Whimsical Wall Hanging Quilt Kit in Spiced Cider by Connecting Threads

The Whimsical quilt pattern has been kitted in the Wall Hanging (Baby) size by Connecting Threads in their fall collection called Spiced Cider.  This is a really neat collection with plums, peaches, and browns mixed with creamy prints.

The Whimsical Wall Hanging Quilt Kit is available at Connecting Threads.

The Whimsical quilt pattern is a fun giant star quilt pattern with varying pieces sizes per quilt size.  It is fat quarter friendly and includes 5 sizes and is quick and easy.

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

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Whimsical Wall Hanging Quilt Kit in Amish Solids

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Whimsical has been kitted in the Wall Hanging size by Connecting Threads in their Amish Solids fabric collection.  It's a simply stunning quilt!  This quilt follows the Baby size instructions in the quilt pattern.

The Whimsical quilt pattern includes 5 sizes - Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King - and is 5" square charm pack and fat quarter friendly.

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Whimsical Quilt Pattern + Quilt Kits in Plum and Navy Florals!

Today I'm sharing a Whimsical quilt in the Throw size!  This charm square-friendly quilt pattern is quick and easy, and is assembled in quadrants so there are very few long seams to sew.  It goes together easy-peasy!  

We have curated quilt kits in these beautiful floral fabrics in the Throw size for you and have optional coordinating backing available, as well.  

The Whimsical quilt pattern and quilt kit are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

The Whimsical Quilt Pattern

This stunning quilt pattern is so fun to make and goes together quickly.  For the Baby, Throw and Twin sizes, you can use precut charm squares or cut them from your stash.  The Queen and King sizes are made with larger piece sizes, so they use fat quarters, or, for more variety, you could use your stash and cut the number of pieces in the sizes indicated in the pattern.

All the Sizes!

This quilt pattern includes all of the sizes - Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King.  The design is the same in all of them, and piece sizes vary in the large bed sizes to make the design fill the top of the bed with the borders hanging down the sides and bottom of the.  

The Twin is the same design as the Throw but with larger top and bottom borders to bring it to Twin size.  This is an odd way to make a quilt size, but it definitely works out perfectly and gives the opportunity for that amazing focus fabric to take center stage with the wide borders.

Fabric Selection

Fabric selection for Whimsical is simple, really.  Choose fabrics that stand out against the background color you've chosen.  This fabric collection doesn't have very many white or really light prints in it, so in this case, there weren't any prints that simply had to be removed.  Then the lightest prints were placed so they didn't touch the white background.

This fabric is Blissful Blooms by Riley Blake, and it's a fantastic mix of beautiful florals in large and small prints in the colors of deep plum, navy, and pink.

This quilt design would also be stunning from solids in a single colorway.  Do you purchase those tempting bundles of Kona cotton solids and then wonder what to do with them?  This could be the perfect pattern.  It's beautiful in teals!

The Whimsical quilt pattern and quilt kit are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Whimsical Quilt Kits!

We have quilt kits to make this exact Whimsical quilt in the Throw size!  The kit includes two charm packs, white background fabric, the plum inner border and binding fabric, and the large flower outer border fabric.  The quilt pattern isn't included in the kit because so many of you already have it.  Click here to see the quilt kits.

There is also coordinating backing fabric in the shop.  It's a floral print on white from the collection that is oh - so - pretty!  Choose the backing option from the drop-down menu.

Longarm Quilting

The quilting design on this quilt is Feathered Roses, a go-to design I love to use on floral prints.  It's a blend of feathers and roses.  Thread color is white, quilted on my HandiQuilter Fusion with ProStitcher, aptly named Gratitude.

Isn't that border fabric so eye-catching?!?  I love the bold blend colors in the large flowers, almost appearing as though they were painted with watercolors.

Be sure to share your Whimsical quilts with me.  I look forward to seeing them!  :)

The Whimsical quilt pattern and quilt kits are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Whimsical Quilt Pattern - a Throw Quilt in Flower Sugar!

Today I'm sharing a new quilt pattern called Whimsical!  It's a mix of a large star and a large flower.  

This Throw size quilt is made with my long-hoarded stash of Floral Collection Flower Sugar fabrics by Lecien.  It's such fun, happy fabrics that I found impossible to cut up for a long time, waiting for just the right pattern to use them in.

The Whimsical quilt pattern is quick and easy and includes borders that frame the beautiful design.

Six quilt kits in these fabrics were listed in my quilt shop and were snatched up right away.

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

The Whimsical Quilt Pattern

The Whimsical quilt pattern is suitable for advanced beginners and up.  If you can make an HST (half-square triangle), you likely can make Whimsical.  It's not hard at all.  

Whenever possible, I like to assemble quilt patterns in quadrants because there are very few long seams to sew when sewing the quilt top together.  This is one of those patterns that is perfect to assemble in quadrants - so only one seam runs the entire width of the quilt top.  :)

The star/flower design is the same in all of the quilt sizes, with different sizes of blocks used to create the size of quilt you're making.  

For the Twin size, the top and bottom borders are wider than the side borders to bring the quilt to size.  This isn't something I would normally do in a pattern, but I figured if it's accomplished with a fabric that you love, it would be okay.  More of a beautiful fabric is a good thing!  

On the Queen and King bed sizes, the center star/flower fills the top of the mattress with the borders hanging down three sides.  

All the Quilt Sizes

The Whimsical quilt pattern includes 5 sizes - Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King.  As many sizes as work mathematically are included in all of my quilt patterns, so they are a true value to you.  :)

Here are the quilt sizes and the fabric requirements for the prints (does not include the background, borders, and binding):

Baby - 44" x 44" - 78 charm squares

Throw - 66" x 66" - 78 charm squares (yes, this is correct!)

Twin - 68" x 90" - 78 charm squares (yes, this is correct!) or 7 Fat Quarters

Queen - 96" x 96" - 13 Fat Quarters

King - 108" x 108" - 13 Fat Quarter (yes, this is correct!)

Those Beautiful Fabrics!

This fabric is Floral Collection, part of Flower Sugar by Lecien, all fabrics from my stash, which I purchased approximately ten years ago.  Lecien is still making fabrics very similar to these, because they are just such pretty fabrics, and there has been a demand for them for a long time.  You can find the newer fabrics right here.

The backing is also a Floral Collection Flower Sugar fabric from my stash.  It was listed on my destash  at Busy Hands Quilts but hadn't sold yet, so I pulled it from the shop and used it in this quilt.  :)  It's a bold aqua with a bright pink design.

The inner border and binding are a bold red with tiny white dots, a Riley Blake Designs print.

Longarm Quilting

The quilting on this quilt is a Canna design in bright white thread, done on my HandiQuilter Fusion with ProStitcher.  

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

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