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The Looper Quilt

I have a fun Looper quilt to share today! I made this Looper quilt last year for the babes. It was one of those quilts that stopped me in my tracks when I saw it. Or more likely, stopped my scrolling…lol.

The Looper quilt pattern is a super modern curvy quilt pattern by Miss Make. As soon as I saw it, I had to make it!

This Looper quilt was inspired by The Cotton Bolt where I purchased this Looper quilt kit. (No longer available). I’ll link colors below though!

The Looper quilt pattern comes with options! It’s easy to adapt it to new designs. Instead of doing the cover design, I changed it up and made a double rainbow pattern. You may need additional fabric to make a different design like this.

Fabrics used in this Looper Quilt

I bought this kit from The Cotton Bolt but I don’t see it listed in their shop anymore. The exact colors and fabrics are:
Lipstick Confetti Cottons Solid
Rouge Confetti Cottons
Confetti Cottons Color Riley Fuchsia
Pure Solids Mediterraneo 
Riley Teal Confetti Cottons
Confetti Cottons Color Scrubs
Bleached Denim Confetti Cottons (I didn’t use this color)
Background: Spark by Ruby Star Society (Neon pink)

Sewing curves in quilt blocks

This Looper quilt pattern is the first time I’ve attempted curves! I really enjoyed making this quilt because it was a new challenge and just a completely different quilting experience.

Even the cutting process was a fun change. The looper quilt uses templates to cut out those curved pieces.

That is my first Looper block above and it is WONKY. You can even see the pinched fabric in the dark blue fabric. But let me tell you, the other curved blocks turned out so much better. If I had had enough fabric I would have redone that first block because it did leave my quilt top pretty wonky. But instead, I left it in and just made it work.

Sewing curves really isn’t so bad once you get the hang of it. They actually are kind of fun. It’s very satisfying to press them out after sewing them.

Custom Looper design

I love the cover version of the Looper quilt. It’s such a fun classic design but I thought I would mix it up and make something different. I also wanted to extend my quilt into a rectangle shape so I added half blocks to each end of my rainbow. (I made this a while ago but I’m thinking I must have used more than 1/2 yard of each color. Just a heads up in case you want to make a similar design.)

The Looper quilt pattern allows for creating basically anything you can think of using just two different blocks. There are a lot of configurations with that curved block and the straight block. The pattern actually came with these adorable mini blocks that you can cut out and color and play around with.

Take a search through the Instagram hashtag to see how creative other quilters have gotten with the Looper quilt!

Since this was the first time making a quilt with curves, it turned out WONKY. And I’m not exaggerating…lol. You can see how it’s pulling all over the place in the photo above. I ended up with a ton of loos fabric that wouldn’t lay flat or straight.

I actually ended up tucking some of that loose fabric by folding it over onto itself and sewing it in place. Then I sent it off to an experienced long arm quilter with warnings…lol.

You can see in the photo below how it is tucked and top stitched on the light fabric. Upon inspection today, it looks like the quilter might have tucked and stitched in a few places too 🙂

Long Arm Quilting

I sent the Looper Quilt off to Knot and Thread with the hopes she could salvage this quilt top. I almost quilted this one myself because it as so wonky and I felt bad having someone else deal with it. In the end I decided to send it off and hope the professional quilting would elevate the end result.

Well, I’m convinced Kait can handle anything because I was blown away when I received it back. Not only were there no puckers, it actually look flat and pretty square! I was so happy to see how great it looked after quilting.

And check out the adorable quilting pantograph Knot and Thread used. It works so perfectly on this quilt with all of that negative space. Plus it’s the perfect quilting design for the toddler.

Backing and Binding

I kept this quilt classic looking with a matching backing and binding. I hope to use this on her bed when we get to that stage so I wanted to keep this quilt looking more modern and bed quilt looking.

I used the same Ruby Star Society Spark fabric as the backing and the binding for that streamlined look.

I am so happy with how this adorable Looper quilt turned out! It sure was a fun quilt to make, curves and all! Now that I have tried curves in a quilt, I’m looking forward to making more of them.

Materials Used:
Looper Quilt Pattern by Miss Make
Solid fabrics mostly by Riley Blake (listed up in the post)
Backing, background and binding: Spark by Ruby Star Society
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Knot and Thread

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!

This is the first quilt photo on the new fence! (It’s the Slipfence from Home Depot) I’m sure you will be seeing it quite a bit in the future..haha.

Grab your copy of Crossroads in the Quilty Love pattern shop:
PDF automatic download
Paper pattern

Supplies:
Kona Cotton Solids (Individually listed in the post)
Backing: Kona Cotton Peach
Binding: Kona Cotton Pepper
Background: Kona Cotton Natural

Sweet Summertime Quilt – the solids version

Today’s blog post is the solids Sweet Summertime quilt. The Sweet Summertime quilt pattern is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

I made this Sweet Summertime quilt up last spring using these bright and happy Kona Cotton solids.

Colors are: Ice Peach, Melon, Creamsicle, Mango, Zucchini, Cactus, Limelight, Mint, Aqua, Jamaica, Lagoon and Pacific

The background is a fun black and white polka dot print by Jen Kingwell for Moda that seems to be out of print.

These colors sure left a pretty pile of chain piecing.

Sweet Summertime quilt pattern

Sweet Summertime is a block based fat quarter friendly quilt pattern. This is a mix and match fat quarter quilt. Those are some of my favorite quilts to design because I love starting with a fat quarter bundle.

All the quilt sizes

Sweet Summertime includes instructions for a baby size quilt, a throw size quilt and a twin size quilt.

I would say this is an intermediate quilt pattern or for the ambitious beginner quilter.

The quilting on this solids quilt is done by Knot and Thread Design. I love this modern wave stitch. It looks good on everything!

The backing is a Carolyn Friedlander Widescreen in the color Niagara. It’s a a wideback which means no piecing. I absolutely love using wideback fabrics.

Sweet Summertime quilt pattern

Materials used:
Kona Cotton Colors:
Ice Peach
Melon
Creamsicle
Mango
Zucchini
Cactus
Limelight
Mint
Aqua
Jamaica
Lagoon
Pacific
Polka dot background is Just a Speck by Jen Kingwell Designs for Moda (out of print)
Carolyn Friedlander widescreen in Niagara wideback
Black and white striped binding
Pieced on a Janome MC6700P

  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com
  • Sweet Summertime solids quilt pattern by Emily of quiltylove.com

Flying – A solids flying geese quilt

Flying is a brand new flying geese quilt pattern available in the Quilty Love pattern Shop.

Flying quilt pattern – a simple flying geese quilt

Flying is a simple flying geese quilt pattern that is quick and easy to make. My life has gotten a little busier these days chasing a very busy toddler and this newest quilt pattern definitely reflects that.

Quick and easy quilts are much more satisfying to make these days than longer tedious quilts with the limited sewing time.

All the quilt sizes

Flying includes instructions to make a crib size, throw size, twin size and queen size quilt. The layout of each quilt size stays the same and the flying geese get bigger with each size.

I’m excited to offer a twin size with this quilt pattern since those can be harder to find. This will make such a cute twin size quilt too. So many options to match bedroom styles.

Yardage quilt

Flying uses six different solids or prints (seven for the twin size) and a background fabric. Choose six of your favorite prints from your favorite fabric line or mix and match yardage from your stash.

I was able to pull all of the colors for this quilt from my solids fabric stash.

Solids used in this quilt

This solids Flying quilt is made up using Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton solids in the colors shown above:
Pacific, Mediterranean, Denim, Salmon, Mango and Champagne

Flying Geese Quilt pattern

Flying geese are one of the most common quilting shapes used and a good technique for quilters to learn. This flying geese quilt pattern uses the four at a time flying geese method making it super fast to make and a no waste method. No cutting off and tossing any corners on this quilt.

The pattern includes detailed instructions to walk you through the four at a time flying geese quilt technique.

The babes is not the easiest to photograph these days but she sure is fun 🙂 Her short attention span makes for some super quick photo shoots..haha.

Wavy stitch quilting

This throw size Flying quilt is quilted up using the wavy stitch on my Janome sewing machine. It’s basically straight line quilting using the wavy stitch. I use a stitch length of 3 and a width of 7.

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

Materials used

Kona Cotton colors:
Pacific
Mediterranean
Denim
Salmon
Mango
Champagne
Spray basted with 505
Pieced and Quilted on a Janome MC6700P