Today I'm sharing with you a new Waterfall Throw quilt made in Moda Grunge fabrics. This is a sparkly, vibrant quilt, and I ♥ it!! The pieced setting triangles finish the design clear out to the edges for a truly stunning quilt design.
The Waterfall quilt pattern and supplement are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
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WATERFALL QUILT SIZES
The Waterfall quilt pattern includes two sizes - Throw and Queen. There is a supplement available for the Twin and King sizes. These sizes aren't found in the original pattern because they aren't symmetrical in two opposite corners, so I didn't think to include them. I had so many questions on how to make the King size that I wrote the Supplement.
COLORWASH OMBRE FABRIC SELECTION
Waterfall is all about letting the fabric shine! I love the gradating ombre colorwash effect in this quilt design. The colors just blend, mesh, meld {so many words!} together in a soothing way.
It's easier to get this effect than you think. Here's how you create it yourself:- Grab the pattern.
- Select two colorways that meld together.
- Gather five hues of each of the two colorways, ranging from light to dark.
- Add in a very light for the block centers and a very dark for the sashing.
The pattern gives specific instructions for fabric placement in each block, so it's easy peasy to keep each fabric in its place.
- Grab the pattern.
- Select two colorways that meld together.
- Gather five hues of each of the two colorways, ranging from light to dark.
- Add in a very light for the block centers and a very dark for the sashing.
The pattern gives specific instructions for fabric placement in each block, so it's easy peasy to keep each fabric in its place.
The Waterfall quilt pattern and supplement are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
FABRICS USED IN THIS QUILT
This quilt is made entirely with Moda Grunge Dots and Seeing Stars fabric, including the sashing, backing, and binding. The exact fabric numbers and names and where they are placed are included in the quilt pattern.
Unfortunately, Moda is no longer printing Hits the Spot or Seeing Stars prints in the Grunge collection. I bought this fabric a few years ago and didn't get around to finishing it until recently.
The backing is Hash Dot in Turquoise by Michael Miller fabrics. The binding is the black Grunge print used in the quilt top.
IDEAS FOR FABRIC SELECTION
Follow this blog for notification of when I post fabric collections I find that will work well in Waterfall. As stated before, not many collections have 5 prints in each of 2 colorways.
An idea is to take the pattern to a well-stocked local quilt shop and shop the Batik section. The variation in Batiks fabrics is perfect for the Waterfall design, adding depth and sheen to the quilt top. Or, if you're lucky, you might find an online quilt shop owner who will curate a bundle for you from their inventory.
LOG CABIN DESIGN
Waterfall is a log cabin quilt pattern set on point with pieced setting triangles which make the design flow out to the edges of the quilt for a stunning effect. The setting triangles for each side and the four corners are all different, but don't let that scare you! Directions are given for exactly how to make this happen. Easy peasy!
LONGARM MACHINE QUILTING
The Waterfall quilt top was pieced by Kare Ybarra , one of my quilt top makers/pattern testers. The quilting is Wave on Wave, done on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher in medium blue thread.
The Wave on Wave longarm design is versatile, because it looks pretty much the same whether it's placed horizontally on the quilt top or vertically. This meant that I was able to place the side (long edge) of the quilt top on the longarm rails, and the quilting stitched out from the actual top of the quilt top to bottom, and the design still looks like swirling water in a waterfall. If you don't quilt on a longarm, this probably doesn't make any sense to you, so no worries!
NO SEAMS TO MATCH UP
Waterfall has no seams to match up at any point, other than making sure blocks are lined up when the sashed rows are joined together. How sweet is that?!?
The Waterfall quilt pattern and supplement are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
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