The Gratitude quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Gratitude Quilt Pattern Features
- Includes 8 sizes - Baby, Lap, Small Throw, Throw, Twin, Square Queen, Rectangle Queen, and King
- 2-1/2" strip or scrap friendly
- Strip piecing with 2-1/2" strips
- Includes instructions for using scraps of varying widths
- The 4th pattern in the Donation Quilt Series of patterns
- Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Wanderlust Fabrics!
This sweet yet bold fabric collection is Wanderlust by Boundless Fabrics, and I love it! It's a beautiful collection of large and small florals, feathers, bow and arrows, and geometric prints in navy, shades of peach, mint green, gray and creamy white. A really pretty grouping of fabrics, that's for sure!
This fabric is from way back when Craftsy produced Boundless fabrics, and I have been hoarding this fabric in my stash for just the right project. The bundle followed us cross-country when we moved from Washington State to Ohio in 2023. I used fat quarters for the blocks, cutting them into (7) 2-1/2" x 21 strips each. Isn't that bold, large navy floral print in the Outer Border just so pretty!?! The background is a Confetti Cotton Bright White, but really should have been Cloud. The lighting played tricks on me when I was selecting the background.
The Backing and Binding are also prints from the Wanderlust collection.
Includes 8 Quilt Sizes in All
Once again, you're gonna love that I have done all of the math for you with the 8 sizes that are included. This pattern includes 3 Throw sizes - labeled Lap, Small Throw, and Throw. It also includes 2 Queen sizes to give you the option of making a Square Queen if you don't want a pillow tuck, or a Rectangular Queen with extra length for a pillow tuck. I am all about giving you options here!
Jelly Rolls For Strip Piecing
Previously this year, I wrote the Primrose quilt pattern which is jelly roll friendly, and prior to that it had been quilt awhile since I wrote a jelly roll pattern. I figured it was definitely time to write one to use some of the sweet rolie polies I've had stashed away. A Rolie Polie is a Riley Blake Designs' term for a jelly roll.
You can view all of my 2-1/2" jelly roll strip patterns right here in the shop.
This pattern is written to strip piece the 2-1/2" strips into strip sets and then subcut them into segments. Okay, I heard you saying that three times really fast! The segments are then sewn into the blocks with sashing. Strip piecing speeds up this process, and it seems to make it more accurate since both ends of the segment are cut straight.
A Truly Scrappy Quilt Pattern
Gratitude is what I would call a Truly Scrappy Pattern. You can use any width of strip less than 3", not just 2-1/2" wide scraps, making this the perfect pattern to use your scrap bins. There is a whole section on using your scraps in a variety of strip widths from 1" up to 3". That is the width, and the minimum strip length is 5-1/2".
Honestly, I almost cut the entire Scrappy section out of the pattern because I wasn't sure it really added to the pattern, but The Mister said it adds value to the pattern, so include it. I am glad I did, and if you are a scrappy quilter and will use that section, you can thank The Mister!
Longarm Machine Quilting
The digital longarm design used to quilt the quilt top, batting, and backing together is Simple Simon. Quilted on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher in white thread.
This quilt was professionally pieced, quilted and bound by me.
Batting is Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton poly.
The Backing fabric is mint green with with large white flowers, a print from the Wanderlust fabric collection.
The Gratitude quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
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