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Night Stars – Robert Kaufman Color of the Year – Enchanted

It’s time for the brand new Kona color of the year! The Robert Kaufman Kona color of the year is the gorgeous dark green color called Enchanted. I used the new color and made up a Night Stars quilt.

I was thrilled when Robert Kaufman reached out to ask if I would make a quilt using this new COTY. I made up the latest Quilty Love quilt pattern with it since it would highlight this new color so nicely.

Robert Kaufman kona solids are pretty much the only solids you will find in my stash. They have hundreds of colors and a nifty little swatch book to help plan out which colors to use.

The colors used in this quilt are Cypress, Ivory, Ice Frappe and Enchanted. I kept it monochromatic with this version. I love how it turned out!

The new Enchanted COTY serves as the background of this quilt along with the star centers.

These colors are rich and beautiful. The lighter colored cream stars tone down the bolder colors.

This Night Stars quilt was quilted by a local quilter. I kept it simple with one inch spaced waved lines.

I used Enchanted for the backing and binding of this star quilt. This feels like such a classic quilt with the simpler selection of colors.

This quilt will be traveling around the US (world?) for the next year in the Robert Kaufman COTY trunk show. It will be one of the six quilts in the COTY collection.

Night Stars can be found in my pattern shop. This the throw size version. It’s a nice generous throw size. The pattern also includes instructions for a baby size and a queen size.

Night Stars is a bold star quilt that has a few fun quilting techniques such as quarter square triangles, half square triangles and flying geese.

You can find Night Stars in the Quilty Love pattern Shop.

Enchanted by Robert Kaufman is available at your favorite quilt shops.

Autumnville Quilt by Thimbleblossoms

I have a fun one to share with you today. I made this Autumville quilt last fall so let’s get it on the blog before this current fall is over!

Every once in a while I feel the need to make a quilt using a quilt pattern that isn’t mine…ha. It feels good to take a break from figuring out the math and just follow someone else’s. Last fall this Autumville quilt pattern by Thimbleblossoms was just that quilt.

This quilt was such a fun one to make! It has a lot of different blocks and a lot of different piecing but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a very satisfying quilt to make. The best part… I pulled all of the fabrics from my stash! They are an assortment of reds, oranges, aquas, greens and polka dots.

This quilt is huge! But I wanted to tackle the quilting myself. I find that really satisfying too ;). And oh my goodness, I’m remembering that I was very pregnant in that photo above…lol.

This Autumville quilt is quilted on a Janome MC6700p using the wavy (serpentine) stitch. It’s quilted just like you would quilt straight lines and the stitch does all of the work. If you have been following along for a while you know it’s my go-to when I quilt my own quilts. It’s the same method as this quilting tutorial.

This is the first medallion style quilt I’ve ever made and it sure was fun! I really enjoyed all of the different blocks that went into this one. That center star is especially pretty!

And the pumpkin blocks.. those are cute too!

To keep this fall quilt nice and cozy, I backed it in this red polka dot flannel by Bonnie and Camille. This is a warm one!!

I was a little nervous quilting this one since it is so big! But I tell you what, that Janome MC6700p is a dream. There wasn’t a single pucker or even any loose fabric for that matter. I know this machine is amazing but it still surprised me with this one since it’s so big and so heavy with the flannel.

So pretty right!? This Autumnville quilt pattern can be found in Camille’s shop.

Materials:
White: Kona Cotton Snow
Assorted fabrics and scraps from my stash
Polka dots: Bonnie and Camille Handmade dots
Binding: Kona Cotton Silver
Batting: Warm and White
Spray basted with 505
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700p
Backing: Red flannel polka dot

Expanding Stars Quilt – The Ruby Star Society One

This Ruby Star Society Expanding Stars quilt just might be my very favorite quilt to share with you all! Well it’s for sure up there in the top 10…ha.

Expanding Stars quilt pattern. Modern Star quilt by Emily of Quiltylove.com.

Ruby Star Society Expanding Stars Quilt

When Ruby Star Society reached out about using this Expanding Stars quilt pattern for an upcoming look book I was thrilled! I couldn’t wait to sew up these beautiful brand new Ruby Star Society fabrics.

Ruby Star Society Zip, Pop fabric line by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Moda fabrics.

Ruby Star Society Fabrics

This star quilt uses this Pop, Zip fabric line by Rashida Colman-Hale for Ruby Star Society. It’s the cutest assortment of whimsical stars, animal balloons and stripes.

The colors are bold and fun and created the most bright and playful Expanding Stars quilt.

Expanding Stars is a quick and easy quilt to sew up. This one was made up in a weekend. This Ruby Star Expanding Stars is out on tour right now…ha.. It’s being borrowed out to quilt shops as displays and making its rounds at different quilting markets.

Expanding Stars quilt

The Expanding Stars quilt pattern can be found in the Quilty Love shop.

The quilt pattern includes instructions for a baby size, small throw, large throw, queen and king quilt.

This Ruby Star Expanding Stars quilt is the small throw. It’s still a generous size quilt at 60in square.

Expanding Stars is a quick and easy quilt pattern that is easy enough for a beginner to tackle and quick enough to sew up in a weekend.

Ruby Star Society Expanding Stars quilt on bed.

Ruby Star Society Expanding Stars quilt on quilt ladder.

Machine quilting

This Expanding Stars quilt is quilted with my favorite wavy stitch. It’s basically just straight line quilted using a fancy stitch on my Janome. It’s the easiest quilting ever and always looks good. I like to space my lines no more than 1in apart. I believe these are one inch spaced lines.

The wavy lines are quilted the exact same way as the multi stitch zig zags as shown in this quilting tutorial.

Big and bold Expanding Stars quilt using Ruby Star Society fabrics.

Modern Star quilt

This Ruby Star Expanding Stars quilt sure turned out beautiful and modern. This quilt is a fun one to sew up as it really highlights the fabrics you choose. I’ve made quite a few now and you can find them on the blog here.

Find Expanding Stars in the Quilty Love shop.

Materials:
Fabrics: Ruby Star Society Zip, Pop by Rashida Coleman-Hale
Batting: Quilters Dream Select
Spray basted with Odif 505
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700p

Confetti Ombre Gems Quilt Pattern – A colorful rainbow quilt

Good morning! I can’t believe this Confetti Ombre Gems quilt hasn’t made it up on the blog yet! This is the quilt I finished during the last Ombre Gems quilt along.

Did you know we are starting up the next Ombre Gems Quilt Along in October!?

Ombre Gems is one of the most popular Quilty Love patterns and it’s definitely the most colorful one! It uses the VandCo ombre fabrics. The quilt uses 20 different fat quarters or quarter yards and makes for the prettiest ombre quilt.

I used the regular ombre fabrics for the original Ombre Gems quilt so this time I went with the confetti ombre. The metallic dots in the fabrics add some sparkle to this rainbow quilt 🙂

This confetti Ombre Gems quilt is a generous throw size quilt. I’ve quilted it myself in the past but this time I sent it out to Kaitlyn of Knot and Thread.

She quilted this simple wave pattern to keep it fresh and modern. I’m pretty sure every single quilt looks good with this wavy stitch. It’s definitely my go-to long arm quilting design.

Purchase the pattern

Ombre Gems is an intermediate quilt pattern. The pattern includes instructions for a generous sized throw and a smaller throw. This rainbow quilt goes together with traditional piecing.

The quilt pattern includes the exact layout when using the 20 original VandCo ombre colors. So no need to ghttps://www.quiltylove.com/ombresuess the placement of each block. The pattern copies this version exactly.

Or use the newer VandCo ombre colors and mix it up to create your own version! I’m excited to do just that this fall during the quilt along.