quilting

Early Spring Quilt

Early spring can’t come soon enough here in Minnesota, but if we can’t have the actual spring season come soon, at least I can make a quilt in colors that make me think of it. Can’t you see the spring colors popping through the snow?

Early Spring Quilt - Full View, 24.5" square - piecefulthoughts.com

This little quilt measures 24-1/2 inches square. (The photo above makes it look a bit more rectangular, but it is square.)

Early Spring Quilt - close up photo - piecefulthoughts.com

I bought the fabric on one of our trips when we stopped at Missouri Star Quilt Company. It is called The Wordsmith by Janet Claire for Moda. The colors are muted blues, grays and creams with mixtures of text and blooms throughout the fabric. I didn’t really have a plan for the charm pack, so I just sewed them into HSTs and created this little quilt.

It took me awhile to figure out how to quilt it. My initial plan was to just use my walking foot and make diagonal lines, but I really wasn’t too excited about that. Then I came up with this idea.

Early Spring Quilt - quilting detail - piecefulthoughts.com

I decided to quilt straight lines in the blocks around the center square of the quilt . Hopefully you’ll see what I mean in this picture. I used an Aurifil gray thread, and it blends so well it’s difficult to get a good photo.

Early Spring Quilt - Detail quilting - piecefulthoughts.com

Once I stitched the first line, I just used my foot as a guide, placing the lines about 1/2 inch apart. Then I decided to quilt the corners with rays going outward.

Early Spring Quilt - Corner Quilting Detail - piecefulthoughts.com

I found backing fabric from the same line on Etsy, and the binding is a piece of fabric (not from The Wordsmith line) from my stash.

Early Spring Quilt - Backing fabric and quilting detail - piecefulthoughts.com

Early Spring Quilt - HST Quilt using The Wordsmith fabric by Janet Claire for Moda, finished at 24.5" square - piecefulthoughts.com

I’m Crushing On . . .

Hobbs Cotton batting! I used for the first time on this quilt. Oh my goodness, it is so light, soft and has a wonderful drape! I have no idea why I haven’t used it before this.

This is another UFO finish for me, and I’m pretty happy about that!

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

Wendy

 

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