Monday, February 9, 2015

Layers of Charm Blog Hop with Fat Quarter Shop

Thank you to the Fat Quarter Shop for allowing me to participate in their Layers of Charm Blog Hop.
The Layers of Charm quilt project is part of the Shortcut Quilts series on Fat Quarter Shop's YouTube Channel.
I used a layer cake of Daysail by Bonnie and Camille for Moda and a charm pack of Moda Bella Solids in Navy.

Linda Noordt, a local professional long-armer, took care of the quilting for me. She did swirling feathers using matching navy thread for the diamonds and a meander/stipple using white thread for the rest. I used solid navy for the backing and binding.
You may have noticed my coordinating project. You'll be pleased to know that the pillow top was created using only extra scraps from the quilt project.
If you want to make your own, simply mark a line 1/2" from the diagonal line on the charm squares. When you align the charm squares with the corner of the layer cake squares, make sure the shorter line is closer to the corner. Keep your pieces chained together, pull them out out of the machine, and put them back through. This time, sew on the shorter line. Press the larger triangle toward the corner, and while you're pressing, press the smaller triangle open into a half square triangle. Cut off the excess fabric by cutting down the middle of the two sewn lines. This will leave you with the blocks needed for the quilt and enough half square triangles for the pillow top.
Square up the half square triangles to 4" and arrange them as shown for piecing. The pillow top will be 21" finished.
For the quilting, I marked radiating straight lines for the navy part, which I quilted using my walking foot; the remaining space was stippled. I used Riley Blake's Easy Lapped Zipper Closure for Pillows Tutorial for the back. The back of the pillow will require an extra 3/4 yard of fabric.

I highly recommend this project if you are looking for a quick and easy project that highlights favorite fabrics nicely.
I'm linking up with:
Cooking Up Quilts

Modern Tradition Quilts
mop it up mondays
Sew Cute Tuesday
The DIY Dreamer



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25 comments:

  1. Very nice, Afton! I like the HST arrangement you used in the pillow.

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  2. I love your navy diamonds and coordinating pillow!

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  3. Great cushion, all looks brilliant with the dark navy and the daysail range!

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  4. Seeing how you laid out your pillow makes me want to rip my two little ones apart and redo it like this! Love it, Afton!

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  5. I love this. Such a great pattern. I love that it shows off all of the fabrics SO well. You pillow is fabulous too!

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  6. Beautiful! I love what you did with the pillow, too. I discovered navy as a background color last year and it is now my go-to over white any day. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Love your choice of fabric and the pillow made from leftovers.

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  8. It's great when you can get a second project with the scraps. Both are beautiful.

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  9. Afton, your quilt and pillow are gorgeous! I really like how you arranged your leftovers for the pillow. I wish I'd thought of that extra seam so my scraps came out in HST's! Next time...

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  10. A fun 2-in-1 project! They are both very beautiful!
    Thanks for linking up on my blog :)

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  11. That pillow is to die for! I wish I had already done mine but I barely got the quilt done! Ugh! That day sail is just too scrumptious!

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  12. Love the pillow. The navy really makes it pop!

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  13. Love your Quilt...and great idea to use the scraps for cool Pillow! Awesome!!!

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  14. Very very nice Afton! I love how the black charms compliment the print fabric, which is also fabulous. I also love how you used your scraps to make a pillow that matches with your quilt. To be honest, I have been thinking about ways to use up those scraps-I made two quilts with this pattern therefore I have more scrap triangles- and I might use your pillow design to make a matching pillow for each quilt! Thanks for the inspiration and also linking up with Monday Makers!

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  15. Oh I love Daysail! It's so nice in the navy! I love how so many of us used up the scraps! Great cushion too!

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  16. Beautiful quilt & pillow! I really like the fabrics with the sailboats!

    Navy Wifey Peters @ The Submarine Sunday Link Party

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  17. I love the use of the navy blue - so striking! Your little pillow is darling, I really like the layout of it.

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  18. Wow! The dark squares totally change what I thought Daysail looked like! Your quilt is fantastic!

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  19. Awesome quilt & and pillow - so striking! Thanks so much for sharing
    Debby E
    samtaylorcjsmimi (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  20. What lovely fabrics, great quilt and I love the matching cushion :-)

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  21. You, Chelsea and Jo (that I know of) all made cushions from the scraps, but I love how they all turned out differently!

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  22. Your quilt turned out so lovely! Great fabric choices, and thanks for the pillow info--I'm leaning towards giving this pattern a try, and knowing that there will be enough leftover for a coordinating pillow makes it even more tempting!

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  23. I love Daysail and I love it even more paired with the dark blue, wonderful!

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  24. Great cushion, love the patten and material you used :)

    Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays,,, pinned at featuring your post this week at the hop..

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  25. Hi Afton! Great project. I am featuring you this week on KISMIF and as such, would like to give you a free quilt download pattern. If you would like one, view my craftsy or etsy shops and respond to this which you would like and I will send it in a return email. Thanks for visiting!--Shannon

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