If you know me, you know that plain white is my least favorite color for everything. I refuse to own a white automobile, will not paint a wall in my house anything close to white, and very rarely wear anything that is solid white (I actually can't recall the last time I wore anything that was white). This solid white aversion follows into my sewing and quilting. I do love a good low volume white print for quilting and was thrilled when I received the Spaced Out Collection by Chelsea Designworks for Studio e Fabrics.
This collection is 20 soft grey prints on a solid white fabric. A few of the deigns also have a few colors in the design. I knew I would make a quilt that had a lot of background fabric to show off these fun low volume prints and decided to pair them with some solid colors that were inspired by the colors in some of the more colorful prints. I picked the
Vintage Lace Quilt pattern from
Lo and Behold Stitchery.
I have admired this quilt pattern for a long time. I knew it would be perfect as it looked like a fairly quick sew. All the pieces are either rectangles or half square triangles. It did go together really quick - even with me making a color change out near of my piecing.
I made the throw size and it's a LARGE throw. As I pieced it all together I started wondering why I decided to make such a huge quilt. I knew I was going to have to quilt this when I was done and all I could think of was how long it was going to take me.
I went to a fabric swap a few weeks ago and I got the gorgeous Kaffe Fassett Coleus print on the left. I immediately knew it would be perfect for my quilt backing as the colors were perfect! However, there was not enough for the entire back. Initially I thought I'd pair it with a solid. Then a fiend of mine asked me to go look at sewing machines with her at
Stitchhouse. Stitchhouse is getting ready for a Kaffe Fassett meet and greet and had a huge assortment of fabric and picked out the Dahlia design on the right.
I LOVE how my quilt turned out. I am typically not a fan of pastel colors, but I think since I went heavy on the blues and green, it works for me.
When I first cut out all my fabrics, I had selected an orange sherbet colors fabric for the yellow. As I laid all my pieces out to begin chain piecing, the orange just glared out at me in a bad way. I had fabric from the Spaced Out Collection left, so I found a yellow in my stash and just made new pieces.
As I was chain piecing, I almost swapped the position of the yellow with the purple. I'm so happy I ignored that thought because I can't imagine a better color of the center of the design.
When it came to to do the quilting, I decided to do organic wavy lines. I used the walking foot on my Bernina and to get started I made my first line starting from one side going to the other weaving in and out of my safety pins from basting down a straight line.
I'm so please with how the quilting came out, that I will definitely do this method again. Was it quick - not really, but it didn't feel like it took forever either. I spent about 12 hours on the quilting. Which in my mind, isn't too bad.
The Spaced Out Collection has some really fun prints. One is a money print. There's also one with playing cards, and one with a circuit board design.
I have discovered that it's especially hard to photograph low volume prints after quilting.
The print with pink below reminded me of confetti.
The photo below shows another design with a pop of color. It was one with little hearts on it. Also shown is one that has scissors that look like they are cutting out a pattern. I know - it's hard to see these details, but that's part of what's great about a good low volume print - the print doesn't steal the show,
Below is the mushroom print, music notes, cotton labels, and something that reminds me of dandelions.
Around the yellow you can see the 2 prints that have the most colors in them. They are both floral designs.
I had so much fun sewing this fabric collection. I definitely had a few favorite prints. Some of the simpler designs were my favorites, but also loved the more novelty prints.
Follow me on
Instagram and
Facebook!
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. These links provide me with a small compensation if you make a purchase using my link. There is not cost to you when you do this. My thoughts and opinions given in this blog post are mine.
