Sewing Scientist: June 2022

Evening Sky Quilt by Frannie B Quilt Co.

I was a pattern tester for the Frannie B Quilt Company for the Evening Sky Quilt pattern. I love the quilt I made so much! I used scraps and remnants from other projects and had fun mixing in a bunch of different prints.

The background is made with a chambray. I loved using chambray for the background and immediately ordered more chambray for another quilt. The Octopus print shown in this photo came from Minerva. I posted about this fabric on their website.

There are twenty big stars. There are ten sets of matching stars. The smaller stars are all the same and made of 4 different prints.

The stars a fun collection of prints and colors and love how they give a modern look to an otherwise traditional pattern.

I recently informed my family that I intended to carry on my Grandmother's tradition of gifting every family member a quilt. I am starting with my Aunts and Cousins, and their children and then move onto extended family over the years. I'm posting photos of the quilts I made to an album on Facebook and telling everyone to let me know which they want or if they want to put in a request. I can't wait to see who picks this beauty as their heirloom from me.

The Evening Sky pattern was released along with two other complimentary patterns - Eclipse Quilt and the Eternal Quilt. Below are some close up photos of the different stars in my Evening Sky quilt.

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Week ending June 26, 2022

I was off this week on Monday and Friday. I did get to sew those days, but not as much as you would think since I met up with friends both days for brunch. I did get my Cultivating Quilt quilted. Blog coming soon.

I used the striped print from the Dark Forest Collection from Studio e Fabrics for the binding.

I received these fabrics from Minerva and think I'll use at least one for a quilt backing.

I was on the Blossom and Grow blog hop!

I got to work on the Hurrication quilt pattern test for Running Stitch Quilts.

My blocks are slowly growing and I'm already loving them.

Column Blocks Pattern by Heather Ann Dye Art

I tested the Column Block for Heather Ann Dye Art. It was such a fun quilt block to make. It seriously was! I intended to only make one. But after I made one, I thought - I'll make enough for a throw - these are fun and quick to make. Then as I was almost finished making the first 4 blocks and thought - these would make a great King size quilt - and here we are. See all my blocks below.

I posted about my blocks on Minerva. I used scraps from several different projects I did for them in this quilt. Below are photos of my finished quilt on my bed. I took it to the long armer for quilting and then all I had to do was add the binding.

My blocks are laid out a little different than what Heather included in her pattern. I added a border only between the column and not the rows.

The background is chambray from 2 different projects and the blocks are made of various scraps. I really love how it came out. I added a 6 inch border to my quilt top to make this quilt about 108 inches wide. My last King quilt was too narrow - I'll still use it, but it's nice to have a second one now.

I'm currently using this quilt, but thinking I might save it for fall and winter when I definitely don't want to get uncovered by my cover hogging husband.

Be sure to check out Heather's Column Block pattern for a quick project. The blocks are super sized and make for a nice wall hanging or just a few make a quilt.

Blossom and Grow Blog Hop

Today is day six in the Blossom and Grow Blog Hop hosted by Maureen Fiorellini for the release of her Blossom and Grow Collection by Studio e Fabrics.

I received a bundle of fat quarters and a panel with small panels, I immediately thought the panels would be really cute as the center of some churn and dash blocks. Since I had fat quarter to work with, I made them scrappy.

I made nine of the scrappy churn and dash blocks at 18 inches. I then made them into a quilt top. This is the perfect size for a baby quilt or a lap quilt.

I had to get a photo with some of my blooms - Rudbeckia.

The colors are so soft in these prints with only one darker color being the teal and one darker pink. I love the pop of the yellow daisy print. I didn't have quite enough fabric from my fat quarter bundle to give me enough fabric for all my pieces, so I did have to add in a fat quarter of a white print on white cotton to fill out the rest. My white ended up being a bit brighter than the rest of the fabrics out in the sunlight. Indoors they were not as different.

I tried my best to not put the same prints together and touching on my quilt top -but failed in a few areas.

I really love how this quilt top turned out and can't wait to finish it.

I plan to use the remaining panels and some scraps with a coordinating fabric from my stash for the backing and will probably do a solid color for the binding.

Be sure to check out all the blog posts on this Blog Hop.

Day 1 - Monday June 20th: Maureen Fiorellini | Maureen Maker

Day 2 - Tuesday June 21st: Lindsay Conner | Lindsay Sews

Day 3- Wednesday June 22nd: Kate | Fat Quarter Shop

Day 4- Thursday June 23nd: Jenny Unger | Fab Fabric Girl

Day 5- Friday June 24th: | Nannette Holmberg | Maureen Maker

Day 6- Saturday June 25th: Anne Schott | Five Patch Design

Day 7- Sunday June 26th: Aimee Wilson | The Sewing Scientist

Day 8- Monday June 27th: Maureen Maker

Day 9- Tuesday June 28th: Maureen Fiorellini | Maureen Maker

Day 10- Wednesday June 29th : Julianne Walther | Cary Quilting Company

Day 11- Thursday June 30th :Cindy Tesreau | Bunny Designs

Day 12- Friday July 1st : Amber Goins | @sew_avant_garde

Day 13- Saturday July 2nd : Jessamyn Hawkins | @rufflespearlsandbows

Day 14- Sunday July 3rd : Debbie Zaleski | @sproutingjubejube

Day 15- Monday July 4th: Crystal Drummond | Day Brook Designs

Day 16- Tuesday July 5th: Maureen Fiorellini | Maureen Maker

Day 17- Wednesday July 6th: Emily Maxwell | @marthajanecreations

Day 18- Wednesday July 7th: Kimberly Baird | @montgomeryquiltcompany

Day 19- Thursday July 8th: Maureen Fiorellini | Maureen Maker