Building Blocks Quilt Along

Participating in my first quilt along with Leah Day - http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html. There are over 900 people all over the world participating in this. You cut the fabric, make the quilt "sandwich" at the beginning of the month. For the next three weeks that month you do a different freemotion quilt pattern on your blocks.

 

What the Fox Said Quilt

I named this quilt "What the Fox Said Quilt" because of the current song and it has foxes on the blocks. This was made using one "Norwegian Woods Too Layer Cake" Michael Miller for $21.95 The set was purchased as Quilter's Daily Deal from Missouri Quilt Co (https://www.missouriquiltco.com/). The pattern was quite simple to put together. The hard part was using the minky fabric on the back. I had never used minky fabric before.

The pattern was free from the Fat Quarter Website (http://www.fatquartershop.com/free-quilt-pattern-layer-cake-lemonade-free-quilt-pattern) Row of 6, 1/2'd  layer cakes, with 5 inches cut off each end, one row of 5 layer cakes (10" each). Easy pattern!

Healing Tree Quilt

Healing Tree Quilt  (http://www.fronddesignstudios.com/) made for Rob. This started with a central panel. The quilt design I decided myself. I didn't want it to appear too yellow so I added in the blue color since it's my favorite color. The leaf blocks and stripes were part of the Frond Studio collection. It was backed with brown flannel. This was my first real attempt at free motion quilting. I did mark leaves on the leaf blocks but freemotioned the panel and in between the blocks. I gained enough confidence to freemotion the borders, the sashing on the inside I did by making X shapes. My quilting was less then perfect but it's still a great quilt! He loves it.