One Stitch

My latest quilt was delivered this week and opened up during a video call this afternoon. What JOY to know it will be loved by Abigail :)

This quilt was a lot of fun with 224 HSTs (half square triangles) and a beautiful Layer Cake of fabric from a friend in my Quilt Club.

Pattern: by Missouri Star Quilt CompanMissouri Star Quilt Companyilty friend

Colour theory is wild.

Both of these Churn Dash quilt blocks use exactly the same shapes, it is only the use of colour that changes the way our eyes read the pattern.

The Churn Dash quilt block is an old pattern dating back to the 1800s and reminded Quilters of a Butter Churn, the triangle and rectangles represent the churn and the square in the middle represents the dasher (or stick) used to churn butter.

I wish all math was Quilt Math.

I remember learning about patterns in Grade 1 with Mrs. Rush. I loved using the colourful geometric stickers to create ABAB or AABAAB on a grid and watching different patterns evolve.

Quilting is a lot like that memory. There are so many beautiful possibilities with just a little turn of the square or the addition of a new fabric.

Quilts don’t just happen.

There’s a lot of planning involved to make just the right fabric combinations. Today was all about figuring out the Lights and Darks and creating the best contrasts.

A lot is intuitive to me… but also requires photos back and forth with my creative friends!

Pattern: Night Sky by
Fabric: Word Play Layer Cake by and part of a Valentine Layer Cake

“Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.“
-Lightning McQueen

This was a fun Easter project for and the results: KA-CHOW!

THIS IS THE BACK

The back of this quilt is just as pretty as the front so this tag is a cute embellishment. Each of the coloured fabrics are leftovers from the fabric used on the front of the quilt. Each small scrap was arranged to create a new pattern and the result is stunning.

The only fabric remaining from this quilt is the small 2x2 inch square that I couldn’t fit into my grid and a long 1 inch strip I mis-cut. Both will be saved and added to my scraps for another project.

This sweet little lap sized quilt is a 3 Yard Quilt from the book Quilts in a Jiffy by

The border was a lucky find in a bag of scraps from my Quilt Group and it really ties the colours all together.

These colours are outside my usual choices of crazy 🌈 but they sing all the same in the Spring sun.

This quilt was STITCHED WITH L🩷VE.

A fellow Guild member showed a similar quilt that become my inspiration for the design.

Quilt Block: Potato Chip Block 12x12 inches

Many thanks to all my Quilty friends who sifted through photo after photo with suggestions on colour layout (you know who you are 😉)