Kaleidoscope Quilt in Materialize (#100)

It's time to celebrate ... my 100th quilt in my favorite month with Halloween fabric - perfect!  Here is Tim Holtz's new collection called Materialize.

Dark and moody, full of grunge accents ... who can resist Edgar Allen Poe's soulful gaze - not me!

Time for some quilty specs:  the blog post (here) gives all the directions you need to make this type of kaleidoscope quilt. One block has 8 focus fabric, the other has 4 focus fabric.  Everything else is black.

I use Accuquilt dies for this style of quilt which are fun & fast ... BUT here are some words of caution.  Accuquilt doesn't oversize it's shapes for further trimming.  No matter how carefully you sew, chances are you will end up with some wonky blocks.  

My advice is this:  iron and starch your fabric before cutting and always sew a scant 1/4" seam. This allows you some wiggle room after assembly to square up your blocks to a perfect 10.5" x 10.5".  Lastly, if you plan on making a few of these quilts, a 10.5" ruler is worth the investment.

Black Aurifil 50wt.thread and minky highlight all the distressed motifs that are pure Tim Holtz. Quilting is wavy line stitching on the seam lines and then through all the triangles - almost like you are cutting a pie.  

For those of us who like to play with fabric, Materialize is pure Gothic fun for sewers. 

 I was recently told that Halloween quilts should only be used in October ... I think not!

The black fabric almost looks like bats and the young man receiving this loves things with a 'ghoulish vibe' ... Happy Halloween my friends. 

Materials:
Materialize / Tim Holtz 
Wintergreen Ebony / Moda
Hallows Eve / Northcott
Dimple dot minky / black
Aurifil 50wt. black (#2692)
Warm & White batting
Accuquilt dies: Triangle-Isosceles 5" x 6" / HST 3" Finished
Size: 60" x 76"
October 2018