Fall Quilt and Setting Pattern
I’ve finally finished my quilt from Fall into a Quilt Along! It was a quilt along that ran from May to November 2018 with block patterns from 10 different designers.
As a designer, I finished the quilt top during the quilt along thanks to some awesome pinch hitting by my wonderful Mom to help me get the sashing done in time (you can get the pattern for the sashing here). But even though the top was done, it took me quite a while to make the back since I was determined to use up scraps.
I think I was a touch optimistic when I wrote the dates on the label before I stitched the binding. I was really taking my time with the handwork until one day this summer. That’s when my hubby walked in while I was stitching away and observed how much he’d like to use the quilt this fall.
His innocent observation quickly became my “Challenge Accepted!” With a goal in mind, I quickly finished the rest of the binding just in time for some beautiful fall pictures. (It’s so nice to actually have a fall in Montana this year! We normally go straight to winter.)
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how this quilt turned out. I think my favorite part is the setting. It would work so well for any sampler quilt! All of the blocks are framed and trimmed to size, so there’s nothing to worry about if they didn’t come out perfectly. If you’d like to use this setting for one of your own quilts, the pattern is available now!
For the quilting, I used King Tut Flower Pot for the thread, and Harvest Winds by Patricia Ritter for the quilting design. It was a design that I used for several customers when I used to longarm professionally, and I had always wanted to use it on one of my own quilts. It turned out beautifully!
The block I designed for the quilt along was Pumpkins Aplenty. I just love the squat little pumpkins! And now my brain is spinning with more pumpkin-y ideas. You can get the Pumpkins Aplenty block pattern here.
Did I mention that I was determined to use up scraps on the back? I think I succeeded! It’s an absolute riot of color and I love it. I started by using my smaller pieces to make larger chunks, then I laid out the chunks on my design wall and cut other pieces to fill in the blanks.
I was was making this back, I was also working on my designs for Sew Let’s Quilt Along. It worked out perfectly to make my test blocks with scraps from this quilt and include them in the back. Since I couldn’t make up my mind, I ended up designing two different blocks. The first one is Thread Tales, and the pattern is available here.
The other block is Spinning Spools. You can get that pattern here.
I really couldn’t be happier with how this quilt turned out. And I’m thrilled that my hubby likes it so much! He’s been using it every day since the photo shoot.
