Red Pepper Quilts: An Autumn Quilt

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

An Autumn Quilt - Work in Progress

This week in stitches ...

An Autumn Quilt ~ My project this week is inspired by the arrival of Autumn in Melbourne. In case you're not familiar with Autumn + Melbourne, please allow me to inform you that the weather this week has been magical. Summer has departed - and not a day to soon - leaving behind fresh cool mornings, blue skies, gentle cool breezes, and glorious sunshine. The leaves on the trees are only just starting to turn. This is my favorite season.

My project this week is inspired by the arrival of Autumn in Melbourne. In case you're not familiar with Autumn + Melbourne, please allow me to inform you that the weather this week has been magical. Summer has departed - and not a day to soon - leaving behind fresh cool mornings, blue skies, gentle cool breezes, and glorious sunshine. The leaves on the trees are only just starting to turn. This is my favorite season.

An Autumn Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

I am not sure of how the picture that I have painted translates into the colors and fabrics that I have chosen for this quilt top. Maybe it is a reflection of a shift in energy and a lifting of my spirits, for Summer never has been a friend. I also needed some simple sewing this week, and patchwork meets that requirement, perfectly.

The fabrics used are all from stash and were selected and cut over a two day period. I have used small scale floral prints as well as a selection of stash basics. You may also notice that I have included many beautiful Liberty of London Tana Lawn fabrics and several vintage fabrics. I love working with Liberty fabric and fortunately my sewing machine does also; it doesn't hesitate nor falter when working with the different weight fabrics.

Quick Quilt Stats

Quilt top measures 60.5" x 75.5"

30 rows of 24 squares

720 squares each measuring 2.5" x 2.5" (excluding seam allowances)

120+ different fabrics used.

This quilt is pieced using my Checkerboard Strip Piecing Tutorial - study the quilt closely and you'll notice that I have alternated light and dark fabrics creating a subtle checkerboard effect. Strip piecing is faster than handling and piecing each square individually - but that's not to say that I didn't have to sew like a woman possessed to get this quilt top sewn together before daylight faded.

Lots of photos today - I hope you enjoy scrolling through; recognizing fabrics that I have used before or perhaps that you have in your fabric stash also. I love seeing how other quilters combine fabrics and mix colors and designs!