New Pattern! Patchwork Tillie!

 

I am so excited to share with you my newest pattern, Patchwork Tillie - now available in paper and PDF versions for $5 as a new release introductory sale for a limited time.

 

This quilt was a labor of love!  I had so much fun pulling fat quarters to make this darling quilt.  This is a very scrappy quilt and I probably used about five different fabric lines to come up with the version here. I used Rosa and Nova for the majority of the quilt, both collections are from Moda Fabrics. 

 

The quilting is a simple custom for me.  I wanted to really show off the design of the quilt itself.  I think there is a perfect balance between straight lines and curves for the quilt. 

 

 

 

 

My favorite part of this quilt is the ribbon effect of the outside border. 

 

This quilting texture is perfect! 

 

I used white Glide 60wt for the entire quilt.  

 

 

The sunshine captures the quilting texture just perfectly. 

 

I hope you enjoy making this quilt as I did.

Elaine's Carpenter's Wheel Quilt

 

I had a lot of fun with this beautiful carpenter's wheel quilt made by Elaine. I love her color choices. The leaves are falling around here and this quilt makes me think of fall. The fabrics are Flower Gatherings by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings and the pattern she used was from a Moda Love In sew along.  You can get the pattern and info here.  It is a layer cake pattern, conveniently we have lots of those at Green Fairy Quilts.

 

I saw a lot of Secondary Design options for this quilt, but I did have to contain myself and keep this a simple custom quilting job.  I feel like I have gone back to my roots and just played with this darling quilt. 

 

I just outline the main areas of the quilt and filled it with the free motion feather swirl.  

 

The white fabric was treated as the background throughout the top and a large connecting double curve was perfect for this.  

 

The center star triangle shapes were given a slightly different feather - love how they turned out. 

 

The goal was to show of the shape of the carpenter's wheel and just enhance the piecing.  

 

The free-motion feather border was so much fun!  I loved playing with it. 

 

I used white and military gold 60wt glide thread.  Changing threads was a little bit annoying, but I am glad I made the time for it.

 

I love how the sunlight catches all the texture of the beautiful feathers. 

Unhinged Digital Panel Finished!

 

This was a fun project!  I designed this digital panel a while back for Honest Fabric and finally got a chance to quilt it up. This is a 51 x 60 panel and the Moss version of my Unhinged design.  I have 5 different colorways to choose from for this design, also available in 3 different sizes.  

 

This design has a lot going on with the block, so I decided that simple ruler work would be the best for the quilting.  I didn't want to take away from this design, I wanted to just show off the block.  I didn't have to mark anything, I just used the points in the design to quilt each straight line.  

 

The green areas of the quilt are quilted to be the background design.  You will see how the design pulls together with the border.  

 

I did end up with more fabric for the top and bottom of the quilt, but I love how it turned out. The wavy lines in the border work well with the on-point squares in between each block.  

 

It turned out just fabulous!  

 

This panel is perfect for working on your ruler skills and then you end up with a darling quilt top as well. 

I used 2 layers of Hobbs 80/20 batting for this quilt top and Glide 60wt white for the thread. 

 

Minky for the back!  This made the quilt extra soft and fun. 

 

This panel is darling, and while it is polyester - I still enjoy quilting it up.  I used a size 16 needle for that reason and the 60wt white thread so that I didn't have to change the thread color throughout the quilt.  It really is a beautiful quilt top.

Mama Gypsy Quilting! Final Post!

 

It has been fun posting about my Mama Gypsy, and the QAL that y'all participated in. It has been so great to see the projects and finished quilt tops in my Mama Gypsy Group. 

The above photo is a picture of the bonus HST quilt that I made with the leftover half-square triangles from Mama Gypsy top. I had a lot of fun putting the scraps together and creating this fun design.  I also loved quilting it as well. 

 

I free-motion quilted my feather swirl design using So Fine white thread. This is one of my favorite quilting designs.  I do have it available as a digital design, but I also shared it as a tutorial a few years back, you can see that here.

 

I have been enjoying my Mama Gypsy quilt folded at the foot of my bed, so I apologize for the fold marks in the pictures. I hope you will enjoy the pictures despite that. LOL

 

I had a lot of fun quilting this top.  The large floral prints don't lend themselves to a lot of detailed quilting, and that is okay because I wanted the prints to be showcased as is. A simple one inch diagonal cross-hatch was perfect for that. 

 

The accent blocks were fun to quilt up with the 1/2 inch square borders. The free-motion swirl pebbles were fun in the center.  I love the texture that it brings to the quilt. 

 

Each of the blocks/sections were framed with a 1/2 inch line and then had the added texture. The center motif is my favorite though. 

 

I wanted to play in the dark background of the quilt with a free-motion feather filler design.  I absolutely loved playing with this design.  It is freeing to quilt without thinking too much and enjoying the motion of it. I used a cool grey glide 60 wt thread for the quilting in the top as well as the bobbin.

 

 

 

The simple X in the border blocks is a perfect balance between the dense background - this helps to set the border blocks apart.

 

My Gypsy backing is perfect for this quilt. It shows off the quilting quite nicely. 

 

This is a nice shot showing the border blocks being showcased perfectly within the dense quilting. 

 

 

Ahh, isn't this texture amazing? 

 

I love it so much. 

 

As far as quilting goes, this backing has to be my favorite. I love being able to see my work on both sides of the quilt.