Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Another Katie's Quilt

     MSQC has a pattern called "Katie's Quilt". It is a bit unique because you sew charm squares on both sides, cut in half, sew in strips and then make 4 patches. I had some bright charm squares that Gwen gave me and added some others. The white lozenge shapes are made by snowballing the rectangle corners with black triangles. I used the Simple Folded Corners ruler for this instead of sewing diagonally on a square (hate that method, I am never on the line). 

     Since there are so many polka dots in the little squares, I picked a blue border that had big subtle dots in it. In piecing the backing, I used neutral grays. The scratchy gray polka dot I had been hording and the large fan, dot print I also got from Gwen. I think they look great together. Someone in my guild has a real aversion to backs pieced like this and I know I will hear it during show and tell.

    In the 4 patches, I used swirls in each square. I used straight lines in the lozenge shapes for anchor the color squares. I used cross hatching in the large 16 patches to echo the diagonal feel of the black HSTs. The border uses Baptist fans. Around the inside of the border, I made paisley repeats. At first, I had a star in those corners. After I took the quilt off the longarm, I saw those stars were useless, so I ripped them out and FMQ the same paisleys with my Singer 301 in the same thread. Love the corners now.
The star did nothing to add to overall look
Corrected corner
Quilting detail
     This is a comfort quilt, recipient unknown yet. I used Glide Sky on top and Premo Soft Hawaiian blue in the bobbin.

9 comments:

Joyce Carter said...

Beautiful Linda!! I love the scrappy patchwork and the quilting. Great job. Someone is really going to love this quilt.

Quiltdivajulie said...

What a fun cheerful quilt - great quilting and BOO to the person who doesn't like pieced backs (life is too short to get worked up over something like that).

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I like the back pieced like that with 2 different fabrics, seam off center.

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

its so bright and happy!! LOVE it!!

The Joyful Quilter said...

Fabulous scrappy finish!!

A Left-Handed Quilter said...

I LOVE it, too!! The colors are bright, cheerful, and happy - the quilting is varied - and I agree - the corners look much better "corrected" - LOL. The backing looks great - I'm with Wanda - "I like the back pieced like that with 2 different fabrics, seam off center. Anyone can do a "same thing" backing - if you have enough fabric - and it's boring. I think it's more "creative" to come up with something different - ;))

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Great quilt. Don't let that limited quilter get you down about that backing.

Mystic Quilter said...

A beautiful bright quilt and too bad if someone isn't a fan of pieced backs - I love them!
Your detailed quilting is super.

Vicki W said...

What a happy quilt!