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“Jacks” Quilt is Complete

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DrapedOnChair

Remember the “Jack’s Quilt” Pattern I posted a few weeks back by Bryan House Quilts?  I’ve finally quilted and bound it…plus, I have a bonus project using scraps from the paper-piecing!

Widescreen

With the strong fuchsia colors in my quilt, I wanted to balance it out with more black and white.  Carolyn Friedlander’s Widescreen in white fit the bill perfectly. The gridlines play well with the graphic piecing and who doesn’t love a wideback?!?  I MUCH prefer a single wideback fabric panel than piecing a few together.

ColoringSheet

Did you know when you purchase this quilt pattern, it comes with a coloring sheet?  I LOVE having coloring sheets to help me pick out colors and fabrics.  Best of all….it helps with figuring how I am going to quilt everything together!  I’m all about straight-lines and I wanted to follow the star spokes.  I tested a few designs and settled on this purple one.  I wish coloring sheets came standard with ALL quilt patterns 🙂

QuiltingCloseUp

This simple quilting was exactly what I wanted…something to extenuate the pattern design without being too busy AND with lines that could continue from end to end of the quilt.  I am definitely not a fan of burying threads, so I try to avoid it whenever possible!

Sunset

We had a family trip coming up while I was working on this quilt, so I knew I needed to quilt it quickly and attach the binding so I could hand finish it while we were vacationing.  I don’t know about you, but I always like to have some hand-sewing around whenever I’m away from home. You never know when you have some free time…and I was able to sew on the binding right on this hammock watching the sunset! {Heaven}

CSBinding

For the binding, I initially thought I would use Carolyn Friedlander’s Architextures Grid in Black.  But since the lines are more “free-hand,” the irregular lines didn’t go together with all the strong shapes of the quilt and backing.  I played with stripes and dots, but ended up with Cotton and Steel’s Netorious basic in Black Cat.  The lines in this pattern are graphic and matched the overall feel of my quilt.  The black binding really made the fuschia pop as well!  I really love how it all came out.

Corner

If I’m working on a quilt, I like to take that along in case any perfect photo opportunities present itself as well…you just never know.  It’s turns out I didn’t have to go far to find some great backgrounds and props.  This is the exterior of my in-laws cottage and they had these great bright yellow “vintage” inspired chairs.  The sharp color contrasts with my quilt were just stunning!  

CloseUpOnChair

 

FullQuilt

 

As mentioned above, I have a BONUS project from the quilt pattern!

PinCushion

The paper-piecing of the spokes produces a good bit of triangular scraps.   I used them to improv a pincushion.  I just alternated the direction of each triangle of similar sizing and then trimmed the piece to a rectangle.  There was plenty of scraps from the backing as well, so I used the Widescreen to back these and filled them up.  You could make the improv piecing larger and also make mug rugs and even pot holders!

What fun secondary projects have come out of your quilt scraps?

 

Happy Quilting,

Cristy

 

The pattern was provided by Bryan House Quilts as part of testing. All material was purchased and selected by myself. All opinions and comments are my own and have not been influenced by 3rd parties.

Testing the “Jacks Quilt” Pattern

Jacks Quilt Top

The “Jacks Quilt” pattern has just been released by Bryan House Quilts and I was fortunate enough to be one of the testers.  I’m SO excited to finally reveal my #SecretSewing project!  It’s tough not being able to show what I’ve been working on lately…especially since it’s just so darn pretty 🙂

This quilt pattern is gorgeous!  You can find the pattern in Becca’s shop currently for 30% off as part of it’s new release (discount code on her blog.)  This design is based off of a 16-patch and paper-pieced stars and has so much versatility.  You can omit the patches and play with the number of blocks to have completely different looks.

2x2 Mini

There are five different sizes you can make.  I opted for the throw, which is a 4 x 4 block.  It’s a generous size and I could (always) use another couch quilt 🙂  Not mentioned is the possibility to make a mini with a 2 x 2 block (approx 34″ x 34″.)  This would be a perfect baby quilt or stroller blanket.

Fabric Pull

When I received this pattern, I knew I was going to use my Black and White Cotton + Steel bundle.  The 16-patch made for some good mixing and matching of the fabrics for a checkerboard look.  To bring out the stars and add some fun, I chose Tula Pink’s Butterfly Swarm in Jam from her Moonshine collection.  This saturated fuchsia was perfect against the Black and White.  I paired the Butterfly Swarm with Kona Cotton in Valentine to complement, but not compete against the busy fabric.  All of these fabrics were balanced out with Kona Cotton in Snow to make the design of the quilt pop out.  I added Architextures Grid in Black as possible binding, but I’m not entirely sold on it just yet…

PaperPiecingPrep

There is a good amount of paper-piecing involved for the stars, but luckily it involves only three fabrics per Star Spoke and they are a generous size.  Becca provides great instruction on the process to help you along.  If you are new to this and need some more help, this is a great video tutorial on paper-piecing as well.

Chain Piecing

I found that prepping all the fabric at once and setting up an assembly line worked the best for me.  Then I could have a “modified” chain-piecing line.  This is “modified” because you generally do not sew through the seam allowance on paper-piecing templates, so I had to lift the presser foot to pull the templates through vs continually feeding fabric.

Matching Points

When attaching the spokes together, I decided not to nest the seams to keep the look of the triangles clean (since they were white and you could see through to the seam allowance.)  So to match up the points, I pinched the ends where they met.

Matching Points Preview

Then I flipped over the pieces to check that the points indeed matched.  I pinned the pieces and sewed away 🙂

Grading Seams

A great tip from Becca was to grade the seam allowances of the stars as you assemble the blocks.  This takes out some of the bulk and allows the blocks to lay better for pressing.  The points of the stars get pretty bulky otherwise.

Finished Single Block

So far, I’ve completed the quilt top and am waiting on the backing fabric to arrive so I can quilt this puppy.  I can’t wait to show you more….plus, this will be my first quilt completed on my new sewing machine….eek!!!

***For pictures and the post of the completed “Jacks Quilt,” go here.***

 

Happy Stitching,

Cristy

 

The pattern was provided by Bryan House Quilts as part of testing. All material was purchased and selected by myself. All opinions and comments are my own and have not been influenced by 3rd parties.