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2021 Completed Quilty Projects

Free Spirit Fabrics Triangle Hexies Quilt

Today I have a bright and happy Free Spirit Fabrics Triangle Hexies quilt to share. It’s my turn on the blog tour for Valori Well’s brand new fabric line with Free Spirit Fabrics. Valori’s travels to Marrakech inspired this vibrant Enchanted fabric line.

I wanted to really highlight the beautiful fabrics in this line so I chose Triangle Hexies. It allows for bigger cuts of fabric, plus it’s quick and easy!

Triangle Hexies is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.
Enchanted fabrics will be in quilt shops – June 2021

Enchanted Fabrics by Free Spirit

You can definitely see the Moroccan influence on this vibrant fabric line by Valori Wells. Valori designed this line after a trip to Marrakech. She used block printing techniques to create some of these prints. I personally was drawn to the blues in this fabric line. I love the punch of orange and pink also.

Enchanted will be available in quilt shop in June.

Free Spirit Fabrics Triangle Hexies quilt

I was debating between a few different quilt patterns for these fabrics. In the end I decided to make a Triangle Hexies quilt because it allows for those larger cuts of fabric. It also mixes the fabrics at random and I really loved how they look all mingled together like this.

I chose the lightest print in the fabric line for the hexie sashing and then used a neutral as the background. The background fabric is a Free Spirit solid in the color Flax.

Triangle Hexies is a quick and easy hexie quilt. It is sewn with traditional piecing techniques. No Y seams or anything like that. I always recommend a triangle ruler when making a triangle quilt. I like this triangle ruler because it works for so many sizes plus you can use it for hexie quilts too! If you get a larger triangle ruler like that one, it’s the only one you will need.

Triangle Hexies quilt sizes

The Triangle Hexies quilt pattern includes a few different sizes:

  • Baby size
  • Throw size
  • Twin size
  • Queen size

This Free Spirit Triangle Hexies quilt is the throw size. It’s a nice generous size at 60″ x 70″.

Quick and easy triangle quilt

While Triangle Hexies may look a little more complex, it’s actually a pretty quick and easy quilt to make. It’s constructed using 60 degree triangles and if you use a ruler, piecing is simple!

I’ve actually made quite a few Triangle Hexie quilts over the years!

Fat Quarter friendly quilt pattern

Triangle Hexies is a fat quarter friendly quilt pattern! That is another reason I chose it for this fabric bundle.

Long Arm Quilting

This bright and happy Free Spirit Triangle Hexies quilt was quilted up by Jenae of Vintage Stitch. We chose this swirl quilting pantograph and I love the movement it gives this quilt.

I had Jenae also finish off the binding! She offers binding services and it feels like magic getting a quilt back from her completely done.

Materials Used:

Quilt Pattern: Triangle Hexies Quilt
Fabrics: Enchanted by Valori Wells for Free Spirit – in shops in June
Background: Free Spirit solid in Flax
Binding: Kona cotton in Pacific
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle for Robert Kaufman

I’m so excited to share the new Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle for Robert Kaufman! This collaboration with Robert Kaufman was a quilty bucket list item for me so you can imagine how excited I am to see it happen.

A Palette Picks fat quarter bundle is a curation of Robert Kaufman solids and textures by a designer. This time, that designer is me!

My Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle is colorful, full of texture and super versatile.

Quilt shops can order the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle from Robert Kaufman or Checker Distributors.

Quilters can get the bundle from their favorite quilt shops starting in April! Ask your quilt shop for the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle 🙂 I have some listed in my shop here.

This palette picks bundle has been in the works for the last six months or so. It was actually a little stressful mostly because the possibilities were literally unlimited. I could go in any direction, use any color scheme, use any of the solids or textures so with unlimited possibilities it was hard to know where to start. If you have been following along for a bit you probably know making decisions is not my greatest skill 😉

Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

Kona Cotton favorites

I’ve always had some favorite Kona Cotton colors that I wanted to try to bring in to this Palette Picks bundle. So the bundle has some old favorites and some new favorites.

I actually started with the neutrals in this bundle! For some reason, the neutrals are what immediately popped into my head when I was presented with this collaboration. I love how they lighten up the bundle and make it feel really fresh.

A rainbow of fabric color

One of the other decisions I needed to make was the color scheme. Should I stick with a limited palette or go for a full rainbow. In the end I decided to make a rainbow of color in this Palette Picks bundle using blues, pinks, nuetrals and a splash of yellow.

The rainbow of color in this palette makes it super versatile. There are 20 fat quarters in the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle so you can use them all together in one quilt or pull colors from it.

I did both with the quilt samples using this Palette Picks bundle.

The Triangle Peaks quilt below uses 18 of the 20 fat quarters. I left out the coral and nectarine to soften the color palette.

For the Fat Quarter Dash quilts below I separated out the bundle into warms and cools. One version of this quilt uses only the blues and neutrals. The other version uses only the pinks and neutrals.

  • Quilty Love palette picks Fat Quarter Dash quilts
  • Quilty Love palette picks Fat Quarter Dash quilts

Fat Quarter Dash is in the Quilty Love Shop.

Colorways from the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

You can get so many different looks just be eliminating a few colors. Below are some options using the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle with a few missing from each photo.

I ended up using the very last image in a quilt I’m working on now.

What I love about this bundle is how different it can look depending on the quilt! Below I used all 20 fabrics in the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle in a Compass Star quilt. The white background gives all of the color plenty of room to breathe resulting in a very fresh and happy star quilt.

Since the Compass Star quilt only used half of a bundle, I used the other half on this Diamond Lanterns quilt. You can make both quilts using just one bundle!

And then the Lucky Log Cabins quilt below looks completely different even though it uses the exact fabrics as the Compass Star.

Lucky Log Cabins is the first in the Quilty Love Stash Buster Series and does not use a background fabric.

Quilty Love Stash Buster Quilt Pattern Series

The Quilty Love Stash Buster quilt pattern series is actually inspired by this Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle!

When I was curating the bundle for Robert Kaufman I wanted to come up with quilt patterns that would use these fabrics alone. I wanted patterns that didn’t require anything other than a fat quarter bundle.

All of the stash buster quilts in the series do not require background fabric. The idea is that you can pull fat quarters from your stash and start sewing!

Kona Cotton Solids plus Robert Kaufman textures

I’m all about sewing with textures in my quilts! I’m a fearless quilter who is willing to use any substrate or fabric in my quilts. So over the years, I have loved adding texture in the form of fabrics whenever possible.

I was so excited that all of the Robert Kaufman textures were available to add into this Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle! So add them I did…lol.

Besides the classic Kona Cottons, this Palette Picks fat quarter bundle has Essex Linen, Manchester blends, Speckled Essex Linens and even some sparkle linens! This was all of my Quilty dreams come true with the texture…lol.

Once the colors were decided it was so enjoyable to sew up this Palette Picks bundle! I made five quilts using the bundle. Only one was a new pattern so there was plenty of mindless sewing over the past few months.

I can’t always get much done with the toddler, but she will let me sew at the kitchen island most days. Below is the pile of scraps from all of those quilts. The colors in this Palette Picks bundle are just so happy that even the scraps were pretty.

What to make with your Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

The Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle has 20 fat quarters. So what do you make with your bundle? You can try out one of the Quilty Love quilt patterns that use fat quarters here.

You can make a large throw size Lucky Log Cabins using every single fat quarter in this bundle.

Lucky Log Cabins quilt using the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

You can make both a Compass Star quilt and a Diamond Lanterns quilt with just one bundle. Both of these quilts require 20 fat eighths (half of the fat quarter bundle).

  • Quilty Love Palette Picks Compass Star quilt

You can try the new Fat Quarter Dash quilt using 15 or 21 fat quarters.

Quilty Love palette picks Fat Quarter Dash quilts

You can make a Cross Tile Quilt using all 20 fat quarters.

You can make a Crossroads quilt using 20 fat eighths or 15 of the fat quarters.

You can make a Southwest Sunshine quilt using all 20 fat quarters.

Quilty Love Palette Picks quilts on the blog

Visit the links below to see each Quilty Love Palette Pick quilt up close.

Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

You can find the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle at your favorite quilt shop or in my shop here.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Triangle Peaks quilt

Today I’m sharing the last quilt I made for the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle. This is the Quilty Love Palette Picks Triangle Peaks quilt.

Now, this certainly isn’t the last quilt I’ll be making using the Palette Picks bundle but it’s the last one I made for Robert Kaufman before the bundle came out.

The Triangle peaks quilt pattern is a good one for showcasing fabrics so I was excited to sew one up using my Palette Picks bundle. Triangle Peaks is a quick and easy modern triangle quilt.

The Triangle Peaks quilt pattern and the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle can both be found in the Quilty Love shop.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Bundle

The Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle is available in shops now! I curated this bundle last fall with Robert Kaufman. My bundle has a mix of neutrals, blues, pinks, a pop of coral and a splash of yellow.

Quilt shops can order from Robert Kaufman or a distributor.

I really love how versatile this bundle is turning out to be. It easily splits into different colorways or looks completely different when you remove a few colors.

For this Triangle Peaks quilt I left out the coral and nectarine for a softer palette. So this Quilty Love Palette Picks Triangle Peaks quilt uses 18 of the 20 fat quarters in the bundle.

Triangle Peaks quilt pattern

Triangle Peaks is a quick and easy modern triangle quilt pattern. This one has been out for quite a while now and I’ve made countless versions of it since it’s a fun one to sew up.

The pattern uses fat quarters and an accent fabric. The smaller triangles are all the same fabric according to the pattern but you can also cut them from the fat quarters. You might need an extra fat quarter to get them all but if you cut really carefully you can squeeze them out of the required fabric.

Quick and easy 60 degree triangle quilt

I love triangle quilts! 60 degree triangle quilts like Triangle Peaks are super easy to make especially when you use a 60 degree triangle ruler. My favorite triangle ruler is this 8.5 inch one because it will work for all the different sizes. If you get just one triangle ruler, go with a larger one like this. You can also cut hexies with it! So one ruler, many fun shapes.

Using a ruler really helps because there is no guessing on how to line up your triangles. They piece nice and easy with a ruler.

So if you are an ambitious beginner don’t be afraid of triangles! They really aren’t too bad to sew up.

This pattern also has all of the pressing instructions that really help you nest and line up your seams better.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent this Quilty Love Palette Picks Triangle Peaks quilt off to Vintage Stitch for quilting. This quilting pantograph is called Woven Wind. I love the movement it adds to this quilt.

Natural Kona background

I’ve recently started using a new neutral for my quilt backgrounds! This is kona cotton in natural. It’s a beautiful almost linen looking color but it’s one of the kona quilting cottons. It has a tiny bit of speckle in it and is a creamier color.

I really love how it gives a little added depth. I used it in this Crossroads quilt too. It’s just a little more exciting than my go-to kona snow.

Carolina Gingham quilt backing

This Triangle Peaks quilt is finished off with a Robert Kaufman Carolina Gingham in the color sand. This fabric is also in the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle. Gingham fabrics make the cutest quilt backings! There are several colors and scale in the Carolina gingham line.

Kona cotton binding

I finished this one off with a kona cotton binding in the color Deep Rose. This color is also in the Palette Picks bundle.

Materials Used:
Quilt pattern: Triangle Peaks by Quilty Love
Quilty Love Palette Picks Bundle by Robert Kaufman
Kona Natural background
Deep Rose Kona Cotton binding
Carolina Gingham backing in the color sand
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Quilty Love Palette Picks Diamond Lanterns quilt

I’m working on getting all of my Quilty Love Palette Pick quilts up on the blog. So today I’m sharing the Quilty Love Palette Picks Diamond Lanterns quilt!

Diamond Lanterns was the perfect quilt pattern for my brand new Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle with Robert Kaufman because it uses all 20 fabrics in the bundle. It actually uses 20 fat eighths so technically it only uses half of the bundle! It worked out perfectly to sew up because I used the first part of the bundle for this Compass Star quilt.

That’s two quilts using one of my Quilty Love Palette Picks bundles!

The Diamond Lanterns quilt pattern and the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle are both available in the Quilty Love shop.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Bundle

Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle

This Diamond Lanterns quilt is sewn up using the brand new Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle for Robert Kaufman. I curated this bundle for Robert Kaufman using their basics fabric lines. I curated the bundle last fall and it is showing up in quilt shops now!

Quilt shops can order from Robert Kaufman here or your distributors.

I have the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle available in my shop here.

This was such a fun project to do and I really enjoyed the process of curating these fabrics and then making quilts using them. I ended up making five different quilts using the Palette Picks bundle. I designed a few new patterns around it too.

Quilty Love Stash Buster Series

This Palette Picks bundle actually inspired the Stash Buster quilt pattern series. So while it’s not technically fabric in your stash it still inspired the series by challenging me to create quilt patterns that don’t require background fabric.

I made a few of the stash buster quilt patterns using this bundle. You can see Lucky Log Cabins here and Fat Quater Dash here.

Lucky Log Cabins quilt using the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle
Lucky Log Cabins
Quilty Love palette picks Fat Quarter Dash quilts
Fat Quarter Dash

Diamond Lanterns isn’t part of the stash buster series but is still a great stash quilt that also uses background fabric.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Diamond Lanterns

It’s been a while since I’ve made a Diamond Lanterns quilt! In fact, I’ve only made one! And that is the original cover quilt here. Diamond Lanterns is an older Quilty Love Pattern and was long overdue for another version.

I’ve been wanting to make another one for a while so when I realized I had a fat eighth bundle of my Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle left it was the perfect option for it. I used the first part of this bundle for this Compass Star quilt.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Compass Star quilt
Compass Star Quilt

Fat eighth quilt pattern

Diamond Lanterns is a fat eighth quilt pattern. Fat eighth quilt patterns are so versatile because you can use a fat quarter bundle from your stash (you will just use half of it) or you can pull fabric from your stash since a fat eighth is a pretty small cut of fabric.

A fat eighth measures 21″ x 9″ so it’s basically half of a fat quarter or half of a quarter yard. Fat Eighth quilts are really great stash quilts. You can see all of the Quilty Love fat eighth friendly quilt patterns here.

Diamond Lanterns quilt sizes

The Diamond Lanterns quilt pattern includes four different size options. Use the quilt pattern to make any of these sizes:

  • Baby size – 47″ x 47″
  • Throw size – 62″ x 77″
  • Twin size – 62″ x 92″
  • Queen size – 92″ x 107″

Easy block based quilt pattern

Diamond Lanterns is a nice and easy quilt! The most challenging part of the quilt block is the diamond in a square in the center of the block. But I have you making your diamond in a square blocks too big and then trimmed down to size. By trimming down to size those blocks will end up nice and square. There are only 20 blocks in the large throw size so it’s not a ton of of trimming. Just 20 little squares to trim.

I’m one of those quilters who actually enjoys trimming…haha I think it’s the very square and very precise end result that I love so much.

I keep my quilting notions pretty minimal but one of the tools I have and love is the Fiskars rotating cutting mat. I’ve had this smaller one for years and it still works great! I would love to add the bigger one some day too for those larger blocks that need trimming.

This quilt pattern does have sashing keeping it looking fresh and modern. While I don’t always love doing sashing, some quilts just look better with it.

Essex Linen background fabric

I used a white Essex Linen fabric as the background in this Quilty Love Palette Picks Diamond Lanterns quilt. Essex linen in white is a nice and bright white which worked well with some of the lighter fabrics in the Palette Picks bundle.

I’ve used this white Essex linen as a background in quite a few of my quilts recently because I love the added texture it gives. It’s a little more unique than using just a plain quilting cotton.

The Essex linen also gives it a little more weight and warmth. I was surprised to find out how much warmer linen quilts are than cotton quilts. So now I use linen as a backing whenever I can on my quilts. That is until I discovered minky as quilt backings..haha. If you want a warm (and cozy) quilt, use minky! I juuuuust started using minky as backings and I’m hooked. But before I discovered minky, linen and flannel were my favorite quilt backings for added warmth.

I haven’t posted any of the minky quilts yet but stay tuned for those!

Quilting with linen fabrics

I love quilting with linen! I’m not afraid to use various substrates in my quilts and will mix them all together. I haven’t had any issues yet but admittedly, I don’t actually use a lot of my quilts since I make so many of them.

But most of our favorite quilts do have linen in them because they are a little warmer. So they are getting used and getting washed more frequently.

Linen is more prone to shrinking and fraying so you want to use a smaller stitch length for it. It also never hurts to prewash! Get that shrinking out of the way with pre washing. Find more tips and tricks for quilting with linen in this blog post.

Long arm quilting

I sent this Quilty Love Palette Picks Diamond Lanterns off to Vintage Stitch for quilting. Isn’t the design so cool!? This quilting pantograph is called Baptist Diamonds.

This looks like a design that you could mimic on your home machine. I might try it sometime. Start with the diamonds by sewing a 6 inch diagonal grid. Then fill in the little rainbows one inch spaced. I’d probably mark them first and use my free motion foot for that part.

Or just send your quilt to Jenae and she will quilt it up beautifully for you…lol.

Black polka dot backing

I finished off this Diamond Lanterns quilt with a black polka dot fabric. I had a little lapse in judgement when I purchased this fabric. I usually always stick with quality quilting fabrics and stick with brands I know and trust.

Well, this fabric tempted me from one of the bigger online stores and I totally forgot about quality. I just thought it would make a cute backing. And it does! But when it showed up it was completely stiff and scratchy. I did throw it through the wash before using it and it did soften up a little but this one is all about looks not softness.

It was a reminder to stick with higher quality fabrics from brands you know and trust like these Riley Blake black and white polka dots.

Diamond Lanterns Binding

I used a fabric from the Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle for the binding. The binding is kona cotton in the color Deep Rose.

Materials Used:
Quilt Pattern: Diamond Lanterns by Quilty Love
Quilty Love Palette Picks fat quarter bundle for Robert Kaufman
White Essex Linen background
Black and White polka dot backing (similar here)
Deep Rose Kona Cotton binding
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Vintage Stitch