Side-Lined Quilt

I told you I still quilt:)

I completed this lovely ages ago and have just needed a brighter Seattle day to photograph it.

I thought it time to share it with you.

| Inspiration |

The Land of Nod spring catalog supplied an inspirational color way and it just so happens I didn’t have to buy any fabric to create it.  Truly unbelievable.

There are a mix of Konas, Cotton Couture, some of my go-to shot cotton orange, and a flannel.  The whites are quite a cocktail including some flannel.  Amazing how different whites can be.

One thing about teaching workshops is you always need blocks in all stages to demo a technique.  Before I know it I have enough blocks to finish them up into a baby/lap quilt which is a more manageable size to travel with, and yes, I do pack one King for lectures.

Can you guess the other thing not so easy to travel with?  Books😉

 I’d go mad if I have to remake the same quilt, so my inspiration was another variation of what I call the Psychedelic Baby Block for my improvisational strip piecing workshop.  Teaching a technique over a pattern has its benefits for the short attention spanned like me.  It gives me the flexibility to design something new.

At 15″ square, using the technique I teach, these blocks come together fast.

|  Quilting  |

Straight lined and Grid Grid Grid went the quilting.  I started with light blue thread, but ripped it out after a few lines and replaced it with white.  I have to say I was not liking the line quilting design at all, but kept adding and adding until it came together.  Enough quilting to please the eye and little enough to still have a soft drape.  It has a great texture.

|  Binding and Backing  |

I really wanted to purchase some flannel that I’d fallen’ in love with, but I poked around my stash and as usual was glad I did.  These older Heather Ross prints and flannel came together into a lovely minimal back.  My leftovers from the top were grey or white.  White as a binding sounds like it would become a Swifter, so I went with the grey and it frames it nicely.

I love the controlled chaos happening in it.  I’m going to make a larger one for our bed once I finalize the color way.  Decisions decisions.  I am slow moving, but am working on a pattern for this quilt.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you get in some crafty time Peeps;)

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 P.S.  If you’re in the mood to hear about my quilts I’ll be doing a lecture tonight at the Seattle MQG and this Friday with the Frasier Valley Modern Quilt Guild (workshop sold out).

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I guess my call to finish up those quilt tops was needed and the classes filled!  I’ve added two new sessions  (evening and next Wednesday) to the straight line quilting workshop if anyone wants to come learn the tips and tricks that work for me.  We’ll be making our practice pieces into useful nesting baskets.