Showing posts with label Solids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solids. Show all posts

May 23, 2023

Scrappy Goodness Throw Quilt in Bright Solids!

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The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern is the perfect pattern to use the bright and happy solid fabrics from your stash!  Grab those solid jelly rolls or solids scraps that you've been wondering what to do with and pair them with Scrappy Goodness!

The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern includes most of the sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Queen, and King.  Only the Twin bed size didn't work out mathematically.

The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern can be found in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.


So Many Quilt Sizes


This is a multi-sized quilt pattern, which the goal for all of my quilt patterns when it works mathematically.  The instructions include the following quilt sizes:

  • Baby  48" x 48"  uses 32 jelly roll strips
  • Lap  48" x 64"  uses 42 jelly roll strips (perfect for one jelly roll, may need to add two strips)
  • Throw  64" x 80"  uses 70 jelly roll strips (perfect for two jelly rolls with the extra strips for binding)
  • Queen Bed Quilt  96" x 96"  uses 126 jelly roll strips (perfect for three jelly rolls)
  • King Bed Quilt  112" x 112"  uses 172 jelly roll strips (perfect for five jelly rolls with the extra strips for binding), and that's a super big quilt!



Those Happy Fabrics!


Because these blocks sat in my WIP (work in progress) bins for so long, I am not totally sure what the fabric collection is.  In the time that has passed since these blocks were made, I have begun leaving the fabric labels with projects that end up on hold in the WIP bins.  I am pretty sure it was two jelly rolls and not fabric from my solids scrap bin, because I don't think I would have put these colors together myself - and they do work beautifully together, indeed!  So, the assumption is this is made with Boundless Solids jelly rolls or a repurposed quilt kit.

The accent chains and binding are made with Kona Cotton Charcoal.  That part I do know!

There is a message in this quilt.  Even less-than-favorite solids can shine with other solids in the right quilt design!

The backing fabric is Widescreen in Gray, which we stock in The Wide Back Shop on our website.   This backing is perfect for so many quilts and is the most common backing used on my quilts. 

Because we're in the process of moving across the country, we aren't currently selling fabrics from the bolt as they are packed in boxes, ready for the big move.





Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern features


The Scrappy Goodness design includes an accent color that echoes across the quilt top in an on-point square design.  The placement of this chain varies in the blocks to create a symmetrical design.

The instructions include pressing instructions so that many seams in the quilt top nest, so using pins is more optional.  I did find that with rotating the blocks to achieve balanced color placement, that some of the seams ended up no longer nesting.  I went rogue, though, and still didn't pin these seams, because the blocks were fitting together nicely without the seams nesting and without pins.

This truly is an easy quilt pattern to make.  It does take a little more time to make the blocks with a bit of seam ripping and careful attention to the pattern to make sure the fabrics end up in the right places, but as you can see, it's so worth it!  ♥


Longarm Machine Quilting


This Scrappy Goodness quilt is quilted with light gray thread in a design called Hexi or Hex Marks the Spot (both names show up in my files), on my HandiQuilter Fusion with Pro-Stitcher, Gratitude.  I love the way this design quilts out, and I had kinda forgotten about it in recent months, so it was great to use it again.





The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern can be found in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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October 6, 2022

Scrappy Goodness Quilt - the Bright and Bold Solids One!

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The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern is the perfect pattern to use the bright and happy solid fabrics from your stash!  Grab those solid jelly rolls or solids scraps that you've been wondering what to do with and pair them with Scrappy Goodness!

The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern includes most of the sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Queen, and King.  Only the Twin bed size didn't work out mathematically.

The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern can be found in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.


This is the fourth month in my commitment to making a new quilt in a previously-released quilt pattern each month.  In case you're keeping track (I am!!), three out of the four months have been on time, and one was one week late.  

To be fair, I did have a head-start on this quilt though, and it wasn't begun and finished this month.  I had made the blocks a year or two ago (can't remember!), and they only needed joined together and quilted and bound; so that's why October's finish is so early in the month.  It's finished!  YAY!


So Many Quilt Sizes


This is a multi-sized quilt pattern, which the goal for all of my quilt patterns when it works mathematically.  The instructions include the following quilt sizes:

  • Baby  48" x 48"  uses 32 jelly roll strips

  • Lap  48" x 64"  uses 42 jelly roll strips (perfect for one jelly roll, may need to add two strips)

  • Throw  64" x 80"  uses 70 jelly roll strips (perfect for two jelly rolls with the extra strips for binding)

  • Queen Bed Quilt  96" x 96"  uses 126 jelly roll strips (perfect for three jelly rolls)

  • King Bed Quilt  112" x 112"  uses 172 jelly roll strips (perfect for five jelly rolls with the extra strips for binding), and that's a super big quilt!


Those Happy Fabrics!


Because these blocks sat in my WIP (work in progress) bins for so long, I am not totally sure what the fabric collection is.  In the time that has passed since these blocks were made, I have begun leaving the fabric labels with projects that end up on hold in the WIP bins.  I am pretty sure it was two jelly rolls and not fabric from my solids scrap bin, because I don't think I would have put these colors together myself - and they do work beautifully together, indeed!  So, the assumption is this is made with Boundless Solids jelly rolls or a repurposed quilt kit.

The accent chains and binding are made with Kona Cotton Charcoal.  That part I do know!

There is a message in this quilt.  Even less-than-favorite solids can shine with other solids in the right quilt design!

The backing fabric is Widescreen in Gray, available in The Wide Back Shop on our website.  This backing is perfect for so many quilts and is the most commong backing used on my quilts.






Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern features


The Scrappy Goodness design includes an accent color that echoes across the quilt top in an on-point square design.  The placement of this chain varies in the blocks to create a symmetrical design.

The instructions include pressing instructions so that many seams in the quilt top nest, so using pins is more optional.  I did find that with rotating the blocks to achieve balanced color placement, that some of the seams ended up no longer nesting.  I went rogue, though, and still didn't pin these seams, because the blocks were fitting together nicely without the seams nesting and without pins.

This truly is an easy quilt pattern to make.  It does take a little more time to make the blocks with a bit of seam ripping and careful attention to the pattern to make sure the fabrics end up in the right places, but as you can see, it's so worth it!  ♥


Longarm Machine Quilting


This Scrappy Goodness quilt is quilted with light gray thread in a design called Hexi or Hex Marks the Spot (both names show up in my files), on my HandiQuilter Fusion with Pro-Stitcher, Gratitude.  I love the way this design quilts out, and I had kinda forgotten about it in recent months, so it was great to use it again.





The Scrappy Goodness quilt pattern can be found in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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April 21, 2021

Nautical News Quilt - Almost Amish - Back in Stock!

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Nautical News in Almost Amish Solids has been restocked by Connecting Threads in the Twin size!  This is the third time it has been restocked because it sells so quickly.




Other Nautical News Quilts

This Nautical News Twin quilt was made by my niece when she was 12.  She cut all of the fabric and sewed it up by herself, and then I quilted it for her with Wandering Spirals.  Didn't she do a lovely job?!


I ♥ to figure out how to make quilt patterns into rainbows, and it was oh . so . easy with Nautical News.  Every square is a different Kona Cotton Solid.


This was my very first Nautical News, made as a custom order for Andrea, and using those directional fabrics made me realize the pattern needed directions for using directional fabrics, and it's in there!  This quilt was made before I had a computerized longarm, so the quilting is organic wavy stitching.


I bet you've got the perfect fabric in your stash for the Nautical News quilt pattern!





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March 2, 2021

Picket Fence Twin Quilt - The Solid Rainbow One!

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I have a beautiful rainbow quilt to share with you today!!  I actually made this quilt last fall but didn't share it here on the blog.  This quilt sold before it was even finished - no surprise there!  :)



Picket Fence is one of my favorite quilts to make because not every block is pieced, so it goes together quickly and still has a lot of WOW power.  :)

This quilt is the Twin size.


Layer Cake Friendly

Picket Fence is a layer cake friendly quilt pattern, and the Queen and King sizes are made from layer cakes and jelly roll strips for the best use of your time.  It would also be very simple to make the Picket Fence quilt pattern from your stash; just cut the number of pieces indicated in the pattern.



All the Sizes - Seven in All!

Oh my, I went overboard when writing Picket Fence, and she does indeed include all the sizes!  Baby, Square Throw, Rectangular Throw, Twin, Square Queen, Rectangular Queen, and King.  Phew!  I've done all of the math for you; that's one of my favorite parts of writing quilt patterns!




Two Orientations

Picket Fence blocks can be oriented all one direction (in this quilt vertically), or every other row alternating horizontal/vertical for a different look.  Go to this blog post to see Picket Fence with alternating block layout.



Solid Rainbow Fabrics

This version of Picket Fence is made from a layer cake of Boundless Spectrum with colors from my stash added in for variety.  I don't know how many different colors are in this quilt, but there are a lot, probably 50-60.  This is an unusual array of colors in a rainbow quilt; eggplant purple, pinky reds, peach oranges, lemony yellows, aqua greens, teals, hushed blues, finishing with a range of purples.

Directions for making this rainbow version are not included in the quilt pattern; you'll have to figure out how many strip sets and then blocks to make of each colorway on your own.



Longarm Quilting

This rainbow Picket Fence quilt is quilted with Diagonal Bias Plaid, quilted on my Handi Quilter Fusion with ProStitcher in medium gray thread.  This simple design always yields stunning, modern results and is one of my favorites.








Quilt Stats

Pattern:  Picket Fence, available right here.
Size:  Twin size
Fabric:  Boundless Spectrum with scraps from my stash to fill in.
Batting:  Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton poly
Backing:  Widescreen in Grey by Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman, available right here.
Quilting:  Diagonal Bias plaid on my Handi Quilter Fusion with ProStitcher










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March 26, 2020

Custom Fly Away Quilted Wall Hanging

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Another finish from 2019 that I haven't shown you is a Fly Away wall hanging, made as a custom order.  My client chose the Kona Cottons to get the look he was after.


A rod pocket was not attached as the client was hanging the quilt with a wooden quilt hanger that holds the quilt between two layers of wood.



Quilt Stats:
Pattern:  Fly Away, available right here.
Size:  48" square, resized from pattern.
Fabric:  All Kona Cotton solids.
Batting:  Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton/poly
Quilting:  Maze design on Gratitude my Handi Quilter Fusion with ProStitcher



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October 17, 2019

Modern Prism Quilted Wall Hanging

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Ah, the Modern Prism quilt never fails to delight with its bright, planned simplicity.


The fabric is Michael Miller Cotton Couture, and I love the hand of this fabric.  It is so soft and smooth and frays very little, if at all.  It's such a pleasure to work with such high quality fabric! 


I had a Modern Prism quilt kit in my stash and knew that I would never make it without a deadline because I am always so busy with more pressing projects.  I had a request earlier this year for a small version of the quilt, 32" square, so I pulled out the kit and made that one.  I did the math and figured I could get two quilts out of the quilt kit - the 30" square one and one approximately 47" square, and I cut the squares for both sizes at the same time.  I listed the larger one as a made-to-order quilt in my shop, and when a made-to-order quilt sells, that project quickly makes its way up on the to-do list!  With the squares already cut, this quilt went together fairly quickly.


Quilt Stats:
Pattern:  Modern Prism by Tara Faughnana; click here to get it.
Size:  45" x 48"
Fabric:  Michael Miller Cotton Couture
Backing:  Kona Charcoal
Quilting: Zing on Gratitude
Binding:  Kona Charcoal


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