I am so excited to share a finish this morning!!!! This is one of those secret quilts that I didn't get to share much of the process but I am so happy to get to share it today. I am calling it William and Jack and let me just say before I get started with the story behind this quilt that I just Love, Love, Love this quilt!!!!
A little big ago I was asked by my good friends at
Moda if I could make up a quilt for them for Market. And I always love sewing for Market so of course, I was all in. And so the box arrived from Moda and I totally squealed when I opened the box to find that the quilt I would be making was a Union Jack quilt!!!! Eeekkk!!!!
I have always wanted to make a Union Jack. My Mother was born in England and so it has a special place in my heart and every time I saw one of these quilts I would think to myself that I totally need to move that up the "to make" list :) So ya, it was just meant to be for me to make up this particular quilt. I was so excited!!!
And when I realized that I was using the new
William Morris Revisited collection that was created in collaboration with the
Victoria and Albert Museum, (which comes out in October and is absolutely stunning!!!) well I will admit, I might have cried a little bit. It was just like everything was coming together as this perfect memory of my mother's homeland. And so ya, I knew off that bat that making this quilt was going to be special :)
And oh my, did I have some fun putting this quilt together. It really was just a blast!!! I used the
Jumping Jack pattern by Fig Tree Quilts but designed some trimming templates
like I did for this quilt that really make the blocks go together that much quicker and really gave made it easy to get perfectly pieced corners every time. So love it!!!
And I just loved that Moda had me do it in all the beautiful blues from the William Morris Collection. I just loved paring up the beautiful lights, mediums, and dark's to really make each flag pop :) And the white is a tiny silver polka dot that just goes so perfect with the blues. Each time I made a block I decided that it was my new favorite block, and when I got to the point of sewing them all together, well, let's just say that this quilt shot way up to the top of the list of all time favorite quilts ;)
When it came time to quilt it, I decided to go with an all over wavy horizontal line. I wanted to give it the motion of flags waving in the breeze. And I am so happy to say that it fit perfectly for what I had in mind. I just love the way it adds to the design but also doesn't take away from each block ;)
And I used a beautiful Chambray for the cornerstones, binding, and backing and it just gives it the perfect finish. I love the little extra weight it gives it in the backing and really lets the quilting stand out ;)
And oh my, talk about some super yummy texture in that quilting. I tried to keep the quilting about 1/4" to 1/2" apart so there is a lot of lines. But I can't say how awesome it feels to run your hand down this quilt and feel all of that texture. So fun!!! I just love it.
And the biggest, most awesome surprises of all . . . My quilt ended up center stage at the Schoolhouse Opening Seminar!!!! I totally freaked out when I started seeing pictures pop up on facebook and there was my quilt, Eeekkk!!!! I knew that the main seminar was Moda and the V& A Museum but I thought I had been making the sample for the booth. So ya, it was a total treat for it to be part of the opening debut of the line. A treat indeed :)
And that is my William and Jack quilt. Oh, and did you notice where the name came from, Union Jack and William Morris put together. I thought it was fitting ;) I have to say a huge thank you to
Moda for having me make up this quilt for them. It was such a wonderful quilt to put together and as I have said, I just Love, Love, Love it!!!
Thanks for popping in today to share this special finish with me ;)
I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!
