Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2014

I am woefully behind showing you quilts that I've finished recently but thankfully the fall Blogger's Quilt Festival is going on so I was motivated to post one up for you.

I'm entering this quilt into the Original Designs category. Thanks to a low volume background and a mix of bright triangles, this quilt has quite a different look than my original Archaeology Quilt I made.
Back in August I had just gotten a few of the new Cotton + Steel fabrics and was inspired to cut into them right away. I added a few other fabrics that really compliment them (from Denyse Schmidt, Joel Dewberry, Lizzy House and Carolyn Friedlander).

I love the funky vibe the back has. I was sad to use the last of my Anna Maria Horner Field Study fabric but it was perfect.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

quilt therapy

I'm back! My surgery went really well and I'm recovering a lot faster than I thought I would. I even felt well enough to cut some fabrics for a new quilt yesterday (by the way, you use your core muscles quite a bit when rotary cutting, who knew? you discover these things when your core muscles have been cut into). Being able to play with my fabrics again is so good!

This is going to be another Archaeology Quilt but with a scrappy, low volume background. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Archaeology Quilt + {new pattern}

Hi there! I hope all my US friends had a wonderful Memorial Day! Mine was wonderfully full of sewing and relaxing (along with remembering and being so grateful for the men and women who serve and protect us).

I've had this quilt finished up about a month ago but have been waiting to get some decent pictures of it.

I have to admit, I'm one of those people who don't mind making half square triangles. The trimming takes a bit of time but I love how perfectly square your little blocks end up!
I've been wanting to play around with triangles on empty space and this is what I came up with.


The backing is made up of a few yards of Palm Springs Beads in Aqua I found at my local quilt store along with a scrap of Ikea text.

This quilt reminds me of the desert and I would have loved to get a desert-y background for the photos but that's not really an option around here so I settled for the lovely grounds of the university we live right near.

I used Dear Stella Confetti Dots in Stone (although it seems more gray than stone?) for the background, Essex Linen would've been great too!

I'm super happy with how it came out and it was really fun and simple to make! If you are interested, I have the pattern available in my shop :)