Sweet Caroline Queen Quilt in Blue and Yellow!

Today I'm sharing a bright and happy Sweet Caroline quilt with you!  This is a Queen size quilt set with two pillow shams.

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

Four Quilt Sizes

The Sweet Caroline quilt pattern includes 4 sizes - Throw, Twin, Queen, and King.  It doesn't include the Baby size because the math didn't work out for that.  This is the Queen size, which is rectangular with a pillow tuck.  The pattern does not include instructions for pillow shams.  I use this book to make quilted pillow shams.

Quick and Easy with Strip Piecing

Sweet Caroline is a quick and easy quilt pattern, made entirely with strip piecing!  Also included are pressing instructions so all of the seams nest together which makes block assembly and quilt top assembly so quick.  :)  That's my type of quilt!  This quilt top was made by Joanne, one of my sewists, and quilted and bound by me.

Beautiful Blue and Yellow Fabrics

This quilt is made with Boundless Dutch Garden II, a retired fabric collection.  This collection works so well for Sweet Caroline because there are a few shades of blues, bright blue, as well as medium blue.  You'll find that many blue and white fabric collections would work to recreate this quilt.  You could also use fabrics in your stash.

Longarm Quilting

This Sweet Caroline quilt set was quilted with Wandering Rose, a digital design, on my Handi Quilter Fusion with ProStitcher in bright white thread.  This design is a lovely mix of roses and feathers which I use quite often.

Custom Quilt

This quilt set is a custom order, made to my customer's specifications.  She saw the Twin size quilt exactly like this in my shop and fell in love with it and ordered a Queen size for their guest room.  

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

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Custom King Size Blooming Nine Patch Quilt in Kaffe Fassett!

Finished by not blogged in 2020 was this stunning Blooming Nine Patch oversized king size quilt in Kaffe Fassett!  The quilt top was made by Joanne, and quilted and bound by me.

100% Custom

My customer knew exactly what she was after, and we worked together at every step of the process to make it happen.  She chose the size, design, the exact fabrics for the entire quilt, approved fabric placement, and then chose the quilting design.  

It is truly their quilt!

It's Huge!

They wanted a huge quilt, and they got it.  This one is 120" square.  Did you know that batting in general comes a few inches larger than the package says?  It's true, so I didn't have to piece batting together.   A King size batting package is labeled 120" square, but has a few inches to spare on each side.  This quilt is definitely the largest I can quilt on my longarm quilting machine.  The backing fabric is three widths of 44" fabric.  That's 10-3/4 yards of backing.

It's pictured on a Queen size bed, and you can see how much it drags on the floor.

Quilting Design

My customer chose Diagonal Bias Plaid for the quilting design.  Its simplicity perfectly complements the busy-ness of the fabric and creates added dimension to the quilt.  Quilting was done on my Handi Quilter Fusion with ProStitcher in medium gray thread to blend into as much of the quilt as possible.

Fabrics

The entire quilt except the binding is made with Kaffe Fassett fabrics.  The binding is a solid navy.  You can find a huge selection of Kaffe Fassett fabrics right here.  

I do not have a list of the exact fabrics used.

Ordering a Custom Quilt

If you are interested in a custom quilt order, please contact me.  Orders may take up to four months to complete, so please keep that in mind when placing an order.  I can only take a limited number of custom orders.  All quilts made by the Busy Hands Quilts team are heirloom quality, one-of-a-kind quilts that you won't find anywhere else and are made with the highest quality of fabrics, batting, and thread, and quilted with an amazing design.  You are free to choose everything (pattern, fabric, batting type, quilting design) or to let me decide if that is what you prefer.

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