I was feeling in a rut this week, wanting to work on something but having a hard time deciding what. In the end I pulled out a charm pack that I won in a giveaway on Marian's blog months ago and decided to put them together into a simple patchwork quilt. It's pretty small, only 26.5" x 39", so I'd say stroller size. This quilt is now for sale in my Etsy shop.
There are many super cute fabrics in here, as you can see! I'm not one to purchase or collect novelty fabrics, so it was a lot of fun to receive such a variety. Lately I've seen several examples of 'orange peel quilting' (here and here in particular) and knew I'd love to try it. This quilt uses much larger squares than the examples I'd seen, but it works even on a big scale. I did the quilting with my walking foot. Hopefully you can see it a bit better in this photo......
Sticking with the novelty theme, I found a really cute carrot fabric for the backing and I think it really suits. And not sticking with the novelty theme, I bound the quilt in a white on white print, which is really hard to see in the photo but it reminds me of O's or bubbles, so still cute but much more subtle!
I will be linking up with Finish it up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts.
Linking up with Show & Tell Tuesday @ i have to say
27 comments:
Your orange peel quilting looks great and I think it's perfect for this type of quilt!
Yayy! This looks wonderful! So smooth and fluid!
I do love simple patchwork quilts like these and your orange peel quilting is stunning Heather!
Very cute! Nice job on the quilting too. I want to try that someday.
This turned out really cute, I'm glad you liked the orange peel quilting :)
The quilting is divine! Nice job.
What a cute quilt! Your orange peel quilting looks fantastic, and the carrot backing is adorable! :)
The quilting s great! Lve the back fabric, would be great with my addiction to rabbits!
Sometimes we need that. Just sweet and simple
Cute! I'm trying the orange peel on my scrappy trip along now that I've got my placemats quilted!
Looks wonderful and the orange peel quilting is a great look in this quilt.
super cute and I love orange peel quilting - great choice!
What a cute quilt! And the orange peel quilting is fab, I totally want to try it soon
Lovely fabrics!
Your quilt is really cute and the orange-peel quilting really sets it off! so cute!
Really cute! The prints and quilting go along great.
Darling quilt. Sometimes you have to do something different to recharge creativity. Someone is going to love your quilt!
Really cute! Some kid is really going to love it.
the quilting is great! and I really like that carrot fabric :)
That's such a cute quilt! I love the large scale orange peel... Now I want to try it!
What a cheerful little quilt! I really enjoy orange peel quilting, but I've only done it with my free motion quilt. I'm in the middle of using that pattern on a triangle quilt (here: http://sparrowlanequilts.blogspot.com/2013/03/triangle-orange-peel-quilting.html ) and love the slightly different results.
ISpy is so much fun! Great fabrics too!
Visiting from Show & Tell. Happy Tuesday!
Love the orange peel quilting on this. And I Spy patchworks are always great! Linking up from Sew Cute Tuesdays
Love the orange peel quilting!
Cute, cute, cute! Love the carrot fabric!
It looks wonderful. Great quilting too.
The quilting is perfect, lovely color combination!
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