Mama Tillie is finished!

 

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

 

Patchwork Christmas Wall Hanging and Mini Quilts

All new pattern!  This amazing pattern is based off my very popular "Patchwork Christmas" design.  I    thought it was time to make this quilt a bit smaller so it could be enjoyed on a wall or on the couch.  

I  had a lot of fun piecing and sewing this wall hanging together. 

The quilted border design made this quilt just pop. 

I  love how the corners came together.

The process...just divide the space and draw out the design. All of these designs are available in the pattern. 

And did I  forget to mention mirrored pillows?  Um, yes, thank you very much!  They are so darling! 

I  used 60wt thread and all one color (cream) for the entire project. 

It is fun to see the two sizes together. Have so much fun putting these darling quilts together! 

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.