I’ve been an ambassador for Michael Miller fabrics since early this year and they have been sending me the yummiest of fabrics to play with, but these lovelies that arrived just a few weeks ago really had me swooning.
I don’t get to make many things besides quilts, I’m obsessively focused, you see, but I’m always so thrilled when I do take the time to make a little something. They are smaller so you can give them more umph without it taking up all of your time.
One thing I don’t have much of around my house is table runners and I really love the look of them, so with the bundle they sent me this past month that’s exactly what I made. And with Dresdens, of course.
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I paired these upcoming fabris with some of their Fairy Frost line that I’m also a fan of, and some of the Cotton Couture fabrics as well. I used one print fabric in the background just to add in a little something called Provencial in cream. It’s by Anna Gogolewski and comes out this coming month. I think the creams and whites mixed together in the background give it a bit of a vintage look.
This will be finding its home on my coffee table and will hopefully freshen up the space a bit.
Patchwork + Quilt (a class for learning to quilt)
I don’t normally straight line quilt on my quilts or it’s more like, I NEVER straight line quilt on my quilts. It’s not that I don’t love the look, but I just don’t enjoy the process. With such a small project to complete it felt like a good time to do it. I quilted organic wavy lines. Wavy, so it felt a bit more free and easy and relaxing and stopped me from having to worry about things being just so. I did this before sewing on my Dresden plates.
There are three Dresden plates. One is using the 8″ blades and the other two uses 5.5″ blades. I have a whole page dedicated to Dresdens right here if you are looking to learn. I haven’t made Dresden plates since my last Bad Girl quilt, and haven’t made whole plates since….this quilt. I am itching to make another! And I want to use the Stardust fabrics to do it!
Since I came home from Paducah I am massively inspired to grow my quilting skills. I want to take more time, give everything a bit more love, and most importantly, TRY. On most of my Dresden quilts, you’ll notice that I so rarely quilt on top of them. I never know what to do, worry about making a mistake, and usually end up just quilting around them.
I gave this a go this time, what I lovingly refer to as “fancy quilting”, which is basically anything other than my sturdy meander. After watching a gazillion Leah Day videos, I worked up the courage and just did it. It’s not perfect, but it’s decent I think.
On the center of the Dresden plates, I did just a simple twirly whirly, but really tight so that it would appear to look like the inside of a flower (kinda ;)). On the blades, I used something kinda similar to what Tracy quilted on my Bad Girl. Some loopy loos, although mine ended up looking like cursive Ls. Still, I loved it! And had fun stretching myself.
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Quilt Details:
Pattern – No pattern, just winged it. Dresden tutorials here.
Size – 50×25″
Blocks – 3 Dresden plates. One with 8″ blades, the other two with 5.5″ blades. Background is (45) 5.5″ squares layed out in 9 rows by 5 rows.
Top Fabrics – All fabrics came from Michael Miller. Including Stardust, Fairy Frost, Provencial, and Cotton Couture colors in: Seafoam and Fresh and Ginger for the centers.
Backing Fabrics – Cotton Couture in Dusk
Binding – Fairy Frost in snow
Batting – Heirloom Tuscany Cotton from Hobbs
Thread – So Fine by Superior in Blizzard
I am giving away a pack of Tuscany wool batting over on my Instagram today. Be sure to check out today’s post there to get the details on how to win. Thanks for reading along!
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