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

 

Country Chic, Zen Chic

I have been working on cleaning up some UFO

(Ok....and other stuff...)

This quilt was made in August, 2016

When I was at the Artisan cabin in Kenosee Lake 

It uses the quick curve ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful 

I didn't realize that when I purchased the fabric and pattern.

NO PROBLEM....

I already owned the ruler so it was great to use it a third time.

You know how many times you buy a 'special' ruler and never use it again!  

My original plan was to do straight line quilting but some how I got distracted...

 Instead I stitched in the ditch on all the circles

 Since I used Zen Chic fabric with all kinds of words, 

I figured this one DESERVED a backing of Tim Holtz postmark fabric

 It is the softest, silkiest cotton!  

As a finishing touch to bring the teal out to the border I used Susie's magic binding!

Another one off my ladder of unfinished projects!! 

Christa