Hello, happy Thursday to you all.
Today is my stop on Give me Liberty Club Inspiration blog hop organized by super talented Amanda (Westwood Acres Fabric). This blog hop is all about sewing with gorgeous Liberty Tana Lawn. Did you know Amanda runs a Give me Liberty Club which sends out a bundle of ten Liberty cuts each month? What a great way to build up one's Liberty stash, isn't it?
I received this bundle of gorgeousness to play with and I have to admit, I was a little scared about cutting into these beauties.
I wanted to make a project that would let these lovely prints shine. I decided to make a coin quilt (inspired by this quilt) as the solid fabric (Cotton + Steel seaglass) keeps things from looking chaotic and unifies all the gorgeous prints and colors.
I went with very simple quilting along the sashing as I wanted this quilt to have more of a blanket feel. And, I just adore the addition of Liberty prints to one side of the binding so much, must do that more often :).
My quilt finished at 59" x 63" and here's a quick tutorial if you'd like to make one for yourself too.
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Materials needed:
10 FQs Liberty Tana Lawn (you will have some fabric left over), or you could use smaller cuts of Liberty Tana Lawn as long as each piece is at least 3" x 5.5"
2 yards of solid fabric for solid coins, sashing, and borders
1/4 yard fabric for binding
3 1/2 yard fabric for backing65" x 70" batting of choice
Notes: use consistent 1/4" seam allowance
WOF - width of fabric
FQ - fat quarter
1. Cutting:
Liberty Tana Lawn: cut into 88 - 3" x 5.5" rectangles
Solid fabric: cut 7 -5.5" x WOF strips, sub-cut these into 87 - 3" x 5.5" rectangles
cut 9 - 3" x WOF strips for sashing
cut 3 - 5" x WOF for the two borders
Binding: cut 6 - 2.5" x WOF strips
2. Columns of coins:
Arrange the layout of your quilt on design wall or on the floor by alternating Liberty and solid coins. Make 4 columns beginning and ending with Liberty and 3 columns beginning and ending with solid fabric, alternate those columns as shown in the picture below. Each column will have 25 coins.
Arrange the layout of your quilt on design wall or on the floor by alternating Liberty and solid coins. Make 4 columns beginning and ending with Liberty and 3 columns beginning and ending with solid fabric, alternate those columns as shown in the picture below. Each column will have 25 coins.
Once pleased with the arrangement, stitch coins together into columns, press the seams. Each columns should measure 5.5" x 63".
3. Sashing:
Cut three 3" x WOF solid strips in half. Attach the cut halves to six 3" x WOF strips for sashing. Cut your six sashing strips to measure 3" x 63". Start by adding sashing between first and second column. Leave left side of first column and right side of the last column without sashing, that's where the final border will go.
Cut three 3" x WOF solid strips in half. Attach the cut halves to six 3" x WOF strips for sashing. Cut your six sashing strips to measure 3" x 63". Start by adding sashing between first and second column. Leave left side of first column and right side of the last column without sashing, that's where the final border will go.
4. Borders:
Cut one 5" x WOF border strip in half, attach each half to the other two border strips. Cut your two borders to measure 5" x 63". Attach borders to the first and last column.
5. Finishing your quilt:
Give your finished quilt top a good press. Baste to make a quilt sandwich. Quilt any way you like, bind using your preferred method.
Give your finished quilt top a good press. Baste to make a quilt sandwich. Quilt any way you like, bind using your preferred method.
Congratulations!!! You're all done. Not too difficult, was it?
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I hope you'll follow along and enjoy all the fun Liberty projects other super talented bloggers will share over the next two weeks. Here's the line-up:
February 24th: Kick Off! A Crafty Fox
February 25th: Astrid at Red, Red Completely Red
February 26th: Svetlana at Sotak Handmade
February 26th: Andy at A Bright Corner
February 27th: Chase at Quarter Inch Mark
March 1st: Emily at Simple Girl Simple Life
March 2nd: Ashley at Film In The Fridge
March 3rd: Lee at Freshly Pieced
March 4th: Audrie at Blue is Bleu
March 5th: Amanda at A Crafty Fox
Oooh, how beautiful!
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Kathrin
I do love Liberty fabric and your quilt is a project that doesn't require a lot!
ReplyDeleteYou are right that little bit of liberty binding is a great addition. Thanks for sharing a beautiful quilt.
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ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty quilt! The design really lets the liberty fabrics shine. And I really like how you added the liberty to the binding!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just lovely.. a little bit of liberty combined with the solid is very effective! Linda
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Great way to showcase that lovely assortment of Liberty fabrics (super choice for the background to compliment). Plus, I love that splash of Liberty for the binding, Svetlana. Perfect.
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