Diamond Pathways - Flower Pot Blog Tour and Free Paper Piecing Template

It is almost the end of the Flower Pot Blog Tour and today I am showing off the Flower Pot collection in my newest quilt called Diamond Pathways.

The hop is hosted by Jennifer of Inquiring Quilter as she celebrates her new Island Batik Signature fabric collection Flower Pot.

There are a few giveaways and freebies, so scroll down to the bottom to learn more about those.

I started my quilt with strips of almost every print in the Flower Pot collection.  Island Batik sent me some of their Neutrals and black batiks to complete the quilt.   

To make the quilt I started with sets of four 2 inch strips.

I sewed the strips into six strip sets. Each print was offset an inch to eliminate waste when cutting the first triangle from the strip. Since I was using strip sets, I cut the paper piecing pattern into templates instead of using it to paper piece.  So if you don't enjoy paper piecing, you can still make this quilt using traditional templates.

I wasn't quite sure how many triangles I could get per strip, I knew I needed at least 5, but made one more just to be safe.  I got eleven triangles out of each strip and a few squeezed out 12,  More than enough for the 56 I needed for the quilt.

The quilt is seven blocks across and eight blocks down. Each block finishes at 8 inches.

A two inch black border goes all around the quilt making it finish at 60 x 68 inches.

For the backing, I'm still using up older yardage. I started off with a piece that was the length of the quilt, plus a few inches.

I cut it in half longways and then filled in the middle with other prints and strips.

I love how the back turned out and the fact that I am using up fabric that has been sitting and waiting for its time to shine.

I hope you enjoyed how I used the Flower Pot fabric, I have a YouTube video that goes into more detail about how I made it and all the measurements, check it out here:

And click here for a free PDF version of the pattern.  

If you make one, tag me on your social media. I'd love to see your version!

There is an Instagram Giveaway loop happening on Monday so if you are on Instagram, check out my feed on October 7th for all the giveways happening, there will be several patterns as well as fabric.

 I'll be giving away 2.5 inch strips of the leftover Flower Pot fabric. Enough to start your own Diamond Pathways quilt.

And Jennifer is giving away a whole fat quarter bundle of Flower Pot right now!
Check out her first post on the blog tour to enter.

 And if you missed any of the blog tour, here is the list of blogs to visit:

September 23rd - Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter
September 24th - Andi @ True Blue Quilts
September 25th - Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter
September 26th - Lisa’s quilt in Flower Pot fabrics

(to see more of her designs, click Lisa @ Lisa’s Quilting Passion)
September 27th - Tiffany @ Needle in a Hayes Stack
September 28th - Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
September 29th - Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
September 30th - Denise @ Quiltery
October 1st - Jane @ Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting
October 2nd - Sue @ Larkspur Lane Designs
October 3rd - Laura @ Slice of Pi
October 4th - Brianna @ Sew Cute and Quirky
October 5th - Leah @ Quilted Delights <<— YOU ARE HERE
October 6th - Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter — The Winner is Announced!

Happy Sewing!

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Finished Fall Jelly Roll Quilt with Matching Pillow

 I've spent a little more time in the sewing room and finished up my Fall Jelly Roll Quilt and also whipped up a festive pillow to go with it.

I used up the last scraps from my Jelly roll, along with some background fabric and made Half Square Triangles.

I trimmed them all up to 2 inches.

And settled on a 9 x 9 layout.

Added some skinny borders and sewed everything together.

I made a YouTube video that goes into more details and lists all the measurements. Check it out!

I took the quilt and pillow downtown for a fun photo shoot.

There were several benches,

Lots of pretty landscaping,

And fun brickwork.

There is even a rustic storage building that made a perfect backdrop.

It quilted up pretty quick with some all over meanders, swirls, and some weird things you can call leaves.

I tried to do an oak leaf, but it looks more like a bunch of wavy lines instead. 

I'm excited to have this drapped over the couch this fall. With the pillow nested next to it.

If you want to make your own quilt, I have a video for that too. Check it out!

Happy Sewing!

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Bee Kind Blog Hop

The theme for the September blog hop challenge hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting, is all about "kind" projects: a favorite charity project, a free pattern, or anything that shows we spread a little kindness, everywhere we go. Of course, Bee projects of all kinds fit right in there too!

My project is a quick little baby quilt that can be sewn up in half a day. 

The main block is a nine patch that sews up really quick.

Perfect for charity quilts or a quick handmade gift and is beginner friendly.  

It was so quick to make, I made two!

I added a new free tutorial on my Tutorials Page so you can make your own. 
Check it out!

This project actually started out from a gift. 

Several years ago a friend gave me a leftover jelly roll with almost all the strips still in it.  There were 36 and a half strips left over! 

I cut it up into 2.5 inch squares and had the perfect shade of yellow to match for the border.

The  9 patches measure 6 inches square when finished, and with only 12 blocks, the quilt is small. 34 x 42 inches. Perfect for the car or tummy time.

It was small enough I could load them both on my longarm and quilt them at the same time.

And check out the back. I threw in some bees.

I did a little custom quilting on these two, but if you did an all over meander, the quilting can be just as fast as sewing the top together.

To keep on with the spirit of giving, I will be donating one of these to a youth fundraiser later next year.

I still had lots of squares left over, so I made a cute little pillow to go with it.  

Squares on the front and back.

After working on my Island Batik applique project this month I had applique on the brain so I added a cute flower on the front.

Thanks so much for hopping along.  Be sure to stop by my fellow bloggers to see how they are spreading a little kindness.

Monday Sept 23

MooseStashQuilting

Words & Stitches

Selina Qullts

Just  Sew  Quilter

Scrapdash

Tuesday Sept 24

Patchouli Moon Studio

Quilted Snail

Quilt Schmilt

Quilted Delights (Me)

Hazels Daughter

Wednesday Sept 25

BeaQuilter

Karrin's Crazy World

That Fabric Feeling

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilting Between the Rails

Thursday Sept 26^th

Just Let Me Quilt

Ms P Designs USA

Quilting Gail

Songbird Designs

Happy Sewing!

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National Sew A Jelly Roll Day - Fall Quilt Top

It's National Sew A Jelly Roll Day!

A day devoted to all those jelly rolls, rollie pollies, and strip sets sitting on shelves or in drawers, waiting their turn to become a quilt.

I got a head start and pulled out this Island Batik Pumpkin Patch strip set I have been holding onto for awhile.

I had a plan for it and didn't waste any time!

Check out my YouTube video to see how I made it and how quickly I stitched this top together!

The quilt is made from a simple square in a square block and uses almost every inch of the strip set. 

 I had a little more than 2.5 inches left from each strip, enough to make my own mini charm pack.

 But those little pieces won't sit around long, I've already got them trimmed up for something else!

To make the top, you need 40 strips.  Island Batik strip sets come with 40 strips, which makes them perfect for this project. The top needs 80 blocks and one strip makes two blocks.

To get started, I paired two prints together and cut each strip into:

Four 6.5 x 2.5 inch rectangles  

and

Six 2.5 x 2.5 inch squares.

 I laid out the block pieces in order and swapped the centers with their paired counterparts.

There was lots of chain sewing...

And assembly line ironing.

And it all went together pretty quick.  

The video above breaks down each step into minutes.

The quilt is laid out with 8 blocks across and 10 blocks down and measures 48 x 60 inches, the perfect size to throw over the couch.,

If you have Jelly Rolls decorating your shelves, give this project a try, it's quick and looks fantastic! And with a jelly roll, you know all the fabrics will play well together.

Happy Sewing!

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