Tango Quilt and Pattern in Connecting Threads

My Tango quilt and pattern is available through Connecting Threads!

Order the kit here:  Tango quilt kit

Order the downloadable pattern here:  Tango pattern download

It's available as both a kit featuring their beautiful Coastal Morning fabric collection and also as a stand alone instant download pattern.

I love this beautiful photo they took of the Tango quilt.  It looks like it's enjoying some soft morning light.  This quilt finishes at 66" x 78".  It's a nice size for any bed.  I love it on my king size bed.  I use a store bought comforter on my bed and lay my quilt on top of that.  It covers the top of the bed beautifully and protects the underside of the quilt.

I made my version of the Tango quilt using Island Batik Lumin Fabrics pieces from my stash.  

I adore the way it came out.  The colors are so relaxed and lovely, plus it's super cuddly.

This quilt is made with two different blocks that fit together to make the pleasing design.  It's suitable for skill level confident beginner and up.

I used a fun purple thread for the quilting.  It's Nile Delta King Tut  by Superior, which you can also purchase from Connecting Threads.  The batting is Tuscany Supreme Unbleached Cotton by Hobbs.  (My favorite batting!)  It makes such a plush, cuddly quilt.  This quilt was designed in EQ8.

If you make a Tango quilt, I would love to see it.  Please tag me with your photo on Instagram or Facebook @curlicuecreations.

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today,

Jennifer Thomas

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Sunflower Spice Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hello!  Welcome to the first day of the Sunflower Spice blog hop!  Thanks for stopping by.  Sunflower Spice is my new signature fabric collection with Island Batik, Lumin Fabrics, designed by Jerry Khiev.

Disclaimer:  The fabric used to make these quilts was given to me by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics.

The Sunflower Spice collection is a beautiful rainbow of fabric:  Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.  Designs include sunflowers, leaves, tossed petals, and foliage.  It is simply gorgeous and has something for everyone.  You can make a rainbow quilt, or a cool lime, teal, and purple quilt, or a sizzling hot red, yellow and orange quilt, and so on and so forth and what have you.  The combinations are endless.  I love it.  I hope you do, too. The Sunflower Spice fabric collection and accompanying patterns should be arriving local quilt shops now.

I made four new quilts and patterns to support the Sunflower Spice fabric line.  Here are my quilts:

Any Which Way

This playful design incorporates flying geese blocks in thirteen different colorways and are arranged "Any Which Way" to create the design.  I love the secondary design where the blocks come together, it's kind of like an extended four patch.  This quilt finishes at 56" x 72" and includes instructions to make a dark version as well.  To see more pics of this quilt and learn more about it, read my earlier blog post, here:  Any Which Way Quilt and Pattern - NEW!  The pattern is available in the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop as either a PDF instant download or a paper copy via US Mail.

Patio

The Patio quilt was inspired by a childhood memory.  As a young girl I loved jumping back and forth on my Grandmother's patio, twisting my feet to land the same direction as the bricks.  This quilt is all about the simple joys of being a child.  The variety of bright rainbow bricks criss crossing this quilt top are made with a stitch and flip technique.  They are very easy and fun to sew.  This quilt finishes at 82" x 90".  The pattern is available in the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop as either a PDF Instant Download or a paper copy via US Mail.

Rivulet

Rivulet uses all 20 of the fabrics in the Sunflower Spice collection and can be made with a fat quarter bundle.  This rainbow diagonal design is made with half square triangle units and also uses solid black and white fabrics.  The finished quilt measures 42" x 50" for a great couch cuddler, throw quilt, or child size.  The pattern is available in the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop as a PDF Instant Download or a paper copy via US Mail.

Sonata

The fourth quilt I made with Sunflower Spice is Sonata.  If you follow me regularly, you know I love to do fusible applique.  I usually have at least one fusible applique pattern in every collection.  This time around it's a colorful flower design with strong black sashing to separate the blocks.  Notice the circular design created where the blocks and sashing come together.  This quilt uses all 20 of the Sunflower Spice fabrics and can be made with a fat quarter bundle or quarter yard cuts, plus solid black, white, and yardage for the border.  The finished quilt measures 59-1/2" x 73".  The pattern is available in the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop as a PDF Instant Download or a paper copy via US Mail.

In conjunction with the Sunflower Spice blog hop, I am giving away a complete 20 piece fat quarter bundle of Sunflower Spice, along with a print copy of one of my new patterns (winner's choice).  To enter, please sign up for my newsletter at the bottom of this post, or follow me on Facebook or Instagram.  You will receive one entry for each.  Please comment how you follow me in your entry and let me know which pattern you would like to receive if you are selected as the lucky one.  Open to USA residents only, due to shipping costs.  Please be sure you leave me a way to contact you as well.

Thank you so much for visiting today. The Sunflower Spice blog hop runs from today through June 10th.  I can't wait to see what everyone made for the hop.  It's going to be so much fun and full of quilty inspiration.  Here's the list so you can visit all the blogs during the hop:

June 1:  Curlicue Creations (you are here)

June 2:  Freemotion by the River

June 3:  Lisa's Quilting Passion

June 5:  Textile Time Travels

June 6:  Lady Blue Quilt Studio

June 7:  Sew Preeti Quilts

June 8:  Quilted Delights

June 9:  Sew Cute and Quirky

June 10:  The Darling Dogwood

 Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today,

Jennifer Thomas

Curlicue Creations

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Any Which Way Quilt and Pattern ~ NEW!

Meet Any Which Way, one of four new quilt patterns I created with my newest Island Batik Lumin Fabrics signature fabric collection, Sunflower Spice.

This collection is so bright and beautiful!  I loved working with it to bring my designs to life.  Sunflower Spice is a gorgeous rainbow collection featuring Sunflowers, leaves, tossed petals, and foliage designs.  This fabric should be hitting shops now.  If you don't see Sunflower Spice and Curlicue Creations patterns in your local quilt shop, please ask for them.

The Any Which Way quilt is so much fun to make!  I've long wanted to create an allover Flying Geese style quilt.  I enjoyed making these blocks in thirteen different color combinations and putting them together "Any Which Way".  No need to worry ~ the pattern walks you through each step with clear instructions and full color diagrams.

One of my favorite elements about this quilt is how the blocks make this nifty secondary design where they come together.  It adds a whimsical touch to this playful quilt.

I used Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting, Aurifil Thread for the piecing, and King Tut in Cleopatra for the quilting.  Rainbow quilting thread for a rainbow quilt.  Perfect in my book.

I backed Any Which Way with Midnight Blue by Island Batik.  I used one of the purple fabrics from the Sunflower Spice collection for the binding.

The Tangerine Azalea in my yard was in bloom when I did the photo session for Any Which Way.  It seemed like the perfect companion for this quilt, plus it smells so wonderful.  Here's a few more glamour shots:

You can order the Any Which Way pattern directly from me through the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop.

To begin sewing right away, get the PDF instant download here: 

 Any Which Way PDF Instant Download Pattern

If you prefer a paper pattern that arrives in your mailbox, visit this link:

Any Which Way Paper Pattern

Mark your calendar for June 1st through 10th for the Sunflower Spice blog hop. Join me here on June 1st for all the details.  My quilting friends are creating beautiful projects with Sunflower Spice for your inspiration.  I will be giving away a fat quarter bundle of Sunflower Spice plus the pattern of your choice to one lucky winner at the end of the hop.  See you there!

And as always, if you sew one of my quilt patterns, please share a pic with me on Facebook or Instagram by tagging @curlicuecreations.  I would love to see your quilt!

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.

Jennifer Thomas

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It's All Up to You Challenge featuring Levi's Ladder

Is it December already?  This year is almost all wrapped up and I'm not ready.  I moved over Thanksgiving week and my house is still in chaos. But I did manage to finish my December project for Island Batik Lumin Fabrics Ambassadors.  This is my quilt, Levi's Ladder.

Disclaimer:  The items used to make this project were given to me by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics and Industry Sponsors.

This month the Challenge was "It's All Up to You", which basically means we can make anything we want to.  My son Levi graduated from UNCW this month, so I chose to make him a graduation quilt.

I'm so proud of him!  What a special day.

Teal is the main color for his school, so I used the Tantalizing Teal strip pack for my quilt.  I used every bit of it!  It's a beautiful range of blues and greens.

I designed my quilt in EQ8 and cut out the pieces with my Accuquilt 8" Qube.

This quilt has 2808 pieces in the top.  It took me a long time to sew it all together.  The blocks are 6" x 6".  My Oliso iron sure came in handy pressing everything nice and flat.  

 

After my move, part of my sewing studio is back inside my home.  The cats really enjoyed getting back to work and "helping" me sew again.  Here Jake is selecting some beautiful Aurifil thread.  I paired it with my favorite Schmetz needles for nearly flawless piecing.

  

I used Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 Bleached Cotton for this project.

I also used some stash busters in yellow and teal.  The yellow added some bright accents to the quilt.  I used the teal for the borders.

Sunrise helped keep the rows in order while I pieced the top together.

Here is one of the blocks.  This is a traditional quilt block, Jacob's Ladder.  There are 28 pieces in each block, wow!  I strip pieced the four patches, but it was still a lot of stitching.

Here is what one block looks like quilted with a loopy meander.  You can see a lot of different teals in this one.

Quilting close up.

Jake again.  She made a formidable speed bump as I was sewing on the quilt binding.

Levi's Ladder

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size:  70" x 70"

Block Size:  6" x 6"

Fabric:  Tantalizing Teal and Assorted Stash Builders by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics

Thread:  Aurifil

Needles:  Schmetz

Batting:  Hobbs 80/20 Bleached Cotton

Dies:  Accuquilt 8" Qube

Designed in EQ8

That's all folks!  2025 is a wrap for me.  Thank you so much Island Batik Lumin Fabrics for a year of fun challenges.  Check out my fellow ambassador's blogs to see what they made for the It's All Up to You December challenge, here:

• Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
• Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
• Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
• Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs
• Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
• Kimberly Flannagan ~ Kimberly’s Quilts
• Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
• Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
• Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt
• Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
• Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
• Susan Michaels ~ Dragonfly Fiberart
• Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
• Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher's Boutique
• Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
• Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
• Solomae Stoycoff ~ Cuddle Cat Quiltworks
• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations (You are here)

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today,

Jennifer Thomas

Curlicue Creations

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