Anna Maria Horner Hexagon Quilt

A Finished Quilt.

Here's one that I made earlier! I finished this quilt top back in March of this year. It seems like only yesterday, and also a lifetime ago. Back then we were living in a covid "normal" world where you could leave your home and visit friends and family. Right now, we're back in a covid lockdown situation whilst we wait for the largely unvaccinated population to get vaccinated. There is plenty of time to sew, and I have been taking advantage of that, plus this week I have dusted off my camera and taken photos of several finished quilts and work in progress.

I love all of Anna Maria Horner's fabric collections and recall how excited I was to get my hands on the Chocolate Lollipop collection (my first AMH collection) back in 2008. Since then I have selectively added more collections to my stash, but despite my love for these prints I find that the larger scale prints don't get used too often in my quilts. 

Keen to use my AMH stash I thought to combine them all into the one quilt and paper piecing hexagons together continues to give me much joy. Admittedly I purchased a big bundle of AMH fat sixteenths (from Polka Dot Tea Fabrics) which really helped to round out my collection. The more the merrier.

QUILT DETAILS

Anna Maria Horner Hexagon Quilt

Quilt size: 50 inches x 58 inches.

Started: March 2021.

Finished: April 2021.

English Paper Pieced.

Machine Quilted.

Fabrics Used

Anna Maria Horner - Various collections.

Batting

QuiltLite - low loft cotton batting.

Hexagons

2 inch hexagons.

A total of 275 hexagons.

I have used Aurifil 28wt thread (the gray spool) for quilting (28wt top thread - 40wt thread in the bobbin), and I have used a range of colors - from red and purple, to pink and yellow, to quilt this quilt; changing the top thread regularly and randomly choosing a color. The edge to edge vertical lines are spaced 1 inch apart and there are no two lines of stitching along side one another that are the same thread color.

For the back of the quilt I have used a single fabric (Jardin de Paris in Peony) from the Menagerie collection by Rifle Paper Co for Cotton + Steel. This is a beautiful floral fabric which complements the scale of prints used in the quilt top as well as the tone.

The quilt binding is also an Anna Maria Horner fabric from an older collection - I cannot seem to find the exact details. But it is dark blue with a large scale floral design which breaks up nicely in the narrow segments of the binding.

I have listed this quilt for sale in my Etsy Store.

You will find all the listing details here:

Anna Maria Horner Hexagon Quilt  - Etsy listing.

As always, thank you for stopping by and scrolling to see all of the photos!

Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:

Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store

More RPQ Anna Maria Horner Quilts:

Improvised Quarter Log Cabin Quilt

Sugar and Spice Quilt 

Little Folks Quilt 

Little Folks Revisited Quilt

More RPQ English Paper Pieced Hexagon Quilts:

Vintage Inspired Hexagon Quilt

Pandemic 2020 Quilt

Traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt

Hexagon Stash Buster Quilt - Blues 

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Baby Quilt - A Finished Quilt

Today ... a gallery of photos of the finished Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Baby Quilt and I am pretty pleased with how it came together! Simple patchwork continues to be my favorite way to spend my sewing time, although usually any kind of fabric play comes a close second. Fabric, fabric, fabric. This one is all about the fabric.

I have quilted the baby quilt by first ditch stitching all seam lines, and then stitching edge to edge diagonal lines through the lighter background fabric only. It makes for quite a heavily quilted quilt but in turn gives the quilt texture and another point of interest.

For the back of the quilt I have used a single small scale floral fabric from the Flower Bouquet Collection by Lecien. Purple! Well, lavender ... so far outside of my comfort zone ... but it suited the quilt and I think it's perfect for a baby/toddler girl.

For the binding I have not strayed too far from my usual, just a change of color: a pastel pink/white stripe fabric (Essentially Yours - Baby Pink Essential Stripe by Moda Fabrics).

QUILT DETAILS:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Baby Quilt

The finished quilt measures 36 inches x 45 inches

forty-two 16-patch + six 8-patch blocks blocks
 and 720 patchwork pieces.

Each finished square measures 1.5" x 1.5".
Fabric:

Approximately 100 different printed fabrics.

Background fabric is Starry in Black from the Printshop

collection by Alexia Abegg (Cotton + Steel).
Batting:
Low loft Warm & White batting from The Warm Company.

Machine Stitched Binding Tutorial here.

This cute baby quilt is already making its way across the Pacific Ocean, to be enjoyed by a newborn baby girl.

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Baby Quilt - Work in Progress
Checkerboard Quilt and Strip Piecing Tutorial
More RPQ Baby Quilts:
Modern Rainbow Baby and Toddler Quilt
A Custom Order Baby Quilt - January 2015
Strips and Bricks Baby Quilt - October 2015
Modern Red and White Star Baby Quilt - May 2014
Little Folks Baby Quilt - September 2012

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Sunday Stash #269 Folk Song by Anna Maria Horner

 Folk Song by Anna Maria Horner

Folk Song is Anna Maria Horner's most recent collection and features a reprint of four designs from the Good Folks collection as well as a number of prints from the Little Folks collection which was originally released as a voile range (in 2010), but now available as quilting cottons; music to my ears and creative hands.

Above and below - reprints from the Little Folks collection

now in quilting cottons

These strong colors and medium to large scale floral prints are unlike my more recent fabric stash purchases but I was really drawn to them, perhaps because I have worked with these designs before and am excited to work with these again as quilting cottons. A happy nostalgic purchase.

FOLK SONG BY ANNA MARIA HORNER is available from:
The Fat Quarter Shop
Westwood Acres
The Quilted Castle
Stash Fabrics
Fabric Worm

Enjoy Sunday!

Rita

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A Little Folks Baby Quilt

Last week a quilting and blogging friend welcomed a sweet baby girl into her family. Even though I know that this is one baby girl who will be surrounded by much handmade and quilted goodness, I figured a girl can never have too many quilts. 

My fabric of choice was Little Folks - Voile - by Anna Maria Horner.  This fabric is buttery soft and fly-away light weight, and therefore perfectly suited for little ones as well as being suitable for a warm/hot climate.

This design is a repeat of earlier Little Folks Quilts made in 2010 (see here and here), although this time I decided to omit the binding.  I have previously made quilts without binding using a "bagging out" technique by sandwiching the layers together, stitching around the outside edges, and then turning the quilt inside out through a gap left for this purpose.  (See detailed tutorial here:  A Quilt Without Binding).

I love the looks of these edges!  So sleek and modern, but also colorful when contrasted with the backing fabric.   I have used a 100% cotton batting, which is my standard batting of choice; it is a low loft, natural fiber, batting.

All of the images here are of the hand washed quilt (in a small tub with Soak Wash - a no-rinse gentle cleansing formula), and then tumble dried in a dryer on a normal setting.  I anxiously waited for the quilt to come out of the dryer however could not have been happier with the result:  the fabric stayed true to color (without color run) and a gentle crinkling of the quilt.  

Super light weight  - weighing in at less than 250 grams.

Happy Stitching indeed!  This baby quilt is now making it's way across the country, and ready for sweet baby dreams, baby cuddles, snuggling, even nappy changes ....

Welcome to the world baby Olive!
Rita



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Little Folks ~ Revisited

I've got an inordinate stash of the Little Folks fabric collection by Anna Maria Horner!  Even though I have previously made several quilts from these super soft voile fabrics (see here and here and here) the stash remains.  So it was time to revisit Little Folks ~ and not just for stash reductions reasons; these fabrics are a joy  to work with:

This really is a very simple design using the fabric's colors and prints to provide visual effect and interest.

Can you also see from the pictures that I have added an extra set of quilting lines ~ stitching two lines on either side of all seam lines?  Twice the amount of quilting to create a more detailed grid of intersecting lines. Well worth the extra effort.

There's nothing quite like 100% cotton goodness, especially when fabrics are oh so soft, I do wish you could feel this quilt ...   I have bound the quilt in my favorite Little Folks print:  Little Honey in Ink

As usual, my Etsy Store has been updated ~ you can find the listing for this Little Folks Quilt here.

Happy browsing,
Rita

Color my World

Randi from Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics recently asked me to write a guest post about Color in Quilting for her blog: I have to Say ...

I really enjoyed writing a blog post on color.  It certainly made me stop to reflect on how I use color in my quilts and what inspires my color choices.   Although I am certainly no color theory guru you may like to head over and read the blog post - here.

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And because I like to leave you with another colorful picture, here is a sneak peek at what I've been working on for the last few days:

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More Little Folks soon ~ it just needs binding.

And last, if you haven't done so already, be sure to enter the Giveaway for your chance to win a FQ Bundle of Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush collection.  Find the Giveaway post here.

Rita

A Little Bit about Batting

Now that one of the teens has resumed school for her final year after a 2 1/2 month Summer break, I have  quickly come to realize that late nights and early mornings do NOT mix.  Only a little sewing has taken place so far this week:

A lot of unproductive time filled with distractions (as well as two days of 40C ~ ugh!).  As you can see I have unrolled my Sherbet Pips Jelly Roll (first time Jelly Roll user here folks ~ and also discovered that they're a little messy) and have stitched up a really simple quilt top and basted it.

Today I also cut into a new roll of batting ~ a wool/cotton blend batting (I buy a whole roll at a time which lasts for quite some time).

I am a long time fan of 100% cotton batting because it is a natural fiber with a low loft (height) which makes it easier to work with, and has great stability.  Cotton batting makes for a thin quilt with less bulk and a beautiful drape ~ and that's just how I like my quilts to look.

However, I am really keen to give this new Cotton/Wool blend product a try!  The Cotton/Wool blend batting is slightly more lofty than the 100% Cotton batting but I don't think it will make a noticeable difference in the quilt. This batting is all natural, great for allergies, cool in Summer, warm in Winter and machine washable.

Although polyester batting has many fine qualities (lightweight, cheap, easy to wash, quick to dry) I avoid it, preferring an all natural product over synthetic.  All bats are suitable for machine quilting, the product you use is a personal decision and one that very much affects the look of the finished quilt.

Preparing batting for use:
I have previously written about preparing/washing batting ~ see here.

Although the manufacturer's instructions indicate that batting does not shrink noticeably I do wash the batting  with a no-rinse cleaning product called SOAK before use.  It takes at least 4 hours for the water to be absorbed into the closely compacted fibers (I often leave it to soak overnight). I then drain the water and spin it in the washing machine at high speed to extract water. I either line dry the batting or if pushed for time, I will dry it in the dryer.   As I use an all natural batting product I remove wrinkles and creases (if any) with a dry iron.

I have not had any problems subjecting this brand of batting to this rigorous procedure.

Ready to start quilting ...
Rita