A Custom Quilt - More stripes!

I have spent this week working on a custom quilt order.  You will be forgiven for thinking that I am re-posting a quilt made late last year, but I promise the pictures here are all of this week's creation.  Please bare with me.

Again, I have used both standard quilting cottons and reclaimed vintage bed linens - in a wide variety of stripes - to make a simple squares quilt top. This quilt is for my customer's young son and as such I have avoided over using pink and purple stripe fabrics, although I did not think it necessary to omit these colors entirely.

The back of the quilt features a patchwork panel of matching stripe fabric on a background of Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Ash.   The solid backing fabric makes a feature of the grid lines created by the quilting (love!).  When quilting I match the color of the bobbin thread closely to the main color of the backing fabric (in this case I used a light grey thread) and as such the quilting lines are obvious but not obtrusive.

A standard RPQ binding : :  black/white stripe fabric by Lecien 

100% cotton thread

100% cotton batting

 The finished squares measure 4.5 inches x 4.5 inches 

and the finished quilt measures 50 inches x 59 inches.

Ready for shipping.

 

A second finished quilt for 2013.  

Rita  

Relevant Links:

Sunday Stash #163 - Reclaimed Vintage Bed Linens

A Quilt in Stripes - December 2012

A Quilt in a Spin - Ocotober 2010

The Scrappy Trip Along Quilt

A finished quilt and an exuberant start to the new year!

Goodness!  This quilt was so much fun to make.  The sewing process to make these blocks was really rather simple, and also terribly addictive.  I couldn't stop making, and arranging, and re-arranging the finished blocks, with each block adding more drama and completing the picture.  

I stopped at 36 scrappy trip around the world blocks, made in a little more than 3 days of happy patching.  I have enjoyed working with my fabric stash and love that  this quilt is a reflection of my stash:  not a lot of purple, a touch of brown, and just a dash of black.  

Oliver at work.

The scrappy trip along quilt is one of the bigger quilts that I have quilted myself, measuring 72 inches x 72 inches.  Wrestling with all of it's weight and bulk during an exceptionally warm spell of Summer weather was  physically uncomfortable to say the least.  I am however grateful to have had the company of my little supervisor whilst basting, ensuring every pin was placed just so.

I quilted this quilt by stitching along both sides of every second seam line, both horizontal and vertical seam lines.  I then cross-hatched (stitched diagonal lines) through the center of every second diagonal row of squares.

The quilt is quite heavily quilted - no square of fabric remains un-quilted - which gives it a lovely texture and drape.

For the back of the quilt I have used Aneela Hoey's Sew Stitchy - Pins and a customary black/white pin stripe fabric for binding; a given.

This one is rather special and although it's going to be tough to let this quilt go, I have decided to offer it for sale.  Paypal only (major credit cards accepted) - please use drop down menu to select shipping destination.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me:  redpepperquilts@gmail.com

SOLD

Quilt size:  72 inches x 72 inches

100% cotton fabric, thread and batting.

Machine Stitched binding for durability.

As always, thank you for stopping by,

Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:

Scrappy Trip Along Quilt - progress report

Scrappy Trip Around the World - block tutorial

Scrappy Trip Along Quilt - Flickr Group

Instagram - Hashtag #scrappytripalong

Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

Last week I received a surprise package in the mail from Windham Fabrics. Nice!  A sneak peek of Lotta Jansdotter's new fabric collection (due in stores in April 2013) - Glimma.   And so it started.  I spent some time contemplating how best to use these fabric squares and soon came to the conclusion ....

.... that it might be fun to mix Lotta's new Glimma collection together with both of Lotta's earlier collections, Echo and Bella.  The prints are all large scale contemporary prints, and when combined together they appear to have a commonality that certainly suggests all are created by the one designer.

The colors of the prints across the three collections are not exact matches - the orange Glimma palette a little deeper, the blue Glimma palette a little brighter - however I don't think these subtle differences are obvious when combining these fabric collections.  I rather like the cheerful look of the combined collections.

I am also rather partial to this stripey binding - it had to be a sunny yellow for this quilt.  The binding fabric is Clown Stripe by Michael Miller in Limeade.

It's been a fun sewing week - easy piecing patchwork squares - which still is one of my favorite quilt layout/designs.   The humble square is foolproof and highlights the fabric beautifully.  By the way, the four different solid fabrics used in the quilt top are part of the Glimma fabric collection - they somehow escaped the photography session of the squares received in the mail.

The finished quilt has been listed this quilt in my Etsy Store. SOLD

You can find the listing for this quilt here:  Modern Patchwork Quilt - Glimma

Ready for shipping.

Thank you for stopping by,

Rita

Relevant Links:

Echo by Lotta Jansdotter Collection

Echo Quilt

Bella by Lotta Jansdotter Collection

A Custom Quilt in Stripes - Part 2

A Finished Quilt

I hope that you are ready for the standard picture overload of a finished quilt, although I must say it was tricky to get a good photo of the whole quilt due to it's size.

The finished size of the quilt is 65 inches x 80 inches with each of the finished squares measuring 5 inches x 5 inches; a simple quilt design.  This quilt is all about the fabric and it felt great to be upcycling these vintage fabrics, in addition to working with stash fabrics.

The back of the quilt is pieced and features a horizontal panel of patchwork squares from the same fabrics as used in the quilt top.  The straight line quilting grid is a set of double lines of both sides of all seam lines (completed in an epic quilting day - really, this took hours).

I couldn't resist completing this quilt with a black/white striped binding.   
No surprises.

This quilt has already been shipped off to it's new owner and is destined to be used in a remodeled 1880's farmhouse.  I couldn't think of anything more perfect.  It makes parting with this quilt so much easier.  

I've spent some time tidying my work space.  I even cleared my cutting table to reveal it's surface, all in in preparation for whatever may be next.

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
A Custom Quilt in Stripes - Part 1
Reclaimed Striped Linens

In A Spin - A Finished Quilt

Of Stripes and Bunting - A Finished Quilt
More Stripes - Two Patchwork Pillows

Seashells by The Sea Shore - A Finished Quilt

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Shelburne Falls - A Finished Quilt

A Reproduction Vintage Star Quilt

I have finished my quilt!  It has been a huge week of persevering: sewing, pressing, quilting and binding.  This quilt was time consuming to make and some of the units were endlessly repetitive, or so it seemed. I found myself easily distracted.  

Behind the scenes I have made a dreadful mess with discarded foundation papers scattered on the floor (I always start off with a rubbish bin nearby ... I have good intentions), and threads traipsed up the stairs and down the hallway.  What can I say?  A quilter lives here.

The quilt top came together remarkably well, matching most seams by "locking" opposing seam allowances, although not all.  I will have to re-work my pressing of the seams for this quilt block.  For binding I used a wider than usual black and white stripe fabric to lift energy of this quilt another notch.  And for the back of the quilt I have used a yellow polka dot fabric on a cream background (as pictured above).

It is difficult to see in the images, but I have limited the quilting to ditch stitching all of the edge to edge straight seam lines, both horizontal and vertical.  In this instance the quilting is purely functional rather than decorative, and although the quilting doesn't add detail, it does add texture.

I have had many requests for a pattern for this quilt design and have scheduled in writing the pattern for early next year - hopefully January 2013. The pattern will include both foundation paper piecing patterns as well as template patterns if you prefer to machine (or hand?) stitch.

Just in time for Christmas ....

the finished quilt has been listed in my Etsy Store. 

The listing details can be seen here:  Reproduction Vintage Star Quilt

Ready for shipping.

Thank you for stopping by,

Rita

Relevant Links:
Shelburne Falls - Fabric Collection
Work in Progress
Etsy Store

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Liberty Lifestyle - Stile Collection

A Finished Quilt

Quilt making is a little like riding a bike, you don't forget.  Getting back behind the sewing machine this week has been without hiccup and it felt a little like I was never away.  I am a little shocked that it is almost December. 

I have enjoyed working with the Liberty Lifestyle - Stile Collection, and although the sewing was straightforward this traditional quilt has a classic and elegant look about it. 

I spent a little extra time on the quilting detail by stitching diagonal - edge to edge - quilting lines through the center of all white squares (cross-hatching), creating an on-point grid and an interesting quilt back:

I also pieced a scrappy binding with the leftover pieces of fabric, which I think it another highlight of this quilt:

And the finished binding - there's something about the edges of a quilt that I can't get enough of ... I have many more images just like this:

Just in time for Christmas ....

the finished quilt has been listed in my Etsy Store.  

The listing details can be seen here:  Modern Patchwork Quilt

With thanks to Liberty Lifestyle for giving me the opportunity to preview and sample the Stile collection.

Thank you for stopping by,

Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:

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Liberty Lifestyle - Stile Collection

RPQ Etsy Store

Bella Patchwork Baby Quilt

Earlier this month I was asked to be a guest speaker at a local meeting of the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild.   It was with hesitation that I accepted this invitation as the mere thought of public speaking can make me break out in a cold sweat.  I much prefer being the "behind the screen" persona; quilter, blogger.

In addition, I was also asked demonstrate my machine stitched binding technique, and that I can do - without any problem.  In preparation for the binding demonstration I made this simple baby quilt using the Bella collection by Lotta Jansdotter as well as additional fabrics from stash.

The finished quilt measures 28 inches x 35.5 inches (or 71cm x 91cm) and has been quilted with edge to edge straight lines, outlining all seam lines, as well as a diagonal set of lines intersecting in the center of each block.  

The back of the quilt features a large scale floral print from the Sanctuary collection by Patty Young, which complements the color palette of the Bella collection beautifully.

I have listed this baby quilt in my Etsy Store.  

You can see the listing details here:  Modern Patchwork Baby Quilt

I am so glad to have had the opportunity to meet with the members of the Melbourne MQG!  They are a warm, friendly and talented group of quilters and they couldn't have made me feel any more welcome.  I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with everyone and taking a peek at their work in progress.   Thank you, ladies!

Rita

MACHINE STITCHED BINDING:  (see tutorial)    

Image from The Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild