Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Umbrella Prints Flowers Collection and Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

Earlier this year the team at Umbrella Prints sent me their brand new Flowers Collection  ... in their own words "... quiet moment when the sun sets, the light is soft and golden, the reds and pinks are saturating the sky and the flowers absorb the last rays of warmth".  Umbrella Prints is a textile house in South Australia run by Amy Prior and Carly Schwerdt. These  inspirational girls  have been designing and hand printing fresh patterns onto organic cotton and hemp/cotton since 2006.  
Umbrella Prints Flowers Collection
Image by Umbrella Prints. Used with permission.
The hand of the fabric, the colors, and the designs are gorgeous! I set my bundle aside waiting for inspiration to strike, and when it did it came with a rush. The quilt top come together in a long evening of sewing, trial and error, fabric auditioning, standing back ~ walking away to ponder ~ and viewing from a different angle.

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

This quilt isn't my usual style of patchwork/design but I am very pleased with how it turned out, and even more so that I thoroughly enjoyed the less structured process of creating. The design wasn't planned, instead blocks were made one at a time using two different size Drunkard's Path templates, over-sized so that the two different size blocks would fit together, then arranged and re-arranged. 

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

Several other prints were added to complement the Umbrella Prints Flowers collection including a number of fabrics from the Doe collection by Carolyn Friedlander; a great match in both color and design style.

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

You may notice that I had a great time quilting this quilt. The lines are closely spaced - just over a 1/4" apart. The lines are quilted with  the use of a walking foot and a quilting guide which assists with the even spacing of the lines. 

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

I have changed the color of the quilting thread (the top thread) throughout the quilt, using soft colors ~ several different shades of pink/peach, grey, yellow, light brown, and white. I did not change the color of the bobbin thread, and used an off-white thread to blend with the backing fabric.

Umbrella Prints Flowers Collection - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

For the back of the quilt I have used a single text fabric (Seed Catalog by Holly Holderman - this fabric is no longer available, however a reprint of this design, in six new colors, will be available in June. That is good news!).

Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Umbrella Prints Flowers - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

Binding fabric from the Doe collection by Carolyn Friedlander ~

Umbrella Prints Flowers Collection - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015

With thanks to Amy and Carly from Umbrella Prints for the fabrics and inspiration.

Umbrella Prints Flowers Collection - Drunkard's Path Variation Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2015
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita 

RELEVANT LINKS:
2015 Umbrella Prints Trimmings Challenge - a creative challenge for designers, artists, quilters, makers, tinkers, film makers, animators, children, professionals, thinkers and you. 

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28 comments:

  1. This is stunning Rita. Different to you usual style yet very beautiful and brimming with inspiration. Love your choice of multicoloured quilting too.

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  2. Beautiful work as always!!!

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  3. This is Particularly beautiful Rita. Soft yet strong (not to sound like the wrong kind of advertisement...!) I love the improvisational feel it has too.

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  4. Oh Wow! Love it - another wonderful creation. You amaze me!

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  5. It's Stunning. Love the colored threads for the quilting.

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  6. This must have been a fun departure for you!

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  7. Me parece divino el quilt que has realizado y las telas muy acertados
    quisiera entrar en el sorteo
    Muchas gracias

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  8. I love this collection...The Umbrella Print ladies are awesome! And I love what you have done with the fabrics Rita...just perfect.

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  9. Just lovely! The soft quilting colors and density are wonderful! Love love all the fabrics!

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  10. Rosemary B here:
    Very nifty idea, and love the arrangement of these perfect fabrics. Really soothing despite the fact that many times drunkards path can be rather hard on the eyes. This looks wonderful, Rita!

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  11. Lovely designand beautifully quilted!

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  12. Absolutely Gorgeous!!! You've done it again! I love the prints of fabrics, love the multicolored quilting too! The quilting is awesome. Wonderful job, Rita!

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  13. What a brilliant and stunning quilt! I love how you used different colors to quilt on the top! Absolutely gorgeous!

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  14. I love this quilt. It's not my usual colour palette but I love all the muted tones and the juxtoposition of the different sized arcs.

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  15. Oh wow! Am totally in love with this quilt. So not my normal style/taste, but am drawn to those beautiful fabrics, and adore the quilting 😊

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  16. I absolutely LOVE your thread adventures on this one! Wow! I'm so inspired to try that, too. The close quilting is so waffle-y and awesome, and all those different threads alter the fabrics, almost, in a way. it's STUNNING! I just love your stuff-- thanks for sharing!

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  17. Absolutely love this quilt! Gorgeous fabrics and threads!

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  18. Could you please tell me what templates you used to get 2 different size pie shapes?

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  19. It is different from your usual style... I LOVE IT

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  20. You always shake us up, constantly reminding us to live outside of the box. This is lovely.

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  21. Yes! I would also love to know what templates you used as I would love to try my own version! ;)

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  22. That's a really lovely quilt. Well done!

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  23. I love all your quilts. This one is spectacular! So understated and designed in such an original way. I would love to give this a try. Thanks for sharing your work. It's inspiring to see.

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