Free quilt patterns!

If you are ever wondering what to do  with all your scraps of designer fabrics, there are some great free patterns you can find on-line to make beautiful quilts.

We especially like the ones by Amy Butler which you can find here. There are some great options, and so many fabric choices. Ger made a mini version of her Lotus Brick Path quilt. She chose a palate in greens, mustards and greys from Amy Butler's prints and her designer solids...

 

...and made this version.

The quilting was kept simple by going over the seams of each brick leaving a very soft quilt with a modern feel.

Another great site is the Moda Bake Shop. There are loads of great patterns from quilters around the world and  I was inspired to make this Stacked Coin Quilt by the talented Amanda Jean from Crazy Mom Quilts. (You'll have to excuse the pictures as the lighting wasn't great, and the camera died before I had a chance to re-take them)

I used fabric by Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett, Tanya Whelan and Heather Bailey in greens, pinks and yellows with white sashing. I made a scrappy binding with leftover fabric, and hand sewed it around the quilt. (It was my first time doing this, and I was very happy with the results and it didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would!)

It was also my first time trying free-motion quilting, which was harder than I thought, but definitely worth the effort. It's not perfect, but I love it ;) There are some great tutorials on how to hand bind a quilt, and also free-motion quilting  and much more at Crazy Mom Quilts and Cluck Cluck Sew.

Happy quilting everybody! 

If you have finished a new project this week, show and tell by adding a link to Lush Friday Linky Party and Amylouwho - sew and tell.

Pippablue

Comments

[Andrea]

Gosh the quilt is gorgeos. Good on you for giving the free motion quilting. I have been itching to try it but have not yet. No excuses now. See you soon .Andrea

[Eva]

Thanks Andrea, just realized we forgot to mention your show and tell friday! I have to figure out how to edit the post and I will pop a link up tomorrow morning. Sorry about that...and for anyone reading this, pop over to Andrea's Blog Lushstuffstore.blogspot.com and join in on show and tell friday!

[Interior Designs]

Patterns R really good looking...
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[Larri @ Seams Inspired]

Very pretty quilt in some of my favorite colors. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing! :)

[Phyllis]

I love the colors that you used. It's so pretty and I love knowing some other links for free designs. Thanks!

[Sarah C.]

Lovely quilt! And I know what you mean about the FMQ - I just did a baby quilt today and boy are my arms tired! But it does look wonderful.....

[Dayna]

These are beautiful! Thanks for the reminder about the patterns!