Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues II

A finished custom order quilt.

Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues II

If you stop by my blog regularly this quilt may look familiar! This is a custom order quilt of the same Ohio Star Quilt that I made in January this year. Custom work can be tricky and I generally prefer to sew at my own leisure rather than to a schedule or set plan, however my customer was such a pleasure to work with and so very patient - and for the fact that we both had a clear understanding of how she wanted the quilt to look - I could not but accept her request.

The quilt is the same design and color palette as the original quilt. Several fabrics have been omitted (like the larger scale cat print, as requested), others have been substituted as I worked my way through my stash in search of the right fabrics. Whilst this blue and brown color palette is not my usual color palette, it always comes as a surprise to see just how many prints I can pull together to suit that color palette. You may also note that I have given my usual black and white stripe binding fabric a miss! This time I have used a narrow blue and white stripe fabric as requested by my customer.

QUILT STATS

Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues II

The finished quilt measures 60 inches x 60 inches.

Sewn together in 17 rows of 17 blocks: 

145 squares and 144 Hourglass Blocks.

Each finished unit measures 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches.

(see Hourglass Block tutorial here).

A selection of 100+ different fabrics including

quilting cottons and linen blend fabrics.
Backing Fabric: 
Newsprint from the Story Collection by Carrie Bloomston.
Binding Fabric:
Blue and white pin-stripe by A Day in the Country.
Batting:

Warm & White batting from The Warm Company;

a low loft batting perfect for use with low volume and bright white fabrics.

It feels like this quilt came together super quickly, although in reality I have worked on this quilt on and off for most of  February, cutting fabrics at the same time as cutting fabrics for other quilts and projects, making the most of down time when in between projects to piece and to quilt. Half and hour here and there. It all adds up!

This quilt is now making the long journey to my customer in the US. 

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
An Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues - January 2017
Hourglass Block Tutorial

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Sunday Stash #373 Eureka by Emma Jansen and a Giveaway!

Eureka by Emma Jean Jansen

for Ella Blue Fabrics

Today I am celebrating the release of Emma Jean Jansen's most recent fabric collection for Ella Blue Fabrics - Eureka!  Once again Emma's collection is a feast of all things Australiana. Emma has taken inspiration from her home town of Ballarat and it's history of gold mining. Emma grew up in an area where there were abandoned gold mines and caves and spent her childhood playing and having fun. 

The collection features geometric designs representing quartz crystals and a fabulous print with gold highlights showing the veins of riches! There is a fabulous mine shaft map print and a stripe which is inspired by the different colors of the layers of the earth. A wagon wheel is a great circle contrast and of course Emma had to include a Southern Cross Star print which was a symbol of the Eureka rebellion. 

EUREKA BY EMMA JEAN JANSEN is in stores now and available from:

GJ's Discount Fabrics (Melbourne - in store)

SPONSOR NEWS

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GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Emma is kindly giving away a Fat Quarter bundle of the complete Eureka fabric collection to one lucky RPQ reader.

To be in the draw leave please a comment on this blog post. Only one comment per person/per email address - email me if you are not able to leave a comment (redpepperquilts at gmail dot com) and I will leave a comment on your behalf. International entries welcome!

The draw will take place at 8pm (Australia EDT) on Tuesday 28 February 2017, at which time comments to this post will be closed. The winners will be announced by edit to this blog post, and will also be contacted by email.

ENTRY HAS NOW CLOSED

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The winner of the Eureka Fat Quarter bundle is:

Congratulations Sandra! Sandra has been contacted by email.

Congratulations Emma on the release of another great fabric collection and thank you and Ella Blue Fabrics for the giveaway fabric bundle!

Enjoy Sunday!
Rita

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Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt

A finished quilt and a picture post ~

Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt
Click on any image for a larger view.

My second red and white quilt is finished and another bucket list quilt has been ticked off! I love Irish Chain quilts and as it is a block-based design these quilts really are a lot easier to piece than what you may imagine. I also love tiny patchwork piecing - although at  3/4" finished squares this is not exactly all that tiny - and as such this kind of repetitive piecing suits me perfectly.

In the same way that I quilted my first Red and White Irish Chain Quilt this quilt has been quilted with an all over 3/4" grid. I also chose to mark some of the quilting lines as the distance between seam lines and the patchwork pieces was too great for me to judge a straight line by eye. I used a Clover Water Soluble Marker and a ruler to mark some of the lines prior to basting.

The marked blue lines were easily removed by gently immersing the whole quilt in a tub of cool water (after quilting). Concerned about possible color run from the red and black solid fabrics I did add multiple Color Catcher sheets to the water. Thankfully the fabric was color fast and did not bleed (I don't pre-wash fabric). I then tumble dried the quilt on a gentle setting, giving the quilt a soft and slightly crinkled look and feel. All of the photos in this blog post are of the washed and tumble dried quilt.

For the back of the quilt I have used go-to backing fabric: Newsprint in White from the Story Collection by Carrie Bloomston. The binding fabric is the same as the background fabric used for the quilt top: Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Snow. The binding was attached to the quilt after the quilt had been washed and dried; this simply allowed me to trim off excess batting and accurately square up the quilting after it had been washed/dried.

QUILT STATS

Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt 

Inspired by the Red and White Quilts featured in the book:

Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety: 
Presented by The American Folk Art Museum

Quilt size:
Finished quilt measures 61 inches x 61 inches.

Solid fabric used:

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Snow

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Tomato
Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Pepper

Thread:

Aurifil 50wt (orange spool) for piecing.

Aurifil 28wt (grey spool) for quilting.

Low Loft Cotton Batting:

Warm & White batting from The Warm Company;

a low loft batting perfect for use with low volume and bright white fabrics.

This quilt is available for purchase from my Etsy Store.

See all the listing details here:
Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt 

I am so very happy with how this quilt turned out although having made three quilts from solid fabric in a row has me wanting to dive back into my stash of printed fabrics for my next quilt!

Thank you for stopping by and scrolling through to see the many photos!
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store
Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt - Work in Progress (includes example of quilt top construction).
Red and White Irish Chain Quilt - January 2017

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Sunday Stash #372 Black and White 2017 by Cotton + Steel

From the popular design team and following the success of the previous two Black and White fabric ranges comes the Black and White 2017 collection; again a collaborative Cotton + Steel collection.

Sixteen prints in black, white and shades of grey and a touch of gold metallic and neon pink. Several of the designs are black and white reprints from earlier and current Cotton + Steel collections others are a play on, or an extension of, previous designs and themes; retro roller skates, bears, snow leopards, seabirds, lanterns.

Needless to say there are a number of prints here that I love and snippets of several have already found their way into my quilts. The designs that are printed on unbleached cotton fabric base are a favorite, especially the print with a pop of neon pink.

Black and White 2017 by Cotton + Steel  is due in stores next month:
Now available from:
GJ's Discount Fabrics (Melbourne - in store)
The Fat Quarter Shop
I Love Fabric
Miss Matatabi
Fabric Bubb
Stash Fabrics
Pink Castle Fabrics

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Kiwi Fabric (Etsy)  Shop the sale! 250+ fabrics marked so clear. 

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Enjoy Sunday!
Rita

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Exclusive Alice Caroline Liberty of London Collection ~ A Giveaway!

A sponsored giveaway.

Alice Caroline specializes in selecting fabrics from the main Liberty of London collection, the world's most desirable fabrics with a unique heritage dating back over 100 years, and putting the right designs and colors together to form their own unique brand. Fabrics are packaged together or sold individually by the yard to give customers a wonderful choice of colors for their sewing projects.

Exclusive Alice Caroline Liberty of London Collection 

Alice Caroline is delighted to announce the launch of their brand new and exclusive Liberty collection of fabrics. The collection has been designed in collaboration with the Liberty design team. Alice has chosen her favourite prints and created a collection of gorgeous new colorways which are now available exclusively from the Alice Caroline website. There are 16 stunning Liberty prints in the Alice Caroline Exclusive Collection. These include brand new colorways of the popular Betsy, Mitsi, Poppy and Daisy prints as well as some very exciting printed patchworks which have never been seen before!

Alice Caroline - Exclusive Liberty Printed Patchwork

The two printed patchworks are especially exciting as these are brand new for both Liberty and Alice Caroline. In one of the patchwork prints Alice has revived her favourite purples in this stunning collection of much loved and vintage prints (pictured above). The second patchwork print brings together the beautiful Alice Caroline exclusive prints in some stunning tones and colours (pictured below). Both these patchwork prints are perfect as a cheater print for quilt making, and better still for when you need a variety of small fabric pieces - for applique or English paper piecing!

Alice Caroline - Exclusive Liberty Patchwork Print.

The Alice Caroline Liberty of London collection is shipping now! Alice Caroline is based in the UK and ships internationally. 

When clicking over to take a peek at the exclusive collection you may also like to check out the new Classics collection that has just arrived: New Liberty of London Classics.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Alice and the team at Alice Caroline are giving away a fat eighth bundle of the exclusive Alice Caroline Liberty Tana Lawn collection (14 fat eighths) to one lucky RPQ reader.

Liberty Tana Lawn - Betsy Y in Mint
If I had to choose a favorite this would be it!

To be in the draw leave please a comment on this blog post. Only one comment per person/per email address - email me if you are not able to leave a comment (redpepperquilts at gmail dot com) and I will leave a comment on your behalf. International entries welcome!

The draw will take place at 2pm (Australia EDT) on Saturday 18 February 2017, at which time comments to this post will be closed. The winners will be announced by edit to this blog post, and will also be contacted by email.

Thank you for all of your entries!

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ENTRY HAS NOW CLOSED

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The winner of the Liberty Fat Eighth bundle is:

Congratulations Kate! Kate has been contacted by email.

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Thank you to Alice and the team at Alice Caroline for this giveaway and thank you for supporting my sponsors.

Good luck everyone!
Rita

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