Serendipity is one of my most popular posts/tutorials. Therefore, it is a crying shame that I have not used those blocks in any quilt.
That changes right now. Meet "Have a Minty Day"
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| Have a Minty Day! |
I wanted to use some of the blocks from the original tutorial in a quilt. How do I pick which ones to use and which ones to save? Eventually, I decided to pick out the non-blues. Just so the quilt was gender-neutral.
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| On the Design Wall |
I used some of the fat quarters from the Horizons FQ bundle to add prints/interest.
It is amazing how closely these colors match.
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| Pieced!!! |
The Serendipity blocks are on the bias and that was a bit of a challenge. Starch helped and squaring helped some more. But there are no seams to match!!! And that is why this pattern is a winner!!!
In the end, I love how these colors, prints and solids, all play so beautifully with each other. It had a very summery feel to it but I was at a loss for a name. Paul came to the rescue. He said that it looked like mints. Hence, I chose the name - "Have a Minty Day"
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| Quilted and Bound |
The fall fabric was leftover from
Curry Favor and I have been very protective of it. With summer on the front, I was ready to put fall on the back.
For quilting, I used a serpentine stitch over the seams. Since the blocks were about 6", I added some diagonal lines that also emphasized the Serendipity blocks.
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| Summer & Fall - Together |
The black/white dotty binding works well with both the front and the back. The finished quilt is about 42" square.
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| Labelled |
Have a Minty Day is Quilt#12 from the Sugarland Series, and it is still available. If you want it, please send me an email - sewpreetiquilts@gmail.com.
Remember
Playschool?
This was just such a simple concept (random 9-patch blocks) that had amazing possibilities. I wanted to replicate that concept with a little more pizzaz.
Meet Pre-K.
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| Pre-K |
More animals, objects, themes etc. Scraps from themed/novelty fabrics was the perfect choice. Some were cut from yardage and some from FQs. Some came from remnants, but all from my stash.
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| Bees, Puppies and Monsters! |
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| Giraffe, Pumpkins and a Hot Air Balloon |
The blocks finish at 9" and the sashing is 1".
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| Kites, Stripes and Swirls! |
When I was putting together the 9-patch blocks, I made sure that all fabrics in the 9-patch were different. In the quilt layout, I agonized over distributing the blocks, so that same fabrics were not adjacent to each other.
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| Rich, Dark and Bright!!! |
The borders are 1.5". Yes, the borders are on the skinny side. Because I did not want the quilt to be wider than 42". Any wider than 42" would require a pieced backing.
Pieced backings add interest but they also add time. I was still trying to make 14 quilts in 4 weeks.
Look at this Owls backing fabric. Isn't it cute?
In my opinion, the pretty fabric makes a gorgeous quilt and I take all the credit :-D
I chose two orange fabrics for the scrappy binding. There is definitely a Halloween touch to it!!!
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| Orange Binding |
And here is the label!!! You can see the second orange fabric in the binding below.
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| Labelled!!! |
Pre-K can definitely be an I-Spy quilt. Making Pre-K was a lot of fun and I could keep it.
And yet, the best part was giving it to Nancy for she is going to be a grandma in March!!! YAY!!!
When I get pictures of the baby + quilt, I will surely come back and update this post!!! For now, here is one more picture.
I will be linking with all of my favorite linky parties.
Pretty Fabric+Simple Patterns = Gorgeous Quilts. That is my mantra.
What is yours? I'd love to hear from you!!!
