Cherry Pie Quilt

Can I tell you how excited I am for the Blogger's Quilt Festival? It was so perfectly timed with my recent finish, a quilt I made for the Tula Pink Quilt Along at Sew Sweetness!

The pattern is Tula Pink's "Cherry Pie" and it's a fun pattern for beginners, and very easy to follow. I made 9 blocks instead of 16, which made it a quick top to piece! The sashing was also fairly easy to piece by following the pattern.

I dug into a fat quarter bundle of "Bespoken" by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery that I picked up at spring Quilt Market, and fell in love with the jewel tones. I chose FreeSpirit and Kona solids from my stash, and amazingly, I found four great matches for my prints. For the binding, I opted for Art Gallery's Oval Elements, and the lime color gave a fresh pop of bright color to contrast the darker tones.

In case you can't tell, I had too much fun taking this quilt on a photo shoot. This is a little gem from the alley, right behind my house. This "No tresspas'n" was a fun find. It almost seems I tried to find the dirtiest places (it was a wet day) to put this quilt to get the photo that was just right. I told my mom not to worry, but that I'd wash it in time to give to her!

I chose a free motion pebble design for the squares and a stipple for the sashing. This quilt uses Pellon Legacy Wool batting, which gives an awesome "puffy" texture to my free motion quilting! I love it, and can't wait to see how it looks washed.

I also used Coats and Clark Dual Duty XP Thread, which was strong enough to get me few a few hours of quilting without breakage. After you've sewn with vintage thread (which I used for the wine color) and have to start and stop several times because the thread breaks, you learn to appreciate a good thread!

For the backing, I chose Tufted Tweets by Laurie Wisbrun, and a strip of wine-colored solid I had left over from the sashing. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the quilts at Blogger's Quilt Festival!