Lewis & Irene via SewCanShe

 

 

These are two quilts I finished recently, made with matching one yard cuts of Lewis & Irene fabric I purchased at the Lancaster Quilt Show in 2018 when I was there working as an assistant to quilt artist and teacher RaNae Merrill.  Such a crazy week! But I managed some time on the show floor to shop and ooh-and-ahh at the quilts.

 

The fabric sat in my stash for a long time until I came across SewCanShe's collection of 3-yard patterns and found two that I thought would be great for the yard cuts I bought at the show. Each quilt is throw sized.

Instead of using 1 yard each of the 3 different fabrics (focus, background and coordinate) I used fat quarters for the coordinates. I like how they came out. The quilts have been given away now so I can finally post about them. I almost kept the one on the bottom! 

The fabrics are so pretty and special and Lewis & Irene are a British manufacturer that is hard to find in the U.S. I had never heard of them before the show but I just love the aesthetic, kind of Liberty meets Tilda meets Laura Ashley. I've since seen the brand around now and then and have picked up a few other things for my stash. Maybe next time the quilt I make with Lewis & Irene will be for me!

One Quilt, Three Ways - Christmas Tree Edition

 

made with kit leftovers

I really like this Christmas tree pattern. As you can see. The pattern is called "Christmas Tree" and the pattern maker is Frivolous Necessity. You can buy it here on Etsy.

    made with Tula Pink leftovers

 It finishes to about 30x38 inches, not really throw size but for a baby quilt or a wallhanging it would work. The first two I gave as gifts; the third one hangs in my husband's office near our tree every holiday season.

 

made with kit leftovers plus stash

 

This last one  matches a tree skirt I made about ten years ago, and another, larger scrap Christmas quilt made with the same fabrics. I love how different all three trees look. 

Each quilt has a different star at the top. The bottom tree has the star that actually came with the pattern. This was the first one I made, and I didn't want to do that star again so for the other two I found a star pattern online the same size and did something different. 

All three are quilted with vertical lines. The third in this series (the first one I made) has wavy lines and the other two have straight lines. 

I love them all!

 

Another Modern Christmas Tree

 

This is the third one of these I've made, from the pattern Modern Patchwork Christmas Tree by Frivolous Necessity. The pattern is available on Etsy. I made this one exclusively with scraps from Tula Pink fabrics. It's definitely not a traditional Christmas color scheme but I think it works! I gave it to a relative who lives in Florida and likes bright, tropical things. I used a higher-loft batting than I should have and it came out really wavy!

I think it's fun how every time I make this pattern it looks different. I should do a post comparing all three quilts I've made, two with traditional Christmas palettes and then this one.  We almost kept this!

Christmas Music Quilt for My Piano Teacher

 

Another fat-quarter star quilt done, this one gifted to my piano teacher. It's music notes and Christmas fabric. It's prettier than it looks in the picture. The Christmas fabric was a set I got from the guild's scrap table; actually so was the music fabric! I used up some scrap binding and about a fat quarter of another fabric, plus a yard and some scraps for the backing. And even scrap batting! So it was a scrap victory even though it doesn't look like a scrap quilt.

The quilt finishes to around 40x40 which makes a good lap size for many people. I hope my teacher enjoys it! I've wanted to make him a quilt for a while now.