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Meadowland quilt – The VandCo Color Me Happy one

Today I’m sharing a quilt from a couple of years ago! I only finished it recently and am finally getting around to blogging it.

I started this VandCo Meadowland quilt a few houses ago..lol. I remember working on this quilt in my newly finished basement sewing studio. I wasn’t in that studio for long before I decided to move my sewing studio to the main floor for better access to the family.

This Meadowland quilt pattern is by Then Came June.

VandCo’s Color Me Happy fabric line has always been a favorite of mine. It’s out of print and harder to find but I’ve collected quite a bit of it over the years. I think this quilt is one of the first quilts that I’ve actually used this hoarded fabric.

Meadowland is a fat quarter friendly quilt so it was perfect for the fat quarters I had been stashing.

Meadowland is huge! I made the larger throw size. I love huge quilts. I much prefer a really large throw size to a smaller lap size.

This quilt was the perfect quilt pattern to use these hoarded Color me Happy fabrics since it blends them all together so beautifully.

I finally finished this quilt recently in my current studio…ha. I didn’t take any photos of the process but I quilted this one myself. I free motion quilted it using my Janome MC6700p. I quilted a stipple pattern. Or at least attempted a stipple pattern.

My free motion quilting needs a lot of improvement but despite that I really enjoy doing it. This is one of those quilts where I just enjoyed the process of quilting it which is probably why I have no pictures to show for it. It was all about the enjoyment with this one.

Meadowland is a big quilt so it was a really good free motion practice quilt.

You can see the stipple quilting a little better in this photo below. I don’t know if you can quite call this a stipple pattern but either way I enjoyed the quilting process. That’s all that matters, right?! lol

This really big Meadowland is backed in a Carolyn Friedlander crosshatch wideback. I use wide backs whenever I can so anytime I can find a nice neutral one like this I stock up.

Fabrics: VandCo Color Me Happy (out of print)
Quilt Pattern: Meadowland by Then Came June

Infinite Hearts Quilt Pattern – A scrappy happy heart quilt

I am so excited to share this year’s heart quilt! The Infinite Hearts quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love shop.

The Infinite Hearts quilt pattern was designed with your fabric scraps and fabric stash in mind! Infinite hearts is stash friendly.

This sweet scrappy heart quilt can be sewn up using fat quarters, fat eighths, quarter yards, jelly roll strips or your scrap stash!

The quilt pattern includes baby size through twin size.

Stash quilt

I made this version of Infinite Hearts using leftover fat quarters from my Kona Calendar Crossroads quilt. I thought I left out the red, coral and some of the peaches but now I’m not so sure..lol. Either way, it’s a large assortment of Kona solids in reds and pinks.

This quilt uses a few strips from each color. I love that this quilt used up these left over fabric pieces. It is so satisfying to sew your stash that way!

My stash never gets very large because I tend to do this a lot. If I have a bundle already curated and working well together, I’ll use it for more than one quilt.

Kona Cotton pink and red solids

Peony, Brt Pink, Melon, Camellia, Salmon, Coral, Peach, med Pink, Azalea, Pomegranate, Bubble Gum, Red, Creamsicle, Candy Pink, Punch, Baby Pink, Primrose, Valentine, Pink, Watermelon, Dusty Peach (I think I left our coral and red)

Ruby Star Society Grid background fabric

The background in this scrappy heart quilt is Ruby Star Society grid in the color cloud. Isn’t it the cutest!? It’s the perfect alternative to a solid white background. I will warn you that it’s a little hard to find right now. I used this grid for all of my Infinite Heart quilt samples.

Infinite Hearts quilt pattern

It has been such a fun challenge to come up with a new heart quilt each January.

This design took a few edits to get right. In fact, I sewed up an entire sample and then decided to change it up. I also spent quite a few hours sketching in Illustrator. There were some cute options but nothing was exciting me much. Until I finally landed on this simple design.

I love that it’s a simple heart but has movement with the four stripes. I love that the hearts are tightly spaced and continue off the edges. That is where the quilt pattern name comes from. There is no beginning or end to the hearts. They continue on in each row.

Multiple quilt sizes

Infinite Hearts includes five quilt size options. Since the block is a little smaller I kept the sizes between baby and twin. You certainly could size up by making more blocks!

The Infinite Hearts quilt pattern includes a nice baby or toddler size quilt, three throw sizes and a twin size. This would make the cutest twin quilt!

Three throw sizes

I love a large throw size quilt! But I also wanted to provided options for smaller throw sizes. Infinite Hearts includes a small throw, a medium size throw and a large throw.

Pre cut friendly quilt pattern

Infinite Hearts works for most fabric pre cuts! The pattern includes cutting instructions for fat quarters, fat eighths, quarter yards, half yards and jelly roll strips. You could even use layer cakes for Infinite Hearts!

Jelly roll quilt pattern

I’m always excited when a quilt pattern works with jelly rolls! Infinite Hearts is jelly roll friendly!

Scrappy heart quilt

And of course, it works with scraps! One of the reason I made the heart blocks with stripes is so that you could use your scraps. I’m really excited to make a scrappy version of this heart quilt. Use your pinks or reds or something unexpected like navy fabric scraps. Or how cute would this be in a rainbow of color?!

The pattern includes instructions for using a solid background like this quilt or using your neutral scraps for a scrappy background!

Ambitious beginner quilt pattern

I would call Infinite Hearts an ambitious beginner quilt pattern. I actually adjusted the design with beginners in mind. The trickiest part will be preserving the bottom points. But the pattern is full of diagrams to walk you through each step.

Riley Blake Wideback quilt backing

I almost forgot to include the info about the backing! The backing on this Infinite Hearts quilt is the brand new Riley Blake wide backs by The Tattooed Quilter! This one is the color grey.

I love a good wideback so I was pretty excited to find these new designs by Christopher. A wideback is a very wide cut of fabric intended for backing a quilt. I know it’s not hard but I hate piecing quilt backs so I used wide backs whenever I can. I’m excited to see some new modern natural designs hitting the market.

Long arm quilting design

This Infinite Hearts quilt was quilted by Jenae of Vintage Stitch. She chose the cutest little rainbow quilting design and I absolutely love it!

I also made a cute little ombre heart baby size quilt sample! I’ll post that one soon.

I couldn’t believe the toddler allowed me to get these photos! It was a quick session and I just let her do her thing with some gentle prompting. We got some gems for sure….lol.

Bonus blocks

Infinite Hearts includes these bonus blocks in the quilt pattern! I’m not usually one to save cut off corners but you end up with quite a few in this quilt.

You can use these leftover half square triangles for any half square triangle project or these pretty sawtooth star blocks! I plan to make up a full throw size quilt using these star blocks!

You can find Infinite Hearts in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Infinite Hearts quilt pattern by Emily of Quilty Love
Infinite Hearts quilt pattern

The Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins quilt

Good morning! Today I’m sharing the Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins quilt!

You can find the Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern in the Quilty Love shop here.

Lucky Log Cabins is the first quilt pattern in the Quilty Love Stash Buster series. Lucky Log Cabins is a quick and easy stash friendly quilt that you can have sewn together in a weekend.

This log cabin look alike quilt is jelly roll friendly, fat quarter friendly, fat eighth friendly and 1/4 yard friendly! Find one of those in your stash and lets start sewing! Without any background fabrics, this one is a true stash buster.

The original – The Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins quilt

This Figo fabrics version of Lucky Log Cabins is the original one. This was my test quilt or more like my play quilt. Lucky Log Cabins was designed over the course of several months. Usually I have a design in mind before I start sewing but not for this one!

This fat quarter bundle from the Figo Fabrics Sunkissed line was sitting in my stash for a while. I started cutting into without a plan and just enjoyed the process of playing with fabric.

I would work on it here and there as inspiration struck. There was one point where I was pretty sure it would never turn into anything because I just wasn’t feeling it. But I figured if I felt inspired I would go back to it.

And that did happen! I did end up taking out the WIP and working on it again. The Lucky Log Cabin blocks emerged. Once I finished this quilt top, I could not wait to try it again in other fabrics!

Fast and easy quilt pattern

I ended up making five, so as you can see it is quite addicting to make! You will find yourself thinking about other versions as you sew it together ;). Lucky Log Cabins is a quick and easy quilt so you will find yourself sewing up more than one!

Lucky Log Cabins works with so many fabrics

This Sunkissed line by Figo Fabrics is a busier print line when all together like this. But I love how it looks! Since this fabric line really only has a few colors in it, it really works!

All quilt sizes available

As I started working on Lucky Log Cabins and writing it up, I got excited with how versatile it became. It worked so well using so many different pre cuts and it worked easily into just about any quilt size you would need.

The quilt pattern includes instructions for a baby size quilt, a lap size quilt, a throw size quilt, a large throw size quilt, a twin size quilt, a full size quilt, a queen size quilt, and a king size quilt!

I’m so happy that all of the bed sizes are covered in this Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern. It can be harder to find some of those bed size quilt patterns such as twin and full.

This Sunkissed Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins quilt is the medium throw size.

Stash Buster quilt pattern

As I mentioned before, this is the first in the upcoming Quilty Love Stash Buster quilt pattern series. I’m so excited about this series! The quilts in this series are meant to provide a quilt pattern for you to sew your stash! All of the quilts in the series do not need background fabrics. Without background fabrics, it’s all about using up your fabric stash!

Lucky Log Cabins includes instructions for using jelly rolls, fat quarters, fat eighths, or quarter yards. The larger sizes even include half yards.

So choose your fabrics from your stash and this pattern will help you with cutting for any of them.

Perfect Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern

I always get excited when a Quilty Love quilt pattern is jelly roll friendly. Jelly Rolls are such a fun precut to have and to collect. They are 2.5 inch strips of fabric and usually contain 2 prints each of the entire fabric line. They are one of the more affordable ways to get the entire fabric collection all together.

Plus they are so fun with their little round shapes…lol. Below is an older jelly roll I had just pulled the ribbon off of.

Anyways, Lucky Log Cabins is the perfect Jelly Roll quilt! You will need one or two jelly rolls depending on the size quilt you make. Or if you just have one jelly roll, you can supplement it with some solid or neutral fat quarters or yardage from your stash.

Log Cabin quilt pattern

So Lucky Log Cabins is not a true Log Cabin quilt pattern since the construction is a bit different. But the end result comes out looking very similar to a log cabin quilt block. A true log cabin quilt block is constructed by adding a new log to each side of the block.

Log cabin quilt blocks are so classic though! Lucky Log Cabins is a spin on the log cabin block. I actually named this quilt pattern “Lucky” Log Cabins because it felt kind of lucky that the blocks ended up looking like log cabins. I had no visions of what this quilt would turn into since I started cutting fabric with no plans so the end result did feel lucky 🙂

Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins binding and backing

I used a Peppered cotton wideback on this Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins quilt. I tend to keep a handful of neutral wide backs on hand since they work with so many quilts. With a busier quilt top like this one, that solid backing really tones down the quilt. I’ve used these peppered cottons for quite a few quilts now and really like them. They are more like a linen and nice and soft.

The binding on this Lucky Log Cabins quilt is Kona cotton in the color denim. This denim color has worked on a few of my quilts recently! It’s a really pretty blue solid fabric.

Free motion quilting a stipple pattern

I almost forgot to tell you about the quilting on this log cabin quilt! I actually attempted some free motion quilting! I attempted..(ha) a free motion stipple pattern.

Here is what I have to say about free motion quilting…. It is so enjoyable! But… it is challenging. You will feel like you are doing a terrible job quilting the entire time as a newbie. But it always looks better when you step back and observe the entire quilt!

So while my free motion quilting skills have a lot of room for improvement, I still enjoy doing it every once in a while. A quilt like this one is the perfect free motion practice quilt because it’s busy in its pattern and I wasn’t particularly attached to it or afraid to mess it up.

I pieced and quilted this Figo Fabrics Lucky Log Cabins on my Janome MC6700p. If you want to try free motion quilting you will need a free motion quilting foot that looks like this. Your machine might have come with one so take a look at those extra feet!

Free Motion quilt in sections

I try to work in sections when free motion quilting. Big rectangle sections. Sometimes the hardest thing to figure out about free motion quilting is where to start and where to go. But break your quilt up into sections and start quilting! There is only one way to improve your free motion quilting skills…! And that is by doing!! And possibly messing up a few quilts along the way.

If you look closely at this quilt you can see my stipple isn’t very loopy and swoopy. Instead they are a little more jagged and rough but when you step back and look at the quilt as a whole, it looks much better…lol.

You can find Lucky Log Cabins in the Quilty Love Shop.

Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern by Quilty Love

Materials Used:
Figo Fabrics Sunkissed
Binding – Kona in Denim
Backing – Peppered Cotton Wideback
Batting – Quilters Dream Select
Pieced and quilted on my Janome MC6700p
Connecting Threads thread

Mammoth Flannel Junior Lucky Log Cabins quilt

Today I am sharing the Robert Kaufman Mammoth Junior Flannel Lucky Log Cabins quilt. Now I know I’ve said this a few times in the past but this one really is my favorite quilt..lol.

Lucky Log Cabins is the first in the Quilty Love Stash buster series and you can find it in my shop here.

So yes, this one really is my favorite! As I was sewing up this mammoth flannel quilt I knew it was going to actually get used around here. I suspected it would end up in the regular quilt rotation and it sure has!

Let me tell you about this Mammoth flannel junior Lucky Log Cabins quilt.

Robert Kaufman Mammoth Junior Flannels

Robert Kaufman has released a few new mammoth junior flannel fat quarter bundles recently and I ended up with a warm and cool bundle. They are so gorgeous!

Robert Kaufman Mammoth jr WARM flannel bundle
Robert Kaufman Mammoth jr COOL flannel bundle

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to do with them. Can you really mix all of these flannels together without it looking like a hot mess? The bundles themselves looked so pretty so I went for it and started mixing!

I wanted to make the large throw size of Lucky Log Cabins so I needed fat quarters from both bundles. But wouldn’t it be pretty to make a quilt with just the warms or just the cools!? You could easily make a small throw size Lucky Log Cabins quilt with just one bundle or even a medium size throw if you add in an extra fat quarter!

I was apprehensive the entire time I was sewing up this quilt. I almost didn’t finish it because I wasn’t sure I would like how it turned out. But experience tells me that it always looks better in the end so I kept sewing.

As soon as this flannel quilt top was done and I stepped back and took a photo I got excited. It did come together and turned into a really pretty cozy flannel quilt.

In the end the blues, teals and pinks became dominant colors preventing it from looking too much like a hot mess…lol.

Below are the 20 fat quarters I used from both the Warm and Cool Robert Kaufman Mammoth junior bundles. You can see I tried to stick with the softer colors from the bundles. I believe I also kept most of the purples out.

Quilting with flannel

A lot of quilters sew flannel with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Flannel tends to fray (and shrink) more than a quilting cotton does.

I’m going to warn you guys that I did not use a 1/2in seam allowance on this flannel. I have no idea what that means for the future of this quilt but I pretty much sew everything at a 1/4in. I did use a really small stitch length (1.8) and reinforced my half square triangle seams with an extra basting stitch.

So just a word of warning if you want to make the same quilt… You could use a 1/2 inch seam allowance and leave all measurements as is but then your blocks will all be smaller. No big deal though! Or you could cut larger to compensate for the 1/2in seam allowance. It’s just going to get really tight since you need the entire width of fabric. I honestly don’t really recommend that for this pattern.

Most quilters have had no issues using a 1/4 inch seam allowance on flannel

Quilters weighed in on this post on Instagram and most have had zero issues using a 1/4in seam allowance on flannel! So that is good news!

I pretty much sew everything at 1/4 inch and rarely prewash. I really thought Essex Linen frayed worse than this flannel as I was working with it and I always sew Essex linen at 1/4 inch without issues.

Both linen and flannel will shrink quite a bit when they are washed so that also could be why having a larger seam allowance is recommended. Don’t be surprised if your flannel or linen quilt comes out of the dryer several inches shorter on each side! I’m hesitant to wash this one for the first time because I know it’s going to shrink…lol. But it could also make it cozier..

Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern

Let me tell you about the Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern!

I am so excited about this quilt pattern. It is the first in the Quilty Love Stash Buster series coming out over the next few months.

Stash buster quilt pattern

Lucky Log Cabins is a true stash buster quilt! There is no background fabric and many different fabric sizes can be used making it the perfect stash quilt!

All the fabric precuts friendly including jelly rolls!

You can use fat quarters, jelly rolls, fat eighths or quarter yards for this quick and easy strip quilt.

I’m so excited that jelly rolls work nicely with Lucky Log Cabins because we could all use a good jelly roll quilt pattern.

Fast and easy quilt pattern

Lucky Log Cabins is a fast and easy stash quilt. It goes together with strip piecing shortcuts making it a quick and easy one to chain piece. It’s quite addicting to make actually, and you will find yourself planning out your next one (or five) as you make it….lol.

Lucky Log Cabins is perfect for the jelly rolls in your stash or that fat quarter bundle you just have no idea what to do with. I’m finding that Lucky Log Cabins looks great in a wide array of fabrics!

Or mix up a bundle from your fat quarter stash for this this quick and easy Log cabin look alike quilt. This blog post talks about sewing from your stash and creating your own bundles.

All the quilt sizes in this fast and easy quilt pattern

I have you covered for every quilt size with Lucky Log Cabins! The quilt pattern includes a baby size, a small throw (lap) size, a medium throw size, a large throw size, a twin size, a full size, a queen size AND a king size! Every quilt size you would need to make is covered!

There are multiple throw sizes. I like them large! This mammoth flannel junior Lucky Log Cabins quilt is a large throw size.

Bed size quilt pattern

And there are multiple bed size quilts in this pattern! Some of those bed size quilt patterns are harder to find. Every bed size quilt is included in Lucky Log Cabins: Twin, full, queen and king.

Back to this flannel Lucky Log Cabins quilt… It really is our new favorite around here! Not only has it made it in to the rotation, it’s the one we all grab first. I actually have it on my lap right now as I type this out on the couch…haha.

Flannel quilt backing

To keep this one super cozy I backed it in flannel also! The backing is actually a flannel duvet I picked up from Ikea a while back. Isn’t it cute! I really love to tone down busy quilt tops with a subtle neutral backing. This polka dot duvet cover couldn’t be more perfect.

Another great flannel backing to use!

If you are looking for a flannel backing with a similar feel, try this grid one from Robert Kaufman! It would be perfect paired with the Mammoth flannel junior bundles.

I used it in this Farmhouse Christmas quilt and actually have more on the way for another quilt.

Piecing my Mammoth junior flannel Lucky Log Cabins

The nice thing about Lucky Log Cabins is the random placement of the fabrics. It’s a quick and easy quilt to put together because you don’t have to put a lot of thought into fabric placement.

However, I did try to put fabric next to each other that flowed. So each strip set coordinates a little bit. Rather than have a high contrast, low contrast, high contrast situation going on in the quilt, it flows a little better when you place fabrics next to each other that play nicely together.

This wasn’t a hard and fast rule and it didn’t always work out but that is how I pieced my Mammoth flannel junior Lucky Log Cabin quilts.

Creative fabric placements in Lucky Log Cabins

You could also start to create all kinds of emerging patterns in Lucky Log Cabins if you started to get intentional with your fabric placements. For example, you might use the same rainbow of color in your strip sets. Or you might place the same color strip in the center each time.

I’m excited to see some clever quilters play around with their fabric placements like that.

Binding fabrics used in this flannel Mammoth Jr Lucky Log Cabins quilt

The only fabric that isn’t flannel in this quilt is the binding! I used a Kona cotton in the color Denim for this cozy flannel Lucky Log Cabins quilt.

Flannel quilt long arm quilting

I sent this flannel Lucky Log Cabins quilt off to Knot and Thread for quilting. Kait chose this fun repeating circle quilting pattern. The batting is an 80/20 quilt batting. Sometimes flannel and linen quilts can get really heavy and thick. This one really isn’t too bad! It doesn’t feel a whole lot heavier than a regular cotton quilt.

Log Cabin Quilt Pattern

I call Lucky Log Cabins a log cabin look alike quilt. It’s not a true log cabin quilt since the construction is different than an actual log cabin quilt block. But the end result of this quilt block ends up looking very similar to a log cabin quilt block.

This quilt probably goes together a little faster than a true log cabin quilt would.

You can find Lucky Log Cabins in the Quilty Love pattern shop:
PDF automatic download – Lucky Log Cabins
Mailed paper copy – Lucky Log Cabins

Fabrics Used:
Robert Kaufman Mammoth Junior bundle in WARM
Robert Kaufman Mammoth Junior bundle in COOL
Binding: Kona Cotton in Denim
Backing is a flannel Ikea Duvet cover – similar option here