Midnight Swoon - finish #015

I finally finished a King sized quilt for our bed!!  I liked the large size of the block in the pattern and the ability to use 2 fat quarters for each block. The size of the block made it perfect for doing king size.  I decided to make it 4*4 for a total of 16 blocks.  The only modification I made to the pattern was to make the sides an extra 2 inches on each side.  The result is that the quilt is a little long, but the width is perfect.  the quilt fits really well on our bed.

I did use the Longarm to quilt this quilt.  It took about 8 hours to quilt the whole thing.  I think it would have been too large to quilt on my domestic.  This quilt definitely has my favorite quilting I've done so far!

Pattern: Swoon by Thimble Blossoms
Fabric: Background was Michael Miller couture midnight, other fabrics was a mixer of Anna Maria Horner and Alison Glass SunPrints 2017, among others.
Thread: Piecing Aurifil 50 wt., Quilting Glide cone
Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20 Poly/Cotton Blend
Backing: Tula Pink free fall

This Batting is my favorite so far!  I'll definitely be using this again.  However, I need to try some Wool options.

Timber - finish #14

This was one of the first patterns I really wanted to make when I first started quilting and I finally got around to it.  I was able to by a kit that had most of the solid fabrics for the main portion of the quilt, but decided to add in some Alison Glass Abacus prints to add some character :).  Since my husband's manly plaid quilt is starting to show some wear, I decided this pattern was manly enough to be his new quilt.  He likes his quilt to cover his head and feet, and at 6 foot, that means I have to make a big quilt.  So I decided to add the extra borders.  I didn't make them the full 15inches the pattern called for, but make them 12.5 instead.

Before I finished this top, I had just finished the quilt top for our King bed (see the Midnight Swoon quilt, finish #15).  I decided that I wanted to rent out time on a Longarm (at Accomplish Quilting) to quilt the King.  Since I spent so much time piecing the quilt, I wanted to practice on a different quilt before doing the King quilt.  So I decided it was time to finish the quilt top in order to quilt it on the Longarm first. 

I loved using the Longarm to quilt this.  The process was so much quicker than quilting on a domestic machine.  I spent only about 4 hours to quilt the whole quilt.

Pattern: Timber by Jamie Naughton and Alison Glass
Fabric: Kona Solids and Alison Glass Abacus
Thread: Piecing Aurifil 50 wt., Quilting Glide cone
Batting: Tuscany Polyester
Backing: Tula Pink free fall

I love my Spoonflower, self designed labels!

Our opinion of the Polyester batting is that I won't use it again.