Modern Quilts, Home Decor, and Handcrafted Clothing
We are about a month into summer break at our house, and my kids are always looking for something fun to do. I decided to make an easy bean bag toss game for them. It’s perfect for outside play and fun for pretty much all ages. I even did something a little weird and used a plastic picnic table cloth for the backing. Now we can bring it to the lake and set it up on the wet sand!
I wrote a tutorial over on BERNINA’s We All Sew blog, if you’d like to make your own! I hope you enjoy it!
I’m a bit overdue sharing this quilt, but I didn’t forget! Latitude Lattice is one of two gift quilts I made for the end of the school year. I used a jelly roll of Kate Spain’s Latitude fabric, and Kati from The Blue Chair’s Lattice quilt tutorial. (Kati provides a free template download right before Step 1 in her tutorial.)
This quilt was gifted to my son’s amazing 2nd grade teacher. I just love our teachers. I personally can’t imagine a harder job! We have always been blessed with caring and compassionate teachers, and this year was no exception. They are like second moms and dads to our kids.
It’s always hard for me to decide on fabric for a teacher quilt. I try to ask the kids “what is their favorite color?” or “is there a style they might like?” This year all I got was “she likes cats.” lol Well, I didn’t want to make a quilt entirely of cat fabric (sorry!), but I also remembered someone mentioning that she liked to garden. I thought Kate’s fabric was a perfect match.
The quilt measures 54″ x 72″. I think that makes a fantastic lap size. The backing is another print from the Latitude line, Navigate Ocean. I quilted it in a meandering free motion design using my BERNINA’s Stitch Regulator foot (BSR). I think the lattice design paired with Kate’s beautiful colors make this a perfect Summer quilt!
We are now four weeks into the Summer Sampler Series 2017 quilt along and I am having so much fun with these star blocks. Last week we made the Celestial Star by Holly DeGroot of Bijou Lovely and this week we are making the Rosetta Star by Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced. Both of these blocks are foundation paper pieced, and both provided lots of challenges with matching up these angles. Skill building for sure!
I continued to use (and love) Vanessa’s ombre fabric. The Celestial Star is a perfect example of how great this fabric is. All four shades of blue in this block came from one fat quarter of the ombre fabric.
For my little 6″ Rosetta Star, I used colors from two different ombres. I spent a bit of time with my seam ripper to match up those points, but I’m happy I took the extra time as I’m pleased with the results.
As you can see, I’m on track with my mockup. It’s so nice to have a plan. Last year I went scrappy and I think it stressed me out a little not to have an official fabric plan each week. 🙂 Three 6″ blocks and one 12″ block complete!
It is not too late to join in the quilt along. When you purchase the pattern, you will immediately receive all the block patterns release up to that date.
Happy summer sewing everyone!
We have officially started the 2017 Summer Sampler Series! I’m so excited about this quilt. I love stars and medallion quilts, so I can’t imagine a better way to spend the summer. We kicked off with the Millcreek Star pattern (Week 1) by Katie of Swim, Bike, Quilt and the Tilted Star pattern (Week 2) by Karen of Karen Lewis Textiles.
I am following the V&Co ombre fabric layout, so I made both my blocks in the 6″ x 6″ size. (The exact fabrics I’m using are listed at the end of this linked blog post.)
My Millcreek Star block mixes pink and orange ombre fabrics and my Tilted Star block mixes purple and pink ombre fabric. I’ve had a few questions related to how/why I’m using ombre fabric. I’m using ombre fabric to get the most “bang” for my fabric dollar. I am able to cut into different areas of my 1/2 yard and get different colors. This is awesome! So if I want three or four different shades of purple for a block, I just cut into three or four different sections of the fabric. Yes, my fabric looks like swiss cheese. But I don’t mind.
It is not too late to join in the quilt along. When you purchase the pattern, you will immediately receive all the block patterns release up to that date.
I can’t wait to see everyone’s blocks!