2021 Completed Quilty Projects

Scrappy Star Pop quilt

Today I’m sharing a scrappy Star Pop quilt that I made a few months back. Star Pop was released last fall and this was the first test quilt I sewed up using this new star quilt pattern.

Star Pop is a fun and modern sawtooth star quilt pattern. It’s layer cake or fat quarter friendly. I love when a quilt pattern works with layer cakes or 10 inch squares like this one.

Star Pop is for the ambitious beginner and includes tons of size options from baby size all the way up to king size.

Star Pop is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Fat quarter friendly scrappy star quilt

Star Pop is a really great stash quilt pattern because it requires fat quarters or layer cake squares. I mixed and matched some fat quarters from my stash for this fun fall inspired scrappy star quilt.

I visited a friend in Portland, Oregon recently and we hit up some quilt shops in the area. Most of these fat quarters came from that visit.

Star Pop quilt pattern

Star Pop is a fun and modern scrappy star quilt pattern. Each quarter block uses a different fabric resulting in a fun and scrappy star quilt.

Star Pop comes in tons of sizes from baby size all the way up to king size. The Star Pop quilt pattern includes:

Baby Size
Small throw
Large throw (This scrappy Star Pop quilt is the large throw)
Twin size bed quilt
Full size bed quilt
Queen size bed quilt
King size bed quilt

Star Pop is a really stash buster quilt pattern since you can mix and match either fat quarters from your stash or layer cake squares from your stash. You could probably even use your scrap stash!

I actually made this scrappy Star Pop quilt from start to finish myself! I used to quilt all of my own quilts using my sewing machine but time has become more limited so I’ve started sending most quilts off to a long arm quilter.

I miss doing the quilting myself though so it’s nice to quilt something here and there.

Quilting yourself means you also have to baste yourself..ha. That’s one step I don’t mind skipping when I send my quilts off to be quilted.

I always spray baste my quilts since I never get good results from pin basting. My go-to spray baste is this 505 spray.

Spray baste video tutorial by Quilty Love

I did some spray basting tutorials a while back for a heart quilt along. I’ll share the videos below. It’s kind of hard to share these since the it’s before or during our home remodel..ha

But spray basting is something some quilters struggle with so I’m happy to share how I do this step of quilting. Like everything else in quilting it takes practice and experience to get better. I rarely have loose fabric or puckers in my quilts these days but that wasn’t the case when I was still learning.

It really is satisfying to complete a quilt yourself. Don’t get me wrong, sending a quilt off to a long arm quilter still feels like magic but the satisfaction of finishing a quilt yourself is so good.

Wavy Stitch quilting on a regular sewing machine

Of course I stuck with my go to quilting stitch on this scrappy Star Pop quilt. This is called a Serpentine stitch and it’s super easy and super forgiving. If your machine has this wavy stitch, it’s a really good beginner friendly option.

You basically are quilting straight lines using a walking foot and the machine stitch makes the waves. Not all machines have this stitch and not all machine handle this stitch well.

I always start on one edge and quilt every other line. Then I go back through and fill in the lines in between. I believe these lines are spaced one inch apart.

I have a full blog post about quilting your own quilts using a very similar stitch here. The technique is the same.

Quilting a quilt with a minky backing

I was nervous to quilt this scrappy Star Pop myself only because it has a minky backing. I’ve never quilted minky myself. But good news..! It worked out the same as a quilting cotton would. I was afraid it would be too slippery but my walking foot handled it just fine.

I wouldn’t hesitate to quilt minky backings again. It didn’t feel any different on my machine. I didn’t do anything different either.

Shannon Cuddle minky backing

Speaking of that minky backing… this is a Shannon Cuddle wide minky fabric. It’s a grey color. I’m not sure the exact color.

I absolutely love using the Shannon wide minky fabrics as quilt backs. Ever since I discovered how warm and snuggly a minky backed quilt is, I use it when ever possible. I always use their 90″ wide fabrics so I don’t have to piece it together.

Ruby Star Society binding

I finished off this scrappy Star Pop quilt with a ruby star society navy speckled binding.

Star fabrics – Peppered Cotton

The star fabric is some leftover Peppered Cotton shot cotton I had in my stash. It’s leftover from some quilting backings. This peppered cotton is a wide back so I get left with a good chunk of it after each quilt that uses it.

This scrappy Star Pop quilt was a good opportunity to use it up.

Scrappy Star Pop Quilt materials used:

Quilt Pattern: Star Pop quilt pattern by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Assorted fat quarters from my stash
Star fabric: Peppered Cotton shot cotton
Binding: Ruby Star Society speckled fabric
Backing: Shannon Cuddle Minky in Wide
Pieced and quilted on my Janome MC6700P

Scrappy Hearts Quilt Pattern

Today I’m sharing a couple of older heart quilts made using the Scrappy Hearts Quilt Pattern. These Scrappy Hearts quilts are both made using Figo fat quarters.

Scrappy Hearts is the second heart quilt pattern in the Quilty Love heart pattern line up. Each year I create a new scrappy heart pattern just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The goal is to keep these heart quilt patterns scrap and stash friendly. This Scrappy Hearts quilt pattern is very scrappy friendly.

Scrappy Hearts includes a baby size, throw size and twin size. These Figo Scrappy Hearts quilts are the throw size.

The Scrappy Hearts quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop. View all of the heart quilt patterns here.

Scrappy heart quilt pattern

This Scrappy Heart quilt is named Scrappy Hearts because that’s what it is! This heart quilt is sewn together using squares and half square triangles. It’s easy to find these squares from your scrap stash.

The Scrappy Hearts quilt patterns is also fat quarter friendly.

Three quilt sizes

Scrappy Hearts includes instructions for three different quilt sizes:

Baby Size
Throw Size
Twin Size

Solid background or scrappy background

The Scrappy Hearts quilt pattern has options! You can sew up this heart quilt using a solid background fabric or use an assortment of squares from your scrap bins. The pattern includes cutting instructions for both options.

Figo Fabrics Scrappy Heart quilts

I made both of these heart quilts using fat quarters from Figo Fabrics. These lines came out a few years ago so they would be harder to find now but I thought they worked well for these scrappy hearts since each bundle was somewhat monochromatic.

Scrap buster quilt pattern

Scrappy Hearts was also designed with scraps in mind. During the quilt along a few years back I made a version using all low volumes and reds from my scrap bins. You can see the stack of those cut fabrics below. This was such a satisfying quilt to sew up using entirely scraps. I haven’t quilted that quilt top yet so it hasn’t made it up on the blog yet.

One of these days I’ll finish up this fun scrappy version of the Scrappy Hearts quilt below.

Long Arm quilting

This pink and purple Scrappy Hearts quilt was quilted by Knot and Thread. I love this design she chose. This quilt has some negative space on it so it really highlights the quilting nicely.

Backing

The backing on this Figo fabrics Scrappy Heart quilt is a Shot cotton by Peppered Cotton. It’s almost like a linen fabric so it’s nice and soft for quilt backings.

Black and White Striped binding

The binding on this scrappy heart quilt is my favorite black and white striped binding. I use this fabric for these striped bindings.

Machine Quilting

I quilted the blue and yellow Scrappy Hearts quilt myself using my sewing machine. I actually used my smaller Janome for this one!

You can get access to all of the quilt along video tutorials here.

Materials Used

Quilt Pattern: Scrappy Hearts by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Figo Fabrics
White background: Kona cotton snow
Black and white striped binding
Peppered Cotton Wide Back

Scrappy Infinite Hearts Quilt

Today I’m sharing a scrappy Infinite Hearts quilt. I have so many quilts that need to be posted so I’m focusing on the heart quilts with Valentine’s Day just around the corner.

I made this fun scrappy Blue Infinite Hearts quilt during the quilt along last year. It is made entirely from my scrap bins. I love sewing up these super scrappy quilts and using only the scrap bins.

The hearts are blue scraps and the background is all low volume scraps.

Infinite Hearts is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop. You can view all of the Quilty Love heart patterns here.

Infinite Hearts Quilt Pattern

Infinite Hearts is the third heart quilt in the Quilty Love heart quilt pattern series. This is a fun and scrappy friendly heart quilt pattern. These heart quilt patterns started a few years back with the intention of making a cute heart quilt just in time for Valentine’s Day that was also very stash friendly.

The Infinite Hearts quilt pattern has a few different options. Make a super scrappy version like this one using your scrap stash. Make a scrappy version using fat quarters and a solid background. Or make a four color version using just four different fabrics.

The pattern includes all three options.

The Infinite Hearts quilt pattern includes lots of quilt sizes:

Baby Size
Small Throw
Medium Throw (Shown in this blog post)
Large Throw
Twin size bed quilt

Besides being scrappy friendly, Infinite Hearts can also use the following pre-cuts:

Fat eighths
Fat quarters
1/4 yards
2.5″ x WOF strips or jelly roll strips

Jelly Roll friendly heart quilt pattern

Infinite Hearts is jelly roll friendly! You can use 2.5 inch strips for this cute heart quilt. A jelly roll quilt is usually super versatile and means you can use an assortment of pre-cuts in place of the strips.

Scrap buster heart quilt pattern

I really try to design these heart quilts around the scrap stash or fabric stash since they release in January. I find it so satisfying to make a quilt completely from scraps like this one. My favorite thing to do do is to dig through the scrap bins, press those fabrics and cut from them. I find it so relaxing.

For this scrappy Infinite Hearts quilt, I used an assortment of blues and aquas. Those are the two colors I usually have the most scraps of.

Infinite Hearts Self Paced quilt along

Each year we have a quilt along for the new heart quilt pattern. This year we are doing Patchwork Hearts. So Infinite Hearts was the quilt along last year. You can still sign up to receive all of the information that went out during this quilt along here:

By signing up you can also download this cute tracking sheet and keep track of how many heart blocks you have made as you sew this quilt together. That sheet is fun to use even if you aren’t necessarily participating in the quilt along 🙂

You can also download a coloring page to plan out your quilt when you sign up for the self paced quilt along.

Scrappy Heart Blocks

Before I sewed this scrappy Infinite Hearts quilt up I tested a few blocks using my scrap stash. You can see the fun rainbow hearts that I made above.

This quilt would be super cute all scrappy but with a rainbow of scrappy hearts. I’m actually making a similar quilt using this years Patchwork Hearts quilt. It will be made using low volume scraps as the background like this one and then each heart will be a rainbow of color.

For this scrappy heart quilt I choose low volume prints that are all brighter white colors. In other scrappy quilts I’ve mixed in ivory and grey but for this one I stuck with only white background low volume fabrics. I like how cohesive it comes out that way.

Shop all Quilty Love Heart Patterns

Long Arm Quilting

This scrappy Infinite Hearts quilt was long arm quilted by Vintage Stitch. She actually finished the binding for me too! Jenae offers binding services along with her long arm quilting and let me tell you… it’s like magic getting that quilt back completely finished!

Binding and Backing fabric

The binding on this scrappy blue heart quilt is a navy blue gingham by Bonnie and Camille.

The backing is a Blossoms wide back in light grey. Blossoms is by the Tattooed quilter for Riley Blake.

Ambitious beginner/ Intermediate quilt pattern

The only thing that makes this heart block tricky is getting that perfect 1/4 inch on the bottom of the heart point. If you sign up for the self paced QAL there are videos included that might help. You can access all of the quilt along video instruction here.

Scrappy Infinite Hearts quilt Materials Used

Quilt Pattern: Infinite Hearts quilt pattern by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Assorted scraps from my scrap bins
Binding: Blue gingham by Bonnie and Camille
Backing: Blossoms wide back by Riley Blake
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Long Arm Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Then Came June Revive Bundle Cake Dash Quilt

Today I’m sharing this quick and easy Cake Dash quilt using the brand new Then Came June Revive bundle. Cake Dash is the latest Quilty Love quilt pattern in the shop and it’s a quick and easy one. Cake Dash is layer cake friendly since it uses 10 inch squares. You can also use fat quarters as I did here. More on that below.

I used my friend Meghan’s brand new curated bundle Revive for this cute throw size quilt. Revive is a curated bundle that Then Came June did for Robert Kaufman. It’s currently in quilt shops. Meghan has fat quarter bundles in her shop here.

Revive Bundle by Then Came June for Robert Kaufman

My friend Meghan of Then Came June just debuted her third curated bundle for Robert Kaufman. This bundle is called Revive and is a mix of textures and a soft color palette. Revive is in shops now. You can find it in Meghan’s shop or in The Fat Quarter Shop.

Revive was perfect for a stash buster quilt pattern since it has those beautiful neutrals mixed in. I love finding a stash buster pattern that doesn’t require a background fabric when a bundle has neutrals. The soft blues and greens in this color palette are so pretty. It has a pop of yellow and peach also. I did end up keeping the peach out of this quilt.

Cake Dash Quilt Pattern

Cake Dash was the perfect option for this Revive bundle since it doesn’t require background fabric. Or at least this version doesn’t! The Cake Dash Pattern includes a couple different options.

Cake Dash is the newest Quilty Love pattern and was released a few months ago. It’s a great stash buster pattern since you can make one up without any background fabric.

Cake Dash includes seven quilt sizes from baby size all the way up to king size!

This Then Came June Revive Bundle Cake Dash quilt is the small throw size. It measures 48″ x 56″. It’s the perfect lap size or even toddler size quilt.

Layer Cake friendly quilt pattern

Cake Dash is a layer cake friendly quilt pattern since you can use 10 inch squares for these blocks. I had a fat quarter bundle so I cut 10 inch squares from the bundle. There are fat quarter cutting instructions included but I decided to make this one with the squares since I had quite a few fabrics to work with.

So I cut two 10 inch squares from each fat quarter and then cut 2.5 inch strips from the remaining fat quarter for a Lucky Log Cabins quilt. I’ll be sewing that one up soon!

Quick and easy quilt pattern

Cake Dash is a quick and easy quilt pattern. I cut my fabrics one afternoon and sewed the quilt top the next afternoon. It’s a quick and satisfying quilt to sew up.

It’s a beginner friendly quilt pattern because it’s basic strips. However, the seams are all in one direction of the block so unless your quarter inch seam is perfect you may find your blocks don’t line up perfectly. You can trim all of your blocks square to fix this.

I also press the seams of each block open which helps keep the seam allowance closer to that perfect 1/4 inch. If I skip the trimming then I press each row to opposite sides to nest the seams. That helps when the blocks are not all perfectly square.

Machine quilting – Straight line quilting with a walking foot

I decided to quilt this one up myself since it’s a small throw and it’s been a while since I’ve quilted anything. I used to quilt all of my own quilts but my time feels more limited these days so outsourcing the quilting has been helpful.

I do miss the satisfaction of making a quilt from start to finish completely on my own though so it’s nice to quilt something every once in a while.

My go to quilting is usually the wavy stitch but I wanted to try something new this time.

So I did some Pinterest searches for straight line quilting designs and found these fun 60 degree triangles. They are super easy and only require three passes through the quilt. Scroll down to see diagrams.

First quilt 2″ spaced horizontal straight lines. (Or pick whatever spacing you want but use it for all three passes.)

Then quilt straight lines 2″ spaced on one diagonal at a 60 degree angle. I used a hera marker to mark these lines so they stayed nice and straight.

Lastly, quilt 2″ spaced lines on the opposite 60 degree diagonal. Make sure the lines go through the intersection of the first two lines you made to create the triangle. I used a hera marker for these lines also. They are mostly 2 inch spaced but I followed the intersections rather than worrying about an exact 2 inches for this last line.

There might be a common name for this straight line quilting design but I’m just calling it 60 degree triangles since that is what they are.

Hera Marker

The photo above shows two of the three lines already sewn. That tool in the photo is a hera marker. It’s used to mark an indent in the quilt. It’s my favorite way to mark lines on a quilt since it will wash out or relax over time. I don’t trust pens and markers on my fabrics so this is a good alternative.

Black and White Striped Binding

I finished off this Then Came June Revive Bundle Cake Dash quilt with a black and white striped binding. A striped binding is so classic and I always have plenty on hand. I used this black and white striped fabric for the binding.

Grid backing fabric

The backing on this Cake Dash quilt is an Essex Linen grid by Robert Kaufman. I love backing my quilts with essex linen because it’s much warmer than a quilting cotton. And this grid is one of my favorites to use as a backing.