Rose Anne's Scrappy Triangles

Rose Anne brought this lovely quilt in for some custom quilting.  A few members of my local quilt guild got inspired to do some paper piecing and followed The Year of Scrappy Triangles blog post by Leila Gardunia.  https://www.leilagardunia.com/blog/year-of-scrappy-triangles   I had seen some photos of this quilt as Rose Anne was working on it and had thought her chosen background was black, but it is actually a beautiful deep green!  It is a lovely compliment to all the batiks she found in her stash.

Initially I thought feathers would be the perfect suggestion for the green strips, but I just could not get them flowing nicely to the inner green border. Everything I tried looked really awkward at some point. When I suggested the echo curve design for the outer border and the center strips, Rose Anne loved the idea and the rest of the design fell into place quickly after that.

The gold border received large curls, the inner green border an oak leaf and curl, and the paper pieced triangles received some branching curls.  I always try to repeat motifs somewhere in the custom quilting so that the quilt feels cohesive at the end.

I used an olive green thread for everything but the oakleaf border.  There I switched to more of a rusty gold thread to make it stand out a little bit more and add a bit of interest.

Modern Art

Liane has become very fond of the three yard quilt patterns from the Fabric Cafe and here is another example.  This one is called Modern Art.

Liane made one this one her own by adding a fourth fabric to the mix with the lilac coloured squares.

Liane chose the Pretty Posies pantograph which carries on the motif in her focus fabric.

Pink Trip Around the World

Ann made this pretty in pink Trip Around the World  variation quilt for her granddaughter.

Ann chose the Divine pantograph which really matches the design in many of the prints she used in the quilt and I think it adds a nice delicate touch.

Divine was a recent addition to my pantograph collection.  Here are the latest pantographs I have added.    I am always on the lookout for pattern that have nice even coverage but are not too dense as that is the preference of the majority of my clients.

 

MPQ Mystery

Val made this quilt as part of a mystery quilt sew along offered through the Manitoba Prairie Quilters earlier this year.  The pattern was designed by one of the MPQ members - Kathy Paul.

Val chose the Windswept pantograph.  I love the movement that it adds across the sharp lines of the piecing.  We used a charcoal grey thread that doesn't draw attention away the great piecing and beautiful colours of the fabric.

Have you ever participated in a mystery quilt project?  I have done a few- some I’ve loved, some I’ve changed to make me happier.  It can be fun if you get the opportunity. 

Star Pop

Bridy made this king size quilt using the Reading Nook collection by Sarah watts for Ruby Star.  The pattern is called Star Pop from Quilty Love.

Bridy chose the Tickle pantograph which adds some nice movement over the whole quilt top.  Bridy treated herself to yards and yards of the multicolored Starry print for her backing, and I think it was worth the effort of tracking it down and piecing it!

Bridy also worked hard to get all the directional prints headed the same way, which meant altering some of the cutting directions. 

I was told at 106" wide, even with our special quilt holding sticks, this maxed out my quilt holders wing span!  Thankfully he is always game to try!

Fado Road

This is Marlene's Fado Road quilt.  She participated in the sew along hosted by Ships and Violins. Marlene is not afraid of tackling something with a lot of piecing!  This was a combination of traditional piecing and paper piecing.

Marlene and I looked through a variety of pantographs and nothing was really jumping out as the right one until Marlene spotted the Velvet Queen pantograph.  Marlene's favorite flowers are sunflowers, so this design spoke to her.  I have had it in my collection awhile, but the right quilt hadn't come my way to use it until now.

Marlene added a cozy grey flannel on the back and the pantograph show up nicely there.

More Roundabout Placemats

Reneta made another set of Roundabout placemats, this time featuring some cute Puffin fabric.  Reneta requested an all over quilting pattern and she selected the Dragon's Breath pantograph.  The simple tone on tone black and white fabrics really make the puffin fabric pop!

 

The Roundabout pattern includes 2 tables runners and the placemats.  One of the runners and the placemats are easily customizable to the size that best fits your table.  It is available from Highway 10 Designs in either a paper copy or a PDF download.