Mama Tillie has been one of those quilts that I intended to finish a long time ago, but with the year I had last year, it didn't happen. I started a quilt along #mamatilliequiltingqal for the quilting part of this project, you can find 7 videos, on my Youtube channel. I go through the detailed elements of the quilting.
It's really fun, so I hope you join in on your own time.
This quilt was designed to showcase the quilting. I made sure that the borders were large enough so that I could play, and boy, did I play! It was a lot of fun using all my rulers, including my QuickMarkCurve for this project. This quilt is made with my own fabric, Curated Blooms, which is my first fabric line. I wanted to showcase the fabric as well as the quilting, so you will see that in the blocks, the quilting is more simple with straight lines.
Every time I piece a quilt I am thinking of the quilting possibilities. This quilt was no different. The quilting in the pieced blocks is mostly straight lines emphasizing the elements in the piecing. This also helps when you have a detailed fabric, it isn't worth doing detailed quilting if you cannot see it.
The border though, holy moly! - I love how it came together. I used my A1 ruler and my QuickMarkRuler with my purple marker to draw and quilt all the lines in this quilt.
I used two layers of batting for this quilt. It does make the quilt heavy, but it definitely isn't stiff. It feels really nice and the quilting design shines through.
It has been a while since the sun has been shining enough for me to get a good shot of this quilt, so I was thrilled when the sun shone through the back of the quilt to show all the piecing. It really is fun to look at how I quilt beyond the lines of the piecing. Look at the center and the corners in the borders, this on-point square design is so fun.
This is awesome - another view with the piecing. I am pretty happy with how the piecing allowed me to press most of the seams to one side. It takes a little longer to figure out which direction the seams get pressed to, but it is so worth it when you take the time because traveling in the ditch is a lot easier for me.
If in doubt though, press your seams open. I admit, I have been pressing my seams open a lot more lately.
I used a neutral 108" backing from Riley Blake Designs. The fabric is marbled and so gorgeous. It shows off the quilting fabulously.
You will be proud of me, the binding was hand sewn and now that I see it, it was worth the time it took.
There is something magical about seeing the front and the back of the quilt together. It's like a beautiful symphony, can you hear it? Lol.
The pattern for the pieced quilt is available here. I will have it available for $5 for a limited time.
I also have a few kits left, that link is here: Mama Tillie Quilt Kit
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