Chantli Quilt Pattern by Jess Poemape

Earlier this year I was a "mentor" for the Chantli Quilt pattern by Jess Poemape. A mentor looks over the instructions and checks out the quilt math and provides feedback. I did this while I was recovering from my gallbladder surgery back in July. I was something creative I could do while I wasn't quite feeling well enough to sew. 

As I worked through the math and instructions I really loved the simplicity of the pattern - it's almost all strips of the same width just cut to different lengths, but how they are arranged really gives a complicated look.  I love it when a quilt looks harder to make than it really is. I also kept thinking about how great it could be for scraps and jelly rolls. I had been cutting fabrics to make my Deltille Quilt at the time and put all my scraps aside knowing they would make a great Chantli Quilt.

The pattern was inspired by the traditional log cabin block. A traditional log cabin block always starts with a red square to signify the home. I've included one small red square in my quilt as a nod to the log cabin block. Home in Nahuatl (a language of the Aztec and Toltec people) is Chantli - hence the name of the pattern. Jess Poemape is a Latina quilt pattern designer and wants to spread knowledge about her ancestral heritage. As a fellow Latina - I fully support her mission. 

I used some Art Gallery Lower the Volume cotton poplin in Simple Growth for my background. I had some of this fabric leftover from a project for Minerva. I was able to get all my pieces cut for the blocks, and for part of the sashing, and then ran out. I had to order more from  the Fat Quarter Shop. There is a very slight color difference between the two, but I don't think it's that noticeable.

The Chantli Quilt was really fun to put together. I will definitely be making another - most likely with scraps as I really love how it looks. 

Be sure to check out other Chantli Quilts on Instagram by looking at the #chantliquilt hashtag and give Jess Poemape a follow. She makes gorgeous quilts and is a fantastic longarm quilter. 

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Week ending December 26, 2021

This week I did a lot of things while I was off. Some in my sewing room and some outside. I got all my blocks made for my temperature quilt through December 19th.  I'll hopefully get most of the month done this coming week.

I have all these 5" squares left so far. I guess I'll use them all eventually. 

I got my Entropy Quilt back from Jess Poemape. The quilting she did is just amazing! Here's the back of my Quilt so you can see the beautiful quilting pattern she did. 

Here's the front. It's harder to see the all the detail with the fabric designs. 

Of course i had to immediately bind it. Smaug thought he was helping. 

I worked on another quilt I had cut out for a pattern test. 

I finished it, but wont share the finished photos here - yet. 

I found the parts to this dresden plate while I emptied out a nightstand I had been using in my sewing room. I moved the nightstand to my guestroom and wanted to empty it before i moved it. I found some forgotten projects, and leftover pieces. I'm going to applique this dresden plate on a Sweatshirt for my mother in law. 

Sunday while I did laundry, I started piecing my Chantli Quilt by Jess Poemape. I've worked on it off and on since I was a proofreader and think I might be able to finish the top before the end of the year. 

I'm making a scrappy version so I laid out pieces begore fully sewing them together.   The main units are sewn into segments and I just mixed and matched until I liked the layout. 

I ended Sunday with one block completed. And after I sewed it together I realized I did it wrong. Oops. I'm not taking it apart. I'll live with it as is. 

Week Ending December 19, 2021

This week was mostly about resting and getting started on my temperature quilt. I've decided that my 2021 memory quilt will be a temperature quilt since we had quite a year weather wise.  Since I'm not a huge fan of solids, I'm using prints. Here's my fabric pull.

I also worked on a pattern test where I only did a block.  Here are the fabrics I picked.

Here's my Block- more to come on this. 

I also added binding to this small quilt I made this summer. I used leftover blocks and had quilted it with a minky backing. I had put it away as I really didn't know what to do with it or who I even knew that could use it as it was a baby size. A friend called me one evening and we chatted about our holiday plans. She told me how excited she was to spend Christmas with her daughter and the little 3 yr old girl her daughter was fostering. She said she really hoped her daughter was going to be able to adopt her as she had grown quite attached to her already. As soon as we got off the phone, I pulled out this quilt and put binding on it.  I then showed up on her doorstep a few days later with it.  She was leaving on Tuesday and wanted to get it to her before she left. 

I managed to get all my blocks cut out fir my temperature quilt. I decided to do high and low Temps each day to give it more color variety. Each block will be a half square triangle. I'm using a total of 20 colors in 5 degree increments. 

I've slowly started sewing them together. 

Here's where I was at Sunday night. January through May dates are completed. June and October are almost done. 

I'm hoping to get my temperature quilt blocks all completed on January 1. 

Week ending December 12, 2021

I don't have a lot to show this week. I spent a lot of time out on my patio (back yard) getting it ready for Spring. I. My sewing room I focused on getting a few projects prepped to sew. One is a newpattern test for Kelly Renay. 

I did make two test blocks first before cutting out all my fabric. I'll share the blocks closer to the pattern release. 

I'm super excited that George + Ginger came out with a temperature quilt pattern and has a Facebook group started to have some fun and encouragement along the way. I'm thinking of doing mine for 2021 instead of trying to do the coming year. 2021 was memorable for weather related reasons - winter storm Uri to be exact. 

So many strips for my pattern test. 

Everything is cut out and in my box. I already completed some of the steps - sewing rows together then sub cutting for instance. I put some of the excess scrap pieces on top so that I have them incase I screw something up and need to cut a new piece.

Since I was on a roll doing quilt prep, I decided to finish cutting pieces for the Chantli Quilt by Jess Poemape.  I had cut out a few, then had moved onto other projects. It was time to get back to this one. 

I got everything cut out except for the sashing. I was a few inches short on my background fabric. I ordered more and will finish cutting the sashing later. Also as I went, I decided to remove some colors I had previously cut out. The gold in the photo above was removed. 

I got another #getyourquiltywishgranted package in. I love these nature inspired fabrics! 

I now have 4 quilts cut out and waiting to be sewn. I know I should get started on them, but I think I'll get my fabrics picked and an excel spreadsheet ready for my 2021 temperature quilt. First I need to decide on layout and size and get a spreadsheet ready to go. Once I get the temperatures loaded, I'll have to decide on the increments I want to use. Then calculate the yardage for each temperature and then raid my fabric closet for the fabrics. It should be a lot of fun. 

Week ending December 5, 2021

I was off and got to work on several projects. I finished my 2020-mask scrap quilt and blogged about it. 

I quilted my Lazy Cozy Quilts Mod Cabin Quilt. FINALLY! 

I got out my minky from Spoonflower to use in an upcoming project and Smaug thinks it's his new blanket. 

I work on making throw pillows for my mom with my cross stitch things I made for my grandmother. 

I made the binding for my Mod Cabin Quilt. 

I put the binding on.  My tip is to use the thread spools holder to hold the binding as you use it. It spools of nicely and doesn't get twisted up or in your way. 

As I snipped threads on the back of my Mod Cabin Quilt I snipped the backing. My second tip is to keep a bottle of Bo Nash in your sewing room to fix such unfortunate events. This stuff works wonders. 

My finished Mod Cabin Quilt. I love it! 

I won tickets to see Hamilton in the lottery! The venue doesn't allow purses, but does allow clear bags. So I made one the day of the show. I used the leftover binding from my quilt to finish the edges. I used a tutorial from Melly Sews. 

Here I am at Hamilton. We had front row seats! It was amazing. I wore my Taktsang Dolman Wrap from the Sew Beautiful Book by Kennis Wong. 

I finished the pillow covers for my mom.

Here's the back. I used the leftover blocks from the quilt I made her for the pillows. 

I made velvet pants! These are the SOS pants by Patterns for Pirates and the fabric is from Minerva. I have a blog post on Minerva about them. My top is the Sinclair patterns Lauren top.  

I made a fabric Garland with trimmings from my flying geese from the Stargazer Quilt.

I made tiny ornaments with tiny embroidery hoops with fabric scraps. 

I then decorated a tree for my sewing room. I love it so much. 

I had a friend come visit me with a sewing emergency. 

She had all this fabric that needed to be sewn.  She has several nieces that needed Christmas tops as they lost the majority of their belongings in a house fire last year. 

With some team work, we got 5 made! 

I ended the week pulling out fabric for my next quilt. 

More to come soon.