Unraveling Quilt Pattern by Needle Down Chin Up

It's been a while since Hollie at Needle Down Chin Up released a quilt pattern. When I saw her newest pattern, Unraveling,   I signed up to test it as I loved the design and immediately saw the visual representation of her inspiration. 

Here's what Hollie said 

"The second quilt in my Growth Pattern Series, Unraveling is a visual representation of coming undone. Sometimes we need to unravel or let some things fall away in order to become who we want to be. Other times we need to remember to hold on to the good things and let everything else go. Unraveling is a modern and scrap friendly project that sews quickly and is beginner friendly!". 

The pattern was super easy to follow as you make the quilt in blocks. You have a list of the block letters to make and they each have a diagram to follow for construction. I selected the baby size as it happened to be almost the same size as an old quilted throw I had in my living room that we used to protect a chair from the furry mess that our oldest kitty, Garfield, leaves in his wake. It's his favorite chair and he sleeps on it daily while I'm working. 

The throw I was recycling was from Pottery Barn and had a nice thick batting. It was a whole cloth quilt that was silk and the silk had disintegrated over time. It had very loose quilting on  it -  a single stitch every 3 or so inches. It was super easy for me to tear the fabric off the batting.  I cut up the silk and added it to my bucket of scrap stuffing. I reused the batting for my Unraveling Quilt.  I did a simple grid design when quilting it with my walking foot. The thick batting gave it such a great texture. 

The photo below is from before I quilted it. I selected my fabrics based of the backing I had  decided to use. I was using a very mid century modern floral design and picked a few colors out of the print to use for my Unraveling Quilt.  I decided that the darkest fabric would be the background. Part of the reason was I wasn't sure I would remove the whole cloth from my quilt when I recycled the batting. The original fabric  on  it was a dark  red and I worried about it showing through.  I also worried that any traces of the red  thread on the batting that I couldn't remove might show through. But I really think the  Navy was the best color for my background. 

The baby size is 45" by 45" and I really love this size for a baby quilt. With this size it means I can use a 60" wide cotton  for the backing - which is what I did. I really love how the design shows the blocks falling away and the number of blocks falling increases from left to right. It's not as dramatic on the baby size. The design is truly striking in the larger sizes. 

The Unraveling Quilt was so fun to make and it was my first to have a top that was all solid colors! I'm such a lover of prints that I almost never use solid colors, and when I do its typically sparingly. This quilt just felt right to use solids to go with the fun  print I wanted for the back. 

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