Scrap Log Cabin Quilt ... Tilda Style

The 100 piece Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Builder from Serendipity Woods was a joy to play with. A treasure trove of fat 16ths made The Cleo Quilt (here) and this very fun scrappy log cabin. These little fabric pieces gave all the color and variety one could wish for.

Let's begin:  The tutorial for this block is from Red Pepper Quilts here.  Rita Hodge is renown for her lovely and precise sewing and in this tutorial she gives all the cutting instructions and a diagram that will build your block up to 8.5" x 8.5". 

After reaching that 8.5" block - I added one more round with my widest scraps - and if they were too short - sewed two or three pieces together to get the proper length.  I then measured my smallest log cabin block and trimmed all 9 units to that size which was 14" x 14". 

Next came the sashing cut at 2.5" unfinished and some 2.5" x 2.5" cornerstones.  The final part was  simple quilting with a wavy line following some of the seams, left to right and up and down.  

This was made for a friend who adores blue and of course, who doesn't love Free Fall by Tula Pink - so that is the backing. 

The stripped binding tops off this very colorful scrap quilt.  I learned a lot during the last month as I went through all my quilt projects and organized my sewing room (aka the garage).  I really enjoyed the variety and quantity of this Bit by Bit Stash Builder Bundle. Not too overwhelming and two small quilts used up pretty much all the fat 16ths ... it felt good not to have loads of leftovers!  Most importantly - to pace myself with all the projects that I have started and not feel guilty that they will take a long time to finish.  

Materials: 

Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Building from Serendipity Woods

Free Fall in Navy by Tula Pink

Navy candy stripe binding from Hawthorne Supply Co.

Shot Cotton in Denim by Kaffe Fassett

Warm and White batting 

Aurifil 50 wt. thread #5118 and #2720

Tutorial from: Red Pepper Quilts

Size:  49" x 49" 

July 2021

The Cleo Quilt and Tilda Fabrics

I saw this pattern from Kitchen Table Quilting and knew it was the perfect fit for my Tilda fabric scraps. It's called The Cleo Quilt. Yes, the resolve to not get any more fabric flew out the window when I saw this offering from Serendipity Woods: 100 different scrappy fat 16ths of Tilda fabrics.

While I can't share the particulars of this pattern since it is all the work of Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting - here are some observations.  The pattern is confident beginner.  You can make your quilt scrappy & smaller (like I did) - or as complicated as you like because Erica offers coloring pages.  Layout and specs are written for 3 sizes, but it is very easy to make custom if you wish.   And best of all - you trim all your units to size.  I love a pattern that lets you trim down to a perfect size!

I can see myself using this pattern many times with multiple fabric leftovers.  This quilt has all 100 designs of the Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Builder Bundle, and some beloved Free Fall from Tula Pink on the back.  I couldn't be more pleased!

For binding I used Begonia candy stripe from Hawthorne Supply Co.  With all the mesh of colors a nice soft pink worked out very nicely.  And it coordinated with the swallows on the back fabric as well. Below you can see a wrinkled after washing picture of the quilting - wavy line stitch following seams on the diagonal.

This is a little bit of a departure for me since I like to show and explain the quilts I make from blocks that are often public domain.  But, I can honestly say this quilt was very fast & fun to make and worth the purchase. Best of all, I love the final look - and in another departure ... I am keeping this one for myself!

Materials:

Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Building from Serendipity Woods

The Cleo Quilt from Kitchen Table Quilting

Free Fall in Creamsicle by Tula Pink

Begonia candy stripe binding from Hawthorne Supply Co.

Warm and White batting

Aurifil 50wt. thread #2415 (light pink)

Size: 49" x 49" (after washing)

May 2021 

Tilda's Plum Garden Terrazzo Quilt

I have been playing a lot of Nintendo's Animal Crossing on the Switch this summer and my favorite thing to do is breed hybrid flowers.  I realize now that my quilts are total HYBRIDS! I use the pattern as a guide but make the pieces a different way. This is just a personal preference and in no way diminishes the pattern maker - I just do better with certain tools and methods.

Lets begin.  
The pattern I used is Terrazzo by Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced.  A beautiful design and she breaks it down with excellent directions and diagrams. The quilt's optical illusion of curves is achieved through V-Blocks, Half Square Triangles and squares in a square.  A very similar quilt pattern to this is Fig Tree & Co.'s Nine Patch Waltz.    

I made the half square triangles in the traditional way but used Deb Tucker's V-Block and Square Squared rulers for the other units.  Her method of making larger sizes and then trimming down works for me every time. 

The fabrics are muted colors of pink, blue, purple and brown from Plum Garden by Tilda.  The blue is Tilda's solid in Lupine, all against a background of Kona white. 

I fussy cut all the ducks for the centers of the larger units - and was extremely lucky to be able to color balance everything.

The border is a combo of leftover fussy cut ducks and scraps cut into 2.5" squares.

This wrinkly blanket has no batting but a layer of not so great white flannel as its middle.  The back fabric is deep blue shot cotton by Kaffe Fassett in Denim.  Quilting was super simple - following the seams in a wavy line stitch to make a 4" grid.  Aurifil 50wt. thread #2311 muslin on the top, and #1248 blue on the bottom.  

While it's flimsy nature and simple quilting won't win any beauty awards - it's a perfect lightweight blanket to wrap up in and takes little space for storage.  A great pattern and guidance from Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced, tools from Deb Tucker Studio 180 and her videos on how to use them on YouTube - and of course, Tilda's super pretty fabric.  Voilà- a hybrid quilt is born!

Materials:
Plum Garden and Lupine (blue) by Tilda
Kona white
Kaffe Fassett shot cotton / Denim
White flannel
Pattern:  Terrazzo by Lee Heinrich/Freshly Pieced
Aurifil 50 wt. Thread #2311 (muslin) and #1248 (blue)
Deb Tucker: V Block & Square Squared rulers

Size: 64" x 68"
August 2020