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Here we go friends!
It’s the start of another new quilt. (HERE is the finished quilt from weeks after this original post was published.)
I don’t take custom orders often. I have no rhyme or reason to when I accept a custom order or when I turn one down. I have learned, though, I tend to be quick to take a custom order when I’m ready to start a new project but can’t justify any reasons to start a new project.
A looooooooooooooong time ago, I wrote a post on my low volume quilt. I remember finishing the binding on it right after Cole was born. (That was about 3 1/2 years ago.) It is still the quilt that we use in our master bedroom. It’s quite subtle, and I still enjoy it…sitting atop a vintage sheet with mustard yellow roses on it. (My husband was quite hesitant the day he saw that vintage sheet on our bed.)
A customer saw that low volume quilt on my blog just recently and asked for a re-creation of that quilt for her mother.
If you’ve followed along here for any length of time, you are well aware that I tend to have a minimum of five quilts going at once time. My current favorites are my scrappy trip around the world quilt, my Dresden quilt, and my half square triangle quilt. Oh yes…then there’s the hexie quilt. I figure I’ll finish that one in about five years. I will, indeed I will, finish two more stockings in time for Christmas. (My nine patch quilt isn’t finished yet either, but who’s counting?)
I really have been going strong on my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt, but when a sweet customer messaged me via my Etsy Shop, I just couldn’t resist. I always run any custom order by my husband first, and we both agreed that this is a good project for me.
It’s a simple quilt. The squares are relatively large. The customer requested a twin size quilt around 70 by 90 inches. I told her I can have it done by the end of September. I have the majority of the cutting done and the four patch squares constructed. I’ve started on the quilt top.
I think I’m ahead of schedule. Being ahead of schedule on a custom order is always my goal.
The large squares pictured above are six inch squares.
I chose all low volume fabrics with varying shades blue, yellow, gray, and pink.
Low volume, in my eyes, is very little color saturation. Most fabrics also are some sort of print on a white or creamy white background. I think the combination of so many shades of white is lovely and gives the quilt a tinge of a vintage feel.
After I finished cutting the large six inch squares, I cut the smaller 3 1/4 inch squares.
These small squares are used in a simple four patch square you can see below.
Most of the four patch squares are two colored and two white squares, but I did vary that pattern a bit for interest. Also take note that the dominant color is always moving up to the right. You’ll see in the finished quilt that these smaller squares will all be turned the same way creating a stair step effect on the quilt. (I believe it may be called a ‘Jacob’s ladder’ quilt because of that…but I’m not completely sure.)
When I sew larger quilts, I usually sew my blocks into nine patches. This is easier for me than laying my quilt out row by row on the floor. If I balance color in my nine patches, I will usually find a balance of color throughout the entire quilt.
Above is one of the nine patch blocks. I’ll continue creating these nine patch blocks until I have enough for the entire quilt. Then I’ll arrange them on the floor as balanced as I can make them.
The finished quilt will be thirteen squares across and seventeen squares down.
Most of these fabrics are a bit older but some can still be found:
1. Scissors in gray
2. Black and white ledger
3. Kona in white
4. Multi floral (Luminous Field)
If you can’t find anything left from the above list, check out these fabric stores. These are my current favorites:
Kiwi Fabrics
Morgan Kelly Quilts
Field and Cloth
A quick quilt is always a blessing to remind me of how great it is to FINISH projects. 🙂 After this one…back to finishing my own!
To see this finished quilt, go HERE. 🙂
