Kindred Quilt Pattern - The Cool Palette!

Today I'm excited to share the Kindred quilt pattern!  Kindred is the newest fat quarter friendly quilt pattern in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern line.

Kindred is an easy quilt pattern with secondary designs that catch the eye across the quilt top.  I didn't know this would happen until I sewed the quilt top; it didn't show up on the computer screen.

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

Kindred Quilt Pattern

The Kindred quilt pattern is a fat quarter stash-busting quilt pattern.  This color combination of blues, aquas, greens, and yellows was a fat quarter bundle in my stash that turned out even prettier than I was expecting in the Kindred design.

Kindred comes in all of the sizes and can use a wide variety of fabrics, including prints and tonals.

The Binding can be cut from the fat quarters for all sizes except the Baby size.  The Binding on this quilt is from the fat quarters and thus, scrappy.

Fabric Selection

This quilt is made with a 1/2-yard bundle of fabric I had in my stash.  It is a Boundless bundle and is a mix from a lot of their collections, and I couldn't find a specific fabric collection name to share with you.  

Because the pattern calls for 15 fat quarters for the Throw size and I had 1/2-yard cuts, a quilt kit was curated with the remaining fabrics and sold in my shop.

These exact fabrics are available from an Etsy seller right here.  There is enough fabric in the bundle to make two Throws or one Twin XL, with the addition of Accent fabrics.  The Binding fabric can be cut from the fat quarters as an option.  

All of the Quilt Sizes

Kindred includes all of the quilt sizes from Baby all the way up to King.

Baby size  48" x 48"  8 FQs

Throw size  60" x 72"  15 FQs

Twin XL (perfect for dorm rooms)  72" x 96"  24 FQs

Queen  96" x 108"  36 FQs

King 108" x 108"  41 FQs

Kindred Longarm Quilting

The digital quilting design on this quilt is Ribbon Curls in white thread, quilted on my HandiQuilter Fusion with ProStitcher.

Extra Wide Backing

Extra wide backing saves both time and money.  This quilt is backed with a navy print on white.  I like that there is enough white in it to hide the white thread from the quilting.  My preference is that the color of the quilting thread hides as much as possible on the back, but this may not even matter to you.  

This wide back fabric is available in the Busy Hands Quilts Wide Back shop.

That pretty quilt on the quilt rack is a Gridwork quilt.  You can read about the quilt right here.  

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

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

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Oh My Darling Updated Pattern Sale!

My Oh My Darling quilt pattern has been completely updated, both inside and out, with new formatting and cover image.  I've also changed the Queen size from a square to a rectangular quilt.  This quilt pattern is jelly roll friendly and includes 6 sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen and King.  This is the cover quilt in Garden Club by RJR Fabrics.

This scrappy blue and orange Oh My Darling in the king size was a custom order.

 Below is the twin size in Fresh Cut by Basic Grey.  This quilt is for sale in my quilt shop.

The Oh My Darling quilt pattern is on sale through Sunday!  This includes the Printed version to help clear out the old covers.  The Printed version will include the new version of the pattern innards :) with the old cover. 

  Save on Oh My Darling right here!

Connecting Threads is celebrating 25 years of fabric fondling fun, and you will save $25 off orders of $100 or more at Connecting Threads through Sunday!  Use promo code 25YEARS at checkout.  That means you can save on quilt kits in my patterns! :)  You can also buy just the pattern without the quilt kit, and you know it - they all include as many sizes as I could squeeze in - up to six!  Scroll down to see them, and click here to see all of them at Connecting Threads.

Photo credit Connecting Threads for these five pictures.

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Diamond Dance Pattern Release! | Finished or Not Friday Linky Party!

Welcome to Finished or Not Friday where you can share your finished {or not} projects!

My Finish is a twin size Diamond Dance!  This is my newest pattern, made from mostly Miss Kate by Bonnie and Camille with a few other B&C collections thrown in, as well as Gooseberry by Vanessa Goertzen.

This pattern is a great use of both scraps, yardage, or a fabric collection.  Grab a dark accent and go!

Robert Kaufman Spot On Metro in crisp white and bold red were a perfect match.  I stock this wide backing in my pattern shop on Etsy.

Quilt Stats:

Pattern:  Diamond Dance

Size:  70" x 88"

Fabric:  Mostly Miss Kate by Bonnie and Camille, with other B&C collections and Gooseberry by Vanessa Goertzen.

Batting:  Hobbs Heirloom cotton/poly

Backing:  Robert Kaufman Spot On Metro in Red, available in my Etsy pattern shop.

Quilting:  Wandering Spirals in white thread on Gratitude.

Here is Diamond Dance in wall hanging size in Island Batik fabrics.  These fabrics were provided to me by Island Batik as part of their IB Ambassador program.

Diamond Dance includes 7 sizes from wall hanging to king and is Accuquilt friendly though specific instructions are not given for it.  

Diamond Dance will be my first pattern to be released as a paper pattern shortly!  I'm jumping into the world of UPC symbols, bags, shipping, and wholesale distribution!

The bed sizes are made with bigger blocks so they go together faster than making a ton of smaller blocks!

GIVEAWAY WINNER!

Susan is the winner of the Large Priority Mail box of Scraps!

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Last Week's Feature!

Another fantastic quilt from last week is Flitter by Melissa at Happy Quilting!  This fabric and pattern came in the Sew Sampler Box for January.  If you love a surprise coming in the mail, you might just love a Sew Sampler Box subscription!  It's my favorite of the ones I've tried, and you can read my review here.

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Families are Forever Lap Quilt

Families are Forever, a sweet lap quilt with a gray background and pink, coral, and red flowers.  This is a printed panel which I quilted in rows of hearts on Gratitude.

This quilt is for sale in my quilt shop.

The backing is a gorgeous Amy Butler LOVE print.

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Finished or Not Friday {a Linky Party!} + Jelly Roll Waves in Black and Pink

Welcome to Finished or Not Friday where you can share your finished {or not} projects!

I am still on vacation at my parents' house in Arizona, so please forgive me for not visiting and pinning your links for the past few weeks.  Internet time is infrequent here.

My finish to share is, yep, another Jelly Roll Waves lap quilt in black and pinks.  This is my favorite of the four JRW quilts I made. This quilt measures 50" x 60" and is a super fun pattern to make.

The fabric is London by someone; I don't remember who right now.  I left out the blues and browns from the collection.  The background is Kona Black.

Quilting is a meandering loopy stitch in black thread.  I will be doing these loops more often - they're fun to do and oh so cute.

The most viewed link from last week was this cute Scrappy Sprouts Mini quilt by Laura at Scraps of Life!

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Have you taken the Fabric Personality Quiz?  It's fun to see if the computer chooses what you choose in fabric!  My result was batiks, and I haven't sewn with them for several years and have zero in the stash!

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Finished or Not Friday {a Linky Party!} + Pastel Rainbow Wave Lap Quilt

Welcome to Finished or Not Friday where you can share your finished {or not} projects!

My Finish is a pastel Rainbow Wave quilt.  This quilt top and matching backing have been in my closet for at least three years, so I think it was time to finish it up.  It started out as a twin quilt but shrank so much when washed that it's now an oversized lap quilt.

Fabrics are a Kona New Pastel jelly roll and a white jelly roll.  I bound it with a Boundless white solid, and it matched the Kona perfectly.  This is the first time I've used Craftsy's Boundless solid fabrics.  It feels just like Kona cotton and will be my new go-to for background strips.

I remember being so excited to find this perfect backing, and I'm even more excited that it's finished!

The most viewed link from last week was this Postage Stamp quilt by Gretchen!

Craftsy is having a BOGO Class Sale this weekend!  That's buy one, get one free!  Two classes are always better than one!

PLUS, get Free Shipping at Craftsy today only when you add this code to your cart: DAILYBUZZ175394.  

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Honey Honey Patchwork Lap Quilt + Finished or Not Friday {a linky party!}

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My Finish is a patchwork lap quilt in Honey Honey.  This is why I like hosting Finished or Not Friday - this quilt wouldn't have been finished today if I didn't.

This quilt is a regurgitated chunky race quilt.  Yep, regurgitated.  It turned out so bad without fabric placement planning that I had to cut the strips into 5" segments and sew them back together.  This is why a few of the blocks are made from more than one fabric.  If you'd like to learn how to do a planned Chunky Jelly Race quilt, go check out Jasmine tutorial.  It will save you the headache I gave myself because I didn't follow any plan when sewing the pieces together.

I played around with whirly quilting and had a lot of fun!  I ♥ that border print!

In 2017 I'll be piecing more quilt backs to get more stash off the shelf instead of buying more yardage to match!

The quilt finished at 44" x 60" and is made entirely from Honey Honey by Kate Spain, quilt top, backing, binding, and all.

This quilt is for sale in my Etsy shop.

The most viewed link from last week was A Flock of Cardinals by Not Afraid of Color.

But wait, did you all see this one????  It measures 120" square! It's Changes in the Stars by Quilts and Cakes.  Hop on over to see the actual pictures of the quilt.  {The pictures have people in them, so I didn't share them here.}

Save up to 70% off quilting supplies and kits at Craftsy through Saturday!

You might pick up a Postcard From Sweden kit for the Quilt Along I will be hosting in 2017!  It will begin in March after the rush of other quilt alongs has ebbed and I have returned from visiting my parents in Arizona!

Here's what I bought:

Aria FQs by Kate Spain // Kaleidoscope Kit // Split Square Jewel Kit

All patterns in my Pattern Shop are 25% off through Monday!

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