Here is another of Christine’s quilts. This is a great pattern for those gorgeous large scale prints that are so difficult to cut because you don’t want to destroy the pattern. The quilt makes enough of a statement on its own and didn’t need intricate quilting. The pattern Christine chose is called “Lapis”.
This cute little quilt was made by Christine. She used a quilt panel by Benartex called “Sunday Ride” and added a couple of borders. The quilting pattern is called “Wandering Daisies”. A charming project in pretty colours that was a lot of fun to work on.
Mary made this Rail Fence quilt using modern, mostly black and white fabrics. The only splash of colour is the outer red border. All these straight lines needed some curvy quilting, and Mary chose the pattern “Wild Wind” for her project.
Here is another great idea for a scrap quilt. If you have lots of strips, stitch them together, cut squares on the diagonal and put them together to form a secondary pattern. Sandra made this quilt and chose the pantograph “Champagne Bubbles” which is a nice contrast to all those straight lines and finishes her project nicely.
Do you remember the Canadian Mystery Quilt? It was designed by Shania Sunga and started in 2015 with the goal to have it finished in 2017 for Canada’s 150th birthday. I signed up for the program, and my finished quilt can be found here. It is still hanging in my hallway, and I love looking at it every day, it is such a wonderful quilt, celebrating Canada’s diversity. Lynnette was inspired by the quilt as well and bought the kits back then without being a quilter. She had always wanted to make a quilt, and her mother-in-law is an excellent quilter, so she had someone available to ask for advice but I still think it is a huge feat to even attempt this quilt as a beginner, let alone finish it. The pandemic gave her the time to work on the blocks, and she did a great job putting it all together. For quilting, we chose the pantograph “Maple Sugar”, an allover maple leaf design.
“Jelly Snowflake” is the name of a mystery quilt sew along that was run on the Fat Quarter Shop blog a couple of years ago. As the name suggests, it is a great pattern for a Jelly Roll but any assortment of fabric strips will do. This is Diane’s version, a lovely blue and white ice crystal in cool winter colours. We auditioned snowflake patterns first but then Diane decided to go with stars instead and picked the pattern “Ginger Star” for her project.
Penny made this quilt as a gift for her niece. She used a panel, added foundation-pieced letters to spell the girl’s name and several borders. There was a lot of negative space to fill for the wide inner borders, so a more intricated pantograph was called for, and we chose “New Delhi” which has a lot going on with paisley shapes, curls, pearls and a bit of echo quilting.
This lovely bluish-purple quilt was made by Mary. Isn’t it interesting how the dark and light colours merge in the centre for the overall effect? I love clever quilt designs like this. Mary requested a pattern with leaves and chose “Wedding Vine” for her project.
Shirley made this quilt as a gift for a little animal lover. She started with a panel and added borders to achieve the right size. There was a lot of negative space to fill, and the pantograph “Deer in the Woods” was just right for Shirley’s project. Lots of animals to discover in the panel and the quilting, and the quilting shows nicely on the outer borders.
This pretty quilt was made by Karen as a gift for a friend. The batiks she used had floral and leaf motifs, so we went with “Wedding Vine”, a leafy pattern, for quilting. This quilt pattern and similar ones have been around for a while, and you have probably seen several variations. I especially like this one because it extends into the border in some places which always adds interest.
