So remember when I shared the Mountain Lullaby quilt and said that I was trying to make more "mountain-ish" quilts for the Barbara and Bob's cabin. Well I am super excited to add another one to the mix!!! When I saw the new Adventure is Calling Line from Riley Blake Designs, I knew it was just perfect for another cabin quilt!!! And combined with my Square Dance Pattern, it is just perfect :)
I mean, how can it not be perfect with these prints from
Adventure is Calling!!! Tents, Trees, Forest Animals, Stars, and Pennant Flags . . . and all in beautiful woodsy colors!!! It is just so fun, I especially love the pops of orange :)
And I have been wanting to make a large version of my
Square Dance Pattern for quite some time, and I just knew this fabric would be so great in it!!! I loved the idea of just using a simple yet fun geometric designs for a cabin quilt, almost gives you the idea of plaid but a cool plaid ;) And I even made sure all my directions prints lined up, so no upside foxes or tents. I don't normally worry about directional fabric, but this quilt design is an easy one to layout and make sure it is correct, especially because it is Jelly Roll friendly, so you don't have to worry about what direction you are cutting the pieces out either ;)
For the Pop fabric I used Shades Chocolate and the background fabric is Shades Burlap. I love the "texture" in the shades line. It is a lot like grunge so no surprise that I tend to gravitate towards it. And I just love how all of the print colors just pop on the light and ark brown, it really adds to the 3D illusion of this quilt.
I tried something new when it came time to quilt it. I originally was planning to just do a large meandering stitch. I haven't done simple meandering in some time and thought it would be perfect for this geometric design. But after making the first pass, I thought it kind of looked like a trail through the woods. So I decided to go back and echo the meandering to really make a "trail". I just love how it turned out and echoing was so much fun. It was just like following a trail just following the twists and bends in the way. So fun!!!
I am just so happy with how this quilt turned out!! And it is already at the cabin as we are enjoying this Memorial Day in the woods ;) Three down, (I put my
King Size Braided Irish Chain in Reunion Fabric on my bed :) down and 3 more "cabin" fabric quilts to go. I can't wait to see what the next one is going to turn out like ;)
Thanks for popping in today and sharing this new finish with me.
I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!!