Aurora in Le Petit Escargot

  Today I am thrilled to be sharing a new quilt finish with you that features the soft and sweet Le Petit Escargot fabrics for my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton.   I knew right away when I saw this collection that it needed to be paired with a dark background to make all of those wonderful soft prints just pop!!   And here it is,  my Aurora quilt, from my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book, and isn't it just so striking!!  I love it ;)  

What I really love about the quilts in my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book is that they are all made from one Layer Cake and a background fabric and you can get right to cutting. I used Weathered Wood Dark Grey Country Confetti for my background, and it even has little tiny pink dots on it that go right along with the print.  A dark background is so great when you have a fabric line with lots of whites in it, then they don't get lost in a light background :)  

Aurora finishes at 68" x 68", so it is a great lap size to snuggle up in.  It is really a super fun quilt to make.   This quilt is made up of two blocks, that area actually pieced with the same units.  I love how you can create two totally different blocks with the same pieces, so cool!!!   Oh, and I always love adding a "chain" in my quilts, and this chain is subtle, but it is the perfect finish for this Aurora quilt.  

 Aurora might look like a little complex, but it truly is a beginner friendly quilt to make.  Especially with all of the tips and tricks I added in the pattern.  You will learn no waste flying geese, square in a square, and stitch and flip while making this quilt.  And a great little pin trick for lining up all of the points!!  And Aurora really lets you play with where you want the prints in each component of the design, my favorite part!

And Barbara once again did the piecing and quilting of this one for me.  (I have been doing some secret sewing for H & H so she came in clutch!)  She is so amazing!!!   She quilted an all over design of paisleys. I love how it adds so much movement to the quilt.  And using a dark grey thread makes it blend in the background and pop on the prints.  So fun!!

And that is a new Aurora quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post. To see more of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book, you can visit this post and see all the quilts. And if you make your own Aurora Quilt, (or any of the quilts from Fast & Fun Lap Quilts) I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Quilts!!

Thank you so much for popping in today and sharing this new finish with me.

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!!