Feather and Flair Blog Hop ~ Firework Quilt

Welcome to my day on the Feather and Flair Blog Hop.  This is the quilt I designed and made for the hop, Firework.  

Feather and Flair is Connie Kresin Campbell's new signature collection with Island Batik Lumin Fabrics.  It should be in local shops now.  If you don't see it in your local quilt shop, don't be shy! ~ ask for it.

Look at how beautiful the fabrics in this collection are!  I was so excited to design a quilt with this fabric.  Thank you, Connie for asking me to be a part of your hop.  The designs on the fabrics are fabulous, too.  Some of the fabrics have peacocks on them!  If you haven't already visited Connie's blog, follow the link at the end of my post.  She is having a fabric and pattern giveaway in conjunction with the hop.  The quilts she made are inspiring, too.  I know you will want to try at least one of her new patterns.

I really wanted to take some pictures of Firework at the beach, but the weather did not cooperate.  Here is a photo of the finished top on my design wall.  You can see how vibrant the colors are.  I enjoyed using the light green for my neutral.  Sometimes it is fun to use a color as a neutral instead of black or white.

I used Hobbs Heirloom cotton for the batting.  I pieced with Aurifil and quilted with Superior King Tut.  This photo shows the binding in progress.  I often use binding that matches the outer border of my quilt, but this time I chose this blue and red/orange/pink fabric.  Do you like it as much as I do?

Firework Quilt

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size:  37" x 37"

Fabric:  Feather and Flair Island Batik Lumin Fabrics

Batting:  Hobbs Heirloom Cotton

Piecing Thread:  Aurifil

Quilting Thread:  Superior King Tut

Iron:  Oliso

Needles:  Schmetz

Designed in EQ8

I want to thank Connie for inviting me to be a part of her hop.  Be sure to visit all the other quilters to see what they made with Feather and Flair.  Here's the list:

• Monday August 3rd - Freemotion by the River

• Tuesday August 4th - Needled Mom

• Wednesday August 5th - Songbird Designs

• Thursday August 6th - Curlicue Creations (you are here)

• Friday August 7th - Freemotion by the River

Mark your calendars, the Songbird Blog Hop is coming up soon!  August 10 through 19th.  Join me then for more fabric and pattern giveaways and lots of quilty inspiration.

Be creative ~ Sew something beautiful today,

Jennifer Thomas

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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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Be My Neighbor Quilt and Pattern

Hello!  Welcome to my neighborhood.  This is the Be My Neighbor quilt.  It's one of my newest patterns, available now in the Curlicue Creations Etsy shop and select quilt shops around the U.S.A.

This is one of the five quilts I made to support my signature fabric collection, Sunlit Garden.  This fabric is so bright and pretty!  I love the reds, blues, greens, and white and the pretty flower designs by Jerry Khiev.  It's an Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) collection.

I've always loved house quilts and I've made a few of them over the years.  Isn't this blue house block lovely?  Do you see how it uses four different blue fabrics from the Sunlit Garden collection?

Here are some of the blocks up on my design wall as I was putting the quilt top together.  It was fun to design and stitch the red, green, blue, and rainbow house blocks.

Quilting the Be My Neighbor quilt was a joy as well.  It is fun for me to make quilts with different colors in the blocks.  I quilted a loopy meander in an allover design with a light green thread.

Be My Neighbor

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size:  52" x 66"

Fabric:  Sunlit Garden by Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics)

Batting:  Hobbs Cotton

Thread:  Aurifil

Needles:  Schmetz

Designed in EQ8

The Be My Neighbor pattern is available in select quilt shops across the USA.  It can also be purchased in the Curlicue Creations Etsy Shop as either a PDF instant download pattern (so you can start sewing right away!) or a paper pattern (I will send it to you via snail mail).

Click here to purchase a PDF instant download Be My Neighbor pattern.

Click here to purchase a paper pattern for the Be My Neighbor quilt.

If you sew a Be My Neighbor quilt, please share a pic with me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.  

I would love to see your quilt!

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.

Jennifer Thomas

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Dresden Plate Blog Hop featuring Dresden Interrupted

Welcome to my day on the Island Batik Ambassador Dresden Plate Blog Hop.  This is my quilt, Dresden Interrupted.

Disclaimer:  The products used to make this project were given to me by Island Batik and Industry Partners.

For the month of November, the Island Batik Ambassadors were asked to make a lap sized or larger quilt with a Dresden Plate theme.  I had never made a Dresden Plate quilt before.  It was a lot of fun.  

We got to use the Surprise bundle of fabric that we received in our July Ambassador boxes.  Here is the collection I was sent:

Paradise Palms, designed by Kathy Engle.  It has beautiful oranges, greens, and beige colors with a hint of yellow, and some of the fabrics have a cute turtle design!  This fabric is in local quilt shops now.

A few of the shops carrying this fabric collection include:

Creekside Quilts ~ OR

Jelly Roll Fabric.net ~ IN

Quilt Country ~ TX

I didn't have an initial plan for my quilt, but I had a general idea of what I wanted to do.  First I cut a strip from each fabric in the collection (20 fabrics).  I sewed the strips into sets of five each.

Then I used this mini wedge tool that I bought eons ago and never used before to cut as many wedges as I could from each pieced strip.

Next I made the Dresden blades.  They were a lot of fun to sew.  I think they look kind of like ties.  My Oliso iron pressed everything nice and flat.

I love the variety.

Using the ten degree wedge tool, it would take 36 Dresden blades to make a complete circle.  Using that math, I sewed my blades into groups of three, still not sure what I was going to do with them.  At this point, I went to EQ8 and played with designs until I came up with something I liked.

 I used Island Batik's solid dark gray for the background fabric.

Dresden Interrupted with seashell collection.  It seemed fitting with the Paradise Palms fabric.

Here is a close up of the center "interrupted" circle.  I used Hobbs Tuscany Collection Cotton batting (my favorite!), Aurifil Thread, and Schmetz needles.

Here's one of the corner Dresdens.

Lower right corner detail.

I took a lot of photos.  The colors fit in nicely with Autumn and November.

Binding corner detail.

Folds.

Dresden Interrupted

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size:  59" x 59"

Block Size:  12" x 12"

Fabric:  Paradise Palms by Kathy Engle for Island Batik

Batting:  Tuscany Collection Cotton by Hobbs

Thread:  Various by Aurifil

Needles:  Schmetz

Iron:  Oliso

Designed in EQ8

Island Batik is giving away bundles of two new collections this week, Misty Mornings, and Midnight Garden.  Visit their blog to enter at this link:  Island Batik Blog

I hope you enjoyed seeing my quilt and the new Paradise Palms fabric collection.  Visit all of the Island Batik Ambassadors during the hop to see all the new collections and the fabulous Dresden Plate quilts.  I'm so inspired!  I hope you are, too.  Here's the complete list:

WEEK 1

November 4:

• Maryellen McAuliffe, Mary Mack Made Mine
• Lisa Pickering, Lisa’s Quilting Passion

November 5:

• Pamela Boatright, PamelaQuilts
• Connie Kresin Campbell, Freemotion by the River

November 6:

• Mania Hatzioannidi, Mania for Quilts
• Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail

November 7:

• Megan Best, BestQuilter
• Connie Kauffman, Kauffman Designs

November 8:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

WEEK 2

November 12:

• Lana Russel, Lana Quilts
• Julia Schweri, Inflorescence Designs

November 13:

• Brenda Alburl, Songbird Designs
• Denise Looney, Quiltery

November 14:

• Jane Hauprich, Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
• Jennifer Thomas, Curlicue Creations

November 15:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

WEEK 3

November 18:

• Preeti Harris, Sew Preeti Quilts
• Susan Deshensky, Lady Blue Quilt Studio

November 19:

• Renee Atkinson, Pink Tulip Quilting
• Brittany Fisher, Bobbin with Brittany

November 20:

• Leah Malasky, Quilted Delights
• Suzy Webster, Websterquilt
• Sarah Pitcher, Pitcher’s Boutique LLC

November 21:

• Carol Stanek, Stitch With Color
• Emily Leachman, The Darling Dogwood

November 22:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway

WEEK 4

November 25:

• Sandra Starley, Textile Time Travels
• Victoria Johnson, Forever Quilting For You

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today!

Jennifer Thomas

Curlicue Creations

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Mark your calendar for the Butterfly Haven Blog Hop, featuring my first signature fabric collection with Island Batik.  December 2 - 7, 2024.  See you there!

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