Forest Fables by Esther Fallon Lau for Figo

Haven't the skies been incredible lately?

I can't believe the weather we have had either. 

Sure makes the winter a lot shorter...

But so does going to Arizona for a few months!! lol

I recently made a quilt using this wideback

 by

 Westrade called Moonscapes

I used it as background for the front 

as

a wide back(108"x108") will yield 9 yards of fabric!

You might this it is too mottled 

but

 it really adds an interesting element to it. 

I used Eclectic Elements by Tim Holts 

The pattern is called Brilliant by Taralee Quiltery in Manitoba.

It was a pattern I tested for her last year. 

You can find that pattern HERE

My next project with that backing was this one!

I am loving this new line of fabric

 

called

 Forest Fables by Esther Fallon Lau for FIGO Fabrics.

I love the tweedy look of the prints 

AND

you guessed it....

It's BLUES AND BROWNS!

My aunt was working on a quilt called the Framed Inverted Star Quilt.

That free pattern can be found HERE

I thought the combination of this wideback 

and

 this FQ bundle would be perfect together! 

I also really enjoyed using my new Blocloc Rulers 

for

 

squaring up my HST's

I have sold them for awhile now but never got myself a set. 

So many new quilters were purchasing them, 

I decided I deserved a set! 

They were right!

Made quick work of that task! 

I quilted it myself. 

Nothing crazy....

I put a scrappy piano key border on the outside to just shake it up a bit! 

This was a fun quilt to make! 

Love how it turned out!

You can find these fabrics and rulers 

 on

 my website if you would like some for yourself! 

www.secondstoryquilting.ca

Thanks for reading! 

Christa

 

Brilliant Quilt by Taralee Quiltery

This spring I made this quilt called Aztec Skies

By

Taralee Quiltery

She is a pattern writer from Manitoba 

When she was looking for some pattern testers a few weeks ago, 

I thought I would give her a hand! 

This pattern is called Brilliant

And

Is fat quarter friendly 

I have a stack of Eclectic Elements by Tim Holtz

So I split them into pairs and got started

I wasn’t sure if it was going to go where I had hoped

But I kept plugging along...,

When finished putting all the blocks together, 

I loved it! 

I have had a busy summer as it was 3 months 

Since 

I had a quilt on my long arm! 

I used one of my new backings as the back ground fabric

Muted and mottled 

I saw a technique where you sew the binding 

On

With your long arm. 

I think I’ll give it another try! 

The Autumn Colors are perfect with this quilt! 

I backed it with a leaf print flannel 

And

Batting was luscious Quilter’s Dream orient 

This is going to be a pretty sweet quilt to use this winter! 

Have a look at Taralee Quiltery some time! 

Some very good Canadian patterns! 

Christa