilting has grown and my space has… well, not. Redfin has a great article where they asked a bunch of us quilters to weigh in on how to create the ultimate quilting room. You can read all the tips from various quilters here. As for me? My biggest tip is to utilize your wall space! After you’ve crammed as many shelves as you can into your room, start looking at the nooks and crannies leftover. Can you turn that weird little corner into usable space with a thread rack? Or how about a peg board? Putting notions on the walls will not only help give them a home, but it also keeps them within sight visually, making them easier to use, and easier to put back. I turned a weird corner in my sewing space into a magnetic board which holds all my Aurifil 12 weight hand quilting thread, scissors, rotary cutter, and small square rulers. You know, the little 3.5″ ones that end up getting lost in a pile of fabric? Yeah, I gave those a home. I also added magnets to the back of my Kona color chips and gave them their own magnetic board in my sewing space. I’m a big fan of cutting up color cards because once they’re separated, it makes it so much easier to create color palettes and match fabrics from different collections or designers. And finally, if you want to hang up your quilts (or mini quilts too!) I have an easy way using command strips that we’ve used all over our house. Three years later, and not one of these command strips has failed. It makes it easy to swap out quilts and allows me to hang any quilt I want on my wall, regardless of whether or not it has a sleeve. What are your best tips for creating an ultimate quilting room? What organization hack have you found useful in your space? Let me know in the comments below! You might also like: No related posts.... Read more...Starlite Quilt Along!I’m so excited to announce a Starlite quilt along is coming! And I’ve got some awesome prizes and sponsors lined up for you! It is going to be a blast! This 7-week quilt along is the perfect scrap buster for the summer months! WHEN: July 05 – August 16DURATION: 7 weeksQUILT SIZE: Throw 69″ x 69″ (make the size you’d like) The quilt along will be hosted by me with weekly newsletters and instagram lives that offer tips, tricks, and encouragement. Oh! And prizes too! Lots of AMAZING prizes! How to participate: Sign up for the weekly newsletterGet your pattern (it is on sale until the start of the QAL!)Start picking your fabric pull! (I’m going scrappy!)Follow along on Instagram using the hashtag #starliteqal and post your weekly photo (I will give prompts each week)Join the IG Lives every week! For the 7 weeks of the QAL, I’ll be going LIVE one night a week. It is the perfect time to ask questions and say hi! Schedule: WEEK 1: Cut fabricWEEK 2: Make HSTsWEEK 3: Make 4-patchesWEEK 4: Create Color 1 unitsWEEK 5: Create Color 2 unitsWEEK 6: Create blocksWEEK 7: Assemble quilt top Supplies: The Starlite quilt pattern is available in my shop in both pdf and paper formats and is on sale until the start of the quilt along! Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart If you’re looking for a fabric bundle to make a quilt similar to my cover quilt, Marmalade Mood Quilts has you covered! Her bundle is large enough to make a throw size, and you can purchase it here! The Prizes: By posting to Instagram each week of the quilt along with the hashtag #starliteqal, you’ll be eligible to win some amazing prizes! Check out the sponsor line-up below! WEEK 1-6 prizes include fabric and notions from Marmalade Mood Quilts, Global Fiber, Riley Blake Designs, PBS Fabrics, Aurifil Thread, and Figo Fabrics!WEEK 7: FREE longarm quilting from Modern Textiles! Longarm Quilting: I’ve teamed up with Modern Textiles for longarm quilting services! Modern Textiles is providing 15% off for all quilt along participants that send her their Starlite quilt before October 11th! Starlite Quilt Inspiration: I’ve made two Starlite quilts and I’m looking forward to making another one with all of you! Check out the #StarliteQuilt hashtag on Instagram for more inspiration! The cover quilt was made with Fat Eighths in all solids. You can read more about this version here. This super scrappy version was made with a fat quarter bundle of Meadow by Rifle Paper Co and all sorts of low volume prints for the background! You might also like: No related posts.... Read more...Starlite Quilt – Cover VersionMeet the Starlite quilt! I’m thrilled with this pattern’s possibilities. You can use yardage, fat quarters, fat eighths, layer cakes or scraps for the ultimate scrappy quilt. The cover quilt is the “Fat Quarter” version in Fat Eighths. I was originally going to do it in fat quarters but had a heck of a time narrowing down my fabrics so instead, I used them all! Buy the Starlite Quilt Pattern: Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Cover Quilt Fabrics: The colors for this quilt were inspired by our trip to Florida in November 2019. I had to go to a conference for work and we planned it so that Jason was able to join me for a weekend. We stayed at the Cabana Bay resort right near Universal Studios. Cabana Bay has a thoroughly 1960’s vibe, complete with vintage ads that run in the eating hall. I loved the colors and wanted to evoke them into a quilt, and Starlite was the perfect one to do that! For this Starlite quilt, I used all Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton Solids for the front of my quilt. I love the shades and feel of these solids, they were just what I had in mind for my 1960’s quilt! What is great about this Starlite quilt is that you create smaller blocks, combining them to create the star blocks that make up the quilt. This allows you to mix-and-match your pieces and create a quilt with great movement without constantly using a design wall to check your progress. The Starlite quilt comes with instructions for three variations in the pattern: Three-Color Version: This version is meant for yardage and uses strip piecing to make sewing it together faster and easier. It also has a different “center” than the scrappier versions to eliminate unneeded seamsFat Quarter Version: This version is meant for fat quarters and fat eighths. It still utilizes 8-at-a-time HST construction like the Three-Color Version above, but with different piecing methods for the scrappy natureScrappy Version: This version is the ultimate scrap quilt! It utilizes 2-at-a-time HST construction to use up the smallest scraps and features a scrappy, pieced background as well. It uses a lot of different pieces, but the final result is just stunning! I’m finishing up my scrappy version right now and I can’t wait to share it with you! The Starlite Quilt comes in 4 sizes: Baby, Lap, Throw, and Bed. It wouldn’t be difficult to add a few more rows to the Throw size to make a Twin size, it is very flexible and customizable to your needs! For my cover Starlite quilt, I used a swiss dot fabric by Riley Blake Designs for the backing. I thought the small polka-dot stayed with the quilt’s theme well. I sent out this quilt for longarm quilting by Bobbins and Batting longarm quilting. It took me a while to pick out the right pantograph, but finally I saw this Mod Squares panto and it was just the ticket! It reminded me so much of the Cabana Bay resort, they had motifs like it all over the place. I machine bound this quilt. I usually hand-bind but I was short on time. Machine binding can be just as beautiful as hand binding! For tips and a video on machine binding, check out this post. Starlite would also be a great inventory quilt or memory quilt! Memory quilts work best with smaller pieces since you usually don’t have a lot of clothing to work with. Inventory quilts are quilts in which you have a small piece of every fabric in your stash, or from your favorite designer. Since Starlite needs smaller pieces and has a scrappy nature, it would lend itself well as an inventory quilt! It would also make an excellent quilt for a quilt coat! I’m hoping to make a version in the future with a dark background (navy or black) and turn it into a Patchwork Chore Coat! Starlite is now available in my shop in paper and PDF formats, as well as for wholesale purchase! PLUS! There’s a quilt along starting July 05 2021 – join me and let’s make a Starlite quilt together! Shop the Starlite Quilt: Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Learn more about Starlite: You might also like: Misty Mountains | A Quilt Pattern Zesty | A Quilt Pattern Misty Mountains Baby Quilt | Finished Project Etoile Quilt | Farmhouse Version... Read more...Woven Hearts – Stay Gold VersionWhen my Woven Hearts quilt pattern first released, I really thought that it was probably best suited for solids or blenders. The pieces are on the smaller side, so they worked well with solids. However, when Ruby Star Society showed me their upcoming collections, I knew I had to mock it up in Stay Gold by Melody Miller, and really fell in love with the mock-up! Happily, I got to translate that mock-up into a real heart quilt! Buy the pattern: Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart As an aside, mock-ups are great because I’m able to take fabric swatch jpegs from fabric companies (that are to scale) and plop them into Illustrator into my to-scale quilt pattern and get a really good idea of how the quilt will turn out. Here’s a side-by-side of the mock-up and the finished quilt. You can see that the fabric and block scale correspond from mock-up to real-life. As a pattern designer who wants to make ALL. THE. QUILTS. but simply doesn’t have the time, mock-ups help me to play out ideas and colors and find a winning combination before I ever whip out the rotary cutter. Heart Quilt Fabrics: For this version of Woven Hearts, you’ll need the following fabrics from the Stay Gold collection by Ruby Star Society: RS 0024-14M Blossom-Merry – .5 ydRS 0024-17M Blossom-Vintage Blue – .5 ydRS 0023-15 Morning-Turquoise – .5 ydRS 0021-11 Meadow-Florida – FQRS 0022-17M Sparkle-Evergreen – FQRS 0023-13 Morning-Merry – FQRS 0024-13M Blossom-Orange – FQRS 0023-12 Morning-Goldenrod – FQRS 0022-11M Sparkle-Goldenrod – FQRS 0020-14 Flutter-Peacock – F8RS 0021-15 Meadow-Peacock – F8RS 0020-13 Flutter-Kiss – F8RS 0022-15M Sparkle-Peacock – F8 Binding: RS 0021-16 Meadow-JadeBackground: RS0005-33M Spark – ShellBacking: RS0018-14M Shimmer Floral Peacock Quilt Details Woven Hearts is strip based and actually goes together pretty fast! It is a super fun and modern heart quilt pattern. I love picking fabrics to make up the gingham part of the hearts, the effect always looks so cool in the end!I had a hard time choosing my favorite block, they all turned out so much better than I imagined! For the backing I chose one of the large-scale prints from the collection. I thought that the pop of blue on the back would be a nice contrast to all the white space on the front. Funny enough, I didn’t plan on pattern matching the back because I had juuuust enough fabric to be able to send it out for quilting, and when I pieced it I realized that the two halves were in the right spot to match anyway! So, I ended up re-doing the back seam for that perfect, seamless, pattern-matched look. I did something I rarely do with this quilt – I got it professionally longarm quilted! I usually quilt all my own quilts, but being a bit short on time these days, I decided to treat myself and send this one out. I’m so glad I did! My longarm quilter had a super fast turnaround and did a beautiful job! If you’re in the Appleton, WI area, check out Bobbins and Batting longarm quilting. I sent her two quilts and she’ll definitely get a ton more in the future! I picked a geometric pantograph to play off the gingham of this heart quilt. I’m really, really happy with how this quilt turned out, from the colors and fabrics to the quilting and binding. It is so modern, bright, and fresh! I have scraps leftover from this fabric collection and I’m brainstorming how to best use them up! They were so cheery to quilt with, and a great color palette as we head into summer. You might also like: Quilt Sweater | Woven Hearts Woven Hearts Cover Quilt Woven Hearts Quilt Mock-Ups Woven Hearts Pillow... Read more...Zipper Patchwork Chore Coat HackWant to make the Patchwork Chore Coat with a zipper instead of button closure? Read on for all the details! For the Spyglass version of my Patchwork Chore Coat, I knew I wanted to make two modifications: Add length and add a zipper. I’m super happy with how this version turned out, and it really isn’t any harder than the original! For this hack, you’ll need a separating jacket zipper. I like to buy these from Wawak. Zippers come in specific lengths, so you’ll need to figure out the length you need for your coat and adjust the pattern accordingly. We’ll walk though that below. For this lengthened version, I used a 26″ zipper. First, start by cutting 1.25″ off the front of pattern piece 1. Then, determine the length of your coat. For this Spyglass version, I chose to lengthen the coat by about 5″. Although the pattern comes with lengthening/shortening lines, because I was adding A LOT of length, and the coat would now cover my hips, I decided that I could use a little bit more ease, and extended the coat from the bottom of the pattern piece. I simply followed the pattern lines and added 5″. Make sure if you’re adding length that you’re adding the same amount to pattern piece 2 (coat back). Now measure from the center collar to the bottom hem of your pattern piece 1. This measurement should be 0.75″ longer than your zipper length. For example, I used a 26″ zipper, so my length of “x” is 26.75″. You might need to lengthen or shorten your coat more at this point to get the correct measurement. Again, ensure any changes you make to the pattern piece length you also make the same changes for pattern piece 2. Prep your zipper by folding down the top edges of the zipper tape at an angle and basting in place. The zipper is the first thing we’re going to do when assembling the coat. Separate your zipper teeth. Place one half of the zipper right side down with one of your pattern pieces 1. Make sure the zipper is 0.75″ from the top of the pattern piece. (It should be flush with the bottom of the pattern piece). With the zipper tape overlapping the coat piece slightly, stitch together with 1/4″ seam allowance. At this point, you can choose to bind the zipper tape and coat pieces together for a really clean finish. However, I didn’t want to add more bulk, and because the zipper tape covers the coat piece fully, I left it the way it was. Press the coat away from the zipper, and topstitch the two together, stitching close to the end of the zipper tape, fully enclosing and hiding the coat seam. Repeat with the other side, taking the time to line up the zipper so that once your coat is completed the zipper won’t look crooked. Continue on with the Patchwork Chore Coat pattern. You’ll follow the rest of the pattern in order with the following changes: When adding the twill tape, fold edge of tape under so you no longer have a raw seam. Eliminate binding the front of the coat, instead only binding the bottom hem (fold edges of bias tape under to so you don’t have a raw edge) and sleeve cuffs. You might also like: Cirrus Quilt Coat Harvest Star Quilt Coat Quilt Coat Pattern Round-Up Coming Soon… Patchwork Chore Coat Pattern... Read more...Misty Mountains Modern Quilt CoatWhen I teach the Quilt Coat Course, I make a coat along with the participants. That allows me to show in real-time on the weekly lives any techniques they still have questions on. This semester’s coat was made with the Misty Mountains quilt pattern! This modern quilt coat features a Misty Mountain patchwork on the back. I loved making this modern quilt coat, let’s dig into all the details! Shop Products: Starlite | Set of 5 $30.00 Add to cart Starlite | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Starlite | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern $20.00 Add to cart Quilt Coat Course $78.95 Read more Everglow | PAPER $12.00 Add to cart Fabrics Used: To make this Misty Mountains quilt coat, I decided to use a variety of chambrays and denims in my stash. Most of the denims in the mountain portion are Art Gallery Fabrics. The overall coat is a lightweight denim from Joann Fabrics. I was happy to find a denim not only in the right shade, but that was thin and didn’t have stretch. Win! Because denim has a very distinctive warp & weft, I was careful to cut all the coat pieces from the same direction. For the coat lining, I used two different prints, both from the Moonlit collection by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Cotton & Steel. This is an older collection (circa 2014). I’ve had both these prints in my stash, saving them for something special, and they just seemed to fit so well with the outside of the coat! I love that there’s a bright fun POP when you take the coat off! I used two butterfly prints – the ones visible when you’re wearing the coat (sleeve cuffs, pocket lining, and hood) are a navy and all the inside (sleeves, front, and back) is a fun royal blue fabric! The inner binding for the coat is Kona Highlighter, a super neon bright yellow! And the exterior binding for the entire coat is a lighter colored denim to stay with the theme. Modern Quilt Coat Details: This modern quilt coat was created using the Patchwork Chore Coat pattern. I lengthened it by 5″ and added a zipper, a hack in a blog post coming tomorrow! I made view B of the pattern, which features a 3-piece hood, and size Medium. I made all the pieces for this coat using the panel approach from the pattern – where all the pieces are quilted as mini quilt sandwiches and then coat pieces are cut from that directly. I used the wall-hanging size of the Misty Mountains pattern for the back, adding length to the “sky” portion until it was long enough for my coat pieces. I used a piece of the selvage from the lining fabric to create a size tag for the back of the coat. I quilted the entire coat using Aurifil 50 weight thread in #2785 in a 2″ diagonal grid. Because most of the coat was a dark denim, I chose to use a navy thread for all the quilting. This means you can see the quilting more on the mountain portion of the back of the coat, but it adds nice contrast and interest. Misty Mountains is one of my favorite quilt patterns and this coat just reinforced that! I am so happy with the outcome, from the fabrics to the lining to everything in between! You can find the Patchwork Chore Coat and the Misty Mountains quilt patterns both in my shop! You might also like: Cirrus Quilt Coat Harvest Star Quilt Coat Modern Crossing Quilt Coat Quilt Coat Pattern Round-Up... Read more...Mini Quilted Zipper Pouch TutorialWhen I started making a lot of quilt coats, I ended up with a lot of quilted scraps. Not wanting to waste these, I started thinking about how they could be given a purpose! Today I’m bringing you one way you can upcycle your scraps with this quilted zipper pouch tutorial. This mini quilted zipper pouch finishes at 4.5″ wide x 5.5″ high and features a hanging loop at the top so you can attach it to your backpack, duffle bag, in your car, or anywhere else! It is the perfect size as a small first aid kit, a hand-binding on-the-go kit, or for small pieces you don’t want to lose. The inside is fully finished, NO RAW SEAMS!! If you don’t have pre-quilted scraps, you can quilt up your own prior to starting this zipper pouch. Dig in your scrap bins or quilt up an orphan quilt block! Make a fat quarter sandwich to practice free motion quilting, then use it for this quilted zipper pouch! Or, search online for quilt scraps. Many quilt coat makers are now selling their quilt scraps, and you can get a variety of vintage quilted scraps that way! Supplies: (1) 9″ wide x 6.5″ tall quilted fabric piece. I recommend zig-zagging all the way around prior to starting this tutorial12″ of 1/2″ double fold bias tape14″ of 1/4″ double fold bias tape5″ zipper(2) 2″ x 3″ fabric rectangles for the zipper tabs3″ piece of 1″ twill tape for the hanging loop Quilted Zipper Pouch Tutorial: 1. Start by prepping your zipper. Fold the 2″ x 3″ rectangles in half on the 3″ side so that they measure 1.5″ x 2″, then open it up and fold both ends towards the middle. You should have a rectangle that when folded up measures 0.75″ x 2. Fold the rectangle over the end of the zipper and top stitch in place. Repeat with the second zipper side and second fabric rectangle. Once both sides are stitched, cut the excess fabric so that the zipper tab is the same width as the zipper tape. 2. Align your zipper right side down on top of your quilted rectangle (right side up). The right side of your fabric should together with the right side of the zipper. Stitch the zipper to the fabric with 1/8″ seam allowance. 3. Stitch the 1/4″ double fold bias tape onto your zipper. Don’t worry about the raw ends at the top and bottom, these will be covered later. 4. Press the fabric away from the zipper. 5. Fold the fabric in half, right sides together, so that the second side of the zipper is now against the second 6.5″ side of the fabric. Repeat steps 2-3 above for this second side. 6. Turn fabric right side out and press the second seam away from the zipper. Align your tube so that there is 0.75″ of fabric on the right hand side of the zipper. Place a pin on the fold, and a second pin on the second fold on the other side. You’re marking how you want the fabric aligned when you sew it together. 7. Find the center point between these two pins and on the side without the zipper, baste your twill tape loop with 1/8″ seam allowance. 8. Turn fabric wrong side out, keeping the pins in place. 9. Align the pins so that they are on the side of the zipper pouch, and making sure your zipper is fully open, baste one side shut with 1/4″ seam allowance. 10. Add 1/2″ wide double fold bias tape to this side seam, folding 0.5″ over to encase the side seam. Add clips to keep the binding in place and topstitch with your machine. 11. Repeat for the second side, first basting the side in place with 1/4″ seam allowance then adding the binding and topstitching. 12. Turn bag right side out, poking out the corners and giving the pouch a good press so it lays flat. Enjoy your new quilted zipper pouch! You can add a keyring or carabiner to the loop to make it easier to clip to places. Want more ways to use up quilt scraps? Check out these tutorials below! Quilted CoastersMedium Quilted Zipper PouchLavender SachetsThrow PillowsQuilted Tote BagQuilted Christmas Stockings You might also like: Quilted Zipper Pouch Tutorial DIY Lavender Sachets Sashiko Zipper Pouch | A Tutorial Quilted Tote Bag Tutorial... Read more...DIY Lavender SachetsThrough my journey of making all. the. quilt. coats, I found myself with a lot of small scraps. I didn’t want to waste these, so I started creating ways to use them up! These quilted lavender sachets are a great scrapbuster! They’re super fast, easy to make, and only need the smallest scraps. Once you use this DIY lavender sachets tutorial, you’ll want to make a whole bunch more! Want to see more ideas for using quilt scraps? Check out the following: Quilted CoastersMedium Quilted Zipper PouchMini Quilted Zipper PouchThrow PillowsQuilted Tote BagQuilted Christmas Stockings If you don’t have quilted scraps ready to go, you can quilt up your own using scrap fabric and batting. Better yet, pull out an orphan block and quilt it up! It is a great time to practice free-motion or walking foot quilting motifs too! You can also make these with non-quilted fabric, too! For these DIY Lavender Sachets, you’ll need… Supplies: (2) 3.5″ x 4.5″ quilted scrapsRiceDried Lavender Buds DIY Lavender Sachets: 1. Zig-zag around the edges of your quilted pieces. This will make them easier to sew together and keep any rice or lavender buds from getting between the fabric layers. 2. Put your fabric right sides together. 3. Stitch all the way around with a 1/4″ seam allowance, leaving an opening on one of the small sides for turning. 4. Turn your sachet right side out, poking out the corners. Give it a good press. 5. Fill your sachet. I used 2 tbsp of rice and 1 tbsp of lavender buds. It isn’t overly stuffed, so for a stronger lavender scent, use 2 tbsp rice and 2 tbsp lavender. You can also add a few drops of essential oils, but use these sparingly as they can be quite strong! 6. Pin or clip the opening shut, then stitch it closed, either by machine or by hand. If stitching by hand, I recommend the ladder stitch. Enjoy! Your little lavender sachet is complete! You might also like: Mini Quilted Zipper Pouch Tutorial Simple Drawstring Bag | A Tutorial Quilted Tote Bag Tutorial Rainbow Pouch | A Tutorial... Read more... Follow us on Instagram Starlite QAL Week 5. Instagram post 17863734575523 Week 5 of the Starlite Quilt Along! I feel like ti The orphan block from Friday became a little zippe Week 4 of the #starliteqal and this week we’re m StarliteQAL Week 3. Making four patches this week! Load More... Follow on Instagram
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