My January Giant Block Quilt
I have been enjoying the emails and social media posts of your January Giant Blocks and I wanted to share mine before February sneaks up on us!
The backing is a Sarah Jane flannel (pre-washed!) and it is wonderfully soft. I stitched the binding onto the back of the quilt with my usual big stitch method.
Yes, that is my dog's tail in the bottom left of the photo. She wasn't interested in moving.
For my quilt I used Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids in Spearmint, Turf, Nite, Malibu, Soft White, and Fog.
For my quilt I used Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids in Spearmint, Turf, Nite, Malibu, Soft White, and Fog.
There are different things that I like about different brands of solid fabrics, but Cotton Couture is awesome. Particularly I think that they make the best blues and green and they are my number one favorite choice for binding quilts.
My quilt is a little bit a variation on the version in the tutorial, but instead of cutting corner and side triangles, I made some partial quilt blocks.
I used my "go to" quilting - a randomly spaced grid with straight-ish lines, just a little more dense than what I usually do. There are lots of fancy quilting designs out there, but I love the texture this gives the quilt. And I love not having to mark any lines!
The backing is a Sarah Jane flannel (pre-washed!) and it is wonderfully soft. I stitched the binding onto the back of the quilt with my usual big stitch method.
I was pretty lucky to get a few minutes of sunshine for the photos at the top of the post because this was the first attempt - it has been crazy rainy/dark/windy lately and that does not work well for quilt photos!
I am prepping the tutorial for the February block right now, so stay tuned!
Finished size: 68" x 68"
Backing: Sarah Jane Flannel
Batting: Happy Cloud Cotton Batting