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dern yet not too loud in reality it is probably all of those things piecing for this quilt was more difficult than i anticipated if you look closely i m sure it wouldn t be hard to find where the trellis pieces don t match exactly i think the difficulty was that you need to match diagonal seams with perpendicular ones thankfully it isn t largely noticeable and the overall affect is really fun i love this fabric so much i don t know if it s due to my love of historic dress but as soon as i saw the marie antoinette wigs i knew i needed this fabric in my life how fun are these ladies i had considered putting a border on this quilt but by the time i finally got the center of the quilt done the fabric was long out of print in the end i think i actually like it better without the border and it s still a large full size quilt which works well on a bed or to snuggle on the couch if you read my last post you might recognize the backing for this quilt i ve been trying to shop my stash first especially for backings but i didn t have enough of any one fabric i did have two pieces of yardage that were the same color though and they both blended well with the pink on the front of the quilt an extra strip of purple gave me enough fabric for the back and it felt great to use up these pieces of yardage that had been hanging around a long time both of these salvages were dated 1999 20 years after they were printed they finally found a use the binding was from tula pink s true colors collection it blended great and i didn t have to pay an arm and a leg to get fabric from the parisville collection sometimes i find it s easy to get caught up in the need for fabric from the same line but often i can find another choice that s more economical do you have a favorite quilt what makes it your favorite do you find that your tastes change over time or are you loyal to your favorites long term happy monday cristina the quilted mitten posted by thequiltedmitten at 3 18 pm 2 comments labels ankas treasures backing fabric favorite freespirit heather mulder petersen livin large 2 longarm quilting marie antoinette modern oop parisville quilt quilted mitten quilting scraps trellis tula pink monday february 18 2019 putting your stash on a diet happy monday everyone this week i d like to chat about my stash i know many of us stash fabric it generally doesn t take long to have a collection of fabric and i always think it s interesting to see how other people use theirs so i thought i d share my stash philosophy with you i have been lucky enough to work in not one not two but three different fabric stores as i ve moved around the state as i m sure no one would be surprised to hear all three of them had beautiful fabric tempting me to take some home with me nearly every time i worked also i have an amazing grandmother who not only generously taught me to quilt but in the past has shared some of her stash with me when she decided she needed to downsize how much fabric she had also as many quilters know most projects have scraps or small yardage amounts left over once the project is finished i do like to cut my scraps down into usable pre cut sizes like bonnie hunter check out quiltville com for details this lady is a genius but after a while that leaves me with a ton of pre cut scraps all of these things led me to having a massive stash of fabric something needed to be done we simply do not have enough room for this to continue haha so in the last 5 years i have been on a fabric diet what does that mean you might ask it means i shop my stash first for a project and only purchase new fabric to finish a project for the most part this has worked out really well most of the time i stick to this and i am able to make a small dent in the fabric i am storing each time i start a new project however just like any diet sometimes you might have a cheat day overall my occasional cheat days have balanced out the diet days but at least i haven t been gaining weight one way i have been especially good at dieting is shopping my stash for backing fabrics generally i don t worry as much about being matchy matchy with my backing as long as it s close to matching also sometimes i will piece different pieces of yardage to make a scrappy backing in the end these pieced backs end up being some of my favorites because they make use of older fabric that has been collecting dust in the cabinet here is an example of one of my pieced backs whenever i do a back like this i feel like i have really accomplished something and most people don t look at the backing anyway however i tend not to follow this approach if i plan to put a quilt up for sale in a recent finish coming to the blog soon i was able to use up two pieces of yardage that were the same color but different patterns both prints were from 1999 it felt so great to use these and see these fabrics finally find a purpose i used a strip of purple in the middle to help distract from the fact that they were different prints and also because i needed a little bit extra width in the backing who cares that they are different prints the color matches well with the front and it turned out great guys i have to be honest with you though accountability is part of any successful diet you know i totally binged on fabric this weekend check out the stack below the worst part of this picture is this is only half of what i bought what have i done it isn t all bad there is a great fabric store chain in west michigan fields fabrics they have the best clearance section in the entire world i m not kidding there were tons of freespirit prints from designers like amy butler anna maria horner denyse schmidt joel dewberry etc for 2 97 to 4 97 a yard how could i say no although i went nuts buying fabric i will say that most of what i bought followed my fabric diet rules i was able to pick up a number of quilt backings for existing projects at an unbeatable price also i was able to rebuild my stash with fabrics from my favorite designers for a lot less money than buying yardage full price so tell me what are some of your favorite ways to bust your stash are you on a stash diet like me i d love to hear what you guys are doing to keep your hoard i mean stash under control have a good one cristina the quilted mitten posted by thequiltedmitten at 5 46 pm no comments labels backing fabric fields fabrics quilted mitten scraps shopping stash stash diet monday february 11 2019 all in the family part 2 of 2 happy monday everyone thank you for the kind response i got on last weeks post i know the tula troops are out in full force and it s always so fun to see what people do with her beautiful fabrics i have more elizabeth fabric and i am trying to decide if i can part with it or not or if i want to keep it for myself i know i m being selfish haha this week i d like to share another quilt that went to live with my aunt k this is a quilt top i had already pieced for myself out of long hoarded joel dewberry fabric i feel like fabric hoarding has become a theme of my life this top had been awaiting quilting for quite some time but it had never been on the top of my priority list i loved this quilt but i knew it would find a good home with my aunt and quite frankly i have plenty of quilts already i had only recently brought home my long arm machine so this was a great smaller project to practice on this pattern is one of my all time favorites for large prints it s a great lap size for the back of a couch office or wheelchair quilt it is also great as an over sized baby quilt the pattern is girls best friend by mary s cottage quilts found here i have made this quilt at least 6 times and it always turns out great it especially works well if your local shop only gets a few bolts out of a collection you can highlight some great large prints and this quilt goes together so so quickly i ve always loved the deer damask from joel dewberry i was sad to see this fabric go however i recently saw on freespirit fabric s website that he is releasing a new collection soon with new colorways of the deer print i might just have to make another one of these in a new colorway so what are all of you working on have you ever made something using this pattern before i would love to see what you have created this pattern is so versatile cristina the quilted mitten posted by thequiltedmitten at 5 41 pm no comments labels deer fabric girls best friend green joel dewberry longarm quilting modern quilt quilting yellow monday february 4 2019 all in the family part 1 of 2 hello everyone i have 2 quilts to share with you in the near future both of them were finished quite some time ago however i am just now realizing that i never got the opportunity to show them to you i think it was about 3 years ago now sheesh i m behind my aunt k contacted me about making her a quilt originally she was interested in finding one that i had already finished or had a finished top but in the end i didn t really have anything ready made in the style and colors she was looking for ultimately we decided that i should make her a quilt of her own she really loved a quilt that i was working on with parisville fabric by tula pink however i had been hoarding that fabric quite a long time and it was long out of print luckily elizabeth by tula pink had just been released which was similar in color story and style because there were so many prints in this collection we decided to use pre cuts to get all the color variety and pattern into the quilt we also used one of my quilt patterns when in rome which works great with charm packs or a layer cake this picture shows my design wall aka a quilt hanging on the wall as i laid out the blocks for the best color placement it feels weird to review my own pattern because i m obviously biased but i do really like the way this plays with charm packs and yardage it s a good way to use a whole collection while also highlighting larger prints the center block and the border are bigger cuts so that you can show off the feature fabric without losing design here is the center of the quilt with all of the blocks and sashing after the center there are a series of borders including a pieced border of half square triangles i love the way this quilt turned out the hardest part was letting it go because i love tula pink so much i quilted this all over with a floral pattern and even backed it with tula s extra wide fabric my favorite part was that she loved it that s always my favorite part ooh i almost forgot i stashed more of this fabric i haven t started it yet but there will be a version 2 0 of this quilt added to the etsy shop at some time in the future if you are an etsy user favorite my shop to stay in the loop thanks everyone hoping for an early spring cristina the quilted mitten posted by thequiltedmitten at 6 23 pm 4 comments labels bright elizabeth fabric family floral freespirit longarm quilting modern quilt quilted mitten quilting tula pink sunday march 11 2018 playing catch up hi everyone it has been pretty silent around here for a good long while now life got terribly out of hand and it has felt as if we are only now getting our feet back under us i have still been quilting since the last time you heard from me and i have a lot to share with you over the next few weeks or months you may hear more from me for a while since i have a lot of backlogged projects to share up first are the quilts i made for our nieces at the end of 2016 i know that was a long time ago the first quilt is a low volume quilt from the book beyond neutral by john adams aka quilt dad the quilt pattern is actually the cover quilt from this book even though it has a very different vibe i love the colors in john s quilt but i wanted to tone it down to fit the girl that was to receive it her room is teal and grey so i thought this was a fun geometric pattern that would work well with a low volume color palette the colors look even softer in the picture due to the lighting however the teal fabrics actually are rather vibrant i love the background fabric that i used on this quilt it is a cloud 9 organic cotton and it almost has a shot cotton look to it the fabric also has a very nice drape and hand it is definitely something i would love to snuggle with so i knew it would be perfect for a young lady i quilted it all over with swirls i am still learning to be more effective with my long arm machine and this was quilted early in my quilting career i did do some larger swirls in the open areas of the quilts and it gives a great motion to the quilt it almost makes the background fabric look like smoke or clouds we photographed this quilt when the girls came to visit us in the fall of 2016 they have grown up so much since then i love looking at these pictures and remembering that weekend if you re wondering why she is standing like this in the photo it is because she is only wearing one shoe and wanted to hide her bare foot haha her sister received her quilt at christmas of the same year she has decorated her room with a nyc feel so i wanted to give her something that would fit her style this quilt is from the book city quilts by cherri house again i made the cover quilt from this book i love every quilt in this book i love her use of solids and the way they can make an dramatic impact this quilt is supposed to mimic the way light reflects off the windows of a sky scraper i love the effect and it worked perfectly in t s room this photo more accurately shows the colors of the fabric this was also quilted with swirls because i wanted something curved and soft to play off the straight lines the girls loved them which is my favorite part have you made any quilts for gifts lately what did you make hopefully i will have more to share with you soon i have made so many quilts cristina the quilted mitten posted by thequiltedmitten at 2 22 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom instagram follow me etsy shop quilt 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