I finally finished our new quilt and pillows for our bed. Before we had a plain tan duvet cover with matching shams. It was feeling really blah to me, plus our duvet had seen much better days. I've wanted to make a quilt for our bed, but doing a queen quilt sounded very overwhelming. I have been looking for ideas for months, then came across this pattern from Oh Fransson. It was perfect. I wanted something simple. Her pattern calls for 12 fat quarters and two sheets. I ended up using 20 fat quarters because I wanted leftover fabric for the pillows as well as a throw quilt I plan to make for me for winter. I always need more covers than Ryan so I figured I would just make a matching throw for myself. All the fabrics are from Joel Dewberry's line Modern Meadows. The sashing is Kona white. I didn't want to use a sheet on top.
Of course there are pillows to match. I love how the square one turned out. It's inspired from this pillow. I really like the effect from the quilting. It's a bit hard to see in the photo though.
I did straight line quilting on the shams, though one is quilted horizontal and one vertical.
Finally, no quilt back is complete without some piecing. The pattern recommended using just a flat sheet, but I couldn't make a quilt without detail on the back. I did a pieced strip about 12 inches from the top that shows when you fold down the bed. The brown fabric for the backing is a flat sheet from Target.
It's beautiful, Kati. I love the stripe on the back (smart planning to have the tree appear right-side up when the bed's turned down) and that brown is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the pillows. And the quilt is beautiful too. This line looks great this way. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful quilt and I love the square pillow. The tree fabric is so lovely - I have to have some!
ReplyDeleteWow this is beautiful! I will have to make one for myself. And I love the pillows too!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I somehow missed this pattern even though I follow that blog. Thank you so much for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so gorgeous! I love that pieced back strip that you added. And the pillows, quilting...love it all! I follow Elizabeth's blog too and somehow missed this one so I'm so happy to have seen yours. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed. I feel just a bit more motivated to quilt a large quilt that has been on my to-do list for far too long.
ReplyDeleteI just ran across this quilt on flikr. It's stunning!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This is absolutely gorgeous - I love the fabrics, the design, the quilting. This is great inspiration for a new quilter!
ReplyDeletethis is now my next quilt! thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteoooh I love your pillow! Thanks for linking up to the Quilty Giveaways site! I'll enter your giveaway later (so I'm not #1!)
ReplyDeleteHow much Kona white did you need for the quilt top? I also plan on purching fabric for the back, how much do you think I need?
ReplyDeleteIncredible! I love the square pillow and really like your idea of the pieced strip on the back for turning down the quilt. I think I may have to do all my quilts like this!
ReplyDeleteStunning! My husband even took a look and liked it!!!!
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