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Quilty Hearts baby quilt pattern – The scrappy solids one

I have a cute little Quilty Hearts baby quilt to share with you today!

The Quilty Hearts quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love shop.

Connecting Threads Color Wheel solids

This Quilty Hearts quilt uses the Color Wheel solids fabrics from Connecting Threads. Connecting Threads sent me a bundle to try out.

This was the first time using this fabric and I really liked it! It has a nice weight and silkiness to it. It’s silky but not slippery. I didn’t prewash my fabrics (I never do) and I haven’t washed this quilt yet so I don’t know if there will be any bleeding of the fabrics.

Pre-washing quilting fabric

Yes, I said I don’t prewash. I know that’s controversial…haha. I always, always, always wash my quilts with a color catcher the first time or two. I have had so few problems with bleeding that I’m still over here not prewashing. I prefer sewing with unwashed fabrics. Is it a good idea to prewash…. you bet!

Colors left to right: Provincial blue, dusty aqua, aloe, dusty rose and antique pink.

Quilty Hearts baby quilt

Back to this cute little baby sized heart quilt…. This entire baby sized quilt top was sewn up in a nap time! Yes, a nap time! I couldn’t believe it. I always make throw quilts, really big throw quilts. So I’m always surprised by how fast baby quilts go together..haha.

I put the toddler down for a nap and started cutting. I had a completed quilt top done by the time she woke up. It was a really good nap… but still! This cute little heart baby quilt is a fast and easy one to put together.

Scrappy friendly heart quilt

Quilty Hearts is all about the scraps! This heart quilt is scrappy friendly or fat quarter friendly. In this case, I used five fat quarters for this baby size quilt.

Rather than sticking with the traditional pinks or reds you might find in heart quilts, I used an assortment of these pretty Connecting Threads Color Wheel solid fabrics.

Wavy quilting on my sewing machine

I spent another nap time quilting this one up myself on my sewing machine. I stuck with my favorite walking foot quilting, the wavy stitch!

This is basically straight line quilting but the fancy stitch makes the waves. It doesn’t get any easier than this and it always looks good when it’s done!

These wavy stitched lines are 3/4″ apart.

This is the first time I used a colored thread for my quilting. Usually I just stick with a neutral like white or grey. Instead I used an aqua Connecting Threads thread.

Connecting Threads thread

I’ve talked about the Connecting Threads Essential cotton threads over on Instagram a lot. I’ve been using their threads for years and really love them. They are a little thicker since they are 3 ply but you can’t beat the price and the quality is great.

I always have a cone of white and silver on hand. Their cones are only around $12!

I really like their thread for quilting since it is a touch thicker but lately I’ve been using it for piecing as well. It’s the only thread I’ve had for the past several months.

Quilty hearts baby quilt backing and binding

This cute little Quilty Hearts baby quilt is backed with a favorite fabric from Rifle Paper Co for Cotton and Steel. This floral print is an older fabric that I had in my fabric stash. I love how you can use those smaller sizes of yardage in your stash for baby quilts.

The binding is another one from my stash. I believe it’s a kona cotton solid.

Materials used:

Quilty Hearts quilt pattern
Connecting Threads Color Wheel Solids
Connecting Threads Essential Thread
Backing: And older Rifle Paper co fabric by Cotton and Steel
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700p

Plus Squared quilt – The scrappy Ruby Star Society one

Today I’m sharing this Scrappy Ruby Star Society Plus Squared quilt. It might be a new favorite!

Plus Squared is available in the Quilty Love Pattern Shop.

Scrappy Plus Squared Quilt

I made quite a few quilts using different Ruby Star Society fabric lines recently. That means I had a lot of Ruby Star scraps! I couldn’t resist mixing all of the leftover fabric into this pink and yellow and peach scrappy plus quilt.

Plus Squared is one of the original Quilty Love Patterns! But it’s still a favorite and I was excited to remake it with these warm colors.

Perfect scrap quilt

Plus Squared is the perfect scrap quilt since it’s made up of squares. The pattern includes instructions for fat quarters if you want to use a fat quarter bundle.

Chain piecing quilt

Plus Squared quilt is a chain piecing quilt for sure! I think that’s why I enjoyed making it so much. There was a lot of chain piecing and nice mindless sewing with this one.

Ruby Star Society basics fabrics

The Ruby Star Society fabric lines have been so good lately! Most of the fabrics in this quilt are from their basics line. I mixed in some Clementine also. Clementine is a little harder to get your hands on as it was a super popular line. The Ruby Star basics are readily available though.

This quilt is a fun one to sew together! I love block quilts because each block is so satisfying to finish.

It looks like I had a little help from my super helpful one year old while deciding on the layout for this Plus Squared..lol.

Background fabrics

Here’s another non white background quilt from me! Haha. I’ve been trying to branch out from my standard white more and more. I mean, I don’t branch out too far since I’ve been sticking with subtle print backgrounds but aren’t they good!!? I’ve really loved using subtle prints like this speckled one as backgrounds lately.

The background of this scrappy Plus Squared quilt is Ruby Star Society Speckled in Metallic White Gold.

I love a crisp white quilt background but lets be honest, they aren’t very practical! Mostly, I use white out of convenience since I always have plenty of Kona Snow on hand.

The sashing around these plus blocks ends up being really subtle with the white fabric. It keeps the plus shape the front and center and really allows it to pop.

It’s interesting to look back at these photos taken such a short time ago. This half wall below is now a full wall with a fireplace on it 🙂 We are in the middle of a great room renovation.

The next step of the reno is wood floors and you better believe I can’t wait to have them for quilt photos..haha.

So much kitchen table quilting going on these days! The 1.5 year old is busy, busy, busy and the kitchen table seems to be the only place to actually get any sewing in. I don’t mind being right in the middle of the action though while I’m working and sewing 🙂

She’s always nearby to jump into photos..haha.

Hoping this plus quilt passed her inspection. 😉

I think I took just a few too many photos of this scrappy Plus Squared quilt..haha. I so enjoyed working with these Ruby Star fabrics and couldn’t resist alllll of the photos.

Long arm quilting

I sent this scrappy Plus Squared quilt off to Knot and Thread for quilting. I’ve been sending more quilts off for long arm quilting than usual because I have such limited time with the toddler these days.

It still feels like such a treat to get quilts back after quilting. I had Kait choose the quilting for me again and LOVE this baptist fan she chose. This quilting design has always been a favorite of mine. The baptist fan quilt design is such a traditional quilting design. But this one has nice tight lines making it feel much more modern.

This scrappy Plus Squared quilt is finished with a mustard colored binding from the Ruby Star Society Speckled line.

I did a little quilt styling for these quilt photos. We recently rearranged my daughters room and it isn’t doing my photos any favors..haha. Her bed used to be the perfect quilt photo spot until we moved it. The lighting is way more challenging now but I’ll still make it work 😉

I used a Kona cotton solid in the color Peach as the backing for this scrappy plus quilt. The throw size Plus Squared is pretty large so I stuck with a solid fabric to save a little money on the backing.

Plus Squared is in the Quilty Love pattern shop:
PDF automatic download
Paper pattern

Materials:
Ruby Star Society Basics
Ruby Star Society Clementine (Try searching Etsy)
Background: Ruby Star Society Metallic White Gold
Sashing: Kona Snow
Binding: Ruby Star Society Speckled Cactus
Background: Kona Peach

Pieced on a Janome MC6700p

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.

Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

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

Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

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

Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

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!

Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
Quilty Stars quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

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.

Flying – a scrappy flying geese baby quilt

Today I’m sharing this scrappy flying geese baby quilt :). Flying is now available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Scrappy friendly quilt pattern

The latest Quilty Love pattern is scrappy friendly! You guys have been loving the scrap quilts lately and so have I. I couldn’t wait to make this flying geese quilt up using just scraps.

Flying works well with prints, solids and scraps. For this baby quilt I wanted to stick with greens, aquas and blues and repeated the columns in these colors. The background came from some leftover backing pieces in my stash. I love when you can use up those odds and ends fabric pieces like this.

Flying quilt pattern

Flying is a simple quick and easy flying geese quilt pattern.

The pattern includes instructions for a crib size, throw size, twin size and queen size. The layout stays the same and the flying geese get larger with each quilt size. The flying geese in the crib size are much smaller than the flying geese in the queen size.

Choose six different prints or colors for your quilt (seven for the twin size). This quilt pattern will work well with six of your favorite prints, solids or your scraps.

This baby quilt is a little more gender neutral with the greens, aquas and blues. Instead of using six different colors from my scrap bins, I used three and repeated each column.

The background fabric is an older Carolyn Friedlander print that is out of print. It was the remnants of a widleback from my stash.

Wavy stitch quilting

This baby sized Flying quilt is quilted using the wavy stitch on my Janome sewing machine. I use this quilting stitch more times than not lately but I still love it so much! It’s basically just quilting straight lines using a walking foot and the machine makes the waves.

The quilting lines on this flying geese quilt are spaced at 3/4in. I use a stitch length of 3 and a width of 7 to achieve this look.

Stash quilt

This quilt was made entirely from my stash and there is nothing more satisfying than that! The colors are from the scrap bins and the background and the backing are from my stash. The background is an older Carolyn Friedlander print and I believe the backing is from Ann Kelle.

Even the batting was pieced together from miscellaneous pieces I had left over from other quilts. Baby quilts are the perfect way to use up those odd shaped batting pieces you get left with.

Polka dot backing

Im pretty sure the polka dot backing on this baby quilt is an Anne Kelle print. It’s probably out of print because I’m not finding it online. I was pumped to find a big enough piece in my stash and love how clean and modern it keeps this baby quilt.

Aqua binding

The binding is an older Cotton and Steel basic in aqua.

Flying is available in the Quilty Love shop as a PDF instant download or a printed booklet.

Materials:
Various prints from my scrap stash
Background: Carolyn Friedlander
Backing: Ann Kelle
Binding: Cotton and Steel
Batting: Warm and White
Spray basted using 505
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700P