My flea market fancy quilt is done, and I couldn’t be happier with it!! Like so many others, I loved this line of fabric (before I even knew who designed it or what it was named!) so much, and when I had a chance to scoop some up last year I didn’t hesitate.
I wanted to highlight each print, and I think that part of the beauty of this line is in the colors used for the prints, so I went to my local quilt shop (which, luckily for me, stocks all 220 colors of Kona cotton solids) and picked out 4 colors that coordinated with each print. Once I had the squares done, I had a dilemma about sashing color, and I got such good input from my blog readers! Ultimately, I decided to sash in white, but I still wanted a touch of gray, so I added a border to frame the quilt.
For the back, I used a chevron print I had in my stash, along with some grays and leftover strips of solids. For the binding, I used the Kona cotton color raisin.
This is the first queen sized quilt I’ve made, and it took quite a while to quilt! I did it all on my trusty little Husquvarna, and I broke the quilting up into a few different sessions so I didn’t get burned out. Also, it involved a lot of binding– I think it took me longer to hand finish the binding than it did to quilt! I really enjoyed the process, though, and now I get to sleep under this baby every night! When I bought the fabric I said that this was my plan for it– I wanted it to be something I enjoyed every day, and I’m so glad I took the time to make this quilt for myself.
Also, thanks so much to my sisters who helped me take photos of the quilt– it was so big it took both of them to hold it up. It’s a good thing they’re both tall!
Beautiful, really beautiful!
Phenomenal. Great sashing, love the gray border, the pieced border, all of it! You are quite an inspiration.
That is the freaking cutest photo of your sisters.
What an accomplishment! That is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I know you put so much work into this, but now you get to enjoy it every day, like you said. Awesome.
What a beautiful quilt! I love the vibrant colours!
Such nice and artsy photos of your quilt! It’s really vibrant and I know it will bring cheer whenever you make up the bed and think, “I made this!” Great job.
That is such a fun and colorful quilt! So happy! I love it!
And you kick butt for quilting it on your home machine…that is no easy feat!
i love the quilt and the quilting is so great. i love being able to say that i made a quilt from start to finish.
Oh my gosh, Natalie! It’s freakin’ amazing!! Love the borders, love the quilting, love the chevron back!!
And second, how jealous am I that you have such a great LQS near you? I think if I ever went there I would have to pack a lunch! I would be there all day!
Fabulous job. I love all your quilts, but I’m pretty sure this is my favorite!
I really love what you did with the prints and solids. Beautiful!
Precious indeed. I love this quilt.
So. Stinking. Awesome!!!! Perfect in every way.
Lovely, can I sleep under it?
It turned out beautifully, Natalie! I love all your great photos too.
Love it! I can’t believe you quilted it all on your own, very impressive. The frames around the FMF squares were such a great idea, they really help make the most of the fabric.
it’s wonderful. and I love the photos, too.
I love your quilt. I also really love the beautiful women featured on it. The best!!
So bright and colourful!! Love it and especially the last photo!!
It is beautiful–congratulations! I so want to make a bed-sized quilt but I would need to buy so much fabric….
I really like that – so bright, colouful and cheery; all on a fabulous, simple geometric pattern. What a great way to showcase some beautiful fabrics.
There’s so much life and movement in this quilt – great bold pattern.
So beautiful! I love the picture of your sisters too!
I think it is the best fmf quilt which I’ve seen. The idea with Kona strips around each piece of fabric is awesome!
I’m a latecomer seeing your quilt, but so glad I did – It is awesome!
I too just found this quilt, it is just beautiful. Great use of color along with the white and grey! So beautiful! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!
hello- lovely quilt- can you tell me which kona colors you used? especially that shade of grey.
thanks
I like the quilt a lot. I like how you highlighted every fabric square. It’s so full of colour, who wouldn’t be happy if she / he woke up and looked at this quilt.
looks beautiful thanks for the inspiration
This is gorgeous! Just found on pinterest. I love this quilt!
Beautiful quilt! Love the fabrics with so bright and happy colors!
Lovely….. I wanna make it!