Orchard Quilt and Pattern, plus Tester's Parade!

Orchard is another one of my newest patterns.  The finished size of this quilt is 54" x 70".  I made my     quilt in red, green and white, like an apple orchard, but you can mix it up and use any two colors you like to coordinate with the white background and get a fabulous quilt!  I'll show you what three of my pattern testers did later on in this post.

Disclaimer:  The fabrics used to make this quilt were given to me by Island Batik.

Theses are the fabrics I chose for my quilt.  They are from the Woodstock collection by Island Batik.  I love how rich the colors are and the fun designs equal a fun quilt.

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size:  54" x 70"

Block Size:  8" x 8"

Fabric:  Woodstock by Island Batik 

Batting:  80/20 Cotton Blend by Hobbs

Thread:  Angel Green King Tut by Superior

Needles:  Schmetz

Designed in EQ8

Here are three Orchard quilts made by my pattern testers.  This one was made by Ruth.  Her quilt looks like an orange orchard to me.  I like the fun fabric she used in the middle of the squares.

This Orchard quilt in cool blues and greens was made by Keren.  Note that she used a variety of green fabrics to get this look.

This one was made by Rosalind.  I just love the raspberry and aqua fabrics she used to give her quilt a slightly tropical look.

The Orchard pattern is available in the Curlicue Creations Etsy Shop as both a PDF instant download pattern and a paper copy that I send to you in the mail.  It is also available in select quilt shops across the USA.  If you don't see Curlicue Creations patterns in your local shop, ask for them!

Order your Orchard PDF instant download pattern here:  Orchard PDF instant download

Order your Orchard paper snail mail pattern here:  Orchard paper pattern

If you sew an Orchard quilt, or any of my other patterns, I would love to see your quilt.  Please tag and share a photo of your quilt on Instagram @curlicuecreations.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Mill House Spring Quilting In Progress

 On my Juki today is the Mill House Spring quilt.  Before quilting begins, I always clean and oil my machine and put on a new needle.

 When I loaded this quilt onto the frame I was thinking,  "I'll just do a quick all over design and finish it in an afternoon."

 Ha! Ha! Ha!  That didn't happen.  I changed my mind and tried this new swirly onion quilting in the green outer border.  I like it.

 I accented it with small back and forth lines in the gold border.

 Here the borders are side by side.

 The hourglass blocks in the quilt center came out a little more puckered than I would like.  To disguise the imperfect blocks, I'm doing some heavy quilting.

 The pink triangles are getting quilted with vertical or horizontal lines, depending on their orientation.

 The white triangles are getting quilted with small pebbles.

 I've quilted three or four rows in so far, and it's looking pretty good!  

The pattern for the Mill House Spring quilt is available in my Etsy shop, here:  Mill House Spring Quilt Pattern.  If you sew one, please share a pic.  I would love to see your version.

Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today.

Jennifer Thomas

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Crocker Baby Quilt Finish

 Here's the finished Crocker Baby Quilt enjoying a little sunshine on a hot July afternoon.

Note:  Some of the items used to make this project were given to me by Quilty Box at no cost to me.

 I finished it up with a label and a photo session.

 I quilted every one of the 36 squares on this quilt with a different design.  Here's a few of them.

 Curvy square in a square.

 Swirls and pebbles.  I wish this photo had come out better.  It's such a cute design.

 Skinny vertical lines.

 The center of the quilt.

 Chunky ribbon candy, divided with horizontal lines.

 Here's the quilt relaxing on the front porch with a pillow.

 A little peek at the vintage blue floral fabric I used for the backing.

 I used a gold floral print for the binding.  Some of this fabric was also used for the quilt top.

 Pretty folds.

I gifted this quilt to my Dad for his 79th birthday to use as a lap quilt.  Happy Birthday Dad!

Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today.

Jennifer Thomas

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Quilting the Crocker Baby Quilt ~ Part Two

This is my newest studio assistant, Sunrise.  He jumped right in and helped me weave in the loose thread ends after I finished quilting the Crocker Baby Quilt.  Did you see my blocks from Part One?  Link to that post here:  Quilting the Crocker Baby Quilt ~ Part One

 I quilted a different design in each of the 36 square blocks on this quilt.  I'm not going to show all of them, but here's a few.  This one is curlicues inside a bracket shape with up and down lines on the outsides.

 I freehand quilted all the designs with no marking or rulers.  I like this one's simple and whimsical look.

 This is my favorite block in the quilt.  It was my first attempt at a curved grid.  I love the look of it!  I'll be quilting this design again.  

 A curvy feather wreath that fills in the whole square.

 This one is a bit difficult to see.  It's a curlicue feathery design sewn diagonally across the block.

 Wavy vertical lines.

 A partial flower.

 Blue corner lines.

 Curvy lines meandering diagonally across the square.

Here's a pic of the top before quilting.  Binding next!

Note:  The fabric and pattern for this quilt were given to me by Quilty Box at no cost to me.

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Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.

Jennifer Thomas

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