Crisscross Baby Quilt in Dewdrop!

I have been on a quilting-kick the last couple of weeks and just finished another stunning quilt.  This design is Crisscross, an old-fashioned modern quilt pattern that is super quick and easy and includes 8 quilt sizes.

This is the Baby size, sweetly displayed on my grandson's crib.  :)

The Crisscross quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Say hello to Crisscross!

If you are someone who is looking to gain more experience under the needle, then Crisscross would be the perfect pattern to start with!  Crisscross has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, charts, and diagrams for cutting and piecing this marvelous quilt.

Crisscross is partially strip pieced to help speed up the process and even helps with accuracy.  Select three fabrics in the same colorway with an accent.  If you are looking for a quick and simple design to work with, then give Crisscross a try!

Includes 8 sizes

The Crisscross quilt pattern includes 8 sizes in all - Baby, Throw, Large Throw, Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, and King.  So if you are looking for a quick and easy design with lots of size options, then this is the pattern for you!

The Crisscross quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Lovely Fabrics

For this quilt, I used the Dewdrop fabric collection by Windham Fabrics and Kona Cotton White.  Dewdrop is an older fabric collection that came in a rainbow of fabrics, each made with several hues of the color along with metallic gold flecks that adds a bright sparkle.  For this quilt, the black and gray prints were selected to make this quilt stand out.  I made this quilt in the Baby size, which measures approximately 42" x 51".  The binding is also from the Dewdrop collection.  The backing is Basic Shades in Granite by Riley Blake Designs, available here.

Longarm Quilting

I quilted Crisscross using Maze by Keryn Emmerson, available at IntelligentQuilting.com, using Superior Omni thread in Light Gray.  This was quilted on my HandiQuilter Amara with ProStitcher.

The Crisscross quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Sunshine Baby Quilt in Lazy Afternoon by Zen Chic!

With Summer quickly approaching and the sun bringing the flowers to life, we're releasing a new quilt design called Sunshine!  Maybe where you live it gets too hot in the summer to be outside a whole lot, so summer is actually quilting season, not just the winter!

Sunshine is a brand new quilt pattern looks great in the modern Lazy Afternoon fabric collection with its burnt orange prints mixed with pale pink, blue, and yellow.

The Sunshine quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop here.

Wake up to Sunshine

Bring the sunshine to your home with the Sunshine quilt pattern!  Sunshine is a quick and easy to use pattern that is great for so many fabric combinations.  The design has crisp sashing lines that give the eye a place to rest among the classic blocks, and pieced setting triangles finish the design clear out to the edges of the quilt.  Don't let those pieced setting triangle blocks worry you; they're easy to make following the detailed instructions and diagrams in the pattern.

Available in 8 Sizes

I wouldn't be me if I didn't spoil you with all the different quilt sizes.  Sunshine includes 8 sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Large Throw, Full, Square Queen, Rectangle Queen, and King.  Create your own dream quilt with this stash-friendly design that will brighten up your home!

The Sunshine quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop here.

Fabrics that say Ah!

This Baby sized Sunshine quilt was made using two charm packs of the Lazy Afternoon fabric collection by Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics.  This stunning fabric does an excellent job of combining fun and unique designs with bright summery colors and pastels.  I love the way the quilt turned out with this modern fabric collection.  Sunshine would make the most adorable baby quilt for that little bundle of joy on your mind!

The sashing fabric is Confetti Cotton Cloud, the backing is Kona Cotton Solid Blue, available in our shop here, and the binding is a tiny black and white on-point gingham, adding a fun zip to the edges of the quilt.

Sunshine is stash-friendly with instructions for using charm squares, layer cakes, and fat quarters.

Longarm Machine Quilting

The quilting design used for this stunning quilt is African Samba by Apricot Moon in light blue thread.  This was all done using my HandiQuilter Amara with ProStitcher.

The Sunshine quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop here.

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Through My Window Baby Quilt in Red, White, and Blue

Are you interested in the simplicity of sitting back and watching the stars sparkle through the panes of a window?  Well now you can!  I am so happy to share with you the Through My Window quilt made in the Baby size.  Pattern available in 5 sizes.  The stars encompass brilliant red, white, and blues while the background is a light aqua with white dots.

Through My Window is one of our many star patterns in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern line.  Click here to see all of our star quilt patterns.

Through My Window quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop. 

Precut Friendly

This is a perfect scrappy quilt pattern!  The fabric was from red, white, and blue scraps that I placed on a pale aqua polka dot background.  I just love how these sort of things come together.  😊

The Through My Window quilt pattern goes together quickly with large blocks.  Use 5" charm squares, 10" layer cake squares or fat quarters.  If you don't have any of these precuts, don't sweat it!  Just use your stash and cut the number of pieces in the size indicated in the pattern.  The instructions are quick and easy to follow - ain't nothin' to it!  

Five Sizes Included

The Through My Window Quilt Pattern includes five sizes for you to work with.  Something that will surely keep your hands busy!

• Baby

• Throw

• Twin

• Queen

• King

Make this design your very own!  Through My Window would make a stunning Quilt of Valor for a military service person.  The possibilities are endless!  Your only limit is your imagination.  Follow through with Through My Window!

Through My Window quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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End-of-Year Sale - additional 25% off prices shown

Happy New Year from our Busy Hands Quilts family to yours!  You know how much I love to spoil you, so we're wrapping up the year with an End-of-Year Sale!  

Just because the year is ending, doesn't mean our sales are.  Get 25% off almost everything through New Year's Eve - that's this Sunday.  You are eligible to receive 25% off your items once you add a minimum of $25 of goodness to your cart.  

No code required!  The discount will automatically show up in your cart once you've added $25 worth of items into your cart.

Shop for your End-of-Year Sale discount at the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

What's included in the End-of-Year Sale

There is so much included in the 25% off sale, such as . . .

• Quilt Patterns - PDF and Printed

• Prints BTY (by the yard)

• The Wide Back Shop

• End of bolt cuts

• Quilt Kits

• Precuts

Exclusions apply

Every sale has its limits.  Quilts are not included in the End-of-Year Sale, only because they are already crazy low prices.  Solid fabric by the yard is not included in the sale either because the sale would ultimately drop the prices below manufacturers' required minimum pricing.

I have to come clean; buying fabric has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.  I have lately been getting fabrics for upcoming quilt patterns and quilt kits.  I will also be receiving a boat load of wide backing fabrics soon.  The fabric shelves are bursting at the seams and there is no room for any of this fabric!  So please save us so that we can save you a whole lotta jingle at the same time!

Did you know?

Did you know that yardage is already 15-23% off retail in our shop EVERYDAY?!  With the End-of-Year sale, you are saving an additional 25% off the already low low prices.  Woo Hoo!

Christmas Bundles Included

Our Christmas bundles are included in the End-of-Year Sale.  They are available in Fat Quarters, half-yards and 1-yard cuts.  It's never too early to start thinking about next year's Christmas!

Get your Christmas Fabric Bundles in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Shop for your End-of-Year Sale discount at the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Picnic Plaid Baby or Wall Hanging Quilt in Picadilly

Last but not least in the five Picnic Plaid quilts I've shared here on the blog is a Baby quilt in Picadilly, or maybe it's a Wall Hanging or Table Topper; that's what I plan to use it for myself!

The Picnic Plaid quilt design is a strip-pieced Granny's Square design, so quick to make with jelly roll strips or even fat quarters, or strips from your stash bins.  Included are five sizes, too.

We have Picadilly Throw size quilt kits currently available in the shop.

The Picnic Plaid quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

The Picadilly Fabric Collection

Picadilly is a truly American-style fabric collection with stars, stripes, bandana, and fireworks prints in reds, blues, gray, and white.  They're perfect for Picnic Plaid, and I look forward to using this as a table topper in my dining room.  Oh right, there isn't a table in there because we sold almost all of the furniture before our big cross-country move from Washington State to Ohio this past summer.  It hasn't been too high of a priority to replace yet, but we do have company coming for several weeks very soon, so we will be using a plastic folding table for now.  😬

Anyhoo, those fabrics!  This is Picadilly for Riley Blake Designs.  So much beautifulness!  A number of the prints are included in all of the colorways, and a number of them are stars.  💢

You can shop Picadilly here and here.

The Picnic Plaid Quilt Pattern

The Picnic Plaid quilt pattern includes 5 sizes - Baby (perfect for a Wall Hanging or Table Topper), Throw, Twin, Queen, and King.  You'll love having all of the sizes. 

It's also precut friendly, perfect for jelly rolls, fat quarters, or 1/4-yard cuts.  Use your stash!

Strip pieced for a quick and easier finish.  This is considered an intermediate quilt pattern because it is set on point, so some previous experience is suggested to make this quilt top.

The Picnic Plaid quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Longarm Machine Quilting

The digital longarm quilting design used on this quilt is Stars and Loops, done in white thread on my Handi Quilter Fusion with Pro Stitcher.  

The backing and binding fabric is a print from the Picadilly collection.

The Picnic Plaid quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Glimmer Baby Quilt in Garden Delights!

Today I'm sharing Glimmer, a brand-new quilt pattern in 8 sizes!  Glimmer is the first of five quilt patterns headed your way this Summer and Fall.  They just keep a'coming!

Glimmer is a sparkling design where the colors weave together in a glimmering cascade across the quilt top.  This is achieved by using a lighter and darker hue in each of several colorways.

The Glimmer quilt pattern includes all the sizes and more!  You will love that there are eight sizes in the pattern, perfect for exactly the size of quilt you need.  

The Glimmer quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

The Glimmer Quilt Pattern

Glimmer is an easy quilt design that includes all of the sizes - there are 8 in all!  Any size you want is covered in this pattern, and I've done all of the math for you.  I love doing the math!!  :)  The quilt block size is perfect to make all of the quilt sizes!

• Baby  45 x 45

• Lap  45 x 63

• Throw  54 x 72

• Large Throw  60 x 80

• Twin  70 x 90

• Full  80 x 80

• Queen  99 x 110

• King  110 x 110

The pattern calls for yardage in 5 pairs of fabrics for the Baby size (10 fabrics), and yardage in 7 pairs of fabrics for all other sizes (14 fabrics).  This is pretty easy to achieve with today's fabric collections that have many colorways in them, or even your stash.  

Do you love nesting seams?  Glimmer includes pressing instructions so almost every seam in the quilt top nests.  This makes quilt top assembly so . much . easier!  

Those Sweet Fabrics!

This Baby sized Glimmer quilt is made with Garden Delights, a collection of small itty bitty florals by Gray Sky Studio for In the Beginning Fabrics.  There are five colorways, each with a light and darker hue - pinks, blues, green, yellows, and red.  In these fabrics, the flowers in the darker hued fabric are a little larger than the flowers in the lighter-hued fabric.  They blend so well together!  You'll find Garden Delights fabrics right here.

The backing is a sweet blue floral from my stash, and the binding is a purple floral from the Garden Delights collection, which does not appear in the quilt top because only five colorways are used, so purple was excluded.  The background fabric is solid white.

Fun fact - this quilt was actually finished in March of this year, but moving across the country caused a major delay in the pattern release.  We are officially Ohioans!

The Glimmer quilt pattern is an easy quilt pattern designed for experienced beginners who have a few quilts under their needle already.  You'll find the pressing instructions that result in nesting seams really help the quilt go together so easily.

Longarm Quilting

The quilting design on this quilt is Echoed Hearts in white thread, done on my Handi Quilter Fusion with Pro Stitcher.  This sweet design is perfect for this super sweet baby quilt.

Bonus Quilt Blocks

In some of the sizes in Glimmer, a few extra quilt blocks are made and not used in the quilt top.  Making equal number of blocks in each colorway allows you to decide on the order of the colorways  across the quilt top after the blocks are made, instead of having to commit to a set order of colors before cutting and sewing, when it can be especially difficult to visualize how the quilt will look.

It's all good!  The quilt pattern includes instructions on making pillow covers or small table toppers with the bonus blocks, so they won't go to waste!

The Glimmer quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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