Completed Quilts

Quilty Stars Quilt – the happy scrappy one

This Scrappy Quilty Stars quilt may be a new favorite! I’m pretty sure I’ve claimed no less than 25 quilts as my favorite so far…ha.

This may be by far the most satisfying quilt I’ve made. The quilt top is 100% fabrics scraps!

Quilty Stars is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

I made this scrappy version during the quilt along last summer. It really was an enjoyable one to make with all that scrappy goodness.

Scrap buster quilt pattern

I wrote the Quilty Stars quilt pattern with scraps in mind! I love using up my scrap stash every few quilts. This one is a really great scrap buster! Especially if you use low volume scraps as the background like this.

My low volume background is not always very subtle but it’s one of my favorite scrap bins to dig through. It’s usually just as full as my blue bin.

Quilty Stars quilt pattern

Quilty Stars is fat quarter and scrap friendly. The quilt pattern includes instructions for a baby size, throw size, twin size and a king size.

I would call Quilty Stars a confident beginner quilt pattern. This quilt uses squares and half square triangles. Majority of my patterns have you making the half square triangles too big and then trimming to size. That really helps keep them nice and precise and that’s much easier on beginner quilters.

I somehow end up with more blue fabric scraps than any other color and so far I’ve made a couple of scrappy blue quilts. They are my favorite 🙂

Quilty Stars is perfect for those 2.5in square fabric scraps we all end up with.

Free Motion stippling on the Janome MC6700p

This scrappy Quilty Stars quilt is quilted with a Janome MC6700p. I tried free motion quilting this one! I have only free motion quilted a handful of times but it sure is fun!

I sure could use the practice so this was a good practice quilt with it’s busy scrappy fabrics. I just did stippling and let me tell you, it’s not as easy as it looks! You will feel like you are doing a terrible job as you are in the thick of it but then when you step back it always looks better.

There really is only one way to get better… and that is by actually doing. So I say just jump in and don’t be afraid to “ruin” a few quilts. I promise it will look better than you think in the end 🙂

Free motion quilting really is relaxing and actually pretty fast.

Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

I finally got around to photographing this one a few days ago. These photos were all taken with my iphone! I used this quilt as an example in my Pinterest course, Pin it for Sales. The entire photo and photo editing process is included in the course.

Free motion stippling quilting really gives a quilt some great texture.

The binding on this scrappy quilt is an older Add it up print. The backing is a Bonnie and Camille gingham from my stash.

One of the things I love about scrappy quilts is the memories from all of the different fabrics. So many good fabrics all mixed together into one quilt!

I made these sample blocks below in preparation for the quilt along. I really love this star quilt made up in one color but I’m tempted to use these blocks to make a multi color version.

You can make up your own Quilty Stars quilt using your scraps and the Quilty Stars quilt pattern.

Bounce Triangle Peaks quilt

Today I’m sharing this Bounce Triangle Peaks quilt. This one was made so long ago so I don’t know how it hasn’t made it up on the blog yet!

Triangle Peaks quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Bounce Triangle Peaks Quilt

Triangle Peaks is a quick and easy Triangle quilt pattern that is made up using fat quarters. Allison of Cluck Cluck Sew sent along her newest fabric line Bounce for Windham fabrics and I couldn’t wait to cut into it.

I believe I had a fat eighth bundle and cut all of the triangles from those fat eighths. Instead of using an accent color for the smaller triangles, I used the extra fabric.

This fabric line is full of fun designs in primary colors. I used to shy away from reds in my quilts but lately I’ve really loved red.

The Serpentine quilting stitch

I quilted this Triangle Peaks quilt myself using my favorite wavy stitch on the Janome MC6700p. It’s basically just quilting straight lines and the wavy stitch does all of the work.

And yes, I always start on the edge and work edge to edge. I started doing that to prevent the fabric pulling that happens when you flip your quilt while quilting it. Honestly, this big Janome probably would not pull the fabric but I got used to not flipping my quilts when I used my smaller Janome sewing machine.

This cute and playful Triangle Peaks quilt is finished of with a solid red binding and a red Dear Stella backing fabric. I really love neutral subtle prints on the back of my quilts.

Quick and easy Triangle quilt pattern in all the quilt sizes

Triangle Peaks is a quick and easy triangle quilt that includes instructions for a baby size, throw size, twin size and a queen size.

This would make for the cutest twin size bed quilt. This Bounce version is a throw size. The throw size is a nice generous size. I love nice and large throw quilts. 🙂

Fat quarter and 1/4 yard friendly

Triangle Peaks is written for fat quarters or 1/4 yards. I actually used fat eighths here and just used double the amount of the fat quarters. So this is probably close to 20 fat eighths.

I used the left over fabrics for the accent triangles and used every last scrap of these fabrics..haha. I actually love when that happens because it really feels like no waste.

This triangle quilt ended up being the cutest quilt! Perfect for a younger child.

Materials Used:
Triangle Peaks quilt pattern
Bounce fabrics by Cluck Cluck Sew for Windham fabrics
Binding: Kona Red
Backing: Dear Stella Net
Batting: Quilter Dream Select
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700p

Stars and Stripes Quilt

There are still quite a few quilts that haven’t made it up on the blog yet and this Stars and Stripes quilt is one of them.

Stars and Stripes pattern is by Thimbleblossoms.

This was such a fun quilt to sew up. Every once in a while I crave mindless sewing and a Thimblebossoms pattern. This scrappy friendly quilt is a quick sew.

I actually struggled to find enough red in my stash for this flag quilt but I managed to make it work. There might be some extra piecing in there to make the red pieces big enough.

The background is an out of print Bonnie and Camille gingham from their Vintage Picnic fabric line. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen quite a few Stars and Stripes with this background. It certainly wasn’t my original idea 🙂

Stars and Stripes is a nice little throw size so I quilted it up on a Janome MC6700p using my favorite wavy stitch. It looks like these lines are spaced one inch apart.

The backing is an older Bonnie and Camille floral print. This makes for the perfect summer quilt. With the 4th of July coming up, it seems like a good time to finally share it here on the blog.

Hopscotch II – Figo Butterscotch one

I have another Hopscotch II quilt to show you today! This time it’s made up in Butterscotch fabrics by Dana Willard for Figo Fabrics. Let’s call this one the Butterscotch Hopscotch II. 🙂

Hopscotch II is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Hopscotch II quilt by Emily of quiltylove.com

Butterscotch fabric by Dana Willard for Figo Fabrics

This bright and happy Butterscotch fabric line is the star of the show here. I could not wait to cut these fabrics up. Look at all that color!! Lately this purple color has been a favorite of mine in quilting which is so bizarre because it used to be my least favorite color.

The accent fabric in this quilt is Kona in the color gumdrop and it matches the purples in this fabric line almost perfectly.

Take a closer look at the adorable motifs in this fabric. Pyrex??!! And frosted animal crackers. It really is a fun and playful line and Dana nailed it with this one.

I had this bundle for a little while before cutting it up, just waiting for the right quilt. And Hopscotch II was that. It uses larger pieces so the designs in this Butterscotch fabric line really stand out.

Machine quilted using the Serpentine stitch (or wavy stitch)

This Butterscotch Hopscotch II quilt is quilted on my machine (with the help of my super helpful helper..ha) using the serpentine stitch and a walking foot.

If you have seen more than three of my quilts then I’m sure you have seen me use this stitch. It honestly looks good on EVERYTHING! And it’s super easy to do because it’s basically just straight lines and the machine makes the curves. I believe these lines are spaced one inch apart.

It’s a really forgiving stitch and I would highly recommend newbie quilters to give it a try.

I have a tutorial here on how to do this quilting with the multi zig zag stitch. The method is the exact same. One of these days I’ll have to do a new tutorial with this stitch.

Now back to the quilt pattern…

Hopscotch II quilt pattern

Hopscotch II is inspired by Hopscotch from my book Modern Quilts Block by Block. The original Hopscotch has cute little blocks and makes a small baby size quilt. This newer version has much bigger blocks and much bigger quilt sizes. It also has a different layout of the fabrics.

All the quilt sizes

I’m not kidding when I say it has all the quilt sizes! Hopscotch II includes instructions for a crib size, a throw size, a twin size AND a queen/king size. I have you covered on every single size!

Fat Quarter Quilt (Stash quilt)

Hopscotch II is a fat quarter quilt which makes it a really great stash quilt! The throw size uses just 10 fat quarters! Or you could double that and use up to 20 fat quarters for more variety.

You could even use fat eighths so long as your fabrics are not directional. Or you don’t care about fabric directions like me 😉

Quick and easy and beginner friendly

This one is a quick and easy one! The blocks are nice and big and they go together in no time. I’ve made three so far and all were pretty fast makes. The instructions include strip piecing shortcuts that help it go together a little faster.

My little quilt model snuck into these ones 😉 I wasn’t planning on having her be in them with her sweats and tshirt but it was too cute when she climbed up on this stool. And started pulling her pony tail out…ugh. She will not keep anything in her hair these days 🙁

Accent fabric, background fabric and binding

The accent fabric is Kona cotton by Robert kaufman in the color gumdrop. Background is my go to white which is Kona cotton in the color snow. It’s a really nice creamy white.

The binding is another kona cotton in the color curry. And the backing is a Carolyn Friedlander wideback in a grey crosshatch.

Someone mentioned on Instagram that this is the perfect picnic quilt they have been looking for. I totally agree! Check out the darker version I made here. Much better as a picnic quilt than this white one 😉