Candy of The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge wanted simple all over quilting for this quilt. Masculine motif, no leaves, hearts or feathers. I really wanted to play off all the squares and rectangles so I started drawing connecting patterns that would go edge to edge (E2E) and on paper they looked like sine waves.
Here’s a quilt by Candy showing the breakdown of the quilting pattern, corner, middle, corner, middle (c, m, c, m). The first time I used this design on one of Candy’s quilts a few years ago, I loved it and wanted to do it again! In fact, I made 2 of my Bucket List quilts just so I could quilt this design again! When she brought me this quilt, we both knew it would be a good design for all these triangles!
The One block photo shows the stitching sequence – c, m, c, m – until you are back where you started. And yes, you must say those words as you stitch, “corner, middle, corner, middle”! The block is about 8″ and I use a ruler, stopping at each corner to reposition the ruler with the needle down.
The Four block photo shows the secondary pattern starting to emerge. This is where I start the stitching, in the center of four blocks. I can stitch out four blocks before having to break my thread.
The Partial and Whole quilt photos show the secondary pattern that is created with the “stars”. Isn’t that awesome?! This design works well in cornerstones and blocks when they are separated by sashings but I love it when they are all together creating another design.
The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select and the thread is OMNI by Superior Threads.
Do you have a quilt top in your closet that needs to be finished? Deb had one of those! Her grandmother started the quilt by making the butterfly blocks and her mother finished it. According to Deb, the butterfly fabrics are from the 60’s and 70’s. I was very excited and honored to have the opportunity to finish this quilt for Deb from the quilting to the binding! And now she’ll be able to give her daughter a completed heirloom!
What if it’s not sewn very well or is not high quality fabrics? What if it has holes from being stored? These imperfections are noticeable when it’s unfinished but after some repairs and quilting it can become an heirloom! Here’s Deb’s Antique Butterfly quilt before quilting.
One thing that I noticed was that it had side borders but no top borders, maybe they ran out of fabric? There were small holes in some of the pink areas that I repaired by snipping small amounts from the seam allowances. I then placed the snipped pieces under the holes and used Stitch Witchery to adhere them. The blocks were not accurately pieced, resulting in some puckering of fabric.
In the next post, I’ll show the quilting process and the final product!
Linda’s made another fun quilt with fun modern colors and patterns. The Star Flower Pantograph by Sue Schmieden of The Quilting Connection is perfect for this quilt. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select and the thread is Lava by Superior Threads. Check out the pieced back, good way to use up your fabric!
Here’s a perfect quilt for an edge to edge design. A freehand shell design adds lots of movement and texture to the batik fabrics. The thread is a King Tut variegated by Superior Threads and the batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select.
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