Good Morning all of my quilty friends!! Today I am thrilled to share a brand new Batik finish with you all! Expressions Batiks have become a favorite of mine to work with. The new collections are just so pretty in all of their beautiful colors and prints. And I just love how happy and bright this new Carnival Glass Collection is. And you all know, I recently released 4 new patterns and I knew right away that I had to remake my Summer Solstice pattern in this collection! It almost gives it a Midnight Solstice look, right!! Such a change up from the original to add so much happy color, and I just love it!
The Summer Solstice Quilt can be made with Scraps, Fat Eighths, or Fat Quarters. It is a very versatile quilt for cutting, and you can make it as monochromatic (like the original) or as colorful as you like. And I just can't even express how much I just love that the suns and dials totally pop in all of the happy bright shades of Carnival Glass .
And ya know, a scrappy happy binding is always the perfect finish. I used this Pale Haze Hand Dyed for the background, and I love how the soft blue gives an added umph to the colors. It's not a big departure from a white background, but just enough to make it stand out. And I am already planning on remaking this with a dark background, I can't wait to see that just shine!! Talk about Midnight Solstice ;)
And while this might look a little complex, the Summer Solstice Quilt uses basic techniques of No Waste Flying Geese, Half Square Triangles, and a Square in a Square. So you will get some great technique practice and still have an easy time piecing everything together as there are not a lot of points to worry about lining up! And the Sun Block and the Dial Block come together with some great pieced sashing to finish off the chain and add to the points around the sun block. It really is a super fun one to see come all together! Again, this is the Twin Size quilt, but the pattern has multiple size options so you can make whatever size works for you ;)
And this was quilted with gorgeous repeating feathers in the background and arches on the print chain and dial block. All of the Sun block triangles are left unquilted which really makes them pop! Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. And talk about so much yummy quilty texture.
And that is my Summer Solstice Quilt featuring the Carnival Glass Expressions Batik Collection! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Summer Solstice Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #summersolsticequilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Summer Solstice Quilts!
Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you are loving these batik quilts as much as I am!
It's another SUU Quilt share day!! You all know I just love making Red, White, and Black quilts for my Alma Mater!!! And since Homecoming has come and gone, I can now share this A Star is Born quilt from my Charming Baby Quilts Book!! And yes, It isn't baby sized, I upsized the piecing :) And I just love it ;)
For this version of A Star is Born, I used White and Black prints from the Fleur Noire Collection from Riley Blake. It is another perfect match for an Alma Mater quilt and paired with a Blossom Red background, those black and white prints just pop!!!! I used 7" squares to start instead of 5" squares to make this quilt. And I so just love the scrappy binding made with the leftovers :) It truly is my favorite way to finish a quilt!!
And once again, I added a layered applique to the corner of the quilt of the schools mascot. The sky is truly the limit when doing this fun method of applique!! And it is so great for personalizing quilts!! You can find the step by step tutorial here for layered applique :)
When it came time to quilt this Fast & Fun Lap Quilt I decided on an all over swirl ;) Mostly because I can quilt that super fast, and I was on a total time crunch for this one. And of course, a red thread was perfect for this quilt.
And that is my SUU A Star is Born quilt from my Charming Baby Quilts Book with a supersized edit! This version of A Star is Born finishes at 72" x 72" so it is a great size for a lap quilt ;) Oh, and if you make your own A Star is Born quilt, (in any size) I would love to see it!! You can share your quilts with me on social media using hashtag #happyquiltingwithmc and #charmingbabyquilts and tag me @happyquiltingmc or you can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for popping in for another quilt finish!!
Today I am am thrilled to share another new Batik finish with all of you! Expressions Batiks are quickly becoming a favorite to work with. I just love all of the gorgeous colors and prints, and the hand is so great. And pretty much, I have fallen in love with them. I was particularly struck by the beautiful rich colors of this new Tradewinds Collection. I just released 4 new patterns and am excited to make them in Batik collections now!! I picked Navigating the Stars for this Tradewinds Collection because the pattern design was inspired by a rose compass on an old map, so I figured Tradewinds went right along with that!
The Navigating the Stars Quilt is Fat Quarter Friendly, so you can just grab a bundle and get cutting and piecing. I made the Twin Size quilt, which uses 20 Fat Quarters, so this bundle had just the right amount of prints, with two prints to spare for the accent and background fabrics.
I pulled this Cinnamon print from the line to be the accent of all the interlocking stars. It really is the perfect print in the line as it has enough color difference to stand out, but not so much that it is overpowering. And then for the background, I used the beautiful neutral Phloof print . I just love how it reads as neutral to make all of the prints shine, but still has some fun detail in it. Like I said, these prints fit the pattern just perfect!
And while this might look a little complex, the Navigating the Stars Quilt Pattern mainly uses one technique of stitch and flip corners. And it is a great quilt to work on lining up your points, while still having the forgiving nature of the entire block being made of one print. And you know I wrote the directions so that all of your diagonal seams will nest! I love that it allows me to piece the entire block without using pins, so great! Again, this is the Twin Size quilt, but the pattern has multiple size options so you can make whatever size works for you ;)
And this was quilted with a gorgeous echoed feathered swirls in the background and two rotating motifs in the blocks centers. My amazing MIL, Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. And I especially love this picture because it really shows both aspects of the block. In the block on the left you see the star in the background popping out. But in the block on the right you see the square cross in the print popping out. I love it when a block has two designs hidden in one block! It's just so fun.
And that is my Square Dance Quilt featuring the Tradewinds Expression Batik Collection! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Navigating the Stars Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #navigatingthestarsquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Navigating the Stars Quilts!
Thank you so much for joining me today! I am so happy to have discovered the joy of quilting with Batiks and am excited to share more batik quilts in the future. Thank you so much to my wonderful friends at Riley Blake for creating such amazing fabrics for us all to sew with!
It's another quilt share day!! And today's quilt is Cute as a Button featuring the cutest panel ever from the Baby Girl Collection by Lori Whitlock. And yes, she made a Baby Boy Collection as well ;) I got to make this quilt for my wonderful friends at Riley Blake Designs!!
And how cute are those hearts pieced in the corners :) That is most of the piecing in this one besides adding some borders, so as you can guess, it comes together super fast!! All you need to make this one is the adorable panel, girl version, or boy version, and a little bit of yardage from the collection! You can find the free pattern for this quilt at Riley Blake . . . The Girl Version here and the Boy Version here. The quilt finishes at 52" x 60" so it is a great size to hang on the nursery wall or use as a tummy time quilt!
This Cute as a Button quilt is the perfect gift for a special little new one. And even if you are super busy, you can whip this up for a baby shower in a day, and it is just so adorable! It is great for beginners and experts alike! And again, have I mentioned just how cute it is!!!
Once I had made up the quilt top, it went off to Riley Blake where they quilted it up with this adorable all over curly heart design. Yippee for yummy texture to make it oh so cuddly. Wouldn't this just be so cute with minky on the back!!
And if you have a special little one arriving . . . you can make your own Cute as a Button quilt too!! There is a Cute as a Button Quilt Kit available now and it even comes in a cute keepsake box!! And yes, there is also the Boy Version Kit available as well ;) So fun!
And that is my Cute as a Button Quilt! I just love the pictures the team at Riley Blake takes!! The sunset in these pics is just amazing!!
Thanks for joining me today and sharing in this new finish with me. I actually got to see this finished quilt at Garden of Quilts , Just so fun!!! Thanks for popping in today ;)
I have had some very exciting mail in the last few days!!! First up . . . my wonderful friends at AccuQuilt sent me a very special surprise ;) Have you heard about this??
It's the new GO! Bolt Cutter!!! It is a light weight, easily portable, Electric Cutter!!! I am so thrilled!! This is just awesome for super fast cutting!! It will also be oh so helpful when I am going to teach, I can pack this in with so little excess space and weight :) The GO! Bolt is a special new addition to my AccuQuilt Cutting team!!! And I have already worked on two secret projects with it, and can I just say . . . I love my GO! Bolt!!!
And another fun surprise in the mail box . . . my 2025 Spooky Box from Fat Quarter Shop arrived!! I loved these Limited Edition holiday boxes!! (Which you just might be able to reserve the Jolly Box as of today) They are always filled with so many wonderful fabrics, notions, and holiday tidbits. You can see a few of those peeking out of the box!! If you want to see the full reveal, just keep on reading :)
What an awesome Box of Halloween Quilting Goodness!! The Hey Pumpkin Bundle is just so adorable. I love "Cute" Halloween!!! And the Mug Rug Mats from June Taylor are just so fun. Perfect for cups of Hot Chocolate after cold trick-or-treating ;) And I just love my Mist Spray Bottles, and this Spooky Spray Bottle one is so fun :) And spooky thread snips and a charming charm. Just so great!!
It's been some super Happy "Mail" Quilting Days!!!
