The Luna Quilt with Canyon Birds

My last Jaftex Ambassador project for 2022 was made using the Canyon Birds Collection by Jennifer Brinley for Studio e Fabrics. The collection had a gorgeous color palette and was nature themed.

I bought the Luna Quilt pattern by Kitchen Table Quilting when it was released. I loved that it looked perfect for a scrappy quilt or for sewing a whole collection.

I really love how the finished quilt top looks. I tried to mix up the prints as much as possible and not have two of the same touching, but I have a few touching that match. Getting a good random distribution of the darker prints was extremely hard and I gave up  trying to achieve perfection.

This was the first quilt that I quilted on my new to me long arm. I used a free pantograph from Urban Elementz named Pansies. The design stitch out perfectly and I loved how it complemented the fabric  design.  

The Canyon Birds Collection is a tribute to the birds found in the cayon parks of North America. According to the designer, Canyon Parks are home to an incredible diversity of birds with nearly 450 known species. The fabric features Canyon Wrens and Jays along with floral and leaf motifs.  

The collection also includes a panel with smaller cameo designs featuring the Canyon Birds. I used the panel in my backing. 

I pieced my quilt back using the panel as the center and filling in the rest with the remainder of the fabric I had from the collection. I used the darker prints from the collection as the quilt binding. 

The background of my Luna Quilt is a Free Spirit Fabrics jelly roll in Cream. Using a jelly roll for the background really cut down on the time it took me to cut out all my pieces. It was such a great time saver and I will definitely make another Luna Quilt using a jelly roll for the background again. 

This photo shows off some of the prints and the quilting really well. 

Here's an even closer look. I used an off white thread for my quilting as I wanted it to blend into the background completely. I do tend to make some mistakes with my longarming as I learn, and I didn't want a contrasting thread highlighting all my mistakes. 

I absolutely loved making this quilt and was thrilled when I took it with all my other quilts at Christmas to give out as gifts. This quilt went home with one of my aunts. She immediately grabbed it when she saw it. She said she didn't need to see them all, this was the one she wanted. 

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