Happy Glamping

 This past month I purchased the Joy In The Journey panel which is a line from Riley Blake Designs.  I purchased my panel & fabric from The Stitching Room.  I cut the panel pieces into individual blocks and designed a quilt to use these pieces.  The fabric line is a fun one and I do believe I will be keeping this quilt for myself.

Some of the fabrics that I used in this quilt are Joy In The Journey Panel (I used Olive); Joy In The Journey Plaid Charcoal; Gingham Gardens Check Green/My Mind's Eye; Joy In The Journey Floral Charcoal; Cream/Gold polka dot (used in the 9 patch blocks); Joy In The Journey Plaid Coral (used for the binding); and for the backing I used Joy In The Journey Main Olive & pieced it with Gingham Gardens Blossoms Coral.  I did not know exactly how I was going to make the quilt so I used the yardage that I had purchased when I bought the panel.  I love the way it turned out.  It is just a fun quilt.  I call this one "Happy Glamping".  Thought I don't have a Glamper of my own (maybe one day) this just makes me happy.  The quilt measures approximately 55" x 70".  I did an edge to edge pantograph machine quilting pattern called Curlz.

Here's hoping that you all have a wonderful summer whether you are camping in a tent, staying in a cabin or are fortunate enough to have your very own Glamper. 

If you would like a copy of my pattern just message me.

Panel (Olive)

Lavender Fields

 I found this free pattern from Tiny Orchard Quilts.  It is called Fat Quarter Plaid and can be found at free pattern.  The original pattern called for 16 fat quarters to make a 62" x 70" quilt.  However, I wanted to make my quilt just a little bit bigger so I used 20 fat quarters to make a 64" x 90.5" quilt.  This was a fun pattern that worked up very quickly.  It gave me a chance to use the purple/lavender/prints/tone on tone fat quarters that I had purchased for a different quilt.  But you know me, I wanted to try something fun, fast, and using fat quarters.  Et voilà !

I machine quilted this quilt in a meadering Flutterby Loop pattern that I use on occasion.  It definitely worked for me on this quilt.  I backed it with a soft flannel fabric and put the binding on by machine as my hands were cramping from all the machine work.  I called this quilt "Lavender Fields".

Check out the Tiny Orchard Quilt site for additional free patterns.  The directions were simple and very easy to follow.

Here's wishing you all a fabulous July!  Find Joy in Your Journey!!

I added the extra row to make this quilt longer.  The original

layout is 4 x 4.  Mine is 4 x 5.

Meandering Flutterby Loops

Soft flannel backing.