All is Well is such a sweet collection - I love the soft, muted colors and the florals. While I normally favor bold, more saturated colors, I am finding myself more drawn to softer collections lately. It was fun to play around with them in some quilts.
I tried to do a mix of older/new and more traditional/more modern patterns for this collection. My favorite prints in the collection is probably the plaid and it is available as a flannel print. What a great quilt backing!
You guys know that I am not generally a big fan of holiday-type quilts. I have made a few (see here, here, here, and here) and I have found that I would usually rather use a non-holiday themed pattern paired with holiday prints.
So this week instead of doing a Quilt Ideas post using a single collection, I am going to show you some non-holiday patterns mocked up in some Valentine's prints.
When I started buying fabric when I was a new quilter, I noticed something: I love to buy novelty fabrics, but I rarely use them. So for this Quilt Ideas post I thought I would do some mockups using Food Group from Ruby Star Society.
There are quite a few novelty prints in this collection mixed in with some very nice basics, but I wanted to show you how well a collection like this can work in a quilt pattern - this collection is pure fun.
Today I am interrupting the Penny QAL posts to share some more quilt ideas - this time using Elizabeth Hartman's new collection, Sunroom.
I have been a fan of Elizabeth's work for a long time - her first book is still one of my favorite quilting books. Her fabric is really useful because it works well as a collection, it mixes with her previous collections, the prints work by themselves as basics, and (since they are both made by Robert Kaufman Fabrics) they work perfectly with Kona Cotton colors.
This week instead of a Quilt Ideas post (see past posts here) where I mockup one fabric collection in different patterns, I am doing the opposite - lots of collections mocked up in the Abigail Quilt Pattern.
Just a couple of reminders before we get to the mockups - today is the very last day to get the pattern on sale in my shop. Also, on Monday we will be starting the Penny Quiltalong and I hope you are going to join in with us - it is going to be a lot of fun. Find out more info about the QAL here.
Way back earlier this year when I was designing and writing the Abigail Quilt, I needed a quick project and decided to go ahead and make a sample quilt. If you have been following me for a while you won't be surprised with my fabric selection - I decided to use a variety of Denyse Schmidt prints.
I am a huge fan of Denyse's work and have made lots of quilts using her prints:
I realized recently that I have never made a black and white quilt. After more than a decade of quilting and dozens and dozens of completed quilts, not a single one of them was black and white.
This seems especially strange because I love buying black prints and have a large number of them in my stash. The Abigail Quilt pattern was perfect for my very first black and white quilt because it (a) is a great stashbuster, (b) would show off some of my favorite black and white prints that I have been hoarding, and (c) the bold pattern would really work with a limited color palette.
You guys know that I love basic fabrics - they are so versatile mixing and matching with collections or random bundles but they are also fun to play with on their own. Hole Punch Dot is a new collection by Kimberly Kight for Ruby Star Society and it is AMAZING!
When I designed the Abigail Quilt, I wanted something that would work with busier prints but that would also work with more minimal prints or solids. I love that these prints make the pattern look bold and more modern.
Meet the Abigail Quilt! Yes, that means we are starting the alphabet all over again. And yes, if you are keeping count, we are almost to my 50th pattern (this is number 49). So crazy!
I am always looking to add patterns to my lineup that are approachable, and this one hit the sweet spot. Here are a few great things about the Abigail Quilt Pattern:
This week, I put together some mockups using a collection that was suggested by a comment on Instagram and I am now in love with this collection. Since my fabric stash is bursting at the seams, I try not to notice all of the new collections because then I want to buy them all, but I am glad I have seen this one!
It is called Lady Bird and it is by Crystal Manning for Moda. I love colors, the florals, the scale . . . everything. It is just a little different than collections that I normally sew with and it felt like a welcome change.
Hi, my name is Erica and I love to make quilts! Click the photo to read a little more about me and how I started my quilting journey.
