Fat quarter quilt

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

Glowing quilt – the Figo fat quarter one

I have another Glowing quilt to share with you today! This is the second Glowing quilt I made (here is the first) but I’m sure it won’t be the last.

Glowing is now available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Figo Fabrics

This version of the brand new Glowing quilt pattern is done up using the A life in Pattern fabric line by Cathy Nordstom for Figo Fabrics.

This fabric line is so pretty! I love the blue, green, and peach combo. And those plaids! They were my favorite.

The Glowing quilt throw size needs just 12 fat quarters so I chose my favorite 12 from this Figo Fabrics line.

Mix and match fat quarter quilt

Glowing is a mix and match fat quarter quilt. That means you cut one entire block from one fat quarter and then you mix all of the pieces together to make your blocks. This quilt uses up a full fat quarter perfectly! I love when that happens!

The quilt pattern also includes instructions for a 1/4 yard cut of fabric. It doesn’t always work out to use a quarter yard when you write patterns for fat quarters but it did in this case! So whatever your preferred cut of fabric is, quarter yard or fat quarter, this pattern will work!

I always buy my fabrics as fat quarters. I really like fat quarters in my stash and I tend to write most of my patterns for them.

Look at those pretty stacks of fabric all ready to be made in to big bold quilt blocks!

My brand new Janome MC6700p

I took the photo below to share my brand new sewing machine on Instagram. This Figo fabrics Glowing quilt was up on my design wall at the time.

But yes, I purchased my own Janome MC6700p! I love this machine so much and can’t recommend it for quilters enough! I have been a Janome Maker for the past few years sewing on this machine on loan from Janome and I just couldn’t imagine trying to quilt without it anymore.

One of these days I’ll do a full review on this machine. I purchased mine from my friend Holly over at Bijou Lovely.

Big quilt blocks

The Glowing quilt has nice big quilt blocks! I kept them nice and large so the blocks didn’t get too tedious. While there are quite a few seams in each block, very few of them need to line up.

The throw size quilt only has 12 quilt blocks to make. I wouldn’t call this a fast quilt to make but it does go together fairly easily without taking too much time.

Baby, throw and full size quilt

Glowing includes instructions for a baby size quilt, a throw size quilt and a full or double size bed quilt. I didn’t include a larger queen or king size because the block measurements didn’t work out perfectly but you could always enlarge it by adding a row and a column. And since each block uses one fat quarter, just add an extra fat quarter for each block.

I’m excited to offer this one in a full size quilt! I think this is the first full/ double bed size quilt I’ve had. That size can be a little hard to find quilt patterns for.

Long arm quilting

This Figo fabrics Glowing quilt was sent off to Knot and Thread for quilting. Isn’t this quilting design so good!!? I always have Kait pick the quilting design and surprise me now because it’s way more fun that way. This quilting design did not disappoint.

Quilt binding

This larger throw quilt is finished off with a Kona cotton solids binding in the color peach. I used a solid from my stash since I didn’t have enough of the Figo prints for a binding.

My stash is getting pretty low right now and I’m struggling to find enough fabrics for binding lately..haha. I’ve been making a lot of quilts and therefore binding a lot of quilts and like I said before I mostly have fat quarters so finding binding has been a struggle. I really need to stock up on some fabrics. This is also why I use the leftover cut off backing as my binding majority of the time!

Quilting with a toddler – stand and sew

Here is what my days look like most of the time with a toddler..haha. I have my own sewing room but most days I’m sewing out on the kitchen island with toddler music playing.

A lot of quilters are surprised to see this stand and sew situation going on. Yes, I love to stand and sew! When you need to tend to a toddler it’s so much easier to be standing than sitting. Plus, the toddler tends to ignore you more when you are standing. Why is it the second you sit down, they want your attention!?? haha.

I wouldn’t recommend standing and quilting for long periods of time but let’s be real, that doesn’t happen with a toddler.

I feel like I need a disclaimer that our home is a work in progress…haha Come back in a few months when I finally have some new flooring down 😉

Look at that beautiful quilting texture! The movement in this quilting design is just so good! I never would have chosen a quilting design like this so that is why I love to leave it to the professional..lol.

I had fun photographing this Figo fabrics Glowing quilt. It sure is pretty!

Show off those prints

Glowing is perfect for showing off your favorite prints. Since the fabric pieces stay nice and big, you can really highlight the fabrics. This figo line has some fun patterns that are on the larger scale. I love that you can still see the fabric designs well.

Peppered cotton wide back quilt backing

I finally started using all of the Studio E Peppered Cotton wide back fabric I purchased! These Peppered Cottons are a shot cotton by Pepper Cory in 108″ widths! I don’t know about you, but I love wide back fabrics as backing. No piecing required!

This Peppered Cotton is the color fog. I also bought a ton of the color Charcoal. Shot cottons are really nice and soft and drapey. I’m really happy with how they are working out as quilt backings.

The block below is my favorite block in this Glowing throw quilt. That peach plaid fabric is just so good!

Materials Used:

Quilt Pattern: Glowing quilt pattern by Quilty Love
Prints: A life in pattern fabric line by Figo Fabrics
Background: Kona cotton Snow
Binding: Kona cotton Peach
Backing: Peppered Cotton in Fog

Pieced on a Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Knot and Thread Design

Take a look at the other Glowing quilt here.

Glowing Quilt – A new fat quarter friendly quilt pattern

I’m excited to share the new Glowing quilt pattern today! Glowing is the latest Quilty Love pattern and both fat quarter or quarter yard friendly.

You can find the Glowing quilt pattern in the pattern shop.

Fat Quarter friendly quilt pattern

Glowing is all about those fat quarters! This will be a really nice stash quilt since you can pull your favorite fat quarters from your stash.

I’m smitten with the brand new hard to find Warp and Weft line by Ruby Star Society. Since it is hard to find a full bundle right now, I made up my own using a similar color story. It was so satisfying using up fat quarters that I already had in my stash.

Some of my fabric pieces were a tad too small so I added a few more pieces to make it all work. Glowing uses a fat quarter or a quarter yard cut of fabric perfectly!

If there is a fabric line you love, try pulling the exact colors of it from your own stash! It’s a really great way to build your own bundle.

Crazy fact… I feel like I’m really low on fabric right now because I’ve been sewing like crazy lately!

Fabrics used in this Glowing quilt

I used some of my favorite fabrics in this quilt! Top to bottom of the photo above:
Bonnie and Camille Woven
Kona Windsor
Ruby Star Society Smol
Kona Curry
Ruby Star Society Speckled in Cactus
Ruby Star Society Anagram
Allison Kaleidoscope Thistle
Driftless in Mango
Kona Salmon
Kona Coral
Carolyn Friedlander Collection CF
Driftless in Aqua
Kona Sea Glass

Mix and Match fat quarter quilt

Glowing is a mix and match fat quarter quilt. Each block uses one fat quarter but then you mix and match the different cuts to make up your blocks. You can coordinate different fabrics that way since some colors will work better together than others.

Lately I’ve been trying to branch out from solid white backgrounds and instead opting for either color or subtle texture. This Glowing quilt uses Ruby Star Society Zip in the white colorway. I like that it’s still white but has that nice texture. You can see the stripes in the fabric in the photo above.

Machine quilting on the Janome MC6700p

This version of the Glowing quilt was quilted on my own machine! I’ve been quilting up quite a few of my own quilts lately because I’ve been making so many..lol.

I purchased my own Janome MC6700p very recently after using one from Janome for the past few years. This machine quilts like a dream and really makes it easy to quilt your own quilts.

I stuck with my favorite walking foot quilting design.. and that is the wavy stitch (or the Serpentine stitch). It’s basically straight lines but then the fancy stitch makes the waves. It doesn’t get any easier than that and it always looks good on everything!

The quilting lines on this quilt are 3/4in spaced. I start on one end, quilt the lines 1.5 inches apart. Then I go back and fill in the lines to be 3/4 inch spaced.

Below you can see how the entire quilt ends up in the throat of my sewing machine. This is after one pass through at 1.5 inch spaced lines. This Janome MC6700p has a huge throat space so it’s hardly a struggle even with a quilt this large.

I never flip my quilt and always keep it the same direction so that the fabric doesn’t pull in opposite directions. I never liked how you could tell exactly where you flipped the quilt because the fabric pulls. Honestly, this machine probably wouldn’t do that but I’ve gotten used to quilting this way since I learned on a smaller machine.

You just want to make sure your quilt is basted well and you handle it carefully to prevent warping or pulling in one direction. But I would rather deal with some warping than that pulled fabric.

Peppered Cotton Wide back

I was excited to try out this Peppered Cotton Wide back fabric as the backing for this quilt! I recently bought a ton of this shot cotton 108 inch wide fabric in both Fog and Charcoal. I use wide back fabrics whenever possible because I really don’t like piecing fabric together for backings…lol.

I was a little worried about the fabric being too slippery or puckering but there were no issues. It quilted up really nicely!

The wavy stitch gives your quilts the most beautiful texture!

Oh look, the little lady showed up during these photos 😉 This is a very accurate representation of life with a toddler right now. She is always on the go.

The puppy even made it into this quilt photo shoot..lol. Don’t be fooled by these photos… the pup is not a huge fan of the toddler.

Glowing quilt pattern sizes

Glowing includes instructions for a baby sizes, a generous throw size and a full/ double bed size!

I really like generously sized throw quilts and that is what this version is. You could also make this quilt in a square by making nine blocks instead of twelve.

Minimal seams to match up

Glowing is a really great ambitious beginner quilt pattern because although there are quite a few seams, very few of them need to match up. I kept the blocks bigger on this quilt pattern so it would go together nice and easy instead of feeling tedious to make.

Look at that yummy quilted texture! And these fun colors! I’m really happy with how this throw quilt turned out 🙂

Do you like the extra flair in the binding? I didn’t cut enough binding strips but knew it would be close. Instead of adding more of the same Ruby Star Grid I grabbed a left over piece from the quilt blocks for a little extra pizazz.

Binding fabric is Ruby Star Society grid in the color Peacock.

You can find Glowing in the Quilty Love pattern shop:
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Pieced and quilted on my Janome MC6700p
See the exact fabrics used at the beginning of this post.
Backing: Peppered Cotton Wideback in the color Fog.
Binding: Ruby Star Society Grid in the color Peacock.

Crossroads – The kona cotton solids one

I’m excited to share this bright and colorful Kona Cotton Solids Crossroads quilt today!

Crossroads is in the Quilty Love pattern shop here.

Kona Cotton 2021 Desk Calendar

Robert Kaufman is releasing their second annual Kona Cotton Calendar with each month featuring a different colorway from their popular solids fabric line.

This years Kona Calendar is a desk calendar rather than a wall calendar and each month features three different quilts made in that month’s colorway. Two of the quilts are free quilt patterns and the third is a featured quilt by various quilt designers.

You can find a Kona Calendar in the Fat Quarter Shop.

My Crossroads quilt is the designer quilt featured in January!

January is all about those gorgeous pink and red Kona cotton solids. I immediately chose this colorway because I love working with pink and red fabrics.

I used most of the colors featured in January for a nice monochromatic color gradient. You can find the exact Kona colors I used in Crossroads on the swatches below.

Kona Cotton Solids used

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
Background: Natural, Binding and accent: Pepper, Backing: Peach

Fat quarter friendly quilt pattern

Isn’t that a gorgeous gradient of color!! I almost didn’t want to cut it up since it looked so pretty all stacked up like this. Since I used way more fat quarters than the pattern requires, I just cut strips from each one until I had enough strips. The pattern gives you a total number of strips so it was easy to convert.

These Crossroads quilt blocks ended up being so colorful and vibrant with these solids. I used Kona Cotton Pepper as the accent color in this quilt. The near black color really helps give your eye a place to land as you view this brightly colored quilt.

Kona Cotton Solids Crossroads quilt

It’s been a while since I’ve made a Crossroads quilt so this was a fun one to revisit. The quilt blocks in this quilt are a little smaller which I kind of love in quilts! They take a little more time but don’t worry, most of this quilt is strip pieced for quicker construction.

I like to place my bolder colors as the center plus in this quilt so they stand out but the blocks look interesting with any sort of color placement. Some of my blocks end up looking darker than others and I like the visual interest it all adds.

This Kona Cotton Solids Crossroads is pieced on my Janome MC6700p.

Geometric long arm quilting

I sent this quilt off to Kait of Knot and Thread for some really pretty geometric long arm quilting. I often have her pick something and surprise me since she is so good at pairing quilting designs with the quilt.

Quilt backing and binding

Crossroads is finished off with a solid peach backing and more pepper binding. Kona pepper is my new favorite black solid. It’s reads more charcoal than black and is so pretty.

Of course the little miss jumped in some of these quilt photos. It’s not as easy including her these days as she is so fast and busy..haha.

Here she is again…haha. With her Gatorade bottle sippy and her dad’s socks on. This age is the best!

Kona cotton natural background

I need to tell you about this background fabric! My go to background is Kona Cotton Snow because it’s a nice creamy white.

But this background is Kona natural. It’s the most beautiful cream colored fabric with some natural texture in it. It has little flecks of natural color in it which just adds some extra texture. It may be a new favorite!

You can see some of the natural flecks in the close up below. This was the first time using Kona Natural but it won’t be the last!