This is my first quilt pattern in a new pattern series called Donation Quilts, which will feature quilt designs with big blocks with big pieces so they go together quickly and more economically. The more seams a quilt top has in it, the more fabric is required to make it because seams use up a lot of fabric.
The Precious Plaid quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Changing Our Focus to Donating Quilts
The new focus here at Busy Hands Quilts is donating quilts to those in need instead of keeping the quilts stored away unused in a closet. We will be striving to maintain the balance between donating quilts and selling quilts to help pay for supplies to make more quilts to donate.
We recently donated 16 quilts to the Woodburn Christian Children's Home in Indiana and plan to donate more soon, so each child receives a quilt for Christmas. We will be having a quilt sample sale very soon in October 2024, with proceeds going to purchase supplies to make more quilts to donate. The quilts that do not sell in the quilt sample sale will be donated to victims of sexual abuse in the religious group known as the "2x2s" or "the Truth".
Meet Precious Plaid
This is the fifth of five versions I made of Precious Plaid. When I mocked up this design in the new Shimmer Tonals fabrics from Connecting Threads, I knew I had to make it and hoped it would work for the cover quilt, and it did not disappoint! I can't remember the last time I made five quilt samples for a pattern release, but I just couldn't help myself when I was pulling out fabrics that I thought would work well with Precious Plaid! And I am so happy with how they all turned out!
Precious Plaid works well in a variety of color schemes. For this quilt, I decided to use red, white, and blue colors, which gives the quilt a more patriotic feel to it. A quilt like this would look absolutely dashing displayed in a modern farmhouse-style home.
5 Sizes Included
You know how much I love spoiling you with options! Precious Plaid is a unique quilt design that includes 5 sizes - Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King. This quilt was made in the Throw size, which measures approximately 54" x 72".
Precious Plaid has easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, charts, and diagrams for cutting and piecing this quilt. The pattern uses large blocks and large pieces so that they go together quickly and easily. I enjoy working with large pieces because it allows you to use less fabrics, which also uses less seams. You'll get your quilt made in no time with the Precious Plaid pattern!
This quilt is easily pieced in a day or two.
Perfectly Patriotic Fabric
I decided to make this Precious Plaid quilt using the Shimmer Tonals fabric collection by Connecting Threads. This is a shimmering fabric collection that includes a rainbow of 40 colors. This collection will be an evergreen collection at Connecting Threads, so it will be available for the foreseeable future! I chose the red and blue colors from the collection to create an American version, and the quilt really pops!
A quilt like this would make an excellent addition to the Quilt of Valor program, which makes quilts for United States Military Veterans.
The fabrics in this quilt are Shimmer Tonals from Connecting Threads. Their names, in the order listed in the pattern, are as follows:
- Solid white
- Glacier
- Admiral Blue
- Red
- Navy
Click here to see these fabrics at Connecting Threads.
The backing is Mix in Navy by Timeless Treasures, available in our shop right here. The binding is Shimmer Tonals in Navy.
The Precious Plaid quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Longarm Machine Quilting
This quilt was quilted on my new Handi Quilter Amara longarm that I named Gratitude using a digital design called Star Light Star Bright by Karen Thompson in medium blue thread.
Quilt Stats
- Pattern ~ Precious Plaid, available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop
- Fabric ~ Shimmer Tonals by Connecting Threads
- 5 Sizes ~ Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King
- Quilting Design ~ Star Light Star Bright by Karen Thompson
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