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Wishing Well Quilt {It’s home!}

June 8, 2015 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

I posted here about the totally unexpected and wonderful surprise of having my quilt featured on the cover of Quilty Magazine in March.

That wonderful quilt made its way back home several weeks ago, and I finally took a few pictures of my own. The Prosper Quilt Pattern (my original name for this quilt) is available here in my Etsy shop.

The circumstances surrounding it’s finish, rushing it off to the publisher within minutes of completion, and having it gone for several months all made me wonder if I’d still like it when I saw it again. And then, one day, there was a big box on my doorstep and when I opened it up and spread the quilt out I loved it just as much – perhaps more than I remembered.

I love it when that happens.

I love this big block (it measures 23″ square). It just makes me happy. I also really love the way the blocks interact when set together, and the secondary designs that are created with the background fabric.

Melissa did a great job of quilting it for me. I’d always wanted a quilt with baptist fan quilting and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. The prints used are from Moonlit, Rashida Coleman-Hale’s first collection for Cotton + Steel plus several prints from their basics as well.

The backing is simple but I love the fabrics I used. This quilt also has my first ever hanging sleeve on it – a requirement for submitting it to Quilty. This alphabet print by Maude Asbury complimented the Cotton + Steel prints really well and I was happy to use it on the back. The yellow matchsticks are one of my favorite prints from the Moonlit collection. And the binding… the binding makes me happy. I wish I had yards and yards of that print.

I treasure this quilt. The inspiration for its design, the thoughts it inspired while making it, the story of its journey, will always be dear to me. What a wonderful {likely} once in a lifetime experience! I’m grateful for the experience on many levels.

My quilt is back home. Happy day! I made a couple of other variations of this pattern while I was waiting for it to be published. I’ll share them soon!

Jennifer

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Flight II {a quilt top}

June 5, 2015 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

The Flight Quilt I made last year for Bonnie Christine’s blog tour was among my favorite completed projects of 2014. When I finished it, I didn’t feel done with the pattern OR Bonnie’s beautiful Winged fabric collection, so a second version was begun.

I’d been working on another single block quilt (photos coming soon) and kind of had that style on my brain, so I enlarged my original pattern again and made this quilt top, titled Flight II.

Once again, it’s my foundation paper pieced version of the traditional circling swallows quilt block. Please don’t ask me why it’s taken more than six months to take, and share, a few photos. I’ll just start rambling.

At least I still love it, right? For this version I decided not to have the star points go all the way to the edges, so I added a border in the background fabric. I haven’t made many quilts with a dark background and this was a fun departure for me. I’d say it’s also the most purple I’ve ever used in any project, ever. And while I don’t love purple, I love these fabrics and the way they work together.

My sweet kids did a great job of trying to hold this quilt top for me as the wind wrestled to literally have it “take flight.” This might be my favorite photo:

We were laughing so hard! The rain started falling shortly after and we drove home in a downpour. Such was our spring. The quilt back and binding are ready and waiting for me to simply make time for basting and quilting. Oh, how I hope to finish this soon! The school year was such a crazy one; that girl I thought I was, the one who sews, is beginning to feel like a distant memory and I don’t like it. Balance has become a very real need in my life and I’m hopeful I can begin to correct things over the summer.

Summer! Wow, that happened fast. Can you believe it’s June?

Jennifer

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Anchor Mini Quilts

March 31, 2015 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

I think I’ve finally made peace with being home from Quilt Bliss . What a fun weekend it was! When Pamela asked me to help with some sewing in preparation for the retreat, I jumped at the opportunity. Soon thereafter, a pile of DaySail by Bonnie & Camille was on my sewing table for cutting.

These anchor mini quilts were used as gifts for the teachers (Pamela’s awesome idea!), and were a lot of fun to make. I used my Anchor Quilt block and made four separate blocks.

Instead of leaving them at 14.5 inches square, I trimmed the two sides so the block was 12.5 inches wide and 14.5 inches tall. I then sewed 1.5 inch squares together to make strips which were used as borders. A white border followed the scrappy squares.

I love how they turned out! In fact, I keep thinking I should make another one to hang with my other mini quilts, but I’m not sure which color/print is my favorite:

The red floral print above was one that surprised me. I didn’t anticipate it being in my top 3 favorites in the Daysail collection, but I really love it! Which one is your favorite?

There are so many great blender prints in the Daysail collection, as well as several that make awesome bindings. I really enjoyed putting these together and experimenting with different combinations.

The stippling was done by Ella Lung , who did a beautiful job!

Much as I loved having them all hanging together, it was even better to see what Pamela did with them. She had the fantastic idea of inviting all the Quilt Bliss attendees sign each quilt in the outer white border as a thank you for teaching. I loved watching people sign their names. I was also just brave (or dorky) enough to ask Camille Roskelley for a picture with her and the quilt she ended up with:

I really enjoyed making anchor blocks again. I love my original anchor quilt , but it might be fun to make another version in some colorful nautical themed fabrics.

While finishing these mini quilts, a friend suggested one more use for them that I hadn’t thought of. I’m working on it now and am excited to share it soon!

Jennifer

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